2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[JuranBoldenRules]

4 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

I’ve heard it mentioned here and there, but does anyone else think our long snapping maybe had something to do with some of the goofier looking punts and missed FG’s? 
I know the Godly Wind winning FG actually had a bad snap that was brought back in by the holder  

Maybe time to move past Benson? 

They have the guy from Laval stashed.

Probably let him do it for the next 3 years on his rookie deal.

[wbbfan]

38 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Think we have to realize that a 15-20 years ago 32 yards net was the goal of any punt team as an average.  Now the entire league is basically at 37 yards net.  The kicking game has evolved a lot.  And it's not just about hammering the ball.  This mythical "kick out of trouble" stuff is bunk in this code and not even really possible anymore with the out of bounds rules.  Teams used to concede the safety basically any time they were scrimmaging inside their own 15.  Now they kick more hoping to give up 3 and not 5-9 (safety and another score).

Yeah lose points with more opportunity potentially, but for Paredes quite likely he maintains the make % on 20 more kicks and his average distance is basically the same as Castillo.

Castillo definitely cashed in on those 60 yarders in the xP calculation.

It's a nice luxury to have a guy who can make those kicks.  But if I had to pick a guy to make a 45 yarder to win the game it wouldn't be Castillo.

League average isn’t a measuring stick unless you missed the play offs though. 
 

You’re also glossing over the fact that the punting/kicking positions have seen the biggest increase in terms of talent of any position in football over that time. 
 

Our net average on the cfl site has us middle of the pack at 36.1 

You certainly aren’t going to frequently punt your way out of trouble. A lot more teams are using 2 guys who can get back and split the field. 
 The biggest concern I have with the punter is his frequency to punt us into trouble. 

39 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

I’ve heard it mentioned here and there, but does anyone else think our long snapping maybe had something to do with some of the goofier looking punts and missed FG’s? 
I know the Godly Wind winning FG actually had a bad snap that was brought back in by the holder  

Maybe time to move past Benson? 

Maybe not his best year but I don’t think he was a big problem. I do think he’s gonna retire though, and Laroux likely takes over. 
 Sheehan had some brutally slow releases this year sporadically. Like two steps worth of time extra. 

36 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

They have the guy from Laval stashed.

Probably let him do it for the next 3 years on his rookie deal.

Leroux? Laroux? Good ass snapper either way. 

[Brandon]

No issues with Castillo,  I never was worried that he couldn't make a kick.     

The punter on the other hand can go,   an easy position that we should have a competition to see if we can find a guy who at least has the ability to make a huge kick.  Numerous times last year we played against teams that had a guy who could boom it deep when needed which instantly flipped 15 - 25 yards for the other team.