Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Meh he was good in Toronto, lost his job there, couldn’t crack a spot here, it’s not like there wasn’t an opportunity here to some degree because Younger likes using several linebackers in his schemes.  Woodbrey who started lower on the pecking order surpassed Jones over time and just had an outstanding game. 

Wynton mcmanis lol, and when he was healthy he stole half his reps. Their other lber was pickett, aka the two best lbers in the cfl in the last 5+ years. and Jjones took reps and starts from them. Woodbey isn’t being used like jones and didn’t pass him on the depth chart. woodbey is being used as a db. He could be used as a wil like that but isn’t. 

Does any one think that Tony jones or kyrie would steal reps/starts from mcmannis or pickett on any other team in the league? 

Edited 13 hours ago by wbbfan

[sweep the leg]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

If we keep Walters expect another useless off season of non signings & defections. Not much of a risk to trade for Mauldin. He'd have helped us for a playoff run. We could have had the guy for a fourth rounder. Now we lose Jones. Walters has to go. 

Mauldin was the next great thing in 2022, but couldn’t sustain it. Now he’s just a guy. I would’ve been fine taking a chance on him, but not ready to fire the gm over passing on him.

[SpeedFlex27]

47 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Mauldin was the next great thing in 2022, but couldn’t sustain it. Now he’s just a guy. I would’ve been fine taking a chance on him, but not ready to fire the gm over passing on him.

It's not just Mauldin. It's the last couple of seasons. Both Osh & Walters have no contract next season. 

[Arnold_Palmer]

10 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Wynton mcmanis lol, and when he was healthy he stole half his reps. Their other lber was pickett, aka the two best lbers in the cfl in the last 5+ years. and Jjones took reps and starts from them. Woodbey isn’t being used like jones and didn’t pass him on the depth chart. woodbey is being used as a db. He could be used as a wil like that but isn’t. 

Does any one think that Tony jones or kyrie would steal reps/starts from mcmannis or pickett on any other team in the league? 

Pickett was gone  and in Ottawa the year Jones lost his job and Mcmannis has been in Toronto just as long as Jones was in Toronto so no that has nothing to do with anything. And yeah Tony Jones and Kyrie Wilson would absolutely be starters in this league on other rosters based on their play this year. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Arnold_Palmer

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Pickett was gone  and in Ottawa the year Jones lost his job and Mcmannis has been in Toronto just as long as Jones was in Toronto so no that has nothing to do with anything. And yeah Tony Jones and Kyrie Wilson would absolutely be starters in this league on other rosters based on their play this year. 

he didn’t lose his job during a season, he was injured. Pickett and mcmannis was there when he was playing in 2023. His contract ended and they didn’t bring him back. 

 That wasn’t the question though was it? So let’s put the goal post back, would kyrie or jones take reps from mcmannis or picket like Jones did, on any other team in the league? The answers no, they wouldn’t. 

[Stickem]

37 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

 

 That wasn’t the question though was it? So let’s put the goal post back,

 For cripes sake...You mean they've started moving them already...lol ...Tony Jones will have a hard time making anyones roster due to his age....Wilson..most likely 

[Tracker]

With J. Jones being cut, this means that we will be stuck with him at MLB until either or O'Shea dies.

[17to85]

14 minutes ago, Tracker said:

With J. Jones being cut, this means that we will be stuck with him at MLB until either or O'Shea dies.

Even with J.Jones here T.Jones was never in danger of losing a spot. 

If the coach was so married to his guys at lb why even sign j.jones? That's the crazy part. Clearly the coach and gm are reading 2 different books at this point.

[Goalie]

4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Even with J.Jones here T.Jones was never in danger of losing a spot. 

If the coach was so married to his guys at lb why even sign j.jones? That's the crazy part. Clearly the coach and gm are reading 2 different books at this point.

Or and here’s the crazy part. J Jones is being seriously overrated by people on here. Linebackers haven’t been an issue and with Woodbey and the cdn kids. Where’s the spot for another import linebacker. You guys say they don’t play enough DL but now you want the 700 linebackers on. Wild whacky stuff. 

[Pete]

21 minutes ago, Tracker said:

With J. Jones being cut, this means that we will be stuck with him at MLB until either or O'Shea dies.

T Jones is on the top two tacklers in the league so were lucky to have him. We signed  JJones for insurance but since Woodbey has proven to be better

[17to85]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

T Jones is on the top two tacklers in the league so were lucky to have him. We signed  JJones for insurance but since Woodbey has proven to be better

Tackles, oh yay. I'd rather a linebacker make plays than tackles.

4 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Or and here’s the crazy part. J Jones is being seriously overrated by people on here. Linebackers haven’t been an issue and with Woodbey and the cdn kids. Where’s the spot for another import linebacker. You guys say they don’t play enough DL but now you want the 700 linebackers on. Wild whacky stuff. 

So why sign Jones if he's as trash as you say? It still points to a disconnect between coach and gm.

[Bigblue204]

We have no idea why he was signed or why he was released. Pretending otherwise is Twitter level conspiracy stuff. 

The LBs have not been an issue. J.Jones had some playing time and didnt light the world on fire. Sucks to see him go, but not worthy of panicking over it either.

[17to85]

There is a difference between a position not being a problem and being impactful. Tony Jones has a **** ton of tackles but I would say he's had 1 game where he was impactful. Wilson I'd say maaayyybbbbeee one game where he was impactful. 

We can do better and J.Jones likely would have but he never got more than 1 game (which did show a skilled player IMO)