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Ottawa Redblacks trade Dru Brown to Winnipeg Blue Bombers...

The Ottawa Redblacks have traded Dru Brown to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Ottawa Redblacks (0-2) will visit the Montreal Alouettes (2-1) at Percival Molson Stadium on Sunday, June 28 with kickoff s

4 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Does Dinwiddie like Maier because he sees Maier as a better version of himself?

Not the greatest way at flattering yourself.

Don't give a spit why Dimwiddie (sic) let Dru go. He is here now and the Bombers are way better for it. Kismet.

"Dru is a quarterback that would see acres of open space downfield and choose to run for a first down. I want a QB that will throw an INT instead" - Ryan Dinwiddie, probably

6 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

"Dru is a quarterback that would see acres of open space downfield and choose to run for a first down. I want a QB that will throw an INT instead" - Ryan Dinwiddie, probably

too soon...

Looking at the salary savings on Dru the draft compensation looks much better. Feels like we got great value, and the ideal back up.

8 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Looking at the salary savings on Dru the draft compensation looks much better. Feels like we got great value, and the ideal back up.

Putting my Debbie Downer hat on for a minute will having him back in the fold mean little if MOS doesn't modify his barring serious injury ZC is my guy for 60 minutes no matter what stubborn approach?

6 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Putting my Debbie Downer hat on for a minute will having him back in the fold mean little if MOS doesn't modify his barring serious injury ZC is my guy for 60 minutes no matter what stubborn approach?

The nice thing about Brown is that he doesn't need in-game reps to be ready. He will be ready enough to step in through practice. He's always been great off the bench in a pinch, be it pushed into a start or in relief. So I am not too worried about Brown getting enough reps. Tbh, If we keep TE on the AR I would put him in late in a blowout. Those reps mean a lot more to him.

Now, if Zach gets hurt again, I actually think Mos will be quick to put Brown in. He did that a few times in the past. He clearly views Brown as very close to Zachs level. We pulled zach and started Strevy last year too for injury. So I don't think we will see what we saw in our last GC appearance again, where Zach is more likely to see his finger fly further than the ball on any attempt.

6 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

The nice thing about Brown is that he doesn't need in-game reps to be ready. He will be ready enough to step in through practice. He's always been great off the bench in a pinch, be it pushed into a start or in relief. So I am not too worried about Brown getting enough reps. Tbh, If we keep TE on the AR I would put him in late in a blowout. Those reps mean a lot more to him.

Now, if Zach gets hurt again, I actually think Mos will be quick to put Brown in. He did that a few times in the past. He clearly views Brown as very close to Zachs level. We pulled zach and started Strevy last year too for injury. So I don't think we will see what we saw in our last GC appearance again, where Zach is more likely to see his finger fly further than the ball on any attempt.

Agree but I'm not talking about DB getting enough reps, I'm talking about MOS's great relunctance to bring in the 2nd qb if ZC is consistently struggling (nothing to do with injury) in the game. I get you need to let the starter figure things out, he's your guy, he's earned it, don't want him looking over his shoulder everytime he makes a mistake but sorry you got balance that with other strategies as needed to turn the tide if things aren't working, i.e., you dressed a 2nd string qb for a reason other than charting, calling in plays and being a cheerleader.

It's a long season fellas... This is just a blip along the way.

42 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It's a long season fellas... This is just a blip along the way.

Three games of dog water defense, horrible o-line play and no receiver depth is a heck of a blip.

Especially since we already blipped along with all three issues last season.

24 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Three games of dog water defense, horrible o-line play and no receiver depth is a heck of a blip.

Especially since we already blipped along with all three issues last season.

Last several seasons..in different degrees and areas..its a common theme with osh

D looked mostly fine in th second half of the first and third games... Offense looked outstanding in both of the first two games and pretty damn good considering injuries in the 3rd. Serge had a rare off night last night.

It's 3 games... Let's simmer a bit.

18 minutes ago, Noeller said:

D looked mostly fine in th second half of the first and third games... Offense looked outstanding in both of the first two games and pretty damn good considering injuries in the 3rd. Serge had a rare off night last night.

It's 3 games... Let's simmer a bit.

Yeah..it is somewhat early...but that being said issues from.previous yrs still are...well issues so some.huge concern is warrented.

On 2026-06-26 at 4:04 PM, Noeller said:

D looked mostly fine in th second half of the first and third games... Offense looked outstanding in both of the first two games and pretty damn good considering injuries in the 3rd. Serge had a rare off night last night.

It's 3 games... Let's simmer a bit.

Let’s simmer a bit?

The Edmonton loss is mostly on the O. You can't expect to win with terrible OL play and consequently that many turnovers.

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

The Edmonton loss is mostly on the O. You can't expect to win with terrible OL play and consequently that many turnovers.

