RHÉANNE M.

WINNIPEG, MB., May 11, 2017 –  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the club has invited Winnipeg Rifles wide receivers Xander Tachinski (#73) and Brendan Naujoks (#74), running back Michael Ritchott (#76), and defensive back Andrew Ricard (#77) to take part in the club’s three-day rookie camp commencing Wednesday, May 24. The players will continue with the team through the first part of the main training camp.

Tachinski and Ritchott attended part of last season’s rookie camp, and most recently played in their third and fourth years with the Rifles, respectively. Naujoks and Ricard have both spent three seasons with the Rifles.

“The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have continued to try to invest in the growth of younger football players within Manitoba,” said General Manager Kyle Walters. “This will be a great experience for all of them to be on the field with professional players, and to continue to grow as athletes.”

Quarterbacks and CFL newcomers will report to Winnipeg and will be on the field for the opening of rookie camp on Wednesday, May 24th. Veterans report on May 26th and will begin practicing on May 28th.

The Blue Bombers will play two pre-season games:  June 10th at Mosaic Stadium in Regina against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and June 15th at Investors Group Field against the Edmonton Eskimos.

 

Edited June 5, 20178 yr by Mr Dee

A big thanks to everyone for the camp reports and other general  info.I rarely check the papers now,I just read Tate's  stuff and here.

Edited June 9, 20178 yr by the watcher

On ‎2017‎-‎06‎-‎06 at 0:33 PM, Mike said:

Nichols and Medlock want to play to get used to the field. I'm good with it.

speaking of Medlock.....how's the kicker that we just drafted looking??

disregard I saw some reports on him

Depth chart for tomorrow is up.

No Hurl listed so Knox & Stone will get ample time to show what thy can do at MLB.

Immediately I'm nervous that Hurl isn't going.

Had the same initial reaction but I'm hoping it's only because they want to give one of these guys a legit shot at the #1 spot.  They know what we'll get from Hurl so let's see what these guys can do when the lights come on.

I also think it's fitting we're playing the Riders because that receiving core (outside of Stafford) is very green!

Just now, Mike said:

Immediately I'm nervous that Hurl isn't going.

I'm not. We know basically as fact that he'll be on the team, and the coaches already know what he brings. Let the other two guys get all the reps tomorrow.

I find it interesting that Temple is starting at wil. That doesn't seem like a great sign for him in the mlb battle. Stone must be impressing. He definitely has the prototypical mlb build.

yeah me too. Hoping that isn't an indication that he is the projected starter at the moment.

But on the flip side, if that Johnson is the real deal at DT, or another impact import  we could actually have Hurl out there with not a lot of issues

I think with our D-line with Wety, Nevis and Oko and another strong dominant tackle they could cause so much havoc and eliminate a lot of the untouched runs until the second level  that a guy like Hurl wouldn't get washed out and actually be in his gap as they claimed and become support more than the center of the attack.

Rotate in a Corney, Ekakite, Butcher, Thomas to spell off an import and u could sub out Hurl as well in those packages and still maintain the ratio.

 

Still would prefer an Amerk Thumper up the gut, but this could be adequate initially

16 minutes ago, Mike said:

Immediately I'm nervous that Hurl isn't going.

No Thomas Miles either.

but this is what pre-season is for...get a feel for the guys who are new and you are not sure about...the knowns are just that known...they can knock of the rust in game 2, and show they are better than un upstart that showed well in game 1 and may get a second chance in game 2 to cement it...

 

and really...sask will be filled with a lot of nobodies as well, and as foe established quality veterans, they prob only have about 12 tops anyway

Best case scenario is one of the new guys jumps off the page and stakes a claim. Get it done, Knox!! 

Think it's more of a special teams thing get that Hurl Miller  and Miles were left at home. They know they can play there give opportunity to young guys to get few more reps.

23 minutes ago, Booch said:

yeah me too. Hoping that isn't an indication that he is the projected starter at the moment.

But on the flip side, if that Johnson is the real deal at DT, or another impact import  we could actually have Hurl out there with not a lot of issues

I think with our D-line with Wety, Nevis and Oko and another strong dominant tackle they could cause so much havoc and eliminate a lot of the untouched runs until the second level  that a guy like Hurl wouldn't get washed out and actually be in his gap as they claimed and become support more than the center of the attack.

