2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[HardCoreBlue]

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

Johnny August won't return....

 

 

Do the Ticats want our jerseys as well? Jeebus.

[Mark H.]

51 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Some info on RWJ via Our Man Tait...

At least Ed Tait is still...Ed Tait.

[Noeller]

43 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

At least Ed Tait is still...Ed Tait.

And I, for one, am thankful for that...

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

At least Ed Tait is still...Ed Tait.

Judge for yourself, I think Ed has been replaced by a cheap AI construct that spits out 17 words per week.

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Do the Ticats want our jerseys as well? Jeebus.

Our home jerseys are gonna be their 3rds this year. 
 
What are we gonna call them now? 
 Winnipeg practice cats. Tiger bombs? Steeltown baby bombers? Oskee mini peg? Black and old gold? 

[Super Duper Negatron]

5 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Our home jerseys are gonna be their 3rds this year. 
 
What are we gonna call them now? 
 Winnipeg practice cats. Tiger bombs? Steeltown baby bombers? Oskee mini peg? Black and old gold? 

Grey Cup Champions? 😀 

[Tracker]

2 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Judge for yourself, I think Ed has been replaced by a cheap AI construct that spits out 17 words per week.

Seamlessly.

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Grey Cup Champions? 😀 

Maybe 2099 gc champs 

[SpeedFlex27]

18 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

You're ignoring the move they made to acquire Jake Maier for an 8th round draft pick, which was a great deal I wish Walters would have jumped on.  He easily qualifies as the 2nd or 3rd best seasoned backup in the league behind Fajardo and MBT but at only 27 it remains a mystery whether he will emerge as a QB that can lead a team or not.  It's fair to say he's a superior backup option than anything the Bombers can roll out this season, and if Harris goes down in game 2, they won't be in a state of panic or despair. 

Sign all the subs from your old team heading down yet wanting your team to be heading up. Great start, Goveia. What a lazy ass GM. Nothing will change in Hamilton.

[Pete]

Its crazy how much the rider signings mirrored what a lot of us thought bombers should sign to replace players lost

An oline upgrade 150k McEwen

A cdn db Tevaun campbell 160 k

Stud dlineman Rose 175k

Backup cdn reciever 90k

Total 575k

Good job on riders part

 

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/22/how-much-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-paid-their-top-2025-free-agent-signings/

Edited 22 hours ago by Pete

[HardCoreBlue]

36 minutes ago, Pete said:

Its crazy how much the rider signings mirrored what a lot of us thought bombers should sign to replace players lost

An oline upgrade 150k McEwen

A cdn db Tevaun campbell 160 k

Stud dlineman Rose 175k

Backup cdn reciever 90k

Total 575k

Good job on riders part

 

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/22/how-much-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-paid-their-top-2025-free-agent-signings/

Again like a few others here, great post, indeed Riders suck.

[Atomic]

48 minutes ago, Pete said:

Its crazy how much the rider signings mirrored what a lot of us thought bombers should sign to replace players lost

An oline upgrade 150k McEwen

A cdn db Tevaun campbell 160 k

Stud dlineman Rose 175k

Backup cdn reciever 90k

Total 575k

Good job on riders part

 

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/22/how-much-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-paid-their-top-2025-free-agent-signings/

McEwen for 150k seems like a great price, I'm disappointed we were either not interested or not willing to pay up

[wbbfan]

4 minutes ago, Atomic said:

McEwen for 150k seems like a great price, I'm disappointed we were either not interested or not willing to pay up

This. 

[17to85]

If they wanted to replace kolankowski Eli has been there for years. This is a case of the team sees the guy differently than we as fans do. 

[do or die]

5 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

If they wanted to replace kolankowski Eli has been there for years. This is a case of the team sees the guy differently than we as fans do. 

Have to wonder.......as Kolo looked useless against any kind of inside stunt, all year....

[17to85]

30 minutes ago, do or die said:

Have to wonder.......as Kolo looked useless against any kind of inside stunt, all year....

Oh yeah my feelings are well known. But I'm not going to try and pretend they missed out, they didn't see the need.

[BBlink]

Gotta hope (and there are signs of it) that this year will be back to having competition in TC and not just extended practice before the season starts. Wallace, Eli, Randolph should be gunning for those inside spots.

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

If they wanted to replace kolankowski Eli has been there for years. This is a case of the team sees the guy differently than we as fans do. 

I don’t even think that it’s about how they view quality. I don’t think they value the C doing much more than snapping. It’s a role position for them. The value they put on 6th, 7th ol and fb is nutty as well. 
 

1 hour ago, do or die said:

Have to wonder.......as Kolo looked useless against any kind of inside stunt, all year....

it’s been his whole career, it’s just become obvious to the point that teams have game planned to get to zach through him for two years now. 
 But to be fair, basically every plan of attack worked against our ol most of last year. 

[rebusrankin]

For some reason when MOS looks at Kolo he sees

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

McEwen for 150k seems like a great price, I'm disappointed we were either not interested or not willing to pay up

Ummm I seem to remember the versatility of Jake Thomas being able to play on the o-line also back in the day.   No need to sign anyone else!  

[Stickem]

15 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

For some reason when MOS looks at Kolo he sees

 One of the best centre's we've ever dressed ....Doesnt take a bonk on the head to realize that ....Kolo has a long way to go to fit in his class

[Booch]

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

This. 

Cause we good...as per Osh

54 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I don’t even think that it’s about how they view quality. I don’t think they value the C doing much more than snapping. It’s a role position for them. The value they put on 6th, 7th ol and fb is nutty as well. 
 

it’s been his whole career, it’s just become obvious to the point that teams have game planned to get to zach through him for two years now. 
 But to be fair, basically every plan of attack worked against our ol most of last year. 

And people need to stop thinking Osh...or many coaches for that matter don't  have bias and personal favs for whatever reason that will trump better talent....tho Osh is exceedingly bad at it

If an opportunity to upgrade a spot is there...regardless of who it replaces you take it..Is that on Walter's here...or does he allow Osh to have too much sway...influence? 

Fact of matter there was opportunity to upgrade several areas...and we chose not to...

[JuranBoldenRules]

3 hours ago, Atomic said:

McEwen for 150k seems like a great price, I'm disappointed we were either not interested or not willing to pay up

Gagnon and McKellar were the two guys I was hoping we'd be after.  Decent already, still with some upside, should be good value.  Edmonton likely overpaid McKellar because Hervey struggles with the ratio.  McEwen and most of the others that hit the market without pre-determined destinations are on the steep decline.

[SpeedFlex27]

3 hours ago, Atomic said:

McEwen for 150k seems like a great price, I'm disappointed we were either not interested or not willing to pay up

Don't question The Trinity, you sinner.. 

2 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Gagnon and McKellar were the two guys I was hoping we'd be after.  Decent already, still with some upside, should be good value.  Edmonton likely overpaid McKellar because Hervey struggles with the ratio.  McEwen and most of the others that hit the market without pre-determined destinations are on the steep decline.

That's every free agent. No one knows where they're going until they get an offer. They're all on the decline? 

[JuranBoldenRules]

4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Don't question The Trinity, you sinner.. 

That's every free agent. No one knows where they're going until they get an offer. They're all on the decline? 

The Canadian OL who were up for grabs...yes.