ESF Bombers @ Als - Early Chat

[HardCoreBlue]

51 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

 

 

Mr. Ontaria Wilson, a word please? Yea we’re going to need you to really ramp it up, more than you ever have before like serious. Thank you so much, appreciate it.

[Booch]

If we were smart and Demski cant go...and I said already I'd be shocked if he was healthy enough (but when has that stopped Osh before neutering our roster) the smart move is to go with 4 import receivers....and I'd roll with Echols as he is experienced....is also a returner so if Vaval gets hurt...or has to go in on defense because lord help us someone else gets hurt h gives us some coverage there....Being rigid and lacking any sense in retaining the ratio as is with 6 Cdn on offence and 1 on defense is just more of the standard effing ourselves once again in playoffs with roster issues and use of assets

We be just fine on defence having to have 2 on the field any given time as we do that anyway....Lawson...Kramdi...Smith who showed he can play...Bailey who showed the same...heck lets utilize the Nationalized Amerk rule and use those snaps to further help ourselves and limit how many times we have to watch Thomas out there doing squat....But sadly I am sure we will run out Corcorran and Cobb combo (hopefully just Cobb) if we go that route cause that's just the Oshea way....brain dead thought process.....and does nothing to help ZC with the offense...and lord knows he gonna need all the extra lil help and tweaks we can give him

All that being said...I fully expect to see Demski out there...limited in what he can do...be a non-factor and just make things even harder for ZC.....And truthfully...why wouldn't I or anyone else expect otherwise?....the past 3 seasons are pretty good indicator to what we can expect....until proven wrong. 

Edited yesterday at 07:51 PM by Booch

[WinnipegGordo]

 

 

[rebusrankin]

I'm with Booch, go Wilson/Clercius/Wheatfall/Sterns/Echols at WR and declare two nationals on D. Lawson/Kramdi/Smith/Thomas et all can cover things. I do bet we either play a hobbled Demski or go Corcoran/Cobb as the 2nd starter.

[HardCoreBlue]

3 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I'm with Booch, go Wilson/Clercius/Wheatfall/Sterns/Echols at WR and declare two nationals on D. Lawson/Kramdi/Smith/Thomas et all can cover things. I do bet we either play a hobbled Demski or go Corcoran/Cobb as the 2nd starter.

Or just give the rock to BO 795 times.

[blue85gold]

43 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I'm with Booch, go Wilson/Clercius/Wheatfall/Sterns/Echols at WR and declare two nationals on D. Lawson/Kramdi/Smith/Thomas et all can cover things. I do bet we either play a hobbled Demski or go Corcoran/Cobb as the 2nd starter.

I agree would be great if we can. Issue isn’t the number of starters but getting another American on the roster. Don’t know about it at the expense of the dline. Griffin might be health too, would be nice to get him back on D

[rebusrankin]

10 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

I agree would be great if we can. Issue isn’t the number of starters but getting another American on the roster. Don’t know about it at the expense of the dline. Griffin might be health too, would be nice to get him back on D

Take Ayers off

[sweep the leg]

I’m pretty confident we’ll play two Canadian recs. I’ve seen nothing from this season to make me think we’ll get away from that. 

I’d like to see Bailey take some reps from Lawson & Thomas. Move Vaughters inside occasionally and play three des.

[Noeller]

An interesting factor for the roster this weekend is the field might be an absolute mess. They've had a rainfall warning in Montreal most of the week with 15-20mm rain projected each day through tomorrow. Saturday is supposed to be back to just Cloudy, but after heavy rains all week, what's the field going to be like? And what will that mean for Run vs Pass... ? 

[wbbfan]

man, If demski is that close, even if he goes what level of play is he gonna be able to bring? Don’t like that. No Demski and if we stay married to the old guys on the dl, that’s soo hard to over come. 

[Booch]

3 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

man, If demski is that close, even if he goes what level of play is he gonna be able to bring? Don’t like that. No Demski and if we stay married to the old guys on the dl, that’s soo hard to over come. 

Prob not much in level...and prob will not be playing full bore so whats the point.. especially 3 weeks into a hammy issue...recipe for disaster and then you down a key guy and seeing ad our depth and roster config has been butt awful..we likely have no legit backup

[HardCoreBlue]

23 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

man, If demski is that close, even if he goes what level of play is he gonna be able to bring? Don’t like that. No Demski and if we stay married to the old guys on the dl, that’s soo hard to over come. 

JT’s swan song, going out on his own terms ffs. 

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

JT’s swan song, going out on his own terms ffs. 

