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

[wbbfan]

49 minutes ago, Mike said:

I don’t see how Woodbey and Griffin both get on the roster this year unless we use the roster rules appropriately … or start Kramdi at safety, I guess.

We have 4 DA spots, two of them should be Castillo and Vaval and then you gotta HOPE one of them is on the DL …

Its going to be hard that is for sure. Unless we shift kramdi and start woodbey. Or move on from ayers. 

Dead on with the DIs.

 

[Booch]

8 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Its going to be hard that is for sure. Unless we shift kramdi and start woodbey. Or move on from ayers. 

Dead on with the DIs.

 

https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/WINNIPEG-at-HAMILTON_SEPT-12.pdf

we did it before....several times...and heres an example

Swap out Ayers for Ceresna....swap out Persons for another legit DT...Totally doable...Bailey also comes in for any one of the bottom end Canadians...and if we sign say a Gittems and go 3 Canadian recievers...even more options...

Edited 2 hours ago by Booch

[bearpants]

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

Jury is out on our C until he proves himself, but our OGs need not worry much about OTs.

I highly doubt Randolph displaces Stan/Broxton at OT. He probably plays inside over Vanderpool.

 

54 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

I don't see one of Vanterpool, or Randolph starting. Stan is the GOAT and Stan will start, It's quite possible neither of the aforementioned start. Stan doesn't need a resurgence, He is no longer the best OT in the league, but he is still really good.

totally agree that Stan is a legend and he'll likely play... but he's a downgrade from Broxton at LT... switching to RT, I'd be hard pressed to think he'd be better than Randolph... and he's never played inside, so likely a downgrade from Vanderpool...

I still think he'll play... I'm just interested to see how it shakes out... for the record (I haven't purchased it yet) Bryant #66 is going to be my next jersey, if you're questioning how I feel about the GOAT... 😁

[GCn20]

14 minutes ago, bearpants said:

 

totally agree that Stan is a legend and he'll likely play... but he's a downgrade from Broxton at LT... switching to RT, I'd be hard pressed to think he'd be better than Randolph... and he's never played inside, so likely a downgrade from Vanderpool...

I still think he'll play... I'm just interested to see how it shakes out... for the record (I haven't purchased it yet) Bryant #66 is going to be my next jersey, if you're questioning how I feel about the GOAT... 😁

Stan will win a OT job. Book it. Randolph is our future at one of the OT positions, but it won't be this year. The difference between him and Stan would be negligible and in that scenario you let the GOAT play. Randolph will be heavily involved this year, but it will likely be as a backup and heavy set guy. We can ripen him on the vine, and we should do so.  As long as it is communicated properly to Randolph that '26 he will be the incumbent at RT, there should be no issues with him being disgruntled.

Edited 1 hour ago by GCn20

[rebusrankin]

Will we starve the offense again by not giving it 1 DI?

[GCn20]

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

Will we starve the offense again by not giving it 1 DI?

Probably. Hate to say it but they are more valuable to us on D given our current usage.

JJ Taylor is quite an intriguing signing. Bonafide NFL pedigree. Could he become our Kory Sheets if BO were to go down. Possibly.

[Mike]

29 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Probably. Hate to say it but they are more valuable to us on D given our current usage.

JJ Taylor is quite an intriguing signing. Bonafide NFL pedigree. Could he become our Kory Sheets if BO were to go down. Possibly.

Kory Sheets? In what way?

[GCn20]

46 minutes ago, Mike said:

Kory Sheets? In what way?

In that he came from the NFL later in his career, and was kind of a surprise to make the roster and then dominated when given the opportunity. Just a loose analogy. Obviously, we have BO and will ride or die with him no matter what. Just saying JJ maybe sticks around and if BO goes down we could get high level RB play from him.