Sad to see Louie cut but not totally unexpected.  He's the kind of guy that will probably hang around Wpg. anyway, unless he gets an opportunity with another team.

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Isnt richardson hurt? With the amazing boom in young de's and lbers we have it would be tough for him to crack the roster. The db and the one we picked up the other day look like gooders though.

not sure where to put this, because I don't want to delve into the ranting and raving threads, and it's not worthy of a new one yet.......but Weston Dressler being held out of practice today. On the sidelines but not practicing. Thomas Mayo getting the reps.....

Why are we not looking at bringing in more oline help. That is are major concern.

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Sad to see Louie cut but not totally unexpected.  He's the kind of guy that will probably hang around Wpg. anyway, unless he gets an opportunity with another team.

Completely agree with you... he seems like a great team leader and an all around good person (based on my minimal interactions with him)... unfortunately (for him) there's more talent around now and we can't keep a roster spot for a guy just b/c he's a good teammate...

Good pick up. Fair amount of NFL experience. Pretty good considering the NFL is crazy for DB's over 6 feet. Seems like he held his own. Any chance to get better in every area is always a plus.

21 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Good pick up. Fair amount of NFL experience. Pretty good considering the NFL is crazy for DB's over 6 feet. Seems like he held his own. Any chance to get better in every area is always a plus.

It would be great to have at least one 6'-4" DB on the roster that could help cover the taller receivers.  It's  a major challenge when a team like Mtl. shows up with a swath of tall lanky receivers and they face an entire secondary of U6ers.  DB's like Demond Washington and Bruce Johnson can play like demons and still get beat regularly if the QB has time to place the ball beyond their upper reaches.

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Johnson is having enough problems just staying with receivers.....

22 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

It would be great to have at least one 6'-4" DB on the roster that could help cover the taller receivers.  It's  a major challenge when a team like Mtl. shows up with a swath of tall lanky receivers and they face an entire secondary of U6ers.  DB's like Demond Washington and Bruce Johnson can play like demons and still get beat regularly if the QB has time to place the ball beyond their upper reaches.

The reality is. If you're tall and you can cover. You're more then likely going to be in the NFL. A lot of talented players in the secondary here in the CFL but mostly due to the NFL over looking them because of their height.

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

not sure where to put this, because I don't want to delve into the ranting and raving threads, and it's not worthy of a new one yet.......but Weston Dressler being held out of practice today. On the sidelines but not practicing. Thomas Mayo getting the reps.....

I'm surprised he hasn't been put on the IR yet after watching him right after the helmet to helmet hit. 

Tall DB have their issues too. Look what Chris Williams did to Pat Watkins this past weekend.

9 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I'm surprised he hasn't been put on the IR yet after watching him right after the helmet to helmet hit. 

They figure it's not that bad. Irving says he was throwing balls with receivers and running today, which he wouldn't be if it was serious and he'd be out awhile. 

12 minutes ago, Noeller said:

They figure it's not that bad. Irving says he was throwing balls with receivers and running today, which he wouldn't be if it was serious and he'd be out awhile. 

Hope for the best, plan for the worse. Didn't look good at all. Health #1, I'm sure the Bombers training staff are monitoring him closely for any  effects that can surface sometimes well after the actual hit (dizziness, headaches, nauseousness, vision issues etc).

Here's hoping Weston didn't suffer any effects and he's back on the field ready to go. 

They're "hopeful" (didn't say expect him) he'll play this week. Jessie Briggs and Khalil Bass should be in Friday, but Johnny Adams still a ways out yet. Said they don't wanna rush him because "we want him ready for the long haul"...

2 hours ago, TransconaBomberfan said:

Why are we not looking at bringing in more oline help. That is are major concern.

Ummmm because good experienced Canadian Oline players are as rare as unicorns in this league. Sure we could bring in 1000 crappy ones but we won't be finding any good ones that can help. We can bring in some Americans but then we are messing up the ratio.

1 hour ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Ummmm because good experienced Canadian Oline players are as rare as unicorns in this league. Sure we could bring in 1000 crappy ones but we won't be finding any good ones that can help. We can bring in some Americans but then we are messing up the ratio.

Kind of surprised the Bombers didn't pick up anyone from the cut lists but maybe Keeping isn't gone for too long and they think Couture can hold the fort until he returns.

Did anybody sign T. Player?

7 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Sad to see Louie cut but not totally unexpected.  He's the kind of guy that will probably hang around Wpg. anyway, unless he gets an opportunity with another team.

Of course!!!! Why didn't any of us see that Louie was the problem all along! How could we have been so blind?

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2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Did anybody sign T. Player?

Not sure but I know A Player got signed.

One box top signed another sent for recycling.

6 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Did anybody sign T. Player?

Not as of yet.

Any update on Adams?