2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[Dodge and Burn]

42 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Remaining free agents sorted by position and nationality

Not much in there that blows my skirt up...

[Fatty Liver]

17 hours ago, Goalie said:

Go to camp with Zach Strev Dole Dukes and Wilson. May the best 3 (collaros plus 2) make it. Wilson can be the developmental QB even. Prob could stash him on 1 game IRs. 

If Wilson is relegated to #3, dry rot will set in from neglect and he'll develop as far as Dom Davis did in Wpg.  Dru Brown  progressed because he got actual playing time, not through osmosis from sitting next to Zach.

[ddanger]

19 hours ago, SectionKBlackout said:

Sorry this still kills me. And I know its apples to oranges but the god damn Eagles are in the super bowl with the best rb this year. Everyone knows they're gonna run, and yet they do it anyway and win. We had the best God damn rb in the league and rather than just say we win or lose, feed him, the excuse was "they'll just jam the box". Well ******* let them. Better that than asking a qb to do something he's never done while injured

Okay... I needed that off my chest.

Correct. 

[Noeller]

 

 

[Booch]

2 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

For the brief amount time he was in while ZC was getting his fingered reattached, his poise in the pocket was looking good but you’re in-between his ears will be his next big challenge.

good thing going into camp...we have 4 outta 5 QB's who have experience...and won games in the league....the 5th guy prob has the best potential and serious upside, and already shows the traits you want...so we dont have to rush abd ruin him, and maybe this time a guy we develop stays in the fold...I'm okay with our situ at the moment at QB....As long as we dont extend before camp...or during the season

[ddanger]

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

That's some crazy training

 

 

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

 

 

I’ve done that…..inadvertently….holding 2 beer

[greenrider55]

Apparently the Bombers signed Shea Patterson…?

[BBlink]

1 minute ago, greenrider55 said:

Apparently the Bombers signed Shea Patterson…?

Apparently. And apparently not Dukes. Someone is getting banned.

[HardCoreBlue]

3 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Apparently. And apparently not Dukes. Someone is getting banned.

Yea where did said person get that we signed Dukes? I couldn’t find it anywhere searching on the World Wide Web though I did learn the earth is flat and vaccines cause autism. Who knew.

[Mike]

18 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yea where did said person get that we signed Dukes? I couldn’t find it anywhere searching on the World Wide Web though I did learn the earth is flat and vaccines cause autism. Who knew.

Twas me. Not really sure what happened. 
 

Buddy just texted me and said “what the hell, we signed Patterson instead?”

 

oh well I don’t need to be accountable, so I won’t be 

[Noeller]

Woof... That's a lunch bag letdown if ever there was one ...

[17to85]

7 minutes ago, Mike said:

Twas me. Not really sure what happened. 
 

Buddy just texted me and said “what the hell, we signed Patterson instead?”

 

oh well I don’t need to be accountable, so I won’t be 

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

Woof... That's a lunch bag letdown if ever there was one ...

Yeah that’s disappointing. I was excited at the prospect of us agreeing to a deal with Dukes, would be curious to hear what happened there. Patterson doesn’t really move the needle much for me at all but if we’re being fair, his numbers were probably better than Dukes’ last season. He just seems very much like more of what we have with Streveler in terms of a short yardage specialist, doesn’t really give me the same belief that he could be the heir apparent to life after Zach like I thought Dukes could be.

[Noeller]

Ya it really seems like TCF. Give me Strev and Wilson out of the bunch currently under contract. Everything else seems pointless. 

[sweep the leg]

I thought Patterson was better than Dukes last season. Not like I’ve reviewed film of them, but I thought he did more with less to work with. Only 1.5 years older, so no concern age-wise.

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, Dodge and Burn said:

Not much in there that blows my skirt up...

I'd sign Oakman.

1 hour ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

I’ve done that…..inadvertently….holding 2 beer

I've taken many a long walk off a short pier. As some posters here might attest.

[SpeedFlex27]

26 minutes ago, Mike said:

Yeah that’s disappointing. I was excited at the prospect of us agreeing to a deal with Dukes, would be curious to hear what happened there. Patterson doesn’t really move the needle much for me at all but if we’re being fair, his numbers were probably better than Dukes’ last season. He just seems very much like more of what we have with Streveler in terms of a short yardage specialist, doesn’t really give me the same belief that he could be the heir apparent to life after Zach like I thought Dukes could be.

