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He’s a friend of mine... he was alive when Zorn played here, albeit not old enough to remember him play... the story behind the jersey is his family actually made friends with the Zorns in their short time here and still keep in touch to this day...

A BIG ADDITION, PART II: The way the presence of Matthews impacts the offence will also be occurring on defence, where end Willie Jefferson makes the Bombers front seven as imposing as any in the CFL. As difficult as this may be to fathom, Jefferson looks even bigger than the 6-6, 245 he is listed as on the roster. His first step is lightning quick, his wingspan is massive and he sets the same tone in practice as others like Adam Bighill and Brandon Alexander do on defence. I don't recall the riders doing this last year but I would love to see some goal line packages that include Jefferson... https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/05/26/eight-storylines-day-8-camp/

Lol... oh the irony... I came to the “training camp” thread to read news on training camp (surprise, surprise)... and I have to sift through 4 pages of people complaining about the lack of micro threads.... anyways... according to the day 1 roster sheet, Frank Sutton was the “other” #57 at camp... and he’s now gone...

They fixed one thing and ruined another... the helmets are nice by why the orange pants... just go black, would look sooo much slicker...

I still have nightmares of the infamous Tim Burke pre-season game against Hamilton... I was hoping to have repressed that by now... Sounds like you don't know what the Hecht you're talking about...

Is anyone paying Booch's expenses??

Good to see the forum is in mid-season form already! 😂

Didn't see if this was answered... If you have a Canadian QB does that give you an additional DI? Everyone that covers sask seems to think 2015 Collaros is magically coming back... Everything any reasonable person saw last year would suggest he will continue to decline this year...

While I disagree with the point you're trying to make (or narrative you've been pushing for some time now)... You are correct that most casual fans in Winnipeg are pretty fickle when it comes to the QB situation... As soon a decent back up emerges, any misstep from the starter makes the #2 the most popular guy on the team...

fair enough... I suppose I meant 4 or 5 players... which doesn't necessarily qualify as "a ton"...

yes that is correct... in your initial response you said he couldn't be around the team if he was on the six game... I thihnk we're both on the same page just got some wires crossed...

I've said from the day the Lions went on a FA spending spree... their season will be made or broken by their rookies... They have a ton of top end talent... it's a matter of how well their rookies/bottom end players perform... If they can find a few good rookie gems, no reason they can't compete for 1st in the west along with Calgary and Winnipeg... and Sask (haha, just kidding)...

this isn't totally accurate... he can be around the team... he just can't participate in practice... either way, i expect the Bombers will get him signed before Saturday so he can at least be with the team and experience TC, etc...

it comes with a free drink... so that's basically a $20 ticket!

If Ryan could kick FGs even at 80-85%... he'd be worth 200k... I believe it was reported he was making around 175k... so the way I always look at it is we're paying around 75k for an average punter and around 100k for the most accurate FG kicker in the league... seems like a good deal to me...

Who am I excited to see... Am I allowed to say Bighill??... I know we watched him be the best defensive player in the league last year... MLB has always been my favourite position to watch... and I'm so excited to see him play again!

I would think (or hope) that @wbbfan was talking about 2 or 3 years into the future... otherwise I would agree... starting 3 raw rookies on the O-line is a recipe for disaster...

Did I miss something... isn't this hair cut called a man bun?

This is actually not AS ridiculous as it sounds... it would basically only apply in the unlikely scenario that the QB throws the ball and it gets batted back to him... the QB would then still have the option to throw... according to the article...

I think about this every now and then and it still bothers me... just imagine what kind of player Charlie would've been if he had put in even half the effort Milt put in... probably the most purely talented player I've ever seen play...

he may have been a little more aggressive than necessary... but he makes a good point... a starter should probably be making more than a back-up... unless said back-up got beat out by a rookie... as for the "woman beating" stuff... I don't know anything about that.... so no comment...

This is an interesting idea... Brian Dobie is known as a great recruiter... "where they play" might be more beneficial to the Bombers than where they were born/developed"... but then again, Bombers, Stamps and Esks would be the only teams with one "big school" to choose from... seems like a disadvantage...

the ratio is currently 7 NI starters... was it ever six??

LOL... you're the one who started that comparison...

"Yeah we signed one of the elite QBs!... this team will be scary good!" -Rider fans, probably