With Rookie Camp getting underway Wednesday morning, it's officially time to talk about the 2026 Winnipeg Blue Bombers!

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

I see rotational piece quality in both, this year, for sure.

Idk about that. IF we are going for a run, stopping base, we would want Lawson and Ceresna on the field. Not really Nuer. He's undersized and has struggled to disengage blocks to get into the run game.

If anything, that is a time I'd flip Ceresna to the edge, beside a tweener big like Fletcher/Young in camp right now. Even though he's undersized a bit, KMB is much better vs the run than you'd expect.

I'd also look to the 30 front in that case, with 3 big bulls you completely shut the interior gaps and force the run off tackle to one of our many Wil type bodies.

In 1 year, Smith caught Ayers in terms of playmaking. Which is no small feat. Smith's intangibles are off the chart, which, combined with top-tier athleticism and the right passport, should be a first-class ticket to major reps.

Hope you are right about Smith. I also would agree with you about Lawson if I trusted his health but I dont. I think his role will require limitations on his snap count

3 hours ago, Booch said:

Only way to earn them is in live game reps and proving it...Practice isnt gonna get it for you...film study....hustling around....nope

U need to earn it and gain that trust and development with live action play...And Osh is very reluctant todo it...will ride guys ride into the dirt even when they are underperforming or flat out not good enough but he likes them...to the point which we have seen and discussed here would rather play a disabled player with no business being on the roster over giving a guy a shot...hopefully that has changed and is a thing of the past and it was spoken about internally....we shall see

No way around this.

Smith definitely deserves on defense...and not just token ones...was one of the top ST guys in league last yr...Made plays in limited reps on defence and the game where they got a lot of playing time at end of yr looked right at home. He can play multiple spots and we have to allow him to grow into them this yr.

By season's end I'd have 3 guys on the roster who were our best and most versatile and guys who should be key contributors in the second level...and they were Woodbey, Griffin and Smith, who vaulted right up the depth chart and him being Canadian is a huge bonus.

He will do us no harm at all at either Wil...SAM and I bet a strong safety type role when we run basically a free and strong lineup.

O'Shea's favouritism is not restricted to homegrown players. we have recently has several imports who clearlt didn't belong here but were kept around- a certain Marine being one of them.

17 hours ago, GCn20 said:

80% of those players were players we did not want back....even Janarion was a case of him feeling insulted by Walters not calling him.

The other 20% were lost to the NFL or better offers in FA.

Exactly my point. If players feel slighted because MOS is playing favourites you'd think there would be a stampede, when they become FA, to sign elsewhere. But that has not happened.

Edited 22 minutes ago22 min by Doublezero