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

[Booch]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

It’s actually so weird to me that people are worried about Jake as a positional coach lol nobody has any clue if he’s got what it takes or not and we weren’t whining when Miller got a far more important role

 

then again Miller isn’t a slow, fat whipping boy so I guess there’s that 

He also shadowed for a full yr and was a coach in training his last yr when he was on IR all yr..and also is one of the best ever ST players and was called a coach on field when he was playing

JT...none of the above...and was our worst DL now for yrs...arguably in entire league...big difference...huge

So who thinks 180k for 2026..185k 2027...some guaranteed in 2027...and all hard money is good value for Kramdi...or money well spent that could have gone eleswhere? 

Perfect example of how to throw your sms right out the window and sacrifice talent u actually could use elsewhere...christ...good job

[Brandon]

2 minutes ago, Booch said:

He also shadowed for a full yr and was a coach in training his last yr when he was on IR all yr..and also is one of the best ever ST players and was called a coach on field when he was playing

JT...none of the above...and was our worst DL now for yrs...arguably in entire league...big difference...huge

Did you not read the O'Shea quote?  He's a nice guy and people like him. 

[Bigblue204]

2 hours ago, Jets said:

Not to mention a positional coach running some drills in camp and practice and breaking down some film is a far cry from drawing up schemes and roster management that a coordinator or HC would be responsible for.  A lot of hand wringing over what should be minimal impact. 

THIS!! I've never seen so much discussion about a positional coach period...never mind the griping. We've never once discussed the good or bad of a positional coach...not more than a couple random posts anyway. Thomas isn't going to ruin the Dline just like he isn't going to turn them into some force of nature. 

[Mike]

All I need to see about this hire was that people are bitching more about it than they were about Hogan last offseason

”Brady supports it”

[Goalie]

Seems like Jake was in the video room lots. He put in time. He wasn’t great as a player but that probably doesn’t matter. Wade was a Jake back in his day lol, kinda different situations cuz Wade has a successful business career but similar really cuz both weren’t great players. Dinwiddie wasn’t good. Buck wasnt the best but not the worst. Osh was a good Canadian player, Mike miller our sp teams guy, he wasn’t an all star. I mean. I don’t want to go through teams in the cfl and look but guaranteed half the positional coaches were just dudes who played a few seasons or not even. They just played high school some of them. College. I mean. Who cares really. It’s pretty common for Former players to become coaches. And besides Jake isn’t gonna make Willie less lazy or any of that. He’s not the DC ffs. But I’m hoping our DL has a great year regardless. In reality shouldn’t be hard for Jake and crew to improve on 10 sacks all year really. Our DL sucked last year. I mean nowhere to go but up for them. And despite the narrative for a dude who played 13 years all in blue n gold, it wasn’t just him. And there’s some comedy in ppl on the internet sites thinking they know more than dude who played for 13 years in the pros plus school and prior years of actually playing football but yeah. Happy new year. If there’s a so called plethora of good Canadian dl coaches in the u sports then why don’t teams hire them. Hmm. And we out. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Goalie

[SpeedFlex27]

4 hours ago, Booch said:

He also shadowed for a full yr and was a coach in training his last yr when he was on IR all yr..and also is one of the best ever ST players and was called a coach on field when he was playing

JT...none of the above...and was our worst DL now for yrs...arguably in entire league...big difference...huge

So who thinks 180k for 2026..185k 2027...some guaranteed in 2027...and all hard money is good value for Kramdi...or money well spent that could have gone eleswhere? 

Perfect example of how to throw your sms right out the window and sacrifice talent u actually could use elsewhere...christ...good job

Booch, clear your messages... 

[bigg jay]

Pretty surprised by this, tbh.

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/30/pittsburgh-steelers-work-out-all-cfl-defensive-back-evan-holm/

 

[wbbfan]

23 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Pretty surprised by this, tbh.

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/30/pittsburgh-steelers-work-out-all-cfl-defensive-back-evan-holm/

 

the quickest most fluid hips ever. 

He’s got elite closing and cod speed. Hes slight in build and lacks the physicality though.

He couldn’t play bump n run on the corner, or cover TEs inside. He could play in a limited nickel cover role. He would struggle in run D though. 

That said, the steelers have leaned heavily on cover 4 with the Safety’s stacked tight. So Holm, would actually fit their system reasonably well. Id also add it’s useful to have guys like holm on the practice squad to help coach up new guys and run scout team D. 

It’s probably just a flyer work out for a guy with the raw tools and history of being solid up here. 

[Tracker]

15 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

the quickest most fluid hips ever. 

He’s got elite closing and cod speed. Hes slight in build and lacks the physicality though.

He couldn’t play bump n run on the corner, or cover TEs inside. He could play in a limited nickel cover role. He would struggle in run D though. 

