Slingin Sammy

same idea today...HB's did not stay static however...Fogg boundary, Johnson field...

Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming Mike O'Shea says he expects MLB Khalil Bass to start on Saturday. WLB Ian Wild's status stil T.B.D. after missing last week's game. #BombersSep 21, 2016, 1:51 PM

Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming Positive sign for Ryan Smith and his injured thumb ? #Bombers receiver is catching balls and practicing for the first time since Banjo Bowl. Bob Irving‏ @BobIrvingCJOB No andrew harris but ryan smith and quincy mcduffie are practicing with blue bombers Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming Still no Andrew Harris or Khalil Bass, but Dressler, Smith Cole, Cummings, and Corney are all back precticing today. #Bombers Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming Quincy McDuffie is back practicing today after getting nicked-up in the game, but neither he nor Smith are working with the first-team O. The above injury reports are correct. I would add that Wild, Hurl and A. Richards did not practise either. Posey is back practising with scout D...this was a pad-less practise Offence lined up as follows (from left to right) Mayo, Dressler, Flanders, Gudino, Denmark, Kohlert DBs lined up as follows (from left to right as you would see on depth chart) Adams, Johnson, Loffler Fogg, Randle It should be noted that Randle and Adams each took turns at boundary and field...Frederick also took reps with first team at corner (field and boundary) rotating both Randle and Adams out... LB's Burnett at WIL for Wild; Knox at MLB for Bass; Leggett at SAM O and Dlines remain unchanged from last week Of note: Heath got first team work with punt return, and punt cover team...this may be an indication that he draws in as a DI this week Notable plays from practise - Mayo caught 2 long passes (30+ yards) from Davis and Nichols - Heath picked KG - Posey caused fumble; - Keith Lewis (39) picked Nichols - Eric Martin got some reps with punt return team (not as many as Heath) - towards the end of practise, Smith did get reps with first team taking out Mayo.....very few - McDuffie caught some punts; but was not involved in the O at all - about one hour into practise, Smith and MOS were talking at mid-field...Smith removed his glove from his hand and they both looked at his thumb - team still does pushups when there's a penalty...Wade and Kyle were there...Kyle joined in and did his share of pushups...Wade didn't..lol - Davis remains 2nd at QB depth

Ed Tait‏ @EdTaitWFC Video on Leo Lewis, courtesy Sport Manitoba: (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7W0ER4lVZI) youtube.com/watch?v=u7W0ER… And our story, upon his ROH announcement: (link: http://www.bluebombers.com/2016/09/14/the-leo-lewis-story/) bluebombers.com/2016/09/14/the…

Here's a copy and paste from the FreeP this morning, (Sept 14, 2016) Breathe, Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans. It appears tailback Andrew Harris’s lower-body injury isn’t serious. Harris, who pulled up lame in the second quarter of the Bombers’ 17-10 Banjo Bowl win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday, was considered day-to-day Tuesday afternoon. Head coach Mike O’Shea downplayed any long-term fears following the team’s practice ahead of Saturday’s game against the visiting Toronto Argonauts. "We’re at that time of the year where they’ve had piles of reps and they need rest," O’Shea said. "Just wait and see until the end of Day 3 (of practice) to see what it looks like." Harris, along with linebackers Khalil Bass and Ian Wild, missed Tuesday’s proceedings due to injuries. Their status will be evaluated later this week, but they don’t have to practise to be named to the 46-man roster for Saturday’s game. Harris appeared to injure his right ankle after a nasty collision. The Winnipeg native had his ankle taped and appeared in two more drives before sitting out the second half. Wild left the game in the second quarter with an upper-body injury, while Bass played all four quarters, recording six tackles. Meanwhile, receiver Ryan Smith, who has missed six games this season due to injury, might miss more after suffering a new injury. Smith, who left Saturday’s game in the third quarter with an upper-body ailment, was spotted at Tuesday’s practice with his right hand wrapped. O’Shea said he thinks Smith is a couple of weeks away from returning to the lineup. Veteran defensive back Chris Randle has finished his stint on the six-game injured list with a lower-body injury and could return to game action Saturday. "We’ll see, I feel good health-wise," Randle said after Tuesday’s practice, in which he was taking first-team reps. "We’ll see how the week goes. It’s been a while, so I got to get my feet under me and see how things go. Hopefully I have a good week."

Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming Khalil Bass is also taking a day off practice today. Also Morgan (injured Sat), Hurl & Thomas (1gm IL). Briggs (injured Sat) is practicing. Bob Irving‏ @BobIrvingCJOB Ian wild, ryan smith, and andrew harris not practicing with bombers --all have "BODY" injuries vs non-body injuries. Status TBD Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming Ryan Smith's right thumb is wrapped up as if it may be cut. Smith left Saturday's game and did not return. #Bombers - Flanders and Lochard each got some reps with first team in "team" scrimmage; - Randle at boudary corner with starting D; Adams to field; - Frederick and M. Harris practising with second team; - Godino and Denmark got reps with first team; majority of first team reps to Denmark; - Knox is back practising with punt ST, and 1st team MLB in place of Bass; - Briggs also practising with punt ST; - Randle picked long toss; Glenn hit a couple of passes...looks like he'll be alright with our playbook; - Heath practising with second team; - Burnett in at WIL for Wild; Wild was doing wind sprints; In a couple of "skelly" sessions (no D defending) starting O was McDuffie, Dressler, Lochard, Sheppard, Denmark, Kohlert...also flipped out Lochard and inserted Flanders

I kind of felt that way about Elliot...but the others I listed...not so much...fair comment though

I think learning from established starters is an important component; but our recent history with Goltz, Boltus, Elliot, Brohm etc is that they either didn't have the physical/mental abilities to play as a starter in this league or were really lacking in their mechanics/fundamentals...we just haven't recruited guys that if given the opportunity to learn, would be able to start in this league because of their deficiencies...

The firing would cater to the pitch fork mob...that's about all we'd be accomplishing...statistically unlikely that it will result in a huge turnaround for the team's on field product.

Penton tweeted this out Sergio Castillo won't be dressing for the #Bombers tomorrow. Castillo and Capers look to be the scratches which means we're dressing 7 Dlineman. I think we can expect a healthy dose of Mtl's run game. Not expecting our O to really dominate time of possession so our D might be grinding it out on the field quite a bit. I like this roster for that reason. Both offences are struggling...this will likely be a defensive battle. A bit shocked by Castillo coming on to the 46...but it gets him a game cheque and maybe sends a bit of a message to Lirim after he had arguably his worst game as a BB in the Banjo Bowl. For the first time this year, I'm impressed with what appears to be strategic thinking from MOS and his coaching staff...

I thought Johnson played DE/Outside L'Backer in college...and that we primarily had him as a DE...I didn't know we had him taking MLB reps...it would be great if we had him playing in that spot in the "Cowboy" set we currently have Hurl lining up in on most plays

getting old is a *****. At this point the best thing Picard brings to the field is punching guys in the nuts or whatever he does to piss people off. that's gold!!!

Hinse and Donovan Alexander are the likely scratches

http://cfl.uploads.mrx.ca/wpg/pdf/depth/2014/Depth_at_Ottawa102006.pdf Looks like Sears stays on the roster as one of our DI's with Kromah coming off. DI's McGuffie Hickman Unamba Sears Not sure if he draws in on any defensive snaps...but he'll be flying around on special teams for sure and may be returning kicks with McGuffie.

We're still starting three Internationals on the Oline. I was hoping Goosen would draw in ahead of Jones. This again limits what we can do on the defensive side of the ball. According to the depth chart 3 Nationals will have be on the field for every defensive snap...positions targeted again are on the Dline, (Thomas, Richardson, Pall) Dime Backer, (Sherman, West) and Field Corner, (Bucknor/Jones). Looks like our DI's are Stoudermire Hickman Kromah Unamba Surprised that Hickman draws in ahead of Gibson/Moseley...was Moseley injured? To get Sears back into the lineup at the Dime Backer position, (where he started the first two games) we need to be playing only 2 Internationals on the Oline...there are of course other ways to manipulate the ratio, (starting another National receiver over an International receiver etc) but based on the way we've worked the ratio this year, we need to start 3 Nationals on the Oline, 2 at receiver, and 2 for every defensive snap, (rotating DLine/Dime Backer positions and Field Corner). That's how we did it for the first two games of the season...and we had pretty good results on D.

We've got two starters and the first guy off the bench hurt. How much name recognition do you expect there to be that far down the lineup? I am aware of the reasons, it's still gross looking and cause for concern. We could have - and IMHO should have - changed the ratio by adding another National on O...JFG starting ahead of a guy like Bryant...I mentioned in another post from a different topic that if we were starting 3 Internationals on the Oline, then our options were to continue with 3 Nationals on the field for every defensive snap, or adding another National starter to the Offence...I opined that the coaching staff would surely be looking at adding another National on O given our razor thin depth at National DT...I was wrong... This doesn't seem logical to me...starting 3 Nationals on D, (one position occupying the Dline for every snap rotating through Pall, Richardson and Thomas) as opposed to starting someone like JFG ahead of Bryant...does not seem like the lesser of two evils Hope it works out...

