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I was excited about Tony Jones when he came on the scene for an injured Bighill last year... "excited" as in, this guys will be a great place holder until we find a permanent fit... I never imagined the team would view him as the permanent fit... I thought Jon Jones had a chance to be that guy.... I want a MLB that's a game changer... not just an above average place holder...
It continues to concern me that we hold on to 30-something linebackers while ignoring and releasing younger players... The silver lining for me is if the plan is to start seeing more defensive reps from Shay and Smith and get more Americans on the D-line... I'm all for it...
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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
My concern, as ever, is Strev and the OL...
both lines... it is the absolute downfall of this team...
1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:Gotta be Nichols for Willy? Or was that because Willy got hurt mid game?
I believe that switch came between games... though there was a rumour that move came from above... and everyone was stressing that Miller was getting too hands on with the team... maybe he needs to do that again...
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27 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
Purely a guess, a hypothetical based on history. Mainly i’m just curious in the reluctance to give TW some reps in a real game considering ZC injury and CS play seems to be challenged of late. If it’s the case that there is no confidence in TW to lead our offence when our #1 and our #2 aren’t in a position/chsllenged to do it then we might want to move him to the pr at the very least and get a body in that you would be comfortable in putting him on.
I guess the question would be... is he not playing because they don't trust him or are they too loyal to the existing players?... if it's the former, why is he even here?... if it's the latter... that's a good way for a coach to lose his job
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On 2025-09-16 at 12:58 PM, HardCoreBlue said:
Just to stir the pot and make it more unbearable for some around here, for arguments sake and discussion purposes, if ZC is a no go, Strev gets the nod to start at, let's say he's at 60/70% health because that will put us in a better spot to be successful than TW at 100% health. TW is going to back up CS against the RedBlacks and the only way TW gets into the game is short yardage and if CS gets hurt and can't return. If our offense falters with Strev at the helm and we don't employ TW because CS deserves to be out there because he's earned, he's earned the loyalty for him to work thru adversity plus he wasn't getting the support he needed plus it's been determined TW is not serviceable enough to run our offense and we lose our 4th straight game we are to look away from this not discuss the QB situation because it's just reality it's the best we have it's off limits and focus our energy on (fill in the blank). Yes?
Oh and I hope CS lights it up, our oline crushes their dline BO gets 200 yards rushing our receivers have a hay day with their db's, our D plays lights out, our DB's and LB's clamp things down JT getting three sacks WJ with five knock downs and we win by a 100.
Maybe I'm missing the tone of this post but to the first bolded point... how do you know that?... I'm not saying Wilson is the next CFL superstar... but at this point, we have no idea what he is... could, at the very least, be an upgrade from Streveler...
Second bolded... we all hope for that every game... it just seems to happen less and less these days...
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22 hours ago, blue85gold said:
Jesus Christ. I know the team sucks but do we really need to complain about the practice schedule.
sure... but the point is when the team looks this bad... and they claim to be a championship team, in a home GC year... it's logical to wonder why the players are getting so much time off...
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our lines are bad... that's why the team is bad... if you could magically make our DL and OL top notch and leave everything else as is... this team would be in the mix for 1st again...
Seriously though... what do we have to lose starting Terry Wilson next game??? Accidentally finding a good QB?
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15 hours ago, 17to85 said:
So with Kyrie Wilson... I love him as a player. For years I called him the most underrated player in the league... but given his age and injury history he isn't the future... so why not work our Canadians who should be the future in there?
this is pretty much exactly what I said after we signed him back... the frustrating/confusing part is we decide to stick with Wilson at 32 years old after three injury reduced seasons... but move on from Woli at 30 years old with only 1 injury season
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1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:
MOS didn’t sound too pleased with Milt on the coaches show yesterday.
