Captain Blue

Practice is over. One other thing the Bombers seem to be doing more of this year: letting fans down to the field with the players. At the old stadium they would let you in after every practice. That stopped when we moved to the new stadium. They've done it both times I've been to practice this week and I'll hopefully be back tomorrow.

Veltung, McDuffie, Anderson catching punts. Medlock consistently hitting the ball well.

Dressler with a leaping catch over the middle. No Smith today and it looks like Veltung is in that spot with the 1s.

Hurl is already back after a few plays off so you can scratch that update.

Hurl just tweaked something, groin maybe would be my guess.

Caught the last ten minutes of the first session so far. Mostly goal line work. Westerman made a huge play to stop Harris in the backfield.

I don't think anyone looks good in this mess. Hardaway for sure looks awful. So do the Riders and Jones. St John might make out of this a little better but if the other was fair and comparable to other first rounders, I don't see how he will be welcomed to any other team if the price remains so high.

Thought Neufeld was pretty bad last year, both at RT and RG. Hard to say how his injuries have impacted those games, but between what I've seen and how often he is out with injuries we need to find a more reliable plan. Would be more interested in seeing Jace Daniels again at RT.

I still can't believe its 2016 and not all CFL preseason games are shown on TV. But ours are, so other fans are going to have to take up that fight.

Saw Richards a couple times. Not very noticeable. Think the QB overthrew him a few times on the routes I saw. Believe he also had one drop.

It looked like Davis worked with the 1s more than Cone today. I had Smith, Dressler, Kohlert, Adams and Davis as the first unit.

With Leggett at LB right now the team has both Randle and Adams at corner. Harris is at safety.

Veltung has looked good today. Hope he can find a way to stick on the roster despite a lot of good receivers ahead of him. We have a lot of speed at receiver so far.

Even the new practice jerseys look sharp today.

All I want is more replays, of both the touchdowns and regular plays...

The new jerseys are absolutely, positively, amazing.

Sounds like it. This leaves Penton as the only decent CFL guy in Winnipeg.

If you have time to write the Bombers and complain what the coach is wearing on the sidelines, you have too much time on your hands. I like O'Shea, though my concerns about his coaching ability continue to mount. Hopefully he puts it together this year. This is the best coaching staff and roster (at least from a pre-training camp view) we have assembled in his tenure. If he doesn't show improvement, the debate will be settled. Also he needs to get a real phone.

Surprised to see Denmark go. Would have liked to have seen him in LaPo's offense. I expect he will catch on somewhere and do well.

Pretty excited for the mini camp.

Probably a lot of truth to this. Weekday games ensure more people are in the city (the Bombers and CFL love to bring up the cottage-goers leaving for early weekends) but you're also sticking games on days when people are often just more busy and work early the next morning. I'm not thrilled with the direction the league is headed with these weekday games, but don't consider it that big of an issue yet. Will be curious to see ratings this year. I attributed it a lot to the terrible product the league put out last season but this may very well factor in as well.

I'm in the minority it looks like but I'm not a fan of the weekday games. The sweet spot I think is Friday night.

Wish they would make the new ones official soon. With the new free agents and optimism around the team it would seem to be a great chance to sell jerseys.

Hurl is underappreciated here.

Added 5 starters in Harris, Smith, Dressler, Shologan, Cummings - really 6 starters with Medlock. Strong work from Walters and the Bombers. It doesn't sound like they overpaid for any (always tough to say without full numbers), which is another good sign. Players want to put on the blue and gold.