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

17 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

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Blue Bombers transactions - May 18 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today announce the following transactions. Added to roster: American defensive tackle Jonah Pace (6-5, 285, Iowa) Global Punter Keegan Andrews (6-3, 250, UMass) Released from

pace is a good get.

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

peterson is listed twice, so one of him for one S. They’d probably go hallet, even though he’s toast.

If mcis flashes at rb end up being for real we might carry one ni rb, we could use that spot to carry a 6th ol (ick) or daniels and run a full time te while a ni wr back ups and bumps cobb off

Good point on MCI, possibly bumping Peterson off. Agree on Hallett being toast. Do you see the 5th WR spot being more of a rotation of Clercius/MCI/Daniels?

18 hours ago, wbbfan said:

I think Pokey and White will be good, but itll take a while for every one to get on the same page as zach and the play book.

Wr, QB, 2nd De. The spots to fill, and at this point Im ready for us to settle for the DE by committee. And I don't expect any thing of impact to be done at these spots all year.

Honestly Im not worried about MCI as a blocker. He progressed a lot last year. I'm pretty confident he will do well. I'm mainly concerned on if he will become a usefull skill position player or not, his potential and draft spot are a lot to not make use of. He has looked better this camp as a tail back though.

Novak I think they will find a way to get on. Kelly or stewart will make it as well. I think Kelly early, but I think we scored on Stewart.

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

peterson is listed twice, so one of him for one S. They’d probably go hallet, even though he’s toast.

If mcis flashes at rb end up being for real we might carry one ni rb, we could use that spot to carry a 6th ol (ick) or daniels and run a full time te while a ni wr back ups and bumps cobb off

MCI has looked impressive and has really progressed...plus he already was real good on teams and it seems Condell see's the potential in him and he is gonna be a bigger piece of the offence this yr. He's a lock for the roster.

Be interesting to see a spit backfield at times with BO and MCI and some motion with them....could become a real headache for defenses....MCI also has the ability to take it to the house, or gain huge chunks of real-estate from anywhere on the filed too....either with pure burst and elite top end speed....or running through people

47 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Good point on MCI, possibly bumping Peterson off. Agree on Hallett being toast. Do you see the 5th WR spot being more of a rotation of Clercius/MCI/Daniels?

I think we will see more MCI out of backfield...even spot out wide on a 2 back set...Clercius should be rotated in and with Neild and at times as the 5th. I just cant see the logic of going 3 Canadians full time as we dont have the depth or talent for it really. Clercius is perfect for the main Canadian backup and used in specific packages based on down and distance and position on field.

Daniels in my opinion shouldnt be expected to take a lot of offensive reps other than in jumbo packages and ones where we actually using a TE as an actual option, and in and around the goaline

We need a 5th receiver who is a speed guy or a big bodied athlete to win contested balls

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

Good point on MCI, possibly bumping Peterson off. Agree on Hallett being toast. Do you see the 5th WR spot being more of a rotation of Clercius/MCI/Daniels?

yeah I think the last wr will rotate in package for sure. I think we are likely to see more heavy sets than 5 wide sets.

18 minutes ago, Booch said:

I think we will see more MCI out of backfield...even spot out wide on a 2 back set...Clercius should be rotated in and with Neild and at times as the 5th. I just cant see the logic of going 3 Canadians full time as we dont have the depth or talent for it really. Clercius is perfect for the main Canadian backup and used in specific packages based on down and distance and position on field.

Daniels in my opinion shouldnt be expected to take a lot of offensive reps other than in jumbo packages and ones where we actually using a TE as an actual option, and in and around the goaline

We need a 5th receiver who is a speed guy or a big bodied athlete to win contested balls

I think our best use of the final offensive spot is a guy big enough to dominant none dl blocks, but athletic enough that they demand a lber/db tweener at best.

When it’s a 6th ol, or a guy like daniels, we hurt the run game and limit zachs ability to put the ball where he wants (down field)

When brady is at his best, he’s aiming and pressing the A gap but ready to one cut and hit the b gap or press off tackle. When we play a 6th full size blocker, Ds go to an extra dl. Usually a di with every other team basically carrying a di dl every game. That 1, reduces the gap size and window between the tackle. But 2, moves the off tackle point to a spot that is hard to reach before the second level closes the angle.

Daniels as a replacement for the heavy set edge blocker role that eli used to come in for is great. Though im not sure he’d be an upgrade over schmekel in that role. I think daniels potential long term offering to zach as his pressure release guy is great. More than just dropping size I think he needs that mobility/movement training to be enough of an asset in the pass game.

Daniels vs peterson for a spot would make sense if we are going heavy set base a lot. Though I really worry about how thin we would be with offensive play makers.

We really need some one to take a big step forward as a play maker on offence. We have basically no ability to absorb an injury to an offensive play maker.

Demski, Nield, Corcoran, Clercius, Cobb...and then MCI and Daniels if we stop going 5 WR for the rest of the game. I think there's depth there to run 3 Canadians from that group. But the question is the talent. Demski is the only difference maker from that group...and he's getting older...the rest are hopefuls and role guys. So I'm definitely concerned as well RE: putting out enough weapons for Zach. Unless those Canadians take big steps we are really leaning on Brady and our two top-end receivers in White and Wilson.

Any receivers jumping off the page at camp at all?