Truth be told they did better than I thought. When I saw Sask brought their A team and we brought a bunch of camp hopefuls, I wasn’t too optimistic.
OT: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2023 Season - Another terrible disappointment. NEXT: Tough Decisions on How to Rebuild.
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I don't think he cares about winning a preseason game but that the players he put on the field tonight lack compete at various positions and depending on our injuries some of these guys who didn't show well and might be cut might be needed and they didn't show him what he needed to see.
I think we saw flashes from a lot of guys. They were outmatched early on in the first half until Sask pulled more of their starters. Even after that a lot of the guys Sask had are pencilled in for backup roles while we were running guys who are fighting just to make the roster, and many of them won’t.
Holden Caulfield
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Game Thoughts
OffenCe
QB
Dru Brown with another just so-so performance. He hasn't shown much in pre-season this year, but I think he is beyond caring about establishing himself at this low pre-season level. He's an established backup and will get further opportunities.
Tyrell Pigrome stole the show again. O'Shea used the word "frantic" is describing his running style in the post game, and it about sums it up. He's exciting, he's elusive, he's talented. Throws a good ball. Keeps his eyes downfield. He was absolutely completely incapable of going through reads in this game though, I could tell from the upper deck where every pass was being thrown the second he got the ball. He's a rookie straight out of college though.
Felt bad for Josh Jones. Didn't get much time in either game. Depends on whether they liked what they saw in practice if he'll get offered a PR spot.
RB
Johnny Augustine has not looked very good this pre-season. He finally got a decent rep or two late in his appearance here tonight, but that drop in the flats where he bobbled it upwards was really bad It's going to be hard to change the ratio at RB without a massive change elsewhere, so let's hope Oliveira is healthy by next week.
Salima splashed a lot this game, IMO. In a lot of different areas. I'm liking what I saw from him. Going to be tough for him to find room on the roster though.
Vance Barnes had some moments late.
WR
Was not impressed with Agudosi's action tonight. Started with a very poor attempt at a catchable ball on the sidelines. He had some nice plays later, but still another drop or two. I've been talking about this guy since I first saw him in TC in 2021, I want him to succeed so bad. He needs to play better than that.
Brendan O'Leary-Orange continues to see a lot of work with the #1's. It was a mixed bag again as he couldn't haul in a key 2nd down conversion for Brown at one point, albeit it wasn't a drop as the ball was a little off him. But shows fairly steady hands, just hasn't stood out as much I'd have liked.
Nobody else really popped today. Nice catch by Bailey at one point. Highlight of the night from the rest of the guys was the Amari Jones TD catch of course.
OL
If we are forced to play Jakub Szott in a real game we are dead.
It was not a great night anywhere here. Best player I saw was Richmond out at RT, he definitely can move well for a big man. You probably all know I like watching and talking about the Global guys, so have to talk Machino. A true developmental guy who had the measurables but had never played outside of Japan when drafted, you can see the improvement after 2 years on PR. He's moving better out there, footwork and hands are much improved. I'm still not sure they are CFL calibre though. One of the Dru Brown sacks as Machino getting absolutely schooled on the inside.
DefenCe
DL
Caleb Thomas too me has earned a look over Ricky Walker. That being said I think Bombers will go Walker to start. But the leash will be short with Thomas waiting right behind him. I doubt the Bombers will find room for both on the main roster, but Thomas will be on PR unless he declines it or another team offers him a roster spot immediately. Anthony Bennett was quiet again.
Collin Kornelson had a moment or two in this one I thought. Liked his game. He is a guarantee to return to U of M for another year though.
LB
I stand by my half-time comment. Barrington Wade is going to be released. He looks the part. I'm sure he sounds the part. But he just doesn't get the job done. He looks so smooth out there, and has power, but just never seems to get himself into the right spots. I don't see what he's done to get onto the roster so far in pre-season.
Meanwhile I think Malik Clements had the game he needed to have. Came up and made the plays he needed to make. Didn't have the dominant pre-season he had a year ago, but solid enough to retain the WLB until Kyrie is healthy.
Shoutout to Radha Kramdhi at SLB. That man was on fire tonight. Making plays all over the field, including the run stopping game. Hell of an effort, makes me a lot more comfortable with him backing up Alden Darby at that spot.
Time to talk another Global, this time it's one of my favourites in Les Maruo. He was not one of my favourites tonight. With Hansen on the 6 game to open the year the global spot should be his basically by default. Sure there's two Global punters still here, depth OL Machino, and depth DB/STer Karamoko, but Maruo should have been the guy. His head was up in the f***ing clouds tonight. One play Bombers on D runs with 11 players. There comes Maruo after the play, oops forgot to get on. Then Bombers announce personnel switch before next play. Clock is running and they have 13. Oops Maruo forgot to run off. Couple series later again miscommunication and Maruo wasn't on the field when he should have been. Don't know that I saw him after that. Not sure what that means.
DB
Demerio Houston is the guy who needed to have a night to secure a spot. This was not the night he needed. He hung around on the PR only dressing a couple of games in 2021, then last year just stole a roster spot, then the premier spot in the defensive secondary from a former defensive player of the year in Rose. Post injury this year, he does not look the same. I'm no longer sure where he fits. He might be released tomorrow.
