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Formula E highlights on tsn1, sc on 2-5, in plus, 2 UFL games, 3 laliga soccer games, 1 dead channels, 1 nascar, 3 ncaa baseball games, 1 ncaa lacrosse game, 5 different plus channels carrying a golf tourney. No cfl. Gtfoh tsn

Ofc. Idk if the app is going to have the game either. Might only be on the browser.

Feels like that. Hope things settle for him at home and hope he comes up here.

Yep few spots settled mid way through. The dl rotation and varied fronts came about half way through too.

Oh? Don’t have pregame on yet.

Tsn showing ufl games before cfl feels weird. Hopefully the game is on the tv app not just the website

I hope he becomes a great oc so this gif can be a positive calling card for him. You block person. Which person? Person on the edge. which person on the edge?

Ba moved to S, secondary gelled, D got healthy and hot at just the right time. A lot changed with the D from strevys starts to late. The ol also came together, Lawler stepped up as well. Zach gave us more than his production in 19 though. That famous run around toss up td to Darvin adams changed every thing. We went from a scrappy tough ground n pound team to a team that could make any play and win any way. A grey cup win went from a pipe dream to a very real possibility. For my money, that is one of the greatest moments in bomber history. But you are right, the only thing that matters with respect to all this is brown vs Zach last year forward.

I am very optimistic about Wilson. He does a lot really well. Hope we use the reps better this pre season.

That would be huge. I like his build and tangibles. We should take him and groom him for utility. He’s got decent pass catching, work with him on blocking and see if he can be a back up return guy.

Vaval, Makonzo, Kelly, smith, Shay, and even Novak. Now is the time to go young and Canadian in the back 2/3 of the D for depth. Walters n co have done a tremendous job reloading our Canadian depth. yeah, keep hoping he will show up. Doesn’t look good imo at this point. That’s pretty much the situation we are in. We might not use a di on a kr though, in that case I think we would still use one on a wr any way. I think we use a di on a lber if we don’t cut 2 of Ayers, kyrie, and the joenses. If we do cut 2, I think we di a db.

Yeah, we really don’t need to burn a di at lber. We might not need one at db either. We should 100% be using one at dl. I’d consider two if Lawson isn’t good to go and we use more 40 sets. I’ll be interested to see if Shay and or smith can fill more of the nickle wil stuff. Especially Shay.

I think that’s a good probability. Woods is far a head at dt, adams should fight with person. Nice thing about adams is he can play most techniques. I’d be happy with either and hope both stick.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/05/24/game-day-hq-preseason-1/ players and positions to watch; qb, ofc. Is strevy rusty? Is zach healthy? How does hogans play call and management look? ol, two open spots and an open battle at G for imp or ni. Randolph at rt and Wallace at G are the guys to watch. wr battle, the 3 free agents are all guys to watch. At dl, has adams progressed? Bailey and person are big ones to watch. I expect a lot from the starters with vaughters. lber is the deepest battle in camp. The Canadians, will Ayers step up and which jones wins out? Secondary, will griffin take a starting job, Parker at S, Gowan vs bridges on the corner and rookie vaval has had a good camp. punter and the wide open kr job will be great to see too.

All depends on his contract. We might’ve front loaded a ton of bonus money, you can give a big chunk of guarantee cash too. realistically, giving him a blind extension for next year after not seeing him play live action this year following his horrid season last year means we aren’t going to just cut him for underperforming either. We’d probably sit him on the ir and eat the cash. Which is also an option. Or he could retire. But again, wouldn’t make a lot of sense for him to retire after just signing an extension.

So was biggie and jj and ba and others who are now gone. Sure qb is a bigger piece normally, but D was what lead us our two gc wins. Sure, I could be the adult having the difficult discussion. That’s not just pro sports, that’s business. At high levels, like in pro sports, has been and did in the past, does not entitle you in the future. That type of we owe it to them because they were apart of success previously, is how you end up at the bottom of the standings for multiple years. Any sports teams first obligation is to themself/market, and it’s to put the best team in play possible. Not to pay people who are past it for a victory lap.

That’s a fair point. I feel like he lead us to the big games after 21. Though our d did a lot to carry last year. But he wasn’t the guy who lead us in any of the gcs. If we exchanged Zach for any other top 3 league qb in the last 5 years I think we play in atleast 4 gcs maybe all 5 and likely win one more atleast. The awards are a sham imo. But he was the best qb in that time range, out side of grey cup games. Idk if he was the best qb in many of the gc games. Maybe 1? 100%. Proof is gonna be in pre season pudding. I actually think camp competition hasn’t been as close as I expected it to be. I think we have a pretty clear divide between starter calibre and depth. We could cut half the WRs and dbs. But I also think we have less spots to fill fill than previous years. We are stocked up with experienced guys to compete for spots and they are just as good as the new guys. Gowan might be the only cfl “rookie” that sees significant reps early. He and to a lesser extent Shay and smith. I think Gowan and Parker are taking the started jobs in the secondary. Lber should be Ayers and j jones. But probably both jones and kyrie while Ayers goes to pr till kyrie gets hurt again. Vaughters opposite wj, back up depends on health. Lawson needs to get to 100%. So we probably know what happens at dt. I think Wallace is gonna take 1 guard spot and Randolph at T. Sterns and white at wr with kev schoen and Demski.

