The off-season is officially over. I thought I would make a new thread to start off the season. Looking forward to some camp reports starting with Rookie camp today.

I hear there's one guy we need to keep our eyes on, I believe he's wearing #85....

 

 

1 hour ago, Jpan85 said:

 

 

Milt proves 54 is just a number.

As the saying goes, you are not your age, you are your energy.

All we get is Milt Stegall updates I guess.

So that is great. 

6 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

All we get is Milt Stegall updates I guess.

So that is great. 

Not sure what else you’re going to expect from rookie camp day one, I would assume it’s mostly conditioning drills and very half effort reps

Wish we could see what milt could do in a scrimmage

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

Not sure what else you’re going to expect from rookie camp day one, I would assume it’s mostly conditioning drills and very half effort reps

Anything? At all?

They have 3 days to get to main camp , I would hope they are not giving half effort. 

3 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

Wish we could see what milt could do in a scrimmage

Why? 

Just now, Geebrr said:

Anything? At all?

They have 3 days to get to main camp , I would hope they are not giving half effort. 

Brand new turf, brand new team, brand new game for a lot of these guys, I would assume the coaching staff isn’t asking them to go 0 to 100 and risk injury on day one. 
 

We know our staff looks at so much more than their on-field stuff, these guys are going to make an impression or get a chance to for sure, but I doubt it’s balls to the wall right out of the gate.

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Brand new turf, brand new team, brand new game for a lot of these guys, I would assume the coaching staff isn’t asking them to go 0 to 100 and risk injury on day one. 
 

We know our staff looks at so much more than their on-field stuff, these guys are going to make an impression or get a chance to for sure, but I doubt it’s balls to the wall right out of the gate.

Tell me anything about anybody there. 
 

 

3 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

Tell me anything about anybody there. 
 

 

Milt Stegall looks pretty good

3 minutes ago, Mike said:

Milt Stegall looks pretty good

I refuse to believe it. 

10 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

Tell me anything about anybody there. 
 

 

Milt Stegall is there. He wears #85.

28 minutes ago, Mike said:

Brand new turf, brand new team, brand new game for a lot of these guys, I would assume the coaching staff isn’t asking them to go 0 to 100 and risk injury on day one. 
 

We know our staff looks at so much more than their on-field stuff, these guys are going to make an impression or get a chance to for sure, but I doubt it’s balls to the wall right out of the gate.

It’s not a Chris jones or dicky team that’s going to have 5 blown acls in the first days of camp due to sheer stupidity. 
 100% they are going to coach the guys and see how they soak it up and how motivated they are. Head stuff always comes first around here. 

Those new ribbon scoreboards look cool.

Was able to stop in for about 45 min to rookie camp today, was curious just to see Stegall out there

- A lot of stretching
- Receivers / QBs running drills with the QB taking the football, receivers running routes, QBs making reads, no balls being actually thrown
- Milt getting a lot of cheers just for running a route
- More stretching
- Receivers doing ladder drills with other positions doing their own drills (was focused on receivers)
- Then I had to leave
 

Based on only seeing Milt running routes without lining up against defence and without any balls being thrown to him, he is ready to make the team and finally get that Grey Cup ring.

 

that's a lot of DB's....

20 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

that's a lot of DB's....

Nichols holm and ba start. Ba needs to bounce back, Parker should be at the front of the battle for a spot. Kramdi/ford. Even if we start nichols holm ba Parker and one Canadian, that leaves us with one rookie starter. 2 rookies starting is what I’m expecting, with a bounce back from ba. 
 Gonna need a lot of rookie db bodies this camp. We will probably still add and subtract another 5/6 during camp. 

maybe I'm expecting too much, but I fully expect Tyrell Ford to be a Day 1 starter for this team... 

If Ford earns a starting spot, I hope we use somebody else at LB over Kramdi.

12 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

If Ford earns a starting spot, I hope we use somebody else at LB over Kramdi.

With our ratio we could be starting anyone but Kramdi already. 6 on offense 1 on defense (DT) 

27 minutes ago, Noeller said:

maybe I'm expecting too much, but I fully expect Tyrell Ford to be a Day 1 starter for this team... 

 

20 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

If Ford earns a starting spot, I hope we use somebody else at LB over Kramdi.

I think the smart/best usage is starting ford and platooning Kramdi. We could start both but that’s a huge risk especially when our other ni dbs can only play S. 

 Ford should take the spot, but we have done crazy things especially with Nis. I’d actually love to have Karamoko as a db on the roster too, but not likely to happen. 
 

if any thing in the secondary I’m not sold on our view of Parker. I really like him, but we seemed to have no confidence in him last year. Ba needs to be 100% and get back close to where he was. If not, I’d look hard at Kelly as S or another imp like Cole. 

Interesting Cole is listed as a DB. Possible thinking of him as a Sam or even in the Safety slot, would be a good move. 

16 minutes ago, BBlink said:

With our ratio we could be starting anyone but Kramdi already. 6 on offense 1 on defense (DT) 

Gotta get that pick though lol.  We have a ton of flexibility and I think how we use it will change a lot through out the year. 

1 minute ago, coach17 said:

Interesting Cole is listed as a DB. Possible thinking of him as a Sam or even in the Safety slot, would be a good move. 

We didn’t bring lbers to rookie camp this year it seems. So he could be in taking reps as a db for practice, which would be smart. But I would love Cole at especially S. but even as a Sam his instincts and reaction time is great he has a real knack for making plays.