May 30, 201510 yr comment_121780 @Wpg_BlueBombers: #Bombers ink veteran long snapper Chad Rempel and receiver Mike Willie.
May 30, 201510 yr Author comment_121781 They also signed receiver Mike Willie and cut 5 - including David Mims!
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121782 Blue Bombers ink Rempel & Willie WINNIPEG, MB – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announce the additions of veteran National long snapper/receiver Chad Rempel, and International receiver Mike Willie. Rempel (6-3, 225, Saskatchewan, May 23, 1981, in Sherwood Park, AB) has played 125 career CFL games, nine of which came with the Blue Bombers in his rookie season of 2005. Rempel moved on to play seven seasons for Toronto, and one for Hamilton (2008), before spending the 2013 season with the Chicago Bears. He returned to the CFL for the last half of the 2014 season with Saskatchewan. The 2015 season will be Rempel’s 11th in the CFL. Willie (6-2, 220, Arizona State, June 17, 1990, in Compton, CA) played two years at Arizona State, and caught 72 passes for 897 yards and nine touchdowns. He went undrafted in 2012, and was signed as a free agent by San Diego, earning a practice roster spot. He had a minicamp tryout with Baltimore in 2014, before signing in Winnipeg. The club also released the following five players: International defensive back Ryan Steed International defensive back Gabe Lynn International defensive lineman Kheeston Randall International receiver David Gettis International offensive lineman David Mims
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121783 I like the signing of an experienced long snapper. Especially with the issues we had last year when Wild was out. Â The cuts of Lynn and Stead don't surprise me. Mims does but just because he was highly touted on the fan boards. Randall is a little surprising, seemed like an intriguing prospect.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121786 I was a little concerned with only having Cronk at long snapper, but this takes care of that. I'd say this officially spells the end of Fitzgerald.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121787 Mims was chosen as one of this years starting tackles by a bunch of 'experts' on fan forums. Â Cut before TC even starts? Â LOL.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121789 Â Remple is a nice pick-up..Riders are turning greener and greener with every player that's walked over to the bluengold side...Like others have said Mims is a surprise...big man but the coaches must have seen something they didn't like??? Â AND so is it ...Willy to Willie....lol
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121791 I think Cronk and Fitz are gone. Fitz seems like a bad pick.I'd hope they keep Cronk around just in case. We gave up a lot of points last year on long snapping errors once Wild got injured.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121792 Love the signing of Rempel. That's a huge signing for sure. The releases? Gets a big meh from me, i suppose they didn't show very well at rookie camp. It is what it is i guess. Mims was loved on the board here only due to his size i guess but i guess he either struggled big time or the other oline they brought in are just better than he is.Â
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121794 It's interesting that the 2 "biggest" guys were let go, perhaps too big for the CFL? or perhaps just a little bit out of shape? I dunno but it makes you wonder, 6'5 mountain mims and and even bigger randall, makes you wonder if sometimes these guys are just too big or too slow for the CFL.Â
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121795  I think Cronk and Fitz are gone. Fitz seems like a bad pick.I'd hope they keep Cronk around just in case. We gave up a lot of points last year on long snapping errors once Wild got injured.  They can just keep his agents number too.  There are a lot of guys around who can long snap.  The Bombers made a choice last season to not use a roster spot on a guy who exclusively long snaps.  They don't need to pay a long snapper to not play.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121796 It's interesting that the 2 "biggest" guys were let go, perhaps too big for the CFL? or perhaps just a little bit out of shape? I dunno but it makes you wonder, 6'5 mountain mims and and even bigger randall, makes you wonder if sometimes these guys are just too big or too slow for the CFL.As I understand it..there is a food budget for training camp.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121797 I think Cronk and Fitz are gone. Fitz seems like a bad pick.I'd hope they keep Cronk around just in case. We gave up a lot of points last year on long snapping errors once Wild got injured. They can just keep his agents number too. There are a lot of guys around who can long snap. The Bombers made a choice last season to not use a roster spot on a guy who exclusively long snaps. They don't need to pay a long snapper to not play. True, but then someone else can pick him up. Long snapping is just such an important position that it'd be nice to have a little insurance. But I definetely hear you.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121799 I keep reading Rempel is the best long snapper in the league. What makes him the "best"? Least number of bad snaps?
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121800 Mims was chosen as one of this years starting tackles by a bunch of 'experts' on fan forums. Cut before TC even starts? LOL. The so called experts also predict disaster from the guys we drafted. They know all!
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121801 Experts? LOL pretty sure everyone on here is just a fan and we all know it really. Nobody is an expert really.  Just curious there Brandon? Did you predict a roster?  And honestly who is calling anybody an expert? It seems to me that this is just a fan board, we have no say in what the team does or doesn't do.  Who is this "they"?Â
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121803 Experts? LOL pretty sure everyone on here is just a fan and we all know it really. Nobody is an expert really. Just curious there Brandon? Did you predict a roster? And honestly who is calling anybody an expert? It seems to me that this is just a fan board, we have no say in what the team does or doesn't do. Who is this "they"? I think he's referring to the "Predict your starting lineup" thread.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121807 So this is what it feels like to have a GM who wants to win. Feels nice.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121808  Experts? LOL pretty sure everyone on here is just a fan and we all know it really. Nobody is an expert really. Just curious there Brandon? Did you predict a roster? And honestly who is calling anybody an expert? It seems to me that this is just a fan board, we have no say in what the team does or doesn't do. Who is this "they"? I think he's referring to the "Predict your starting lineup" thread.  While I think it's silly to try and predict a starting roster before camp even starts, I get that people do it for fun.  Calling out people for their missed pre-camp predictions done entirely for fun? That's a whole new level of silly. A really dumb level.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121809 Willy to Willie. Twice the penis double entendre puns. Mr. Dee's head must be exploding right now.
May 30, 201510 yr comment_121810 So this is what it feels like to have a GM who wants to win. Feels nice.  There is a certain understanding here, that we Bomber fans are starting to feel comfortable with…after the many expectations and disappointments that we've been through, that we're on the right path. Yes, it feels nice.
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