The O handed a lead to the D late and the D could not only not stop edmonton, they couldn’t do a good job of countering edmontons clock management. The only place the D was good is the red zone. If the elk fed rankin more it would’ve been much uglier.

Then we missed the fgs too.

It was a thorough loss in all phases. None played well enough to win.

The Ol was rough early, which is to be expected with two changes and a pilon at lt, but it god much better. Good Ds will disrupt and create pressure, you need to have play calls to counter that. We did far too little to counter the blitz.

Meanwhile, the elk punished us frequently on blitz attempts

Yeah the D improved in the 2nd half but they were brutal in the first half. Couldn't get off the field at all. It's a bigger concern st this juncture than the offense 100%

And I'm reluctant to blame the O much considering the OL was a mess as soon as Neufeld was out, and then Pokey going down early forced too much Corky, Cobb and Daniels...

On 2026-06-26 at 5:04 PM, Noeller said:

D looked mostly fine in th second half of the first and third games... Offense looked outstanding in both of the first two games and pretty damn good considering injuries in the 3rd. Serge had a rare off night last night.

It's 3 games... Let's simmer a bit.

That’s kind of the point though. You’re championing a team that needs everything to go right, we are not equipped to handle any adversity whatsoever

4 minutes ago, Mike said:

That’s kind of the point though. You’re championing a team that needs everything to go right, we are not equipped to handle any adversity whatsoever

It’s seems with this D that saying it’s not how you start it’s how you finish is not actually working for us.

We need to start better.

We’re not setting the tone, it’s being dictated by their O and we play catch up.

Doesn’t that come to inefficient preparation?

10 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

It’s seems with this D that saying it’s not how you start it’s how you finish is not actually working for us.

We need to start better.

We’re not setting the tone, it’s being dictated by their O and we play catch up.

Doesn’t that come to inefficient preparation?

We don’t have any tone setters on defense. We have a lot of comfortable, talented players.

The excuse as well that a part of team sucked in first half...but got better in 2nd half..only to collapse when it mattered in the end is a sappy excuse...or reasoning

We come out time and time again unprepared and get in a hole..and shouldn't take half a game or more to figure it out...only to play a passive try not to lose scheme to close out...only to lose...this isnt an isolated thing...its a trend if not our identity...coaching fails us more than it helps us..and as @Mike said we shouldn't have to hope and plan that everything goes right to win a game.

Look at Mace last game..just outside the other teams 40 yard line...3rd and 4...they go for it..and make it...osh would never...relying on his boner that Sergio has made long bomb kicks

And same with roster..wasted spots...depth in areas we dont need it but bodies in basically the same one...LB doesn't translate to actual depth when several are no good in rotation and ones that are have to take a backseat to his favorite vets

Then the offensive blunder...pokey goes down...basically handcuffed ourselves for rest of game...funny part us as fans said that if we incurred an injury we be kinda hooped...we see it but this apparent legend HC cant? Like reallyy?? And this kinda crap isnt isolated or an outlier rare thing.. its a consistent constant going on 4..5 yrs now...when is enough truly enough..

Just now, Mike said:

We don’t have any tone setters on defense. We have a lot of comfortable, talented players.

Non threatened vets who know poor play won't get them off roster..and so they play in almost self preservation mode and not in an attack mode or any attitude..too many nice fellas who pander to osh idea of ideal player...time to sign some badass guys...or let some here actually play as such...there is nobody on our defence that a player on another team is looking over their shoulder for...they roam freely in open space with no worry in the world and just make plays

16 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

It’s seems with this D that saying it’s not how you start it’s how you finish is not actually working for us.

We need to start better.

We’re not setting the tone, it’s being dictated by their O and we play catch up.

Doesn’t that come to inefficient preparation?

100 percent...and coaching who cant find an answer...or take too long to deviate from their original plan

Last week was execution..guys not on same page and communication issues

What's this week's excuse?

Maybe osh will say i didnt prepare my team enough and maybe should of watched film on Edm and schemed to neutralize them as opposed to scouring film on last week and fix that on something that wasn't really effective there anyways..thats a neat plan maybe..or evaluate the roster and switch out some players.. maybe some others can "execute" ...there's a thought also...

Edited June 28Jun 28 by Booch

1 minute ago, GCn20 said:

I think the relationship probably broke down after the demotion. My guess is that Brown let it be known he wasn't happy and would welcome a trade. Dinwiddie probably was forced to trade him to keep his locker room from fracturing, which I strongly suspect was happening because probably most felt DB should be the starter. Thus the animosity. I'm really suprised that Dinwiddie seem to not have seen that coming.

You're probably right ....but the handling of the whole situation was putrid ...it could have went down A LOT better

Giving up 17 points in the first half, in a CFL game where the O coughed up the ball multiple times, if not a bad outing by a defense. And then holding them to 6 in the second half.