Mike

I don’t know why everyone is ragging on Mitchell. He very well could do it. I know they went big on Geno but Mitchell paced out to about 1300 yards last year over a full season and spent time in the O with Lawler. Very good receiver.

Riders are folding?

Ok can you explain it to me and only me then please

Am I the only one who has no idea what to expect regarding our roster this year because of all the new rules regarding Canadian eligibility? Lol

Kyrie Wilson to the 6-game lol there’s a shocker. Hopefully it’s just a paper move but honestly, I think this might be it for him.

This is also kind of the **** I’m talking about … as per CFL aka he read the transactions page. But what’s the story behind this? Is it a paper move because they don’t want to 6-game him? Are they planning to bring him back? Is he just not in the plans? Is he retiring? Low effort. Seems like all you need to report on the CFL these days is to just browse their website and be able to say you went to a practice.

Dwayne Slay is one of those weird ones that still doesn’t make any sense. He was the Big 12 DPOTY in 2005, was a projected first rounder then goes undrafted after absolutely tanking the combine and gets cut by Arena league teams and the Bombers all within a year. I remember I thought Kenny Randall was going to make it last year. Wade is definitely my pick this year, but I’m thinking this new DT we signed yesterday has a good shot too.

But the question is what reasons could there possibly be lol

Genuine question: what on earth do you think we’re being ignorant about? You think there’s a conspiracy within the organization to force our reporters to use their media credentials for socializing instead of reporting? You think the club is limiting their ability to ask thought-provoking questions? Or that the front office is so paranoid that they don’t want hard-hitting information about who took the most practice reps in rookie camp being released to the general public?

Like seriously, listen to Paul Friesen during yesterday’s press conference. Listen to the first two questions he asks - “what did you see?”, “how much did the intensity pick up with pads on?” … if you’re getting paid to attend practice and cover it, shouldn’t you have these answers already? And be asking meaningful questions based on YOUR observations? I’d like to hear somebody in the position to tell their side of things have a go at it so here we go @DTonOB

I don’t even need in-depth coverage. We don’t have coverage of any kind. We get coverage of personal interest stories, but absolutely nothing related to actual camp sessions whatsoever. You’ll notice O’Shea gets asked the biggest softball questions in the press conference because anyone covering the team just goes there to socialize with the other “reporters” and they generally have zero clue as to what happened during the on-field session. So when he fields questions, there’s no substance to them because they have no idea what to ask about.

Then you’re reading the wrong coverage. I see all of that, but I source articles of interest off Reddit and read The Athletic and there is tons of in-depth analysis

Just to add to what I wrote earlier, I just read the Bills rookie camp write up on The Athletic Joe Buscaglia talks about where the 2nd round pick OL they drafted is lining up, he talks about the length of their rookie linebackers compared to some already rostered players, he talks about which rookies are participating and look to be competing on special teams drills in addition to their positional drills, he talks about where in the formations notable rookie receivers are lining up, the coverage is a million times better almost to the point where the only fault is that there’s TOO much (no, I don’t care that Dalton Kincaid dropped one pass in practice) information being thrown out. Bombers reports seem to be the exact opposite

We literally have a player who didn’t show up to camp and nobody has reported on why/if he will show up. The coverage has been pathetic unless your main interest is on puff pieces and player backstories. I’d personally like to know who is lining up where, who is taking looks at extra positions, that kind of stuff except the issue is nobody that covers the team knows what they’re watching. All we know after 3 days of rookie camp is that Deuce Wallace had an interception and O’Shea Jr caught a pass. I know the ability to report on rookie camp is limited but it’s been like this for probably 3-4 training camps in a row now. Ever since Ed Tait became a Bomber employee, basically.

That’s all they ever report on these days. Being there and telling us they’re there is more important than us learning anything.

There’s a difference between talking about a guy who runs a 4.86 40 who returned kicks in a Canadian junior football league and a guy like Lawler (who actually ran a 4.64) who competed at the D1 level successfully. The athleticism isn’t even comparable. 4.86 as a receiver or returner is … bad. No matter how you try and shape or frame it, that’s not good speed. To put it into perspective … he runs a closer 40 yard time to Liam Dobson than he does to Janarion Grant.

Ya you know me

Amen. I hate the blue shoulders, it’s the only thing I would change on our uniforms other than maybe just thinning out the number set a tiny, tiny sliver. He’s nowhere near fast enough to be a returner in this league. To put his athleticism into perspective, his 40 time would’ve been dead last at the NFL combine for receivers by almost .2 seconds. Would’ve only beat one tight end. No linebackers. No corners. No safeties. Even the punter who ran the 40 this year was faster than him.

Lol and herein lies the problem: everything he does is going to be considered notable

OBG not at camp

I count 18 non-counters and those are just the ones I’m sure on, so I’m sure there are far more

Probably already made the team

gonna make a big guess here but I think Barrington Wade and OB Goodson are both future all stars

Jackson is an interesting one. 30 year old who didn’t play high school football and walked on at Nebraska after a 4 year term as a navy seal. He’s 31 in July and just finished up his fifth year of eligibility and is trying to make it as a … long snapper?

Could be a million things, even an opportunity to try him out and see if he can contribute as a special teams guy. The one thing I really doubt is that it’s a legitimate chance to make the club as a receiver.