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

39 minutes ago, Booch said:

thats the smart/right move

Just curious, as a big man how is TE on short yardage knowing it’s an art form to be consistently successful at it? Is it something to consider as I assume he’s the better overall QB than BP?

10 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Just curious, as a big man how is TE on short yardage knowing it’s an art form to be consistently successful at it? Is it something to consider as I assume he’s the better overall QB than BP?

haven’t seen him do it nearly enough imo, but brown is very good.

11 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

haven’t seen him do it nearly enough imo, but brown is very good.

He also has got hurt doing it...several times...id keep him away from it

As a qb3 TE will never see the field..and Perkins so far has been lights out doing it..so why change what's not broken? So rostering TE to stand around won't develop him anymore than as the reserve guy getting full pay but just not dressing

Plus...maybe Condell can use him in 2 qb sets and get ball in his hands in space..he would do a hell of a lot more integrated into offence on a few plays a game than Corcoran or Cobb will do all yr combined..there is that aspect to keeping him

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Relatively steep price. Not sure what role he serves unless Zach is hurt... But either way I'm glad he's back. Wish he'd never left.

Steep price? Any team would do a starting QB for a CFL first rounder any day of the week. Swap of the 2nd round picks means a really early pick. Very fair deal for us.

We're not carrying 4 QB's on the AR. Perkins is getting the window or aisle talk as I type.

Yeah basically we traded a 1st and 2nd likely later picks for an early 2nd and a QB.

Just now, Brandon said:

Steep price? Any team would do a starting QB for a CFL first rounder any day of the week. Swap of the 2nd round picks means a really early pick. Very fair deal for us.

it is a conditional second round pick too.

Ott signing mbt though makes me think we probably could’ve gotten brown cheaper, but you pay a premium for young qbs who can start. Especially ones you like and are familiar with.

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

Steep price? Any team would do a starting QB for a CFL first rounder any day of the week. Swap of the 2nd round picks means a really early pick. Very fair deal for us.

Yeah we lost a first..gained a better 2nd..they likely are last so thats a win. And if we get one of or both of Manu and the Tackle we drafted this yr..who cares about a first..we dont play our top picks as it is anyway..walters should have tossed in jones and wilson so we had to play Smith and Shay and watch them blossom.. by season's end we would be better for it

4 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

We're not carrying 4 QB's on the AR. Perkins is getting the window or aisle talk as I type.

Thorax issues all around once again.....

Just now, Goalie said:

Yeah basically we traded a 1st and 2nd likely later picks for an early 2nd and a QB.

imagine if we finish top 3 and ott is the bottom team in the league? (which they look like currently)

If we see some thing similar, and the conditional pick down grades it’s a big win. If it doesn’t down grade on the conditional, it likely means brown is our un contested starter next year and the value is still very strong.

I’m happy to see us making moves and improving in season.

1 minute ago, Booch said:

Yeah we lost a first..gained a better 2nd..they likely are last so thats a win. And if we get one of or both of Manu and the Tackle we drafted this yr..who cares about a first..we dont play our top picks as it is anyway..walters should have tossed in jones and wilson so we had to play Smith and Shay and watch them blossom.. by season's end we would be better for it

Yep, we have two major lotto tickets that are tons more value than their selection pick. It’s possible both could be available to us this year.

Just now, Brandon said:

Thorax issues all around once again.....

Or the pesky sacroilliac

5 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

We're not carrying 4 QB's on the AR. Perkins is getting the window or aisle talk as I type.

we might use the reserve roster for qb4 as well. 4 qbs is the standard carry and perkins has been exceptional in short yardage. I’d eat my hat if he was cut imminently.

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

imagine if we finish top 3 and ott is the bottom team in the league? (which they look like currently)

If we see some thing similar, and the conditional pick down grades it’s a big win. If it doesn’t down grade on the conditional, it likely means brown is our un contested starter next year and the value is still very strong.

I’m happy to see us making moves and improving in season.

Yep, we have two major lotto tickets that are tons more value than their selection pick. It’s possible both could be available to us this year.

Yup ..I bet both are..and if here this will be hitting ground running for TC 2027

QB musical chairs and Terry Wilson is still unemployed. Well I'll be damned.

55 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

we might use the reserve roster for qb4 as well. 4 qbs is the standard carry and perkins has been exceptional in short yardage. I’d eat my hat if he was cut imminently.

Unless Elgersma has been awesome running short-yardage plays.

8 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Just curious, as a big man how is TE on short yardage knowing it’s an art form to be consistently successful at it? Is it something to consider as I assume he’s the better overall QB than BP?

It;s not on an art form. It's practice & coordination over & over. The more he does it the better he'll become.

4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

It;s not on an art form. It's practice & coordination over & over. The more he does it the better he'll become.