You have a point, the higher the level the better chance a team messes it up. Especially with the ladder nature of drafts. You’re 100% right that QBs get a development path few other positions do in football. virtually ever qb gets a high volume of chances, while few get quality. MacLeod bethel Thompson is a good example. Barely any hs or college snaps as qb1. But like 10 nfl teams, cfl pr cut and picked up with no snaps up here. Usually when highly talented guys flop out fast, they have serious deficiencies. Baseball is still figuring out how best to use and develop guys, with an insane amount of pro infrastructure. Out side of speeding guys up to the pro level of game play and playbook sizes it’s about not messing guys up when done right. This is why I think nfl tc for Elgersma is great. His primary need is just that to jump the gap from cis to pro level. You’re right on the money. Especially in the modern cfl. The level of talent and refinement we see in qb prospects is as far behind down south as I’ve ever seen. So teams get stuck on guys who they think have a tangible or intangible that can over come the deficiencies. Weve passed the tipping point where QBs coming up know more about qbing than their coaches. And they know it. Coaching is softer and QBs are harder. Up here it’s a lot of former position players rising up the coaching ranks too. The long maligned Canadian qb role has left us out the generation of qb coaches and former qb oc/hc. Teams at all levels fall in love with raw arm talent and athleticism. At the sub pro levels you see so many kids just take over games with that, and you get swept up in it. If you can’t manufacture it, you fake it and hope. Yeah the top tier oc minds in college and hs I see down south aren’t excelling with the best qb talent. They are finding kids with strong intangibles, who are able to fit rpo and their specific brand of niches. Having a system that can run rpos fast and efficiently is way better than having a world beating arm. Some guys like Maas have done a good job of covering up some qb deficiencies and making their worst throws the easiest in his system. But mostly teams really struggle to offset their QBs skill set. Every one is looking for the same perfect arm that can do every thing instead of setting up for the easiest repeatable success. Rpos that set up catch and run plays are much easier. You still need to threaten and be able to hit home runs, but no one sustains offensive out put based around the deep ball. You can stretch the field a lot by going side line to side line, and back field to mid range.

Brown took big steps forward from his first game action (where he was brutal) to the next camp. I mean he took leaps and bounds at every step too. I’m also not sure he’s a product of our development at all. We get credit for giving him time and having patience for sure. But I think he developed through his own work. I think he would’ve developed most places if he got to stick around. I think it’s very arguable that many successful QBs across all levels develop due to their own work ethic and intangibles. I think far more teams ruin QBs than ever actually develop guys.

That’s one of the biggest hurdles to developing QBs. You can only do so much with out sacrificing games. Some guys hit that point of diminishing returns faster or slower. But they all hit it and you never know how far they will go after. Teams gotta be smart with trash time and use it like the high value time it is, for back ups. Yeah, move just doesn’t make much sense. I believe we could wave him before the season say next year and save that money still, what ever isn’t guaranteed. But this move shows we won’t move off him as long as he’s willing to play, even if he can’t get it done any more.

100%. I hated it soo much. Two idjits using mechanical/pneumatic horns as close to the mic’s as possible. Making it about them self and making the tv experience terrible. If a big chunk of the crowd was doing it with the horns you blow in then I’d say credit to them and live with it.

I think this start is that big shot for him, the guys who stick around and make the next camp seem to get this shot. I do think he’s a long shot to make the ar. I think sterns is a real sleeper to stick and make a niche for him self. I think white is gonna win the spot if he stays healthy. Hes so much in the mold we like.

yep. https://3downnation.com/2025/05/23/silence-at-last-montreal-alouettes-ban-air-horns-for-2025-season/ About time. Sounds like the cfl put their foot down and are holding the ALs responsible to the standard held across the league.

Qft.

It’d take a lot for me to say he’s earned more than 400k even at this point. Im worried about strevy from what I’ve seen. But pre season performance is worth 10x more than camp. So hopefully he has a good pre season. Similarly, zachs camp could evaporate with live rounds and hits. I’ve got that familiar sinking feeling when it comes to roster management out of this camp. The big saving grace this year is going to be the young athletic depth we’ve amassed. We should’ve moved off Zach with brown. At this point I think we will run with zach till he physically can’t lace em up any more or quits.