Rotate in a Corney, Ekakite, Butcher, Thomas to spell off an import and u could sub out Hurl as well in those packages and still maintain the ratio.

Still would prefer an Amerk Thumper up the gut, but this could be adequate initially

Playing 3 import D-lineman and 3 import O-lineman just doesn't seem like a sustainable approach, I'd rather play Thomas/Butcher/Ekakitie than roll with mediocrity in Hurl, who is a cut below Bass in performance.  If they really want to keep "Poop" to backup Nevis, replace Scott who has been virtually invisible since his arrival.

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Playing 3 import D-lineman and 3 import O-lineman just doesn't seem like a sustainable approach, I'd rather play Thomas/Butcher/Ekakitie than roll with mediocrity in Hurl, who is a cut below Bass in performance.  If they really want to keep "Poop" to backup Nevis, replace Scott who has been virtually invisible since his arrival.

i don't know, Bass was pretty bad last night if you watched the game.

Just watching Ekakitie move I'm liking him more and more , guy seems like a professional and dedicated to improving. I'm willing to give Hurl a chance, don't think he'll be a typical starter on every play but could be useful.

Jake Thomas looks a little weak but is pretty quick and has good feet.

Butcher is just the opposite, this dude is probably the second or third biggest guy on the team behind Hardrick and Bond.

Edited June 9, 20178 yr by Gotmilt

Curious that there's no Neufeld. Does that mean he's on the team or is he going to be the Vet cut?

4 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Curious that there's no Neufeld. Does that mean he's on the team or is he going to be the Vet cut?

didn't even notice that but nice catch, that's definitely interesting!

3 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Depth chart for tomorrow is up.

why cant I see the depth chart.  All I get is

 

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2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Playing 3 import D-lineman and 3 import O-lineman just doesn't seem like a sustainable approach, I'd rather play Thomas/Butcher/Ekakitie than roll with mediocrity in Hurl, who is a cut below Bass in performance.  If they really want to keep "Poop" to backup Nevis, replace Scott who has been virtually invisible since his arrival.

interesting point... not that you were trying to start this debate... but what is the better sum of parts?.... 2 dominant* import DTs with Hurl (or Miles) at MLB or a better import MLB with the Canadian rotating in at DT... If the D-line can mitigate runners getting to the next level, it reduces the need for a major thumper at MLB... just some food for thought/conversation...

*to be determined

8 minutes ago, bearpants said:

interesting point... not that you were trying to start this debate... but what is the better sum of parts?.... 2 dominant* import DTs with Hurl (or Miles) at MLB or a better import MLB with the Canadian rotating in at DT... If the D-line can mitigate runners getting to the next level, it reduces the need for a major thumper at MLB... just some food for thought/conversation...

*to be determined

I'm also biased, I really want to see how Corney, Butcher and Ekakitie work out on the D-Line.  If they can't create pressure then okay, 3 imports gives them another path to pursue. 

Come on now. This is a whole new level of competition for Ekakitie, so it may take a game or two for him to get used to things. If he pancakes Bennett, that would be a good ego-boo for him.

Real question, who on this board would trade any of our qbs for any of the riders qbs? Personally I think it's a wash so far between Apocada and Bennett but Davis and Lefevour are far more promising than Glenn and Brandon Bridge

13 minutes ago, Gotmilt said:

Real question, who on this board would trade any of our qbs for any of the riders qbs? Personally I think it's a wash so far between Apocada and Bennett but Davis and Lefevour are far more promising than Glenn and Brandon Bridge

I think the competition is between Bennett and Davis at this point to see which one eventually morphs into a starter. Apodaca is still in kindergarten.

 

Edited June 9, 20178 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

23 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I think the competition is between Bennett and Davis at this point to see which one eventually morphs into a starter. Apodaca is still in kindergarten.

 

I agree, however I said which would you rather have not who is better. Obviously if you needed to win a game you're not sticking in Apodaca over Glenn but in the long term I'd rather have our guys.

Wasn't Kenny Stafford a wideout?