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

1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Yeah. We find some good DBs and pretty much bugger all else.

that’s true but I don’t see teams struggling to find good dbs, and our system has a lot to do with it.

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

Isn't Bailey one of the ones Booch has been banging a drum for since the start of last year? I thought he was supposed to be really good but just hurt all the time ..

He’s a guy we traded up to draft second over all. Hes a guy that was going to be signed as an imp before qualifying as a G.

Lots of us were bullish on him, because even as he showed in pre season game 1, he’s got great strength and quickness.

He and player where two of the best of a bad bunch, but didn’t get much pt despite brutal play in front of them.

Meanwhile counting as a global on the thinnest dl in the league last year makes it pretty clear what would’ve been best.

No one said he was guaranteed all star or great league starter. He was better than guys ahead of him but didn’t play. Now he’s gone, and we’ve still got korny and paper thin depth at dl.

The young guy group at de are better then we’ve seen in a good while. but none of them are guaranteed to succeed. We have enough guys that 1 should flourish. But we haven’t exactly done a good job of front usage.

Other teams go through our dl cuts, which people brush off because no one is an instant all star. But are other teams sifting through our db/wr/rb cuts? even ol doesn’t get looks. Lbers and dl cuts here get second looks in the league. Which means teams look at our usage of talent and say, “we can do more with those guys”

40 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Do we really though? To me this is a continuation of the problems this defense has had. Neglecting depth on the DL and dressing more linebackers than we really need.

Special teams is still every 6th play in this league. You can't be ignorant enough to just look at a roster and go "hurr durr, so many linebackers." Half of those guys are special teamers. Put fullback beside 3 of their names if it makes you feel better.

Having a guy with DL by his name on the roster who stands on the sideline and holds his helmet all game there just in case doesn't help us win anything.

We have Gatkuoth to rotate in on the edge. I think it's fair to assume Younger has a plan to use Woodbey at 3 levels of the D.

Our D is actually stacked.

If people want to worry, worry about receiver and running back. Peterson looked like a stunned junior player in camp in the pre-season games. We're relying a lot on a bunch of Canadians who haven't been consistent or healthy across their careers (Nield, Cobb, Clercius).

MOS+KW have been together since 2014 and remind me when Danny Mac joined. Nothing lasts forever.

1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

If people want to worry, worry about receiver and running back. Peterson looked like a stunned junior player in camp in the pre-season games. We're relying a lot on a bunch of Canadians who haven't been consistent or healthy across their careers (Nield, Cobb, Clercius).

Yeah don't worry, I think that's a dumb plan too

6 hours ago, Goalie said:

Booch also beat the drums on a few defensive ends who ended up being average who signed in Hamilton last year so maybe the DE knowledge is the over rated. Nothing in this post should be offensive to anyone. Fact. Fan forum. In the end, just fans. Maybe that offends tho. So I’ll say booch is a knowledgeable poster on MBB.com but like all of us is wrong so very much about certain players.

Easy to be "wrong" on an Osh controlled team...he will bypass talent for other odd reasons..and thats fact

Case in point..Clinton out performed all import lbs in various areas..and is untapped potential..and we went total status quo...on a failing team of last few yrs..explain

As for Bailey.. he on roster even as last guy will offer a lot more than whatever Canadian osh will put on...and thats a fact too...but not shocking in the least