Blue Bombers -- 2025/26 Offseason -- Discussion Thread

[wbbfan]

4 hours ago, Tracker said:

We do not need another possession receiver- we need a deep threat.

Any possession wr needs to be a down field possession guy, like lawler. Tall, lanky, long strider, athletic enough to one cut separate a bit and able to dominate 50/50 balls. 
We don’t need more corcorans and 10 yards and less catch when open the  fall down. 

Tbh, our wr core needs a lot. wilson, demski and big kev. we need as much wr as we can get in the last two spots. Really need a wr1 and maybe a 3. 

[17to85]

Schoen was a hell of a possession receiver

[Booch]

19 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Schoen was a hell of a possession receiver

Till we wrecked his career out of desperation stupidity

29 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Any possession wr needs to be a down field possession guy, like lawler. Tall, lanky, long strider, athletic enough to one cut separate a bit and able to dominate 50/50 balls. 
We don’t need more corcorans and 10 yards and less catch when open the  fall down. 

Tbh, our wr core needs a lot. wilson, demski and big kev. we need as much wr as we can get in the last two spots. Really need a wr1 and maybe a 3. 

Yip..need to slap whoever puts in the request for these guys...and if osh puts Corcoran ahead of Clercius again he should be shot as well

 

[Super Duper Negatron]

22 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Schoen was a hell of a possession receiver

Was. 😞

[wbbfan]

46 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Schoen was a hell of a possession receiver

he was. He was also just great at every thing, need yac? Deep ball? come back? screen? name it. 

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

Kevins Clercius

Slow as molasses in January. No deep threat. Not even close. Clercius should have been moved to slot but Hogan is such a **** as an OC. 

[bigg jay]

I hope someone let Friesen know because chances are he was not paying attention.

 

[rebusrankin]

After last night, I feel like

[Mike]

The WR that I like on our negotiation list (for what we need, imo) is Eli Pancol from Duke.

Bryce Kirtz is an okay name to bring in, he might even be a good player for us but it’s been a while since we had that go out and get the ball type dawg as a receiver, the kind of guy that can just body DBs and be a tough haul to bring down. That’s the kind of guy I want to see us bring in.

[GCn20]

16 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Any possession wr needs to be a down field possession guy, like lawler. Tall, lanky, long strider, athletic enough to one cut separate a bit and able to dominate 50/50 balls. 
We don’t need more corcorans and 10 yards and less catch when open the  fall down. 

Tbh, our wr core needs a lot. wilson, demski and big kev. we need as much wr as we can get in the last two spots. Really need a wr1 and maybe a 3. 

Our receiving corps was as weak an any of the crap groups I can remember over the past 40 years. It really can't be overstated how much help we need there. With all due respect to Nic Demski he should not be a 1 receiver.

15 hours ago, Booch said:

Till we wrecked his career out of desperation stupidity

Yip..need to slap whoever puts in the request for these guys...and if osh puts Corcoran ahead of Clercius again he should be shot as well

 

We need to slap the guys who recruit and/or sign them. 

[Bigblue204]

I don't know if Ajou Ajou is a FA this year or not. But he would look real good in Bue and Gold. Really like his style of play and I think with a bit more experience can turn into a really good slot rec.

[bigg jay]

7 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I don't know if Ajou Ajou is a FA this year or not. But he would look real good in Bue and Gold. Really like his style of play and I think with a bit more experience can turn into a really good slot rec.

He was a 2024 draft pick so he should have 1 year left on his rookie deal.

[rebusrankin]

I hope we upgrade our National receivers enough so we can drop Rudy, I mean Corcoran

[GCn20]

19 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I hope we upgrade our National receivers enough so we can drop Rudy, I mean Corcoran

THIS

Reminds me of the dark days of our receiving corps when we were pretending Rory Kohlert was a legit receiver. Back then the Bombers had an excuse,....years of poor GMing. Hmmmm.....

[Stickem]

Bring back Kenny.....one of the top receivers in this league.....I don't know if he was on a one year IF he was bring him back...I also hope we can talk Elgersma to show up here....The future of the qb situation is dire and we need to make some serious plans

......scrap the return of  Lawler ....guess he signed for 2 years 

Edited 3 hours ago by Stickem

[JohnnyAbonny]

Kenny would help no doubt, but they really need to bring in someone who can light it up through scouting.
Gotta have at least a couple of high level players on rookie contracts. 