Dukes hasn't really showed that much. He was pretty meh when he started while Kelly was under suspension. Duke's an undersized qb & lost his backup position to Nick Arbuckle. 

[rebusrankin]

Patterson has struggled to be a consistent passer in both the CFL and during him time at Michigan. Waste of a roster spot.

42 minutes ago, Mike said:

Twas me. Not really sure what happened. 
 

Buddy just texted me and said “what the hell, we signed Patterson instead?”

 

oh well I don’t need to be accountable, so I won’t be 

I said I would criticize you harshly so

[Pete]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Yeah that’s disappointing. I was excited at the prospect of us agreeing to a deal with Dukes, would be curious to hear what happened there. Patterson doesn’t really move the needle much for me at all but if we’re being fair, his numbers were probably better than Dukes’ last season. He just seems very much like more of what we have with Streveler in terms of a short yardage specialist, doesn’t really give me the same belief that he could be the heir apparent to life after Zach like I thought Dukes could be.

Also feel that Patterson has more upside in case Zac goes down. Dukes looked good til defenses figured him out (he seemed to have difficulty reading defenses) . He also had a superior oline in front of him. Theres a reason that the Argos turned to Arbuckle near the end of last season, (same applies to Doligala where Patterson beat him out in Riderland

 I like this move especially if we are using Strev as a running qb, where he could easily get hurt. I like Wilson but not ready to see us depend on him as a starter if needed. Utilize him on the pr to develop and possibly win a backup spot.

Edited February 9 by Pete

[Fatty Liver]

21 minutes ago, Pete said:

Also feel that Patterson has more upside in case Zac goes down. Dukes looked good til defenses figured him out (he seemed to have difficulty reading defenses) . He also had a superior oline in front of him. Theres a reason that the Argos turned to Arbuckle near the end of last season, (same applies to Domigala where Patterson beat him out in Riderland

 I like this move especially if we are using Strev as a running qb, where he could easily get hurt. I like Wilson but not ready to see us depend on him as a starter if needed. Utilize him on the pr to develop and possibly win a backup spot.

Doesn't seem like much of a plan coming out of the Bombers offices these days, grab whatever leftover QB's no other team wants, and see if they can surprise everyone by uncovering a competent QB.  Where's the obvious talent?  Might as well revert to Pigrome just for the thrill of it.

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 hour ago, sweep the leg said:

I thought Patterson was better than Dukes last season. Not like I’ve reviewed film of them, but I thought he did more with less to work with. Only 1.5 years older, so no concern age-wise.

Patterson has zero passing ability from the pocket.  Dukes improved with reps and is still a big upside guy.  Main thing with Dukes is he needs to do a better job of managing the football and avoiding turnovers.  Patterson can't do anything with his arm to put fear in a defense.

IMO there's no reason to have Patterson and Streveler both on the roster.  If you want Patterson, why bring back Streveler, and vice-versa.  They are very similar low-upside run threat QB's with very limited passing ability.  If Streveler is anywhere close to 100% he's a way bigger threat at what they both do well.

Waste of a roster spot to have both.  Bring in someone who can pass.

2 hours ago, Mike said:

Yeah that’s disappointing. I was excited at the prospect of us agreeing to a deal with Dukes, would be curious to hear what happened there. Patterson doesn’t really move the needle much for me at all but if we’re being fair, his numbers were probably better than Dukes’ last season. He just seems very much like more of what we have with Streveler in terms of a short yardage specialist, doesn’t really give me the same belief that he could be the heir apparent to life after Zach like I thought Dukes could be.

Dukes almost 10 points better than Patterson in QBR and still 26.

[Super Duper Negatron]

I have given up trying to figure out what our plan is this year. I hope free agency clears things up.

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Woof... That's a lunch bag letdown if ever there was one ...

No Joke. I’m not crazy on duke, but Patterson is a big old pile of meh. 

[Goalie]

1 hour ago, Fatty Liver said:

Doesn't seem like much of a plan coming out of the Bombers offices these days, grab whatever leftover QB's no other team wants, and see if they can surprise everyone by uncovering a competent QB.  Where's the obvious talent?  Might as well revert to Pigrome just for the thrill of it.

To be fair, maybe they are hoping one turns in to the next one. I mean sometimes especially in the cfl QBs need time and lots of it. Not many come in to the league as stars.