2024 Blue Bomber Training Camp

[WildPath]

Looking to take my 3 year old son to his first Bombers experience by taking him to see some TC this week. I don't think his attention span would make it worth bringing him to a game yet. My question - would it be better to take him to a normal practice or the walkthrough on Thursday? Thursday might work better for our schedule, but I'm concerned walkthrough wouldn't provide much excitement for a rookie Bomber fan.

[kelownabomberfan]

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

 

Wonder how he feels about huge frames and 3” verticals? 

Mrs. KBF has to deal with this every day...

[bb1]

1 hour ago, WildPath said:

Looking to take my 3 year old son to his first Bombers experience by taking him to see some TC this week. I don't think his attention span would make it worth bringing him to a game yet. My question - would it be better to take him to a normal practice or the walkthrough on Thursday? Thursday might work better for our schedule, but I'm concerned walkthrough wouldn't provide much excitement for a rookie Bomber fan.

Personally i don't think it matters, any experience for your child and less stress for you schedule wise works. A regular training camp practice can be boring as well for a lot of fans. 😊

[Eternal optimist]

They'll have fun either way. Took my 5 yr old to fan fest and she loved it. Pretty sure she thinks when my wife and I go to a game we just run around on inflateable obstacle courses for 3 hours.

[ShyGuy]

Picked up my season ticket package today and my kids Gold Club package for their 5 game pack... was kind of surprised that they each got a pair of free tickets for the preseason game. Was going to add that game anyways but the fact you can use those tickets ANYWHERE is pretty neat. They've been agitating about wanting to sit down in the lower bowl so now they finally can.

[GCn20]

14 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

The air was not exactly filled with catchable passes, the few lucky enough to have one thrown in their direction had to dig them out of the dirt for the most part.

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.

12 hours ago, Booch said:

I'd give the starters 2..maybe 3 series with ZC and then park them..they already know the playbook and system and just need a few reps to knock of the rust and recalibrate the timing at game speed

Some the excess db's and wr are more for looks at returner now as opposed to the #5 spot...I think it's a final audition for Wilson..Mitchell..Johnson and Vann for that 5 spot.

I think Smith is the likely front runner for the return job and offensive Swiss army knife...especially if BO is not 100 percent..or they may want to ease him in...Smith offers just too much versatility to ignore...and is prob one the most explosive guys in camp...hope we go that route

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.

[Booch]

For the amount of balls they are gonna see with Lawler/Schoen/Demski/BO and Woli in the offence I not seeing it as a super vital spot anyway...I hope we use it to roster a huge upside guy....someone who can really rip the top off a defence actually....Something we havn't really had here in a long time.

 

[JohnnyAbonny]

12 minutes ago, Booch said:

For the amount of balls they are gonna see with Lawler/Schoen/Demski/BO and Woli in the offence I not seeing it as a super vital spot anyway...I hope we use it to roster a huge upside guy....someone who can really rip the top off a defence actually....Something we havn't really had here in a long time.

 

Yeah, the last guy they had like that was probably Lucky Whitehead. Grant was fast but more about lateral quickness, shiftiness and breaking tackles. 

I mean, Demski can be a deep threat for sure but no we haven’t really had that super speed demon wideout. A Lucky/Ryan Lankford type as the 5th receiver would be cool. 

 

[GCn20]

56 minutes ago, Booch said:

For the amount of balls they are gonna see with Lawler/Schoen/Demski/BO and Woli in the offence I not seeing it as a super vital spot anyway...I hope we use it to roster a huge upside guy....someone who can really rip the top off a defence actually....Something we havn't really had here in a long time.

 

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.

Edited May 29 by GCn20

[Mike]

I think a combination of Myron Mitchell and Clercius dependent on what you need out there could be a productive use of that spot 

 

[wbbfan]

55 minutes ago, Booch said:

For the amount of balls they are gonna see with Lawler/Schoen/Demski/BO and Woli in the offence I not seeing it as a super vital spot anyway...I hope we use it to roster a huge upside guy....someone who can really rip the top off a defence actually....Something we havn't really had here in a long time.

 

 

Just now, GCn20 said:

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 that we have been.

Either or would be huge. A guy blocking his butt off is most likely to make the team but having a WR who can stretch the D deep would be great too. It's not nearly as likely, but if we had a guy with the stamina/toughness, a guy who could be a primary return man and start as the last wr would be huge. Saving a DI would be massive. Personally, I'd probably have some one like Ford and one of the rbs return kick offs, with the last WR returning punts to minimize wear. 

 Then I'd DI Castillo, a DT, DE, and a lber. I'd be fine with Clercius, Murphy, and MCI as our back up WRs. 

[GCn20]

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

 

Either or would be huge. A guy blocking his butt off is most likely to make the team but having a WR who can stretch the D deep would be great too. It's not nearly as likely, but if we had a guy with the stamina/toughness, a guy who could be a primary return man and start as the last wr would be huge. Saving a DI would be massive. Personally, I'd probably have some one like Ford and one of the rbs return kick offs, with the last WR returning punts to minimize wear. 

 Then I'd DI Castillo, a DT, DE, and a lber. I'd be fine with Clercius, Murphy, and MCI as our back up WRs. 

