Bomber football is back!!!!  All I have to say is....

and finally...

That is all.

 

Some game notes..

-The Lions offence will feature at least 6 NEW STARTERS in 2019. The 6 returning starters are anchored by 4 on the O-Line.

- BC's defence is likely to have at least 5 NEW STARTERS in 2019 for a total that is almost half of the game opening lineup.

-Of the 24 players that started the West Final for Winnipeg, 16 have returned to the Club in 2019 

👁‍🗨Can’t imagine Claybrooks will make the same ‘decisions’, as a rookie Head Coach, as did Steinauer and Dickenson.

awful lotta "new" for the Bombers on that depth chart. I'm as bullish as anyone on our young OL, but jeepers, 3 of 'em across the interior....if I was a BC fan, I'd be enjoying that thought. Also, both Whitehead and Lawler starting as rookies.....

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I think that continuity and the fact we will be running full schemes on both sides of the ball will carry us through this first game...that O-line interior has me a bit nervous but at same time also a bit excited to see if the grooming of guys has paid off...

1 minute ago, Booch said:

I think that continuity and the fact we will be running full schemes on both sides of the ball will carry us through this first game...that O-line interior has me a bit nervous but at same time also a bit excited to see if the grooming of guys has paid off...

the thing about playing Guard in the CFL is you basically have to be a really good bar-room brawler. Just be more of a man than the guy across the line from you. I fully believe Geoff Gray is a man-child who will beat the piss out of some people. I don't know enough about Speller to say. Couture at C *SHOULD* be fine....I'm hopeful that our D will win the day. 

Very excited to see what this Defence looks like. BC's Oline is an ideal 1st game for the DLine.

totally agree...my only concern is a few hiccups with bad reads, or miscommunication with seeing something they aren't used to...physically and the ability to smack guys around not too concerned.

 

I can't work right now. 😒

McGloster and Temple the likely scratches if the global player needs to be on the active roster.  Nelson listed as KR PR so he's *probably* not scratched. Also, with Whitehead and Lawler starting, you may want a little more support at the position.

I think we see the Blue D flex it's muscle and begin to establish itself as the best D in the league. Go Blue!

7 minutes ago, BBlink said:

McGloster and Temple the likely scratches if the global player needs to be on the active roster.  Nelson listed as KR PR so he's *probably* not scratched. Also, with Whitehead and Lawler starting, you may want a little more support at the position.

Only one scratch this year so it McGloster

How many receiving yards will Jefferson gets from Reilly ? 

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1 minute ago, Jpan85 said:

Only one scratch this year so it McGloster

Ah. They need to update the cfl website.  Thanks.  That makes it really easy.

There is actually way more change on this roster than I had expected...  going to be interesting 

 

6 minutes ago, Floyd said:

There is actually way more change on this roster than I had expected...  going to be interesting 

 

Yeah it might take a little bit of time to gel. Thankfully we're playing a team that's going to have the same problems.

57 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Some game notes..

-The Lions offence will feature at least 6 NEW STARTERS in 2019. The 6 returning starters are anchored by 4 on the O-Line.

- BC's defence is likely to have at least 5 NEW STARTERS in 2019 for a total that is almost half of the game opening lineup.

-Of the 24 players that started the West Final for Winnipeg, 16 have returned to the Club in 2019 

👁‍🗨Can’t imagine Claybrooks will make the same ‘decisions’, as a rookie Head Coach, as did Steinauer and Dickenson.

We have five new starters on O and six new starters on D 

Though guys like Rose, Hecht, and Jefferson I don't consider new...to the team yes but not the league..and Fenner as well is not a rookie...he's a former starter too

1 minute ago, Booch said:

Though guys like Rose, Hecht, and Jefferson I don't consider new...to the team yes but not the league..and Fenner as well is not a rookie...he's a former starter too

Same logic would apply to BC though - just pointing that out

 

maybe yeah...I havn't looked at their depth chart as to if any are raw rookies

 

43 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Yeah it might take a little bit of time to gel. Thankfully we're playing a team that's going to have the same problems.

If history is any indicator, few teams come out of the gate at full speed, and the Bombers do have a few rookies, Even if they have been around for a while, they need time to adjust to each other. So the game will probably be a bit sloppy, particularly in the first half. Bombers still gonna win, though.

I uploaded BC depth chart. They're carrying 2 QBs only

1 minute ago, M.O.A.B. said:

I uploaded BC depth chart. They're carrying 2 QBs only

Really bizarre rule change

Just now, Tracker said:

If history is any indicator, few teams come out of the gate at full speed, and the Bombers do have a few rookies, Even if they have been around for a while, they need time to adjust to each other. So the game will probably be a bit sloppy, particularly in the first half. Bombers still gonna win, though.

This.  With the way that pre-season is done now, there's really no way that we should expect that this will look pretty.   This is pre-season game three, except that it counts in the standings.  I fully expect it to look like that.  My only concern is that while having a bye week in week 2 allows some of our nicked up players a bit of time to heal, it also means that we'll be a week behind in working the kinks/rust out.