JohnnyAbonny

I preferred “From the ****** handshake” to FIFO anyway

Good point, when was the last time we could line up 2 returners that were both actual threats?

I know you can’t judge it fully, but I really think Calgary would have steamrolled Zach up the middle. I don’t think it ends close without Streveler. Even in the 3rd when Strev was figuring it out we got comparable results to Zach’s. Streveler can throw the ball as an actual quarterback.

Best case for us is he gets tired of the perennial interim coaches in Ottawa and signs back here in 2026. If they can ever manage to get the rest of that organization together, look out.

You mean the Bombers needed it

Agreed. I was hyped too. He just couldn’t stay healthy, and missed a few plays when he was on the field. I don’t think he suffered from a lack of opportunity. I’d push back on the “Zach only throws to his favourites” comments. He can zone in on the first read sometimes, but if a WR can run a route and get open, they’ll get thrown to. It’s not like he just wants to throw to his buddies. I’m not really a Zach guy at this point in his career, but you’ve gotta be fair.

That’s just it. Ottawa is in a better place moving forward at QB than most of the league. BC- Adams probably is at his ceiling, Proukop isn’t going to take the next leap. Calgary- McCheese and his even fatter backup. Edmonton- MBT is what he is. Ford could improve I guess. Us- Hinges on Strev. Not much of a future with Collaros. Sask- Same as here minus Streveler. TO- I think Dukes is quite impressive given the situation. I can’t stand Kelly, but he’ll probably be back too. They’ll be ok at QB for a while. Montreal- They’re in good shape as well. Has anyone mentioned that Fajardo’s play improved after a year of working with Calvillo? I think that’s been very overlooked. Hamilton- Powell might be good, completely unproven. BLM is more cooked than Collaros. Then Ottawa with Brown and Crum. If I’m building a CFL team from scratch, I’ll take their QB room over anyones right now. Problem there is, the rest of the team being scratch.

The one silver lining is we haven’t had to hear FIFO much lately

I like that. Seemed like he had something. We actually thought we were deep at receiver coming out of camp lol. He’s even got a rank. Lt. Jim Dangle.

Calgary went all in on McCheese..

Think we actually talked about Patterson before and him being on the 88 team. Reading more, I didn’t realize he has a pretty good scouting network in the states as well, cool.

Yeah, some things just aren’t fair. Nevermind football, a special person like that being taken from their family is a ******* travesty.

Haba as well, though I’m not sure he’d have made it out of camp if everyone was healthy That was around the same time as Sam Canadian, that guy who came on OB talking about how he could win the Bombers starting QB job, talking about putting on “workouts” at Assiniboine park or something. The entire team is predictable. I was saying a few weeks ago, when was the last time you saw the Bombers do anything innovative in any context?

Let me have my dreams

Sure would. Damn..imagine that DL at full health with a rotation of Fox/Woods/Lawson/Adams/Willie/Garbutt.

@Booch In a hypothetical, Osh gets fired at the end of the year, who you hiring (besides yourself lol) My choice would be Pete Costanza. Came up under Huff mostly, nothing but success everywhere he’s been. Part of multiple championship staffs. Never read a bad word about him from a personality standpoint. Not entrenched enough as a coordinator to be a meddler.

I don’t know how anything else would be but I’m damn sure Eli would be our center and Tre Thomas would be our starting WIL lol

Yeah I’d actually heard that from a couple different places, actually going back to when AH left. Didn’t think much of it at the time but in hindsight maybe there was something to it..

For the most part I’d agree, but I mean at a certain point someone has to be the tough boss when it comes to letting vets move on. It’s been clear since day 1, O’Shea was never going to be that guy. Knowing this, I believe Walters could have done a little more earlier to prevent what’s happening now. O’Shea or not, Thomas even being offered a camp invite, for one example is a huge fail. Other little things too. Not being able to find a decent punter for 2 years.. drafting Anthony Bennett in the first round. Not fireable, just a little troubling. Like I said, some of it is on Walters imo, but not the lions share of the blame at all.

Yeah, I don’t see it now either. The time for that was 6 months ago.

If that’s the case, the best scenario is he retires after this year

See, to me that’s as much on Walters then. There’s a fine line between listening to your people, and letting them talk you out of making the right choices. I’d give him way more rope than MOS right now but Walters isn’t blameless either. He’s been around the league long enough to know better than to let that many key guys on the roster age out of their prime at once. There were rumblings of a rift before Walters signed his latest deal. Makes you wonder..

Even if he was making the right calls, he appears to really not have the physical tools to be a good center. The fact that Eli is around makes it the most baffling of all MOS decisions to me. There’s no excuse, it has to be stubbornness at this point. There’s just no other valid reason.

This is a really well thought out, detailed write-up. For real, thanks man