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

Would anybody be able to share what happened with Nasty Nate and why he got banned? I used to hang around OurBombers and of course he was a fixture there. Certainly a controversial guy with no shortage of unique takes, but he was a fan and a character. Hope he's doing well these days.

Neat story, SpeedFlex, about the olden days of Bomber mediocrity. I've heard lots of stories of Ken Ploen from back in the day, but not Jonas. I'll have to ask the older Bomber fans I know.

Booch - is that true that Schoen spent an off-season literally "learning CFL" (like so many Americans deride fall-off NFLers as needing to do)? Fascinating. I wonder if there'd be a chance to bring him back in a reduced capacity if he can heal up. Maybe come playoffs? The guy just knew how to find space. (Don't mean to rehash old conversation points, but who knows.)

1 hour ago, aalgernon said:

Would anybody be able to share what happened with Nasty Nate and why he got banned? I used to hang around OurBombers and of course he was a fixture there. Certainly a controversial guy with no shortage of unique takes, but he was a fan and a character. Hope he's doing well these days.

Neat story, SpeedFlex, about the olden days of Bomber mediocrity. I've heard lots of stories of Ken Ploen from back in the day, but not Jonas. I'll have to ask the older Bomber fans I know.

Booch - is that true that Schoen spent an off-season literally "learning CFL" (like so many Americans deride fall-off NFLers as needing to do)? Fascinating. I wonder if there'd be a chance to bring him back in a reduced capacity if he can heal up. Maybe come playoffs? The guy just knew how to find space. (Don't mean to rehash old conversation points, but who knows.)

He may be back yet. Unlikely but he was shooting for returning to the CFL

6 hours ago, aalgernon said:

Would anybody be able to share what happened with Nasty Nate and why he got banned? I used to hang around OurBombers and of course he was a fixture there. Certainly a controversial guy with no shortage of unique takes, but he was a fan and a character. Hope he's doing well these days.

Neat story, SpeedFlex, about the olden days of Bomber mediocrity. I've heard lots of stories of Ken Ploen from back in the day, but not Jonas. I'll have to ask the older Bomber fans I know.

Booch - is that true that Schoen spent an off-season literally "learning CFL" (like so many Americans deride fall-off NFLers as needing to do)? Fascinating. I wonder if there'd be a chance to bring him back in a reduced capacity if he can heal up. Maybe come playoffs? The guy just knew how to find space. (Don't mean to rehash old conversation points, but who knows.)

Jonas was loved in Winnipeg. A real superstar He & Bobby Hull owned the town.

15 hours ago, aalgernon said:

Would anybody be able to share what happened with Nasty Nate and why he got banned? I used to hang around OurBombers and of course he was a fixture there. Certainly a controversial guy with no shortage of unique takes, but he was a fan and a character. Hope he's doing well these days.

Neat story, SpeedFlex, about the olden days of Bomber mediocrity. I've heard lots of stories of Ken Ploen from back in the day, but not Jonas. I'll have to ask the older Bomber fans I know.

Booch - is that true that Schoen spent an off-season literally "learning CFL" (like so many Americans deride fall-off NFLers as needing to do)? Fascinating. I wonder if there'd be a chance to bring him back in a reduced capacity if he can heal up. Maybe come playoffs? The guy just knew how to find space. (Don't mean to rehash old conversation points, but who knows.)

yes he did....he had the waggle nailed pretty much first day of camp...He's actively training again now as well...as for a return, it would be very late season if he tries this yr, but the smart money is he takes the full yr...But Don't count him out for next tho

21 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

All the best to BA... one of the greats of the trinity era... wish he could've achieved his goals here... but good for him to do what's best for himself.

Edited September 4Sep 4 by bearpants

On 2026-09-02 at 11:23 AM, bigg jay said:

Pennington may help with the Bomber’s eventual “Extreme Makeover” 😗

I wanted to post this in a game week thread, but it looks like no one has set one up?

30 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I wanted to post this in a game week thread, but it looks like no one has set one up?

And here I was thinking we’d solved all of our problems and it was clear sailing ahead. Balls.

Well hes not exactly wrong until we prove otherwise..could definitely been just a random blip as our wr core is still weak

U can't discount tho the oline how it seemd to maybe morph into what they may truly be..that kind of stuff is more indicator than anomaly..curious to see how they come out this weekend and if controlling the line is the new reality

45 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I wanted to post this in a game week thread, but it looks like no one has set one up?

So a sports bettor who focuses on the NFL and who lives in Saskatoon writes this? I call bias.

Dylan Hazen listed as doubtful. We could be ****** here

5 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Dylan Hazen listed as doubtful. We could be ****** here

Do we even have enough linebackers now what with trading a guy away and Hazen being doubtful? Osh gonna have to suit up

11 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Do we even have enough linebackers now what with trading a guy away and Hazen being doubtful? Osh gonna have to suit up

Begin the thawing of Sam Hurl

32 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Dylan Hazen listed as doubtful. We could be ****** here

Brody Clark out too! Might only dress 10 LBs

Moxey doubtful too, Texada stays on

45 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Dylan Hazen listed as doubtful. We could be ****** here

Credit to: @DTonOB

Bombers list DB Jonathan Moxey and LB Dylan Hazen as Doubtful for Sunday.

Ridge Texada would quickly fill in for Moxey at the field corner.

In Hazen's place...don't be surprised if REC Dorian Singer makes his CFL debut. He's consistently impressed in camp and practice.

Injuries forcing an optimal roster?

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

Do we even have enough linebackers now what with trading a guy away and Hazen being doubtful? Osh gonna have to suit up

Is it even legal to only dress 6 linebackers?

But looks accurate.

59 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Credit to: @DTonOB

Bombers list DB Jonathan Moxey and LB Dylan Hazen as Doubtful for Sunday.

Ridge Texada would quickly fill in for Moxey at the field corner.

In Hazen's place...don't be surprised if REC Dorian Singer makes his CFL debut. He's consistently impressed in camp and practice.

Holy ****…. Am I reading that right? We’re replacing a useless LB with a WR? And an import, not Corcoran? Unbelievable.

Edited September 4Sep 4 by BomberBall.

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Injuries forcing an optimal roster?

This is, was and always will be the way...

42 minutes ago, Noeller said:

This is, was and always will be the way...

55 minutes ago, BomberBall. said:

Holy ****…. Am I reading that right? We’re replacing a useless LB with a WR? And an import, not Corcoran? Unbelievable.

Just DT speculation so far

12 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Just DT speculation so far

Don’t ruin this for me.

2 hours ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Begin the thawing of Sam Hurl

only if we also reanimate the Neil McKinlay clone.

2 hours ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Begin the thawing of Sam Hurl

Osh probably has a few of his favorites on standby...