Knapp for sure...either Carter or Alexander will be the other inactive I would guess

If we have to start 3 Internationals on the Oline again...Pall may dress against BC, (in place of Cornell) unless we use an undersized Norris or Briggs as a backup DL...starting 3 Internationals on the Oline means we have to have 3 Nationals on the field for every defensive snap...we've been placing Nationals on the Dline, (Richardson, Cornell, Thomas rotating) OLB, (Teague Sherman) and field Corner,(Bucknor). Cornell is apparently out with a knee injury...we don't have any other (uninjured) National DLineman listed on the roster; or The coaching staff could switch things up and start 5 Nationals on O, (replacing someone like Bryant with a National receiver) which means we would only have to have 2 Nationals on the field for every defensive snap...(Bucknor, Sherman or Thomas)...this would give us the flexibility to have 4 International D Lineman manning the Dline. It will be interesting to see what they do. Neufeld still isn't ready to go...at the fan appreciation day Goosen told me that he's day to day...hope he can play and start...gives us more flexibility regarding our lineup. Dressing Pall probably isn't at the top of our list of options...I would think that if we start 3 Internationals on the Oline, the staff will look at adding another National on O to avoid having to start a National on the DLine based on our lack of depth...

Depth chart indicates we'll have the same game day lineup as last week...so we'll be lining with 3 Nationals on D again for every defensive snap...targeted positions again are at DT, field corner, and WIL linebacker..Thomas, Bucknor, and Sherman...they can rotate with other Nationals...but can't be swapped out with an International if it means there will be less than 3 Nationals on the field...theoretically they could have 2 National D linemen on the field at the same time.,.and then swap Sherman out with an International..but I haven't seen that kind of combination this year... 6th O lineman will again be Hinse DI's will be Unamba Anderson Kromah Stoudermire Hope this lineup on D can eliminate the huge mistakes they made last week...particularly Washington missing deep drops in zone coverage and the front seven getting lined up correctly... Looking forward to seeing continued growth and improvement from this squad...still wondering why Unamba draws in ahead of Sears...Sears is equally good if not better on ST's than Unamba...the primary and perhaps only edge Unamba has over Sears is that he's been healthy for every game...

We don't need to start two Canadians on the line to get Sears back in...we just need the coaches to decide that he's better than Dunn and re-install him at the SAM L'Backer position, (I think Etch calls it the dime). That is WIL... but I agree Etch's verbage is different for sure...the SAM is the Dollar L'Backer in his system...cute... No... I mean SAM = DIME and WIL is Dollar, ha I miss the days of MLB and two OLBs LOL...sorry you're right...in any event...Sears slotting in at either OLB position, (Dollar/Dime or Nickel/Wil or whatever you want to call it) is an upgrade over Dunn IMHO...Having said that we can easily have both Dunn and Sears in the lineup if Neufeld/Goosen draw back into the lineup, (as per game 1 vs Toronto)...or even if we have 3 International OL as long as Sears draws in ahead of Unamba as the DI.

We don't need to start two Canadians on the line to get Sears back in...we just need the coaches to decide that he's better than Dunn and re-install him at the SAM L'Backer position, (I think Etch calls it the dime). That is WIL... but I agree Etch's verbage is different for sure...the SAM is the Dollar L'Backer in his system...cute...

Kyle Jones or Pontbriand. I thought Fitzgerald was a long snapper as well.

Some fans are pleased by wins. Others need a healthy dose of calamity to enjoy life. Reassurance that the sky is falling. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Sorry. It's a reflexive reaction to the idea that if you support a person that all their decisions are correct. OShea is not infallible and his decisions are not beyond examination. Mack was not all bad. OShea is not all good. (he's been pretty close so far though) We don't need to start two Canadians on the line to get Sears back in...we just need the coaches to decide that he's better than Dunn and re-install him at the SAM L'Backer position, (I think Etch calls it the dime). Other side - Sherman is in Sears' spot. There are ratio implications with re-inserting Sears. There is no ratio issue if we put him on in place of Dunn. I didn't realize they had Sears at WIL but I looked at the depth chart from the first game...you're right...last year towards the end of the year we had him at SAM...that's where I thought he and Banks were slotted during training camp...I still think he's a better fit at SAM than Dunn.

Just really shocking. He seemed to epitomize the "straight laced good guy persona"...comes from a good family with strong family values. He had his Wife and son here with him last year...his parents flew up to watch I believe it was the Hamilton game he started in at the beginning of the season...tragic.

We don't need to start two Canadians on the line to get Sears back in...we just need the coaches to decide that he's better than Dunn and re-install him at the SAM L'Backer position, (I think Etch calls it the dime).