[Blue In BC]

On 2025-11-13 at 1:40 PM, Stickem said:

So where does Faj/Tre Ford fit in......very interesting indeed

IDK. He's only played in 60 games and not all of them as a starter. The Elks have not been a good team until the last half of 2025 and Faj was the starter. For back up money and not having to trade a significant asset for him, he's a maybe.

 

Calvillo wasn't a very good QB until he became the back up for T. Ham then he developed. It does take a good team to surround a QB so it's not all on him.

 

It wasn't until AC's 6th season before he threw for more TD's than int's. Hamilton essentially let him leave Hamilton after 3 seasons of marginal success.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Blue In BC

[JohnnyAbonny]

21 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

THIS

Reminds me of the dark days of our receiving corps when we were pretending Rory Kohlert was a legit receiver. Back then the Bombers had an excuse,....years of poor GMing. Hmmmm.....

Besides Shoen and to a lesser extent Pokey,  the track record of scouting American receivers by this regime is by far the worst in the league. It really needs to improve this year. 

[GCn20]

4 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Besides Shoen and to a lesser extent Pokey,  the track record of scouting American receivers by this regime is by far the worst in the league. It really needs to improve this year. 

I think that our recruitment in general has been very poor over the past several years. I think the only period of time we saw good recruitment with this regime was when Rigmaiden was here. Other than that not a whole lot. Look at our depth. It's pathetic. 

[GCn20]

On 2025-11-14 at 10:48 AM, Bubba Zanetti said:

Im putting that all on O'Shea. He decides the gameday rosters and they are always chalk-full of his shi**y vets game after game, regardless of outcome or performance.

You can put it on Osh if you like, but the conversation is about NAT players. Who are the stud NATs we haven't been playing? For crissakes, if there were any and I mean ANY stud NATs sitting on our depth chart does anyone here honestly believe OSH wouldn't play them? The guy would start 24 NATs if he could.

19 hours ago, Booch said:

if Osh smartens up and puts hi back in lineup....what a dumb move that was

More of that next yr and kiss him goodbye when his rookie deal is up

He was nicked up. He could've played but Osh decided to sit him. Isn't that what you criticized him ad nauseum for not doing before? Pick a lane. 

Edited 3 hours ago by GCn20

[Atomic]

 

[GCn20]

On 2025-11-14 at 12:53 PM, Bubba Zanetti said:

Were talking high end rookies not getting any meaningful game snaps, while washed up vets hog all the playing time. That is 100% on O'Shea.

Who are these high end rookies not playing? Name one. Name a guy that's sitting on our depth chart now or formerly that has been good here or elsewhere.. ONE just ONE.

[rebusrankin]

1 minute ago, Atomic said:

 

So given the Coaching Cap, we're stuck with them if things go bad, correct? Again, Wade should have given them one year deals.

Just now, GCn20 said:

Who are these high end rookies not playing? Name one. Name a guy that's sitting on our depth chart now or formerly that has been good here or elsewhere.. ONE just ONE.

Its a tiny sample size but given how he played in the last regular season game, Smith should have been getting reps on D all year.

[17to85]

12 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Who are the stud NATs we haven't been playing? For crissakes, if there were any and I mean ANY stud NATs sitting on our depth chart does anyone here honestly believe OSH wouldn't play them? The guy would start 24 NATs if he could.

Except we know that's not true... we had high drafted guys this past year never got a sniff because of Americans in the way. BOLO was healthy and can contribute yet didn't take a snap in a Grey cup game where 3 receivers were dinged up.... osh isn't flawless. He plays guys and not others for lots of different reasons.

[GCn20]

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

So given the Coaching Cap, we're stuck with them if things go bad, correct? Again, Wade should have given them one year deals.

Its a tiny sample size but given how he played in the last regular season game, Smith should have been getting reps on D all year.

It is a tiny sample size in what was an exhibition game. Further to that, he wasn't high end by any stretch of the imagination. However, he did show nicely for a rookie. Who would you have taken out to put him in? What makes you believe he constituted any kind of upgrade? That's what we are talking about here. He was rostered all season, so what we are talking about is starting reps. I didn't see anything that led me to believe he deserved starting reps all season.