Jesse

Imagine posting these two things literally back to back lol “when people talk football here they take it WAY too serious but when  i do it it’s just vibes bro” exactly one post after talking exactly the same way I talk when you complain 
This is how I feel. I would love to believe Kyrie staying home means he hasn’t made the team but what has our front office ever done that would suggest that?

5 straight cups is 5 straight cups and honestly until proven otherwise in the west, the bombers are the team to beat. 

At the same age Dru Brown was the starter for Ottawa.  He’s only 9 months older than Wilson.  I don’t think there’s a lot of runway for Wilson to develop into a starter.  A guy in his first pro camp looks more comfortable in the pocket.  Would like to see some confidence from Wilson.  Still a real hesitation to move the ball, then check downs to nothing because he held it so long.  

I get keeping him for the first little bit because of the suspension and Streveler coming off major knee injury, but we should be looking for another prospect.

That's a banning.

Cause it's a long assed offseason.

This. Like **** sakes Mike... Have a drink and have some fun. 

Well the 2019 team was 3-5 with Streveler starting and 4-0 with Collaros starting.  So he had some impact.  D wasn't getting it done by themselves, they got smacked around pretty bad in majority of games after Nichols went down.
Probably don't get to any of the post-19 Grey Cups if you don't host the West Final.  Matt Nichols never hosted a West Final.  Buck Pierce, Kevin Glenn and Khari Jones hosted 1 East Final each.  Collaros has hosted 4.
Good to have some perspective.  The only comparison that will matter in the end is Dru Brown from 2024 on vs Collaros from 2024 on.

Yah, I doubt Zach's agent is going to agree to a massive pay cut after he's led the Bombers to the Grey Cup 5 years running and elite QB pay is still $500k+ and potentially headed up.  It's not like he's failed to produce winning seasons like BLM  did for a few years before he accepted a substantial chop in pay.

What would be the point of that now?

Yessir, 2 hours. I can't wait to set Doug up to rant about Collaros's suspension. He's going to light it on fire again!

Went to practice this morning. Nothing ground breaking to report. Thought the running back 36, smaller American guy looked solid. Really effective blocker in the one on ones.
Imo play of the day was made by Corcorcan(can't remember how to spell his name, but the wr they drafted this year). He is slow...there's no doubt about it. But he went up and made a great play on an under thrown ball that should have been intercepted. 
Schoen looked like himself out there. No brace on. No lack of speed etc. Routes were as sharp as ever. Talked to him after the practice and he said he was feeling great and anxious to get back out there. He was great with my son too. Talked to him a bit and gave an autograph. Sergio is the man...he came right up to my boy (who was wearing his schoen jersey) and talked a bit, then said he'd introduce him to Schoen after practice. Which he did. Needless to say, we had a great morning!

Yeah, I love that they're finally doing away with the 'half the distance' bullshit. I always hated that rule. And honestly I thought the ineligible rec rule was already in place. Once that ball is tipped, it should be game on for everyone.

I like all the weird quirks that make the cfl different than the nfl. 
 
keep those weird quirks. 

MOS used to be great at finding those little loopholes but it's been a long time since we've seen that.

Osh comments on the Montreal dribble thing:
respectfully disagree.  kudos to Montreal for finding a weird gap in the rulebook and exploiting it, but they've had their fun and I would hate to see a game-winning drive in the Grey Cup feature that tactic.

It's way too early.  The local sports media are all over the Jets.  Most outlets only have 1-2 reporters.  If Edmonton makes the SCF they are going to have a hard time getting numbers as a league for regular season games.  Wish they'd go back to the season starting on Canada Day.

