Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[GCn20]

4 hours ago, 17to85 said:

No it's not the same. Wolitarsky was still a guy producing as expected from his role. Thomas is a guy playing more than his ability dictates which is the issue. 

Woli had a crap year last year. Let's not have revisionist history here. It's why we moved on. Comparing him and Jake is fair. Difference is Drew was never a whipping boy here. Guys clamoring go get him back are living in the past.

[17to85]

35 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Woli had a crap year last year. Let's not have revisionist history here. It's why we moved on. Comparing him and Jake is fair. Difference is Drew was never a whipping boy here. Guys clamoring go get him back are living in the past.

Did he? I mean he got hurt but he still did the things expected of him in his role.... 

Plus woli was a legit starter whereas Jake was always a depth guy...

[rebusrankin]

33 for 403 and a td in 10 games. Rebus's verdict is not a crappy year by Woli in 2024.

[SpeedFlex27]

14 hours ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Makes sense for sure but it sucks that we don’t have a single young receiver in the pipeline that we can continue to develop over the season. 

We have Clercius. Thing is, the Bombers can just sign some free agents. If they choose. 

[aalgernon]

Man, we're still going on about this? We need the Bombers to sign Ontaria so we have something else to talk about.

[Tracker]

9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

We have Clercius. Thing is, the Bombers can just sign some free agents. If they choose. 

Clercius has been a bit of a disappointment. He is still dropping passes that he ought to have caught and his blocking for a big man is suspect. We can blame some of this on the quarterbacking, but he seems to have hot his ceiling. BOLO was better.

[rebusrankin]

So Walters and the scouting staff have dropped the ball this year. Can they do better next year? Time to move on?

[Goalie]

5 hours ago, Tracker said:

Clercius has been a bit of a disappointment. He is still dropping passes that he ought to have caught and his blocking for a big man is suspect. We can blame some of this on the quarterbacking, but he seems to have hot his ceiling. BOLO was better.

Just love making **** up. Clercius 30 catches 258 yards. Bolo 11 for 144. 
 

try again.  Actually bolo when he was a bomber. His best season he had 233 yards receiving. So in no way has he been better. Some of you just like your revisionist history.  But it’s all good cuz neither bolo or Kevens would be a difference maker. You guys obsessed with the backups and 5th options are wild. Kevens tho is on pace to have more yards this season in his 2nd year than bolo has had in 5 or 6 seasons. Bolos most was last season. 330 ish yards. Which in the big picture is not lots. 

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[Goalie]

3 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

So Walters and the scouting staff have dropped the ball this year. Can they do better next year? Time to move on?

I think I’d move on from Kyle before O’Shea. Kyle has seemingly given up and gone silent while Osh is out there daily. Can’t play better players if they aren’t around can you. O’Shea ain’t the guy signing or not signing guys. O’Shea has his flaws but he has this team currently 3rd overall in the league and only 1 of 4 teams actually over .500

Complain about Jake. Kyle signed him. Kyrie? Kyle signed him. Zachs extension was Kyle also. 
 

seems to be nobody on the PR worth a damn. That’s on Kyle. Other teams signing guys, Kyle silent really. This mess started in the off season with Walters. 

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[17to85]

56 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I think I’d move on from Kyle before O’Shea. Kyle has seemingly given up and gone silent while Osh is out there daily. Can’t play better players if they aren’t around can you. O’Shea ain’t the guy signing or not signing guys. O’Shea has his flaws but he has this team currently 3rd overall in the league and only 1 of 4 teams actually over .500

Complain about Jake. Kyle signed him. Kyrie? Kyle signed him. Zachs extension was Kyle also. 
 

seems to be nobody on the PR worth a damn. That’s on Kyle. Other teams signing guys, Kyle silent really. This mess started in the off season with Walters. 

You really truly believe that Thomas and Lawson are better than Adams or Woods at defensive tackle? Truly believe that?

[Booch]

4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

You really truly believe that Thomas and Lawson are better than Adams or Woods at defensive tackle? Truly believe that?

Hes obviously not too swift

Also blames Walters yet Walters isn't out on the road....HC also tells scouts what he wants in a player and who he likes signed or let go...he fails to realize or accept that...also HC does the cutting...and roster construct...not the G.M

Walters dropped ball on free agent targets but we also don't know if his HC said he didnt want player A...or B...or if guys said no cause they wanted to go to a place with an actual chance to play...as opposed to being back seat of a coach's favorite

He yammered on how BOLO is better than Clercius...and I know with 1000 percent certainty BOLO left here because of non use and final straw was standing on sideline all game in the grey cup while Bailey..Demski and Schoen played crippled...

[wbbfan]

7 hours ago, Tracker said:

Clercius has been a bit of a disappointment. He is still dropping passes that he ought to have caught and his blocking for a big man is suspect. We can blame some of this on the quarterbacking, but he seems to have hot his ceiling. BOLO was better.

nah not even close. last year he caught 32/40, this year he has 30/43. 70% catch rate is still very good, 80% is hard to keep up for any one. 

 Clercius is still extremely young in his career. Hes 25 in his 2nd year, and barely played wr in college. for highly polished wrs like lawler it takes a year or two to click. clercius still has tons of ceiling and time to fulfill it. and at that, he’s already an excellent guy playing a gritty role. 

[Booch]

19 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

nah not even close. last year he caught 32/40, this year he has 30/43. 70% catch rate is still very good, 80% is hard to keep up for any one. 

 Clercius is still extremely young in his career. Hes 25 in his 2nd year, and barely played wr in college. for highly polished wrs like lawler it takes a year or two to click. clercius still has tons of ceiling and time to fulfill it. and at that, he’s already an excellent guy playing a gritty role. 

Yup

[Brandon]

On 2025-08-29 at 6:31 PM, GCn20 said:

Woli had a crap year last year. Let's not have revisionist history here. It's why we moved on. Comparing him and Jake is fair. Difference is Drew was never a whipping boy here. Guys clamoring go get him back are living in the past.

Jake is a D level player who now at his best is a D+ level. He's old as heck , unathletic,  invisible on the field, offers nothing, and is taking valuable reps from anyone else.

Woli was an above average non import who when healthy could contribute and make plays. He is younger and had/has way more upside then Thomas. The reason people had no gripes was that Clercius was given a chance to play and performed at the same level so replacing him with a cheaper option is a no brainer.

Thomas sucks so badly that they could put anyone on the field and we would see absolutely no drop off.  Anyone has better upside then him. 

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

So Walters and the scouting staff have dropped the ball this year. Can they do better next year? Time to move on?

Move on if we miss the playoffs. If we do but go out in the semi final, they can get one more year. However, Miller has to read the riot act to Walters as he's gone soft. If he's back he better find his edge as a GM if he has another chance. Osh will just be Osh no matter what.