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

[HardCoreBlue]

2 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Yoshi says today on turd down he wants to play till 40......he just might make it

JT i’m telling you right now. Never you mind. Look away, find a hobby or something.

ahhhhhh, that clears that up.

[wbbfan]

44 minutes ago, Booch said:

we gonna sign a kid ...Octavious Grabsemall

6'4" big bodied guy....Ran a 4.5 forty on his pro-day but played last 2 yrs of eligibility in Basketball....24 yr old 

I'm sold just based on the name alone. Someone call Key and Peele with that one. 

 

33 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Yoshi says today on turd down he wants to play till 40......he just might make it

If he stays healthy and keeps him self in shape, He will make a serious run at it. 

[Booch]

7 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I'm sold just based on the name alone. Someone call Key and Peele with that one. 

 

If he stays healthy and keeps him self in shape, He will make a serious run at it. 

Yeah...I nade him up ...an amalgamation/hybrid of some kids I worked with recently hahaha....sounds good tho eh?

 

[Mark H.]

Just now, Booch said:

Yeah...I nade him up ...an amalgamation/hybrid of some kids I worked with recently hahaha....sounds good tho eh?

 

Not bad...you should turn professional 

[johnzo]

10 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

If he stays healthy and keeps him self in shape, He will make a serious run at it. 

here's something I've always been curious about -- how on earth do OL play into their late thirties?  how do Yoshi and Big Stan keep their footwork up to cope with freak 24-year-old speed rushing DEs?  a guard like Neuf is getting heavy body contact on every play from jacked up DTs and generally will play the majority of snaps in a game.  That's a lot of punishment to take over the course of a career and yet the dude is still doing it at a pro level (tho I guess opinions differ on this)

Edited 23 minutes ago by johnzo

[GCn20]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

I'd go as far to say any position this coming yr....open competition across the board...I not saying go all rookies/new guys, but nobody should be a defacto starter like previous yrs regardless if they were here last  YR...2...3...4 YRS.....

Agreed, but at some of the other positions we will have guys pencilled in, not every guy. but certainly we will have guys that are unlikely to be beat out in camp. 

[Booch]

18 minutes ago, johnzo said:

here's something I've always been curious about -- how on earth do OL play into their late thirties?  how do Yoshi and Big Stan keep their footwork up to cope with freak 24-year-old speed rushing DEs?  a guard like Neuf is getting heavy body contact on every play from jacked up DTs and generally will play the majority of snaps in a game.  That's a lot of punishment to take over the course of a career and yet the dude is still doing it at a pro level (tho I guess opinions differ on this)

Technique and scheme intelligence plays a big hand in it...and self preservation too....also being smart

Stan is known for his flop/fall to ground to protect his knees...gets a lot of good natured laughs about it from teammates doing it too....in heavy ttaffic pile ups and guys clamoring around after a play is executed when he feels or senses any hanging into his lower legs does the drop to the ground like he shot...if you actually watch for it you we see it at times....or wonder why a lot of the times he is on the turf....master of self preservation and never really had a severe knee injury in his career

Now watch Kolo for techinque and intelligence..............

1 minute ago, GCn20 said:

Agreed, but at some of the other positions we will have guys pencilled in, not every guy. but certainly we will have guys that are unlikely to be beat out in camp. 

for sure...there a few I hope we already have written in...or should be...we have several ready for next step/step up

Edited 5 minutes ago by Booch