2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[rebusrankin]

Cobb is mid (as the kids would say) at best as a returner option.

[M.O.A.B.]

6 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Cobb is mid (as the kids would say) at best as a returner option.

I don't want to see another musical-chair in the kick returner department. 

[GCn20]

On 2025-05-09 at 3:13 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

Someone here lives in Thompson, I think Tracker, maybe? If he does, I can see why he doesn't drive to practice after work. You don't have to go to practice to be a fan. Yeah it can be boring at times when the coaches are inserting new plays & eveyrone is in a huddle looking up to the sky at a piece of paper held up for the players by a coach yelling instructions. 

I am the one currently living in Thompson and driving to practice would be pretty far. However, I had a house in Winnipeg up until 2 years ago, and I used to attend TC a few times. I never gave any reports because most of the TC reports I ever read did not really match what my eyeballs were seeing, and I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, just that we all tend to pick horses and it skews TC reports imo.

[JuranBoldenRules]

Case was decent on returns last year.  If they gave him some run to focus on it I'm sure he'd be dangerous but also just get you 10 yards every time.  Both Mitchell's are the style of trying to break one every single time which is great the one time every half season they break one, not so great when they lose you 5 yards trying to outrun contain.  Cobb had better return #'s on same squad than D Mitchell.

Overall I expect our special teams units to be more athletic, physical and consistent.  That was really prioritized in the off-season.

[Booch]

14 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

I would absolutely love to land McAllister. He's a legit threat to score anytime he gets the ball.

yup....and Jackson/Hogan would likely have a lot of offensive touches for him too....dude is explosive

13 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

I don't want to see another musical-chair in the kick returner department. 

If we go into yr with Cobb or Case...thats a big step backward....Case showed nothing other than he was average and had zero explosiveness....Cobb is what he is...serviceable but far from dynamic and far from a field flipper and with one on the roster to be a returner and receiver depth as well is a big ol Meh....we can and should do better

Time to move away from the "everyone is a starter" which is horseshit and actually bring in a legit talent....and if it means having to cut bnait with on old retread on downside with zero upside....so be it...

Edited 13 hours ago by Booch

[Super Duper Negatron]

Holy crap, I literally just typed ourbombers.com into my browser this morning by accident.

[rebusrankin]

19 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Holy crap, I literally just typed ourbombers.com into my browser this morning by accident.

Did that cause Nasty Nate to appear?

[johnzo]

31 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Holy crap, I literally just typed ourbombers.com into my browser this morning by accident.

It's training camp, even the veterans need to knock off the rust.  But if you're still doing this in week 2 or 3...

[wbbfan]

40 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Holy crap, I literally just typed ourbombers.com into my browser this morning by accident.

Someone had a senior moment

 

21 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Did that cause Nasty Nate to appear?

Candy man rules

Lyle Bauer

Lyle Bauer

Lyle Bauer 

Lyle Bauer

Lyle Bauer

 

[Booch]

53 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Did that cause Nasty Nate to appear?

need to type it 3 times for that

[rebusrankin]

11 minutes ago, Booch said:

need to type it 3 times for that

He then appears and calls you vermin?

[Stickem]

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

He then appears and calls you vermin?

AND says he's still booking a fight with Bauer..............He must hold the record for 'getting the boot' off of CFL sites

Edited 8 hours ago by Stickem

[Super Duper Negatron]

Is this the quietest training camp of all time, or just me?

[rebusrankin]

It was pretty epic that day Lyle Bauer and Nasty Nate faced off in a bare knuckle boxing match at the corner of Portage and Main. Bob Irving called the fight with Mitch Zalnafsky doing colour if I recall.

[Atomic]

32 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Is this the quietest training camp of all time, or just me?

We don't get reports like we used to, from the media or the fans. It's unfortunate. Noeller had to travel halfway across the country just to give us one taste of the kind of reports we used to get on a daily basis. Even Twitter is quiet. If we get four tweets from Derek Taylor that's basically an info bonanza. I'd love to get out for a practice and jot down some thoughts but it ain't easy get out in the middle of a weekday and go down to the stadium to watch football practice. If they ever switch venues to the Rods field I'll be all over it though.

[JuranBoldenRules]

53 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Is this the quietest training camp of all time, or just me?

