Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[Booch]

43 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Bridges ultimate demise is no surprise after the abomination he called coverage vs. Calgary. He was Calgary's X factor in their victories. Pressure Vernon Adams check, move him out of the pocket check, cover the receivers downfied because all Vernon Adams knows is to launch it as far as he can throw when he is pressured....nope Bridges not within 20 yards of the receiver he was running with moments ago because he stopped to see what was happening. He broke the cardinal rule of DBing several times, stuff you learn in Pop Warner, run with your receiver until the whistle blows. You can look back as a DB but the feet gotta keep moving.

hopefully this will make the coaches realize now that just because a guy was here last yr...2...3 yrs....that maybe they aren't the best choise...and we see actual true TC competition finally

 

[GCn20]

15 minutes ago, Booch said:

hopefully this will make the coaches realize now that just because a guy was here last yr...2...3 yrs....that maybe they aren't the best choise...and we see actual true TC competition finally

 

Bridges by all accounts had a great camp, but really got mentally rocked by Alford and never recovered.

[Pete]

The really good dbs we added started at training camp, and earned a spot.(0ther than ford)

This year we chose Bridges cause he seemed the safe choice. With others they may have had some growing pains but youd youd also see some great plays showing promise. Bridges didn't , not sure why it took so long to figure out

[JuranBoldenRules]

7 minutes ago, Pete said:

The really good dbs we added started at training camp, and earned a spot.(0ther than ford)

This year we chose Bridges cause he seemed the safe choice. With others they may have had some growing pains but youd youd also see some great plays showing promise. Bridges didn't , not sure why it took so long to figure out

Not really that long.  5 and a half games.  He played alright in the first 3.

Bonds hasn't stopped getting torched since the first Calgary game.

We beat Toronto because for some reason they couldn't key in on Coxie vs Bonds or Vaval in the red zone.

We only stopped that connection by pressure.  Lucky they run plays for Ungerer, Mayala etc.  Dinwiddie's a genius.

[GCn20]

17 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Not really that long.  5 and a half games.  He played alright in the first 3.

Bonds hasn't stopped getting torched since the first Calgary game.

We beat Toronto because for some reason they couldn't key in on Coxie vs Bonds or Vaval in the red zone.

We only stopped that connection by pressure.  Lucky they run plays for Ungerer, Mayala etc.  Dinwiddie's a genius.

Yea....secondaries are dependant on the front 4 getting home. I don't think our secondary problems are personnel right now.

[Brandon]

2 hours ago, Booch said:

hopefully this will make the coaches realize now that just because a guy was here last yr...2...3 yrs....that maybe they aren't the best choise...and we see actual true TC competition finally

 

or 12 years.....  

 

[Booch]

Just now, Brandon said:

or 12 years.....  

 

and that too lol

[Arnold_Palmer]

3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Not really that long.  5 and a half games.  He played alright in the first 3.

Bonds hasn't stopped getting torched since the first Calgary game.

We beat Toronto because for some reason they couldn't key in on Coxie vs Bonds or Vaval in the red zone.

We only stopped that connection by pressure.  Lucky they run plays for Ungerer, Mayala etc.  Dinwiddie's a genius.

I don’t think he really played that well after the first three games. He got beat every single game. There was the thought process that because he had the INT’s early on he would be given sometime rope to hopefully get better but I remember saying to my girl friend at the game against Edmonton he was easily our worst DB but would probably have a long rope due to the two INT game early on in the season. I mean he was far from the only DB getting beat but he was never good in my opinion and definitely a weak link. 

[kelownabomberfan]

I was at this game...

[BomberBall.]

30 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I was at this game...

Beauty.  My family was out of town for this one, but I remember listening on the radio.

[ShyGuy]

1 hour ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I was at this game...

That Montreal player sliding into the van at about the minute mark looks like it would have hurt.

[Noeller]

 

 

[wbbfan]

17 minutes ago, Noeller said:

 

 

The other article was saying he’d get cut pretty early on. &nbsp
 Glad he will get meaningful snaps in the preseason, look forward to watching that. 
Hopefully he sticks down there a while. 

[Booch]

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

The other article was saying he’d get cut pretty early on. &nbsp
 Glad he will get meaningful snaps in the preseason, look forward to watching that. 
Hopefully he sticks down there a while. 

Yeah hopefully he gets a season of NFL coaching...and then we see him

He is a Canadian School kid ..not a top 3 round guy...and has to learn the u.s game...so he is pretty low on the pecking order and any teams give a damn list..and will likely never play down there...so if he wants to actual play and have a career in football...he knows where his bread will be buttered

[Atomic]

Jets-Packers at 7 pm tonight, might get a look at both Elgersma and Pokey

[White Out]

we kept the wrong quarterback.

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Booch said:

Yeah hopefully he gets a season of NFL coaching...and then we see him

He is a Canadian School kid ..not a top 3 round guy...and has to learn the u.s game...so he is pretty low on the pecking order and any teams give a damn list..and will likely never play down there...so if he wants to actual play and have a career in football...he knows where his bread will be buttered

Yeah, hoping they fall in love with his arm talent and intangibles. Imo his intangibles are stand out in the us. Hard to find a qb with a good head on his shoulders at that level with strong talent. Maybe they feel like he’d be worth seeing how he looks after a year of coaching as he will likely get more out of it than most guys. 
 A lot of QBs that sit pr don’t do much or get much of a shot. And don’t deal well with that reality. 
 