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.

[wbbfan]

3 minutes ago, Mike said:

I think a combination of Myron Mitchell and Clercius dependent on what you need out there could be a productive use of that spot 

 

He's not nearly as heavy as bailey but his toughness and fighting for yards reminded me a bit of sheed. Isn't really a terrible pick among the imps. Doesn't seem like there is a schoen, but a lot of guys who would be dangerous with the ball in their hands.

 It's interesting, the majority of the imp wrs we have left on the roster for that last spot are not our typical wr. (6'1-6'3, 200-220 lbs, polished possession wr) They are mostly pretty light twitchy guys. As well as a KR, I think we are looking for some one who can be used in the jet motion package to take that load off demski a bit. 

[wbbfan]

3 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

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.

Yeah, lots could still shake down funny. But I think Kramdi and karamoko will end up being back up dbs, with the healthy ish hallet + kelly and how ever S shakes down. OL we won't be running 3 imp ol imo, so DI's really come down to backs, wrs, dl, lbers and of course sergio has one spot locked up. 

The biggest area of need I see is kick cover. We need some killers on that squad. I'm hopeful the batch of imp Lbers will help with that. 

 

I don't know if he retired or what, but Carelton Agudosi would actually be a great fit for the last wr spot. He was really feast or famine as a WR, but as a big strong guy who can do a lot on teams, he'd be really valuable. Plus being a package guy for some Iso fade type plays. I'm sure he won't be in the picture but he could really fill a great niche for us. 

 I would also consider rolling 6 OL, or an 11 formation with an end on the RTs side to help with blocking. Especially until the line meshes with all the changes. 

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 hour ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Yeah, the last guy they had like that was probably Lucky Whitehead. Grant was fast but more about lateral quickness, shiftiness and breaking tackles. 

I mean, Demski can be a deep threat for sure but no we haven’t really had that super speed demon wideout. A Lucky/Ryan Lankford type as the 5th receiver would be cool. 

 

Honestly would rather have a well-rounded guy.  Lawler, Demski and Schoen are vertical threats.  There's not going to be much use for another.  Saw that even with someone like Agudosi.  Limited usefulness down the route tree and can't make a team.

If they want speed it better be a guy who can be useful in intermediate and do something after the catch.

[GCn20]

2 hours ago, Mike said:

I think a combination of Myron Mitchell and Clercius dependent on what you need out there could be a productive use of that spot 

 

Yea, would give us some options with the 3rd NAT receiver on the field.

1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Honestly would rather have a well-rounded guy.  Lawler, Demski and Schoen are vertical threats.  There's not going to be much use for another.  Saw that even with someone like Agudosi.  Limited usefulness down the route tree and can't make a team.

If they want speed it better be a guy who can be useful in intermediate and do something after the catch.

I agree with that as well. A real YAC threat would be fantastic addition.

[blue85gold]

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Honestly would rather have a well-rounded guy.  Lawler, Demski and Schoen are vertical threats.  There's not going to be much use for another.  Saw that even with someone like Agudosi.  Limited usefulness down the route tree and can't make a team.

If they want speed it better be a guy who can be useful in intermediate and do something after the catch.

Would be nice to have a guy that would be dangerous on a bubble screen and crossing patterns.

 

2 hours ago, Mike said:

I think a combination of Myron Mitchell and Clercius dependent on what you need out there could be a productive use of that spot 

 

Agree that we don't necessarily need the import to take on Bailey's blocking role if Clercius can come into that role sometimes

[Pete]

We do need a guy with potential to replace schoen or lawler if we can't afford both next year

 

[Mike]

I don’t really think we need a playmaker out there. Block, find the soft spots in coverage, be sure handed and that’s all I really hope for. We’re talking about the fifth option in our offense at best here, right? Need those details more than I need a 1000 yard threat.

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

There are also going to be games missed due to injury.  
I want much more from a 5th man than the ability to block  

[Bubba Zanetti]

A receiver that can block and take the top off would be ideal

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Pete said:

We do need a guy with potential to replace schoen or lawler if we can't afford both next year

 

Lawler already renegotiated his contract which will come down further next time, not go up or stay the same. He will be much closer to demski and schoen salary. I'm not concerned with our ability to keep both next year. 

[Stickem]

Agudosi is a thought .....big rangy guy who is tough to cover...The only thing with Carelton is that he can't stay healthy....Too many nic's and probably the reason we let him go....I prefer a guy who can block as well as make those tough catches....

[blue85gold]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

I don’t really think we need a playmaker out there. Block, find the soft spots in coverage, be sure handed and that’s all I really hope for. We’re talking about the fifth option in our offense at best here, right? Need those details more than I need a 1000 yard threat.

Agree, but that is pretty much Woli's role already. I think the 5th guy should be one who could in theory step up and fill in for Schoen or Lawler if they get hurt. 

[Mike]

2 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

Agree, but that is pretty much Woli's role already. I think the 5th guy should be one who could in theory step up and fill in for Schoen or Lawler if they get hurt. 

That’s Demski

I think we have to be realistic here. Would it be fun? Yeah. Is that necessarily the best thing for winning? I don’t really think it is.