It's way too early.  The local sports media are all over the Jets.  Most outlets only have 1-2 reporters.  If Edmonton makes the SCF they are going to have a hard time getting numbers as a league for regular season games.  Wish they'd go back to the season starting on Canada Day.

[M.O.A.B.]

Blue Bombers Training Camp Report | Day 5 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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FYI: Not practising on Thursday were KR/PR Peyton Logan, OT Eric Lofton, DB Jamal Parker, Jr., Rec Dalton Schoen, DT Cam Lawson, LB Lane Novak… With Lofton down Kendall Randolph continues to get a lot of work at right tackle… And without Logan on the field the list of kick returners includes Myron Mitchell, Kody Case, Dillon Mitchell, Gavin Cobb, Evan Holm, Keilahn Harris, David Wallis and Jaylen Hall.

List getting longer.

[johnzo]

19 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Blue Bombers Training Camp Report | Day 5 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Osh comments on the Montreal dribble thing:

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O’Shea has also been vocal in the past about preserving the rules, especially on special teams, that make the CFL so unique — like the onside dribble kick used to success by the Montreal Alouettes in the last couple of seasons.

"I definitely vote as a Canadian, as a CFL purist, in those moments,” said O’Shea. “Now, whether or not my one vote really matters… I would keep all the nuances of our kicking game in the game.”

respectfully disagree.  kudos to Montreal for finding a weird gap in the rulebook and exploiting it, but they've had their fun and I would hate to see a game-winning drive in the Grey Cup feature that tactic.

Edited 6 hours ago by johnzo

[SpeedFlex27]

25 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

It's way too early.  The local sports media are all over the Jets.  Most outlets only have 1-2 reporters.  If Edmonton makes the SCF they are going to have a hard time getting numbers as a league for regular season games.  Wish they'd go back to the season starting on Canada Day.

Too many soft & entitled fans complaining about going to games when it's minus ten in November so they moved the season up. They should start July 1st & make Opening day an event. Instead, no one cares about football in May so no one shows up. Except here.

4 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

He then appears and calls you vermin?

And comes up with a catchy nickname for you as well. 

3 minutes ago, johnzo said:

Osh comments on the Montreal dribble thing:

respectfully disagree.  kudos to Montreal for finding a weird gap in the rulebook and exploiting it, but they've had their fun and I would hate to see a game-winning drive in the Grey Cup feature that tactic.

If it's the Bombers, we lose a Grey Cup on that play. 

23 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Blue Bombers Training Camp Report | Day 5 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

List getting longer.

How do so many guys get hurt in non contact drills? 

[rebusrankin]

One positive thing about the injuries is that its 4 weeks to the opener so there is a lot of time for guys to heal.

[do or die]

6 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Did that cause Nasty Nate to appear?

Vision becomes nightmare 

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

It was pretty epic that day Lyle Bauer and Nasty Nate faced off in a bare knuckle boxing match at the corner of Portage and Main. Bob Irving called the fight with Mitch Zalnafsky doing colour if I recall.

Drank gin, from the curb....

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

Osh comments on the Montreal dribble thing:

respectfully disagree.  kudos to Montreal for finding a weird gap in the rulebook and exploiting it, but they've had their fun and I would hate to see a game-winning drive in the Grey Cup feature that tactic.

It's honestly not that hard to defend.  You have to leave an eligible receiver so wide open he can kick the ball from behind the line of scrimmage and recover it himself on the other side of the line of scrimmage.  Be aware of the all the eligible receivers on 2nd and long and it's not going to work ever.

[bigg jay]

2 hours ago, johnzo said:

Osh comments on the Montreal dribble thing:

respectfully disagree.  kudos to Montreal for finding a weird gap in the rulebook and exploiting it, but they've had their fun and I would hate to see a game-winning drive in the Grey Cup feature that tactic.

MOS used to be great at finding those little loopholes but it's been a long time since we've seen that.

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Too many soft & entitled fans complaining about going to games when it's minus ten in November so they moved the season up. They should start July 1st & make Opening day an event. Instead, no one cares about football in May so no one shows up. Except here.

We still have the playoffs in November.

[wbbfan]

2 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

MOS used to be great at finding those little loopholes but it's been a long time since we've seen that.

I wanna say 2018 maybe early 2019 was the last time we saw that kind of stuff from mos. He’s gotten real conservative with the gc rings.