“I think he started off by saying that because of who it is, saying it, Milt Stegall, a lot of people listen. And I think because of that powerful voice, he should probably choose his words a lot more carefully than he did. You know, he's not qualified to make those decisions or he certainly doesn't know what's going on.And I'm not qualified either, right? But I have a little more insight into the situation, obviously. But you know, there's, when you make those pretty brash statements, you're, you know, and you make them quickly in the spur of the moment, you're not considering his family or his people that care about him when you make those statements, right?
And I think a little more care and concern should have went in before, you know, announcing to the world and creating clickbait and getting your likes up.”
I agree with Milt... but O'Shea is also totally correct... can't possibly make that call definitively without knowing all the info...
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5 hours ago, wbbfan said:
I think the options above jackson are pretty limited for oc. Maybe if AC is ready for a promotion, but idk if we'd even be viable for that. Or If dinwiddie gets fired but he also would likely get a mroe desirbale role/team.
I don't think there's any chance Dinwiddie gets fired... but if he did... I can think of another position I'd like him in here... and it would be slightly higher than OC
1 hour ago, Stickem said:I have lost faith in our quarterbacking...Streve still has some positives but the injury he suffered and is still recovering from (hence the lack of running) is definitely hurting his game....so much so that he seems to have lost confidence in himself...Will we see Zack back....big question mark?? Milt has a piece saying he should hang them up NOW....That could leave us in the position of putting Wilson behind centre...IF Streve can't get it done....Looks like we may be behind the eight ball for the rest of the year...and a good time to sort this club out and keep what we're going to go with next year and dump the also rans....
Not that I want Zach to call it a career... he's clearly the best QB we have on the roster now... but something like that would, at least, force our coaching and management to make some changes...
1 hour ago, Booch said:Faj looked like a total doofus and useless putz too until the yr he beat us in Grey Cup...cause he got exposed to some good coaching and a team structured around him to allow him to succeed.....and cant believe i gonna say this but I'd take him over any guy we have currently with our disarray on the oline and receiving group....
100%... anyone who disagree with this still just hates him for wearing green for so long...
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15 hours ago, captaincanuck12 said:
This is a fair point. Just let the fan bases do what they want to do. We call the Labor Day game the banjo bowl warm up... And they'll call it the Labor Day rematch.
There are worse things to get all bent out of shape about.
you're missing the point... it's not just the fans that call it the labour day rematch... the Rider org and management refuse to call it the banjo bowl... this whole "banjo bowl preview" is a joke from fans, mostly at this site (I've never heard/seen it anywhere else)...
in conclusion... one is just a fan thing... the other is a cry-baby organization who's feelings are hurt by the name of a football game...
5 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:Dline is looking rough. Hope Lawson stays healthy. I wonder how Adams and Woods feel watching Kornelson get on the AR for no good reason. 9 starting CDNs...
In general, the best way to disrupt a QB is give him all the time in the world in the pocket... and have zero pocket collapsers... also no interior rush/run stop is solid too... that's how I would build my defense!
Like the old saying goes... the lines aren't very important to football and you can easily win with shitty line play (I think I have that right)... teams are build from the outside in? Is that it?
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2 hours ago, Booch said:
Hallett...Kramdi...2 guys really who shouldn't be rushed back for any reason
Schoen wont be playing fir a while...if at all....well ....shouldn't be
Kramdi playing means Adams or Woods gets in the line up... that should be worth something.... especially with Schmek out... we should take Ayers off (though I'd prefer to keep him in a scratch Wilson) and dress both Woods and Adams...
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19 hours ago, bigg jay said:
Stamps management was willing to make major changes where ours has been reluctant to do that. Yeah we made (or were forced to make) a couple moves but there definitely could/should have been more.
19 hours ago, Booch said:being forced....and having the foresight and planning to do so, and actually see your weaknesses before they kill you.......2 different things
Calgary completely bottomed out... to suggest they weren't forced to make wholesale changes is revisionist.... Hopefully the Bombers can and do make major changes before the bottom falls out, like it did in Calgary
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16 minutes ago, blue85gold said:
It is really just silly to keep Ayers on if only plays STs. He looked good rotating on D last year, not sure why he gets no reps now.
while I like Kyrie Wilson as a player, when healthy... this is exactly the reason why I did not like his resigning.... why couldn't Ayers and J Jones rotate through the defense instead?... and now we might have a good one in Woodbey... why are we wasting reps on a 32 year old LB when he have younger, cheaper, and likely better options...