That said, the steelers have leaned heavily on cover 4 with the Safety’s stacked tight. So Holm, would actually fit their system reasonably well. Id also add it’s useful to have guys like holm on the practice squad to help coach up new guys and run scout team D. 

It’s probably just a flyer work out for a guy with the raw tools and history of being solid up here. 

This kinda started out as an erotic description.

[SpeedFlex27]

Elgersma worked out for the Dolphins today. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS5uR8QEek7/

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

This kinda started out as an erotic description.

from mos’ lips lol. 

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Elgersma worked out for the Dolphins today. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS5uR8QEek7/

he’s getting a lot of looks but no pr offer seemingly. I bet he gets a camp invite and isn’t up here till after next nfl tc cycle ends. 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

from mos’ lips lol. 

he’s getting a lot of looks but no pr offer seemingly. I bet he gets a camp invite and isn’t up here till after next nfl tc cycle ends. 

3DN is saying that interested has piqued again with the NFL. Wunnerful. 

[WinnipegGordo]

5 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Elgersma worked out for the Dolphins today. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS5uR8QEek7/

Dolphins also worked out DE De’Shaan Dixon. He spent 2 weeks on the Bombers' practice roster and is under contract for next year.

[Piggy 1]

12 hours ago, wbbfan said:

the quickest most fluid hips ever. 

He’s got elite closing and cod speed. Hes slight in build and lacks the physicality though.

He couldn’t play bump n run on the corner, or cover TEs inside. He could play in a limited nickel cover role. He would struggle in run D though. 

That said, the steelers have leaned heavily on cover 4 with the Safety’s stacked tight. So Holm, would actually fit their system reasonably well. Id also add it’s useful to have guys like holm on the practice squad to help coach up new guys and run scout team D. 

It’s probably just a flyer work out for a guy with the raw tools and history of being solid up here. 

No way he sticks ,too small. 

[Stickem]

1 hour ago, Piggy 1 said:

No way he sticks ,too small. 

yeah....but he's got quick feet....verified by Osh

[johnzo]

hell, I am blind to most of the subtleties of football and even I can see that Holm is a ludicrous athlete.  Can't think of another Bomber DB past or present with his maneuverability. 

Holm to me is kind of like "what if Charles Roberts grew a couple of inches and played DB?"

Good luck to him with his shot.

15 hours ago, Tracker said:

This kinda started out as an erotic description.

Rod Black had Sticky -- MBB has Holm.

(mods feel free to delete this terrible post)

[rebusrankin]

I could see Holm at least getting through a training camp and likely a season on a practice roster.

[Goalie]

People underrating holm. He’d fit in with what Pittsburgh does quite well. Personally I think he’s our best option at safety. 

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, johnzo said:

hell, I am blind to most of the subtleties of football and even I can see that Holm is a ludicrous athlete.  Can't think of another Bomber DB past or present with his maneuverability. 

Holm to me is kind of like "what if Charles Roberts grew a couple of inches and played DB?"

Good luck to him with his shot.

Rod Black had Sticky -- MBB has Holm.

(mods feel free to delete this terrible post)

Taylor, he was an even more ridiculous athlete than holm. We do really like athletic outliers at db under jy. Db is our fastest and biggest collection of athletes every year. The couple of former nfl guys we had in camp this year were crazy too, and 6’ plus. 

I’ll also throw in woodbey as the single greatest athletic outlier on the team today. He has excellent run/jump tools to the point he could cover any spot on the field. but he’s also 6’2 235 with the strength and physicality to excel at wil/mac in the cfl. If biggie had his measurables he never would’ve played a down in the CFL. This kid 100% should be playing S or sam in the nfl. I love watching him cover area and wrs like a db, then just monster guys physically when the ball is in play. He ate ol and big blockers lunch on a ton of plays in the run game last year. 

S, Sam, Wil, Mac, Dhb, you could play him at most positions. He could probably pass rush from the edge in a pinch if you needed. Not just an athlete either, that guy is a tough ass football player. I’ve got very high expectations for him this coming year. 

[wbbfan]

15 minutes ago, Goalie said:

People underrating holm. He’d fit in with what Pittsburgh does quite well. Personally I think he’s our best option at safety. 

 

59 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I could see Holm at least getting through a training camp and likely a season on a practice roster.

holms biggest issue in all that would be drills vs nfl wrs. Even though he wouldn’t be asked to run bump n cover, he’d have to spend a lot of time early in camp just doing 1on1s. and his lack of physicality would be exposed and look even worse than normal. Nfl wrs get off is every thing. They are used to very tight spaces too. Holm is used to space, longer slower throws, and not getting tosses if he’s fairly close. 

 If he could adapt to sticking tighter to wrs then using that burst for knock downs he’d be able to cover up his lack of physicality. He doesn’t need to win at the line with his jump. 

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, Stickem said:

yeah....but he's got quick feet....verified by Osh

Most players have quick feet at that level. That's nothing new.