14 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Just curious, as a big man how is TE on short yardage knowing it’s an art form to be consistently successful at it? Is it something to consider as I assume he’s the better overall QB than BP?

I don't really see the need to dress Elgersma if everyone is healthy. Perkins is an exceptional running QB on the designed run plays. It makes the wedge play that much easier if the D has to respect the fact he can also pull the ball out and run like a goddamn running back downhill at them. I think it would be a mistake to sit him down or cut him, he's a weapon. Also a guy we could consider using under the old "can have more than 1 QB on the field" rule change.

How many times can you remember going through all 3 QB's in a game?

Say Collaros goes out, Brown goes in. Perkins is a stop gap if you really need him to run the offense, but then you can dress Elgersma in the next game if Collaros is out.

2 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I don't really see the need to dress Elgersma if everyone is healthy. Perkins is an exceptional running QB on the designed run plays. It makes the wedge play that much easier if the D has to respect the fact he can also pull the ball out and run like a goddamn running back downhill at them. I think it would be a mistake to sit him down or cut him, he's a weapon. Also a guy we could consider using under the old "can have more than 1 QB on the field" rule change.

How many times can you remember going through all 3 QB's in a game?

Say Collaros goes out, Brown goes in. Perkins is a stop gap if you really need him to run the offense, but then you can dress Elgersma in the next game if Collaros is out.

yup...I mentioned that as well...Condell should utilize him in 2QB sets...get ball in his hands in space...be more effective/productive than ball in Corc/Cobb value meal garbage we run out there...Limited plays each game he would outproduce both them in production for the yr....imagine a wee bit more than minimum

Cutting or sitting him when he has been successful in every sneak and not even an issue once...and could break one for huge gains and has to be respected as mentioned would be a colossal stupid move...so sadly based on history and Osh in general..I am prepared for the stupid move but will be pleasantly shocked and happy if we make the competent move..guess we will see in an hour or so when DC comes out

32 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I don't really see the need to dress Elgersma if everyone is healthy. Perkins is an exceptional running QB on the designed run plays. It makes the wedge play that much easier if the D has to respect the fact he can also pull the ball out and run like a goddamn running back downhill at them. I think it would be a mistake to sit him down or cut him, he's a weapon. Also a guy we could consider using under the old "can have more than 1 QB on the field" rule change.

How many times can you remember going through all 3 QB's in a game?

Say Collaros goes out, Brown goes in. Perkins is a stop gap if you really need him to run the offense, but then you can dress Elgersma in the next game if Collaros is out.

Yup makes sense to me. I'm just wondering where TE is at in his development as a quality starting qb in the CFL, do we have a plan for him and if so has he bought into it?

Just now, HardCoreBlue said:

Yup makes sense to me. I'm just wondering where TE is at in his development as a quality starting qb in the CFL, do we have a plan for him and if so has he bought into it?

And maybe we are feeling things out...If Dru comes in...especially next yr and light's it up, and still young for a QB maybe we are gonna hitch our wagon to him longterm and keep Perkins as a #2 and SY guy...especially if he really develops and adapts his skill set to the CFL and we trade TE...I sure some team would give up the goods...or maybe we seeing things in him in practice that the NFL teams saw as well when nobody took a chance on him...and he is not exuding future star

And to be honest I could care less about a Canadian QB...I want the best available under center...Not some hyped QB cause he Canadian, Former NFL 1st round pick who flamed out...find and play the best...period

4 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Sucks Clark is out...kills it on teams...Nice Smith is back tho

That Field side WR spot tho just so sad and lame and does nothing for ZC or the offense in general..

Hope we cleaned up our business as we look like crap on defence 2 straight games and have made zero changes to it other than Woodbey which was forced on us

Worried about our D tomorrow. Rankin has been killing it and we've struggled against the run.

19 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yup makes sense to me. I'm just wondering where TE is at in his development as a quality starting qb in the CFL, do we have a plan for him and if so has he bought into it?

I don't think it changes much for him. Sure he's one more guy getting injured away from his shot in the immediate, but he's also not ready so if Collaros was down can almost guarantee the Bombers would have made a move on a veteran QB anyways.

He's got tremendous talent, particularly with his arm, but is very raw. Keep in mind how many even quality backup CFL QB's carve up pre-season defences. Like Streveler. Even that guy Sask put in later in the game. Elgersma you could see the talent but also how raw he was with reads, the pulling down and running the ball, forcing it (which is better than the alternative of folding in the pocket).

This is a learning year, next year is a competing year and Year 3 he should be pushing the starter.

14 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Worried about our D tomorrow. Rankin has been killing it and we've struggled against the run.

I hope we see some signs of life from a guy like Fletcher.

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

Worried about our D tomorrow. Rankin has been killing it and we've struggled against the run.

Haven’t been good against the pass either. Definitely reasons to be worried about our D.