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1 hour ago, Brandon said:
Who on here is going to want this? The vets that people speak about wanting back are guys who at least at one point "excelled" and were bright spots on the team.
At no point that I can remember of anyone who thought Jake Thomas "was the man". My only memories of him going back is that he's a guy that "doesn't get hurt" and has been around a long time.
this is a little bit revisionist... most would agree he was a nice quality rotational piece on the DL... up until about 2021... my fondest memory of him (and what I would consider essentially his last useful play as a Bomber) was his bullrush that led to a holding call in OT of the 21 GC... that penalty negated a good run, put Hammy into 1st and 20, which became 2nd and 18, and the rest is history... Jake should've went out on top after that year
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1 hour ago, Booch said:
NFL is also different than up here...IR guys also count against the cap...may not be their full salary as some don't necessarily get their actual full non guaranteed amount....but none the less it counts along with the PR guys, so teams need to really be aware of where the cap is being spent, so a guy they may view as a real long shot project...or one who may never evolve into a legit starter, they won't waste their time on...and money
I believe guys on IR with designation to return count against the cap... if he's out for the year, no cap hit...
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1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:
They don't need another 500 yard rec. They've got plenty of those. They need a legit #1, make defenses bracket rec.
it's not necessarily about him being just a 500 yard receiver... if that's all he brought, I'd agree... he brings chemistry with the offense.... blocking... TE-type play... leadership... reliability (as a player, not necessarily when it comes to injury concerns)... if the Bomber decided to bring him back, it wouldn't be to put this O over the top... it would be help shore up the bottom end and provide depth...
Of course we all agree, unearthing a difference maker at this point would be amazing... but probably not realistic...
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2 hours ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
How is it not great? As of last week games have been averaging 54 points a game per season which is 27 points per game per team. 13 points is pretty good no matter how you slice it. Considering the fact it’s not like this is some 22 green rookie, it’s a guy who’s been around the NFL/USFL league for several years and he played like 90 percent of last weeks game. To have him complete under 50 percent of his passes under 200 yards is a good effort in my opinion. Considering he has that 45 yard bomb early on.
overall, I'm not disappointed... but it's hard to forget some of those long balls... and he seemed too comfortable at times for a raw QB... 2021 Bombers would've shut them out, easy... like I'm confident they wouldn't have passed midfield, lol....
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9 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:
Brady being a safety valve for Zach was huge. Half of those receptions were of the check-down variety but were very successful.
reminds me a bit of the Nichols-Harris offense (and I don't mean that as an insult)... now if we could get the deep shot back into the game... we could be cooking again
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13 hours ago, Nolby said:
Montreals offense is obviously banged up, but we beat a no joke defense while missing key receivers. Bombers slowly wore them down with smart play by Zach and Hogan FINALLY let Brady cook.
This is kind of my take away... Mtl's offense was a shell of it's normal self... and we gave up 13 points... not great against a 4th string QB... but not terrible
Our O vs their D was basically health vs health (minus Dequoy and Schoen)... and then we were down to 3 viable receivers by the second half... we managed to put up 26 points and get the W
To me, this game is a far bigger positive than needing 2 ST TDs to beat a bad Toronto team, at home, a few weeks ago...
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this past offseason was fairly disappointed at the time... and is a complete disaster in hindsight... consider the "big" moves we made:
- Mitchell - couldn't crack the line up and when he has played, he's been useless outside of one play
- Logan - lost his job to Vaval (though never really given much opportunity)
- Jonathon Jones - released
- Vaughters - been OK but nothing spectacular
- Schoen - resigned at a discount only to basically ruin his career
- Let Lawler walk and he's been an all-star in Hammy
Faj > Kelly was more of a hypothetical... I don't expect either to be available