Any day in Regina is a good day to win, even with all our rookies out in full force. It’s all a matter of pride.

Today I want to watch (through my radio) three things:

Eric Barrierre at quarterback. I want to see if his credentials have anything to do with the Bomber’s future. I fully expect we will have four QB’s kicking around at season open. He might become the new “lady in waiting”!

Chidi Okeke at right tackle. I want to see if he’s the new apprentice that we are hoping for, that might be a key cog in our Hog Heaven. I expect In a better we will be starting Lofton at RT as the season starts.

Our linebacker schemes. I’m assuming Kyrie Wilson will be one of the two middle linebackers in a basic 4=4=4 defensive structure. Outside of Gauther, I want to see who/what else we can put in those middle two spots. Are they going to take a peek at Brandon Alexander there,  or is he just too small? This is the one place that we look just too skinny. This is THE one big challenge for our new defensive coordinator, methinks...

I don’t care how much the coaches say it doesn’t matter who wins. To me it matters, kind of a lot. Beating the Roughie’s will set the tone not only for our rookies, but for our vets at home too. Preseason does matter for a lot more than just player evaluation.

 

Edited May 20, 20241 yr by BigBlue

Mitchell for Bailey...Smith for Grant...MCI for Jackson....Strev number 2....Dobson..Eli...Kolo in some kind of combo for center...guard...6th guy..done

 

Have we even attempted a pass over 5 yards with the 2 rookie QBs tho. 

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

If Wilson is making his reads but is just off in his timing throwing the ball that'll be corrected. Looks a little better than Barriere

Yeah...timing not there but is way more poised 

Karamoko probably the best global on the roster now on d

Just now, wbbfan said:

Karamoko probably the best global on the roster now on d

Was just gonna say same

This is boring 

Just now, Mike said:

This is boring 

Even by pre season standards 

Bonds and loa swing and miss 

So boring

Barriere took the air out of the bombers sails. 

Have we made a first down since Streveler finished?

Can we start a petition to get rid of these Reliable Heating ads on CJOB they are awful

Can we sign pigrome to finish the game lol

Encouraged by first half...add a Kyrie..Nichols..Holm...BA to what we did with WJ..Lawson..FOx.. Garbutt...Haba..Cole..Moses..Ford...as our main 12/base defence...I'm not worried one bit to be honest ...the other corner up for grabs but even Thomas would not hurt us...

Offense really was never a concern to me...pieces are there..just a matter of how we use them...

Imagine being a receiver trying to make the team and we don't take a single deep shot.

Cutshank

Shoot ,just got in from work....what I miss? No way I'm reading 5000 posts lol.......

Just now, Super Duper Negatron said:

Imagine being a receiver trying to make the team and we don't take a single deep shot.

Brutal. 
 

Just now, Booch said:

Encouraged by first half...add a Kyrie..Nichols..Holm...BA to what we did with WJ..Lawson..FOx.. Garbutt...Haba..Cole..Moses..Ford...as our main 12/base defence...I'm not worried one bit to be honest ...the other corner up for grabs but even Thomas would not hurt us...

Offense really was never a concern to me...pieces are there..just a matter of how we use them...

yep. Idk about cover teams yet but roster will be much better for game 2. 
The front 6 is gonna be deadly. 

Streveler was good

Barriere terrible

Jury is out on Wilson. 

1 minute ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Imagine being a receiver trying to make the team and we don't take a single deep shot.

Yeah this is what I don’t get at all. The offensive play calls can’t be doing much for eval

Let's look at it this way. I've watched the Bombers when young qbs like Barriere were projected to be our starter. And the OL was full of rookies like we're seeing. I expect we'll see a much different team next week. No need to worry. The Rider radio crew think they've won the Grey Cup.

Just now, Piggy 1 said:

Shoot ,just got in from work....what I miss? No way I'm reading 5000 posts lol.......

Good prospects on D. No clue on O because the reanimated ghosts of Jason Boltus have been throwing into blue feet or green chests all game.

1 minute ago, Piggy 1 said:

Shoot ,just got in from work....what I miss? No way I'm reading 5000 posts lol.......

Basically the Bombers are terrible and look like they've given up. Hitting the panic button HARD. 

LOL.

 

Nah everything is fine but the new QBs are undercooked. Need much more time. It's a Collaros Strev Show this year. 

18 hours ago, BBlink said:

I'm fully expecting us to lose, and lose badly. We're talking the Riders starters vs our tryout team. If we make it close it will be very embarassing for them.

I'm mainly interested in:

D-Line play - need a couple guys here to stand ouy

O-line play (if some of our projected starters are playing) - have to be able to protect the QB and we are down two starters from last year. 

Linebackers - Not much to say from Camp. Biggie isn't going to last forever. We need to start thinking transition plan.

Kick returners - will feel a lot better if we can find someone who can consistently catch the ball and get up the field

Quarterbacks - Who is going to step up if Collaros goes down? There's been some reports that Strev has not looked good in practice. We need him to be #2 not a short yardage/package QB in case there's an injury to Collaros.

D-Line play - Fox and Garbutt showing more than enough. Check

O-line play - when more of the starters were in they more than held their own. Check.

Linebackers - Moses jumping off the page. Check

Kick Returners - Chris Smith looks more than adequate. Cody Kase looked good too. Check

Quarterbacks - Strevy can run an offense. Would love for him to have made some more intermediate throws. Mostly check

Just now, wbbfan said:

Brutal. 
 

yep. Idk about cover teams yet but roster will be much better for game 2. 
The front 6 is gonna be deadly. 

If we put the right guys out there..I can see our front 7 being really strong...with better than adequate coverage with backups/depth...as long as said depth/backups aren't recipients of the reward system from previous yrs and block all that talent

1 minute ago, Piggy 1 said:

Shoot ,just got in from work....what I miss? No way I'm reading 5000 posts lol.......

Strevy good. Barry-eh real bad. Terry also bad but better.

front 6 was really good. Especially fox/lawson, rivers and garbutt, Moses plus gemmel petrishen and Ayer’s. schmekel too

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Let's look at it this way. I've watched the Bombers when young qbs like Barriere were projected to be our starter. And the OL was full of rookies like we're seeing. I expect we'll see a much different team next week. No need to worry. The Rider radio crew think they've won the Grey Cup.

It's hard to beat a team where every player in camp had been exceptional..as per rider radio...we stood no chance lol 

Just now, wbbfan said:

Strevy good. Barry-eh real bad. Terry also bad but better.

front 6 was really good. Especially fox/lawson, rivers and garbutt, Moses plus gemmel petrishen and Ayer’s. schmekel too

I think D will be fast and punishing this year. I found a feed and watched a bit ,but that crew put me to sleep so I turned it off.