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I agree. Just saying he was in the conversation.

At any rate, I don't think assessing our offence is really our priority coming into this game. Those battles are probably wrapped up already. Defence on the other hand.....the coaches may want to get a good hard look at several positions there. Let the 3rd and 4th string QBs try find their CFL game and if it results in the D getting a bunch of extra reps that's not necessarily a bad thing in preseason.

He was the front runner on our team most of the season. Game 15 vs BC was billed as the showdown for MOP west honors between Collaros and Adams for a couple weeks leading up to it.

That is likely part of it, not exposing him to unnecessary shots is a factor. The coaches know pretty much who they want already. Preseason games are about finding out if someone can sneak up on those decisions by demonstrating they are a gamer. For a receiver to do that he does need the starter throwing.

Last year he was very much in the MOP conversation.

Why not. They will also be evaluated on hundreds of reps in TC, and on game film whether they are the target of a pass or not. He is knicked up.

There you go, I thought he had played preseason 2022. He was so awful from getting no reps in preseason 22 that he promptly went out and laid out a 9-0 start to the season en route to a MOP award. Hopefully, this will end the teeth gnashing as it appears that Zac always has very little pre-season play time, if any. So far that has worked out just fine.

Yea, Ok one quarter and a series. I stand corrected. Those 8 passing attempts had a profound impact on his game 1 play? Nah....not buying it. A veteran the calibre of Collaros does not need to play the preseason really. If the Bombers feel comfortable not playing him, I am perfectly fine with that. I would agree if we didn't have Strev, who can easily step in while all the other guys knock off the rust. Zac doesn't really need to do so.

Yes, I have stated he played one Q in each of 22 and 23.

He played a grand total of one Q of football in each of those seasons. He had a grand total of 6 pass attempts in preseason 2022 and 7 in 2023. Are you guys seriously suggesting that those half a dozen passing attempts each year made a lick of difference come game 1 of the season? C'mon....you guys are bitching just for the sake of bitching on this one. Zac not playing is a giant nothing burger.

He played one quarter in each of 22 and 23.

Really? Check our first few games offence of both 22 and 23. Early season has not been our problem at all on offence. What happened months ago in a highly charged playoff atmosphere in cold weather does not equate to this situation at all. Just as a game played in June does not matter come November. I think this is sort of a naive take. They take reps because that is where they will get their timing down. None of these guys need to see the bullets flying in order to do that. We have a very veteran offensive group, they will be just fine and really don't need the live action of pre-season to be prepared for game 1. Starting O's don't get much out of preseason games contrary to popular belief on this thread.

I am not concerned about Zac in any way. He will be just fine, and I don't think rust will be an issue. It would be nice to get our starting O a quarter but it's not really a big deal that we aren't imo. Rather have our guys healthy. You want to show off every big play. Nah...these guys will have it down after the first practice. There is very little to do except to fine tune the timing again and that can be done very quickly with all the vets we have.

Malik is likely done. However, grandpa Harris came back from what should have been a career ender so who knows....although, I may be counting my chickens before they hatch on Harris having any kind of longevity this season.

Yea, would give us some options with the 3rd NAT receiver on the field. I agree with that as well. A real YAC threat would be fantastic addition.

Those are certainly some good options. Without seeing the final roster I am not sure what I would do with the DIs, but I like the idea of a receiver/returner.

I like Mace as a coordinator for sure, how that translates to HC...we shall see.

I liked Rasheed's usage in the run game and I could totally understand his value as a blocking receiver, but I too would prefer that we roster a receiver that can take the top off the defence in that position. Put the safety in a bind more often than we have been. This probably open up the seams a little more than we have been seeing in recent years too.

The nice thing about receivers and DBs is that the bulk of their assessment can come from actual TC sessions. With little contact allowed it must be extremely tough to make decisions in the trenches or at LBer. Receiver and DBs can get a much better assessment in TC. Smith certainly goes north/south in the return game which is good and yea he can man a few spots in a pinch. Receiver? I'm not sure if even the coaches know right now....it's there for the taking if someone steps up and takes it I think.

I think part of the reason he wasn't used as much last year was for the reasons you have outlined. However, I would expect his run stop would be improved as a 2nd year guy. Rookies are raw, but having a full offseason and camp under his belt I would hope that has improved. That being said I like Garbutt's potential to go inside and out in our lineup. I would love to see both guys get meaningful reps this year.

Just took a quick peek around the league at whose rosters rival ours. I'm not seeing any. A couple that are not too far off, but we are looking real good again.

We don't know one way or another, but what we do know is that Grant was not considered a priority. Would we have liked to have him back? Who knows. There were rumblings long before Walters was blowing the cash to re-sign guys that Grant was going to have to wait to see if there was money left for him though.

I am of the thinking that if we go with a 7 man rotation I don't really care who they pick out of Haba/Garbutt/Rivers. Mostly because I have no idea who is looking the best at camp right now.

Meh....90% of those cover teams won't be on our roster.

Edmonton has a qb now.