Well, I think you have to put some of that on scouting as well. Can't sign vets at every position to push guys so these young recruits have to do it. I don't care what camp you go to, in any sport, the challenger has to clearly beat the incumbent to earn that spot. So if we have some guys that seem to be on the roster just because, I have to wonder where was the guy who should have been pushing him out the door. I got no love for the fact guys like JT etc were getting far more snaps than they probably should have, but who was behind them on the depth chart to push them out? It becomes trickier when you add in ratio. I mean you have a list of several guys you say shouldn't have even been on the roster last year, honestly, name the player on our DC that was head and shoulders better? Could we have played musical chairs with our ratio...maybe...but at the end of the day we also have to consider STs as well. It's not as simple as putting out your best 53 players. You have to build a team, not just assemble talent. There are factors at play beyond player X is better or as good as player Y or let's rob Peter to pay Paul.  If fans ran this team just based on what we know guys like Evan Holm or Kramdi who are absolute stud players now would have gotten the apple and a road map. Why? Because at the end of the day we think we know the whole picture, but we have access to only a very small % of the knowledge of what each player brings to the table in a team setting and what value a player may provide to the team that we will never lay eyes on, or hear about. So while a guy may seem like dead weight to us fans, he may provide a massive amount of value to our team in ways that we just don't see. Older guys that bring value to the room, are excellent in the film room and willing to bring the younger guys up to snuff and teach them the right way to prepare, and then the young guys who may seem shaky at first but the coaches see the potential not just on game day but in every rep at every practice, and in every meeting. These are all things that add value to a TEAM. I would rather we build a TEAM, than assemble talent that doesn't work well together. Then we would be the Riders.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers bring back longtime DB Brandon Alexander as guest coach - 3DownNation

Fun to sit and watch practice today... Been about 20 years since I was last able.
With respect to the late great Randy Turner, the king of Odds and Sods writing.... here's some thoughts:
-All jokes aside, Jake Thomas looks like he's lost at least 30lbs and maybe 10 years. Not sure it'll translate but he gave himself a chance. 
-There were a number of guys who I thought looked leaner (Adams the DL and Wallace, notably) and I wonder if there's a concerted effort by Brendan the trainer to get guys faster this year
-Makonzo got hurt. Wasnt carted off, but he landed awkwardly in coverage and came up favouring his wrist. Didn't look good. 
-Mitchell looks very smooth and runs good routes.
-If Vaughters can stay healthy, he is just an absolute load. He and Willie would be very hard to handle. That said, they were doing a drill to see who could get off the line fastest without being offsides and Jake beat Vaughters and was giving him a hard time. We'll call that a one off. 
-Both Zach and Strev looked good, tho Strev had a couple brain cramps. One under thrown ball that he was immediately angry about and I think a botched run play that he took the heat for. Patterson definitely has a rifle arm... Accuracy is the question. 
- I have hopes for Keric Wheatfall to take another step this year.
-Our LB corps, as already noted, is very very deep and the coaches have a lot of options. People were shifting around a lot but packages with Kyrie at MACK was interesting.
-Watched a lot of OL/DL 1v1... OL wasn't terrible, though it seemed like there would be holding calls on a number of plays. DL are just so much faster and you're trying to not get put on roller skates. Thought Wallace showed very well and some of the Americans like Randolph, Vanterpool and Lofton as well. In the reps we saw, we didn't think Neufeld looked very good. It was a bit concerning watching him get "walked" by a few DL.
-Its very impressive what Mike Benson does. He really whips that ball and it is so deadly accurate.
-Coaches are all very engaged and animated. Osh was hollering pretty good at one point about a missed tackle "You gotta have that!!" Richie, JY, Costello, among others, very very active and involved. 
-Stan and Willie are both basically coaches. They do a lot of teaching.
 
That's just a few thoughts. I didn't take notes or anything.. just tried to enjoy the sunshine and being at the barn again. 
I love the CFL, I love the Bombers, and I love Manitoba summers.... It's great to be home. 
 

I think the CFL should have a Canadian kicker program like they do for QB's.

So first of all Tiger Shanks is a dang cool name.
Second, is he a guy you grab in round 1, round 2 or later?

I'm not sure the league is ready for a Blue bombers vs Blue bombers GC though

I'd drop Wilson instead. Eley at MLB, J.Jones at WIL. with T.Jones and/or .Ayers backing up. That's how I roll it.

They’ll have to use an NI backup elsewhere but Peyton Logan signing pretty much pushed Augustine off the roster on offence and MCI can take over as the ST/RB depth 

Ya McManus is worth it for sure but he's the best D player in the league. 
Kelly was on a rookie contract for the first cup and didn't even play in this years. 
Ceresna they traded for and then lost immediately when he was FA again. 
Overall TO isn't going out chasing all the flashy FAs and paying top $. That isn't how they won the 2 of the last 3. 
Spending all that money on Schoen and Lawler last year bit us when they got hurt and there was no one left but rookies to play.