2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 minute ago, Pete said:

thats more an indication of our practice roster than anything

Sure, but you're not going to fix that in September.  You got a guy ready to play who is already well acquainted with your QB and offense on the street.

[Super Duper Negatron]

2 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Sure, but you're not going to fix that in September.  You got a guy ready to play who is already well acquainted with your QB and offense on the street.

We could have fixed it in July when we wasted 6 weeks on Johnson.

[Brandon]

35 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

We could have fixed it in July when we wasted 6 weeks on Johnson.

It doesn't seem like the old days when the club would sign an NFL cut mid season and that guy would make an impact right away.   It feels like we try guys out in pre season and then roll them out through the year and never bring anyone else unless we run out of guys from injuries.   

 

[17to85]

1 minute ago, Brandon said:

It doesn't seem like the old days when the club would sign an NFL cut mid season and that guy would make an impact right away.   It feels like we try guys out in pre season and then roll them out through the year and never bring anyone else unless we run out of guys from injuries.   

 

That's a league thing. Guys don't get cut from the NFL who can step in anymore

 

[rebusrankin]

If rookie receivers don't know what they're doing is that an indication of poor coaching?

[Nolby]

33 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

If rookie receivers don't know what they're doing is that an indication of poor coaching?

Can be a little of column A and B.

[MOBomberFan]

Dalton Schoen won ROTY in 2022, is that an indication of excellent coaching?

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

It doesn't seem like the old days when the club would sign an NFL cut mid season and that guy would make an impact right away.   It feels like we try guys out in pre season and then roll them out through the year and never bring anyone else unless we run out of guys from injuries.   

 

It's been like 40 years since that was a real thing though too.  

Name a Bomber player you can remember in your lifetime who joined the team right out of a NFL camp in September....a guy who we didn't have before...and was an impact player right away.

There's two I can remember in my life...Stegall and Orlando Bobo, although he hadn't played football in 2 seasons when they brought him up midseason.

NFL rosters are also 85-90 deep with IR these days.  That first layer of 250-300 cuts aren't signing a 3 year deal to come up to Canada, yeah they have an out if they get signed by NFL in the next February.

[Fatty Liver]

3 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

If rookie receivers don't know what they're doing is that an indication of poor coaching?

3 rookie receivers in Wilson, Clercius and Wheatfall that are fully taxed learning the CFL game and the routes assigned to them, nevermind ad-libbing broken plays they have no clue when to break off.  They have no relationship with the QB and are probably scared to talk to him, Zach's "anger translator" and glue guy Woli gets knocked out for half the season.  What could go wrong???  Should have brought back Zach's buddy Greg Ellingson for one last fling.