If Osh has his way, it'll be 2033 & Thomas will be out there in a wheelchair. 

[JohnnyAbonny]

This has got to be the least excited I’ve ever been for a Bomber playoff game. There’s just no fire in the team this year, I don’t know how else to describe it. 

[bigg jay]

6 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

This has got to be the least excited I’ve ever been for a Bomber playoff game. There’s just no fire in the team this year, I don’t know how else to describe it. 

Apathy is the best way to describe how I feel about this season.  I'm definitely not as engaged as I want to be or usually am.

[HardCoreBlue]

14 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

JT’s swan song, going out on his own terms ffs. 

I know some will disagree but he's putting a player ahead of the team.

[Noeller]

Team has shown plenty of fire... Just a lack of consistency.

We're so spoiled with annual trips to the WF.... I'm excited to hopefully write a new chapter. 

[Atomic]

https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/WINNIPEG-AT-MONTREAL_NOVEMBER-1-1.pdf

Demski GTD

No backup RB dressed (MCI backs up I guess?)

Corcoran starting over Clercius 

KMB stays on at DE but Person is out

Woods on the roster but not starting

Dexter Lawson backing up at SAM 

Wilson Sterns Wheatfall Demski/Cobb Corcoran starting receivers

[ShyGuy]

So wtf happens if Brady gets dinged or Demski can't make it work?!?

[Pete]

On 2025-10-27 at 9:02 AM, Booch said:

yup...fresh legs too at the right time....He offers us a nice combo of what we been lacking...Same can be aid for Bailey as well...he showed a lot...and offers valuable defensive reps to keep the old farts fresher...and can play teams...and...he's fresh too

I also am worried he plays a not ready Demski as well...cause I not sure he gonna be totally healthy and with a hammy...one lil tweak again and he's done....with how Smith played on defence...Lawson...Kramdi likely back..we can delegate 2 Canadians for atria on defence and technically not have to have 2 Canadian receivers.....we seen how this dance has gone before playing not healthy recievers in playoffs and it screwed us royally

Run out a Wheatfall...Echols...Pokey..Clercius...Stearns unit ...heavy use of BO and sprinkle in some dual backfield sets with Peterson...even MCI and trust in them to get to the EF with a "healthier" Demski

Was hoping we:f be able to add Jenkins, but then its a question of who comes off, we knew it wouldn't be Ayers. Griffen not added for same reason. I dont get Petersen , we could have gone without Ball or Kelly.

Overall about what i expected. Have to wonder about the cohesiveness of our offence though. Mitchell nowhere around, now Clercius benched. The lack of faith on Hogan.etc

Not concerned with whose listed as starter it changes in game 

Edited 8 hours ago by Pete

[BaconNBigBlue]

I've set my expectations low for this game so I won't be uber disappointed if they lose and will be super excited if they win.  It's all gum drops and candy canes in my world!

 

[blue85gold]

2 minutes ago, ShyGuy said:

So wtf happens if Brady gets dinged or Demski can't make it work?!?

I assume if Demski can't go, they add Peterson back on. 

Chris-Ike would be the back up plan for Brady. 

Razor thin depth on O if you can even call it depth

9 minutes ago, Atomic said:

https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/WINNIPEG-AT-MONTREAL_NOVEMBER-1-1.pdf

Demski GTD

No backup RB dressed (MCI backs up I guess?)

Corcoran starting over Clercius 

KMB stays on at DE but Person is out

Woods on the roster but not starting

Dexter Lawson backing up at SAM 

Wilson Sterns Wheatfall Demski/Cobb Corcoran starting receivers

Brutal that neither of the american DEs that looked great last week get a chance. 

Don't know why we need Ayers and Lawson on the roster at all as back ups really. 

[Atomic]

3 minutes ago, ShyGuy said:

So wtf happens if Brady gets dinged or Demski can't make it work?!?

Clercius backs up all 5 receiver spots and MCI backs up Brady. Our emergency backup receiver Streveler isn't dressed so I guess the next in line is our "TE" Tui Eli. Maybe Trey Vaval can play receiver.

[voodoochylde]

With what Jenkins did last week (albeit in a meaningless game) I would have loved to see him added to the DL rotation. 

My expectations for this game are non-existent.  If we somehow squeak out a win, I'll be pleasantly surprised but if we lose it will be a big "meh" and I think that really sums up how I feel about the team this year.

[Atomic]

I've got Grey Cup tickets and I'm just hoping the Riders make it at this point so I have a team to cheer for (whoever they are playing against, of course). Bombers making it to the Cup again seems basically impossible.