I think his not needing to adjust to the Canadian game up here so much as adjust to the game speed could give him an inside track after a year of pr coaching down south. And boy could we use hitting the lotto on a guy like him. 
 

6 minutes ago, White Out said:

we kept the wrong quarterback.

Yep. Could’ve traded Zach for actual assets, kept brown, and signed an elite free agent for the price difference. Sickening. 

[Nolby]

5 hours ago, White Out said:

we kept the wrong quarterback.

Good teams should see a decline in their elite players, Bighill released, Thomas should've been released, Zach was absolutely the wrong choice to keep over Brown.

Dru is very mobile, far more athletic, great arm and sees the field well. Zack is lacking in comparison and Dru was so much younger, one of the bigger **** up from this franchise in a long time.

[Atomic]

16 hours ago, Atomic said:

Jets-Packers at 7 pm tonight, might get a look at both Elgersma and Pokey

The Packers had no passing attack at all. Elgersma didn't get in until the final drive of the game and got the least playing time. 3/4 for 24 yards. He converted a 4th and 5 play with a nice pass but then they just let the clock run out to end the game.

Pokey Wilson also only played the final drive of the game for the Jets. He ran a nice route and caught a 13 yard pass on 3rd and 7 for a first down.

Honestly a pretty good showing for both players but neither one got much opportunity to play. They clearly started the night at the bottom of the depth chart.

[rebusrankin]

So what steps can the club take towards fixing this mess/rebuilding? One that comes to mind to me is giving Shay and Smith reps on D to allow them to develop.

[do or die]

On 2025-08-08 at 12:32 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

I was at this game...

So was I.   Watch for the devastating crackback block on the last rushing TD.......by WR Goodlow!!

 

 

[Goalie]

Do ppl think guys like Tony Kyrie and guys of that nature, do they have any trade value? Or are you releasing them instead. No need for the Tony’s and Bryant’s for that matter or Jake’s and Kyries if you are rebuilding. Who has value. Who do you keep?  I feel the guys with value are the guys I’d keep. I’d keep Brady. I’d keep Demski. I like what person brings. I like what griffin does. Holm is solid. Nichols is a good vet. You need a few. I mean. Does Willie have value? Vaughters has looked solid but is he required in a rebuild? 
 

rebuild starts with the OL tho. Walters should be bringing in every center available. American or not. We start 9 Canadians. We can go 3 USA OL. Why not both tackles and center. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Goalie

[wbbfan]

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Do ppl think guys like Tony Kyrie and guys of that nature, do they have any trade value? Or are you releasing them instead. No need for the Tony’s and Bryant’s for that matter or Jake’s and Kyries if you are rebuilding. Who has value. Who do you keep?  I feel the guys with value are the guys I’d keep. I’d keep Brady. I’d keep Demski. I like what person brings. I like what griffin does. Holm is solid. Nichols is a good vet. You need a few. I mean. Does Willie have value? Vaughters has looked solid but is he required in a rebuild? 

Tony? Yes. Couple teams are struggling with lber and Tony has the pop on film and star box. What would we get? Idk 3-4th rounder probably? 

Kyrie? No.

Big Stan? Modest return but yes. I think some one would give a 5th or lower to mainly be a player coach who can start in the stretch run. 
 

Nichols would get interest, maybe a 2-3rd. Holm maybe 3-4. 
 

Vaughters/wj have more value. But wj won’t likely keep it high for as long. 1-2nd. 
 

Does having a fire sale help us become a better team sooner? Imo no. I think we’d end up with 2 really good years of rookie ni crops but end up not having enough spaces for those guys. 
 

The moves to make would be seeing if we can hold wink any one into giving us value for guys like Thomas/kola.  1 or 2 moves to bring in players who help us today, and possible getting Wilson back from the nfl while jettisoning the worst of what we have. 
 

I think a big move that could happen and could help us is actually trading strev. Swapping him for another teams vet back up qb would shake up our locker room in a big way. With all the injuries around the league I think a couple teams would be interested. Maybe you kick in a depth guy/pick to get a slight upgrade in talent and a good upgrade in fit. 

[Goalie]

Strev for Powell in Hamilton? They like Tuas Bro no. Think Hamilton might take one of our guys also in a maybe bigger deal. Maybe they throw in a receiver (they are stacked there) 

 

how do you get Powell plus Bridges to Winnipeg? lol.  With Kenny there Bridges ain’t being targeted as much. Last year dude was a rock star tho. I’d take a shot on him. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Goalie

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Strev for Powell in Hamilton? They like Tuas Bro no. Think Hamilton might take one of our guys also in a maybe bigger deal. Maybe they throw in a receiver (they are stacked there) 

 

how do you get Powell plus Bridges to Winnipeg? lol.  With Kenny there Bridges ain’t being targeted as much. Last year dude was a rock star tho. I’d take a shot on him. 

I’d be into that. We could kick in a depth pick, maybe some one like Lofton, Kelly… kola!