Evan Holm was again picked on a bit early. A lot of allowed catches in front of him. He wasn't alone tonight though that's for sure. In the end I think he added to case for one simple reason. Availability. Jamal Parker was the primary player he was battling for a spot and Parker left the game in the 2nd quarter with an injury.
Another name getting a lot of hype is Abu Daramy-Swaray. He played a long time on the corner tonight, most of the game. He was up and down a thought. Tackling was a bit suspect, but coverage was better mostly. Not sure he moved the needle much.
Souleymane Karamoko I think in the pre-season games did everything he possibly could to make the squad. They were using him at the HB position, one of the hardest to play well in the CFL. And he played WELL. Solid in coverage. And stepped up a couple of times to make impressive plays near the line of scrimmage. Also made a play or two on ST. Not sure he can unseat Maruo as the Global STer but he did everything he could for sure.
K
No point in fighting it Castillo will be the kicker. Staton missed an XP. Might still get a PR offer though. Most interesting though was that Karl Schmitz was holding the kicks for Castillo. Could that be a sign?
P
3 punters, 1 job. Where's it going to go? I'm leaning towards 36 year old rookie Karl Schmitz from the Bahamas. Is he the biggest leg in camp? Nope that'd be Aussie Jamieson Sheahan, but that bad bad shank makes me question the consistency. Those type of punts are killers. Is he the most accurate? Probably not that'd be Liegghio, who showed a real knack for coffin corners last year. But Schmitz is a bigger leg than Liegghio, showed more consistency than Sheahan, and has shown some accuracy as well nearly nailing a coffin corner on the 1 last game before it just barely rolled into endzone. Combine that with him holding for Castillo, I think we have a new punter.
KR/PR
Matt Cole stole the show no doubt. I think his return ability might have him as the front runner for the backup american DB role, despite just a so-so showing on D.
But I have to get onto the one of the most ridiculous things I saw tonight. 2nd and something, idk, and Sask has an incompletion. Immediately after the play ends, the refs don't even have the ball yet there's Abu Daramy-Swaray sprinting back to the PR role and then just stands there. O'Shea or whomever calls for the punt team I see Matt Cole put his helmet on and run onto the field. Then Cole just stops and looks at Daramy-Swaray standing there. Then there's frantic arm waving on both sides as Daramy-Swaray tries to tell Cole to go back to the sidelines, Cole trying to tell Daramy-Swaray to run up to the corner position on the return. Eventually Daramy-Swaray relents and runs up making it just in time for the snap. Very odd situation, and one I THINK comes from O'Shea's favourite story of how Alexander made the team by stealing reps from other players. I think the players are taking that to heart and trying to do the same, which is the problem when EVERYONE is trying to steal everyone else's reps haha.
Anyways, I was thinking about posting my roster predictions tonight but seeing as how it's midnight and quite frankly I don't feel like it I won't. Cuts are tomorrow, so I might not get a prediction in before the word starts to leak out of who made the team. But should be an interesting day tomorrow. Bombers already have a half dozen players on injured lists, expect more tomorrow to that list as well. CFL rosters are ALWAYS in flux though, so in the end while tomorrow may be the end of the road for some, many will get chances all over the place in coming days, weeks, months, and years. Hell WR Blake Jackson barely made a scratch in camp last year, came nowhere near a roster spot. Maybe hung onto the PR for a week or two? Not sure. But anyways he signed in the NFL with the Vikings this week. Never know what's going to happen.
OffenCe
QB
Dru Brown with another just so-so performance. He hasn't shown much in pre-season this year, but I think he is beyond caring about establishing himself at this low pre-season level. He's an established backup and will get further opportunities.
Tyrell Pigrome stole the show again. O'Shea used the word "frantic" is describing his running style in the post game, and it about sums it up. He's exciting, he's elusive, he's talented. Throws a good ball. Keeps his eyes downfield. He was absolutely completely incapable of going through reads in this game though, I could tell from the upper deck where every pass was being thrown the second he got the ball. He's a rookie straight out of college though.
Felt bad for Josh Jones. Didn't get much time in either game. Depends on whether they liked what they saw in practice if he'll get offered a PR spot.
RB
Johnny Augustine has not looked very good this pre-season. He finally got a decent rep or two late in his appearance here tonight, but that drop in the flats where he bobbled it upwards was really bad It's going to be hard to change the ratio at RB without a massive change elsewhere, so let's hope Oliveira is healthy by next week.
Salima splashed a lot this game, IMO. In a lot of different areas. I'm liking what I saw from him. Going to be tough for him to find room on the roster though.
Vance Barnes had some moments late.
WR
Was not impressed with Agudosi's action tonight. Started with a very poor attempt at a catchable ball on the sidelines. He had some nice plays later, but still another drop or two. I've been talking about this guy since I first saw him in TC in 2021, I want him to succeed so bad. He needs to play better than that.
Brendan O'Leary-Orange continues to see a lot of work with the #1's. It was a mixed bag again as he couldn't haul in a key 2nd down conversion for Brown at one point, albeit it wasn't a drop as the ball was a little off him. But shows fairly steady hands, just hasn't stood out as much I'd have liked.
Nobody else really popped today. Nice catch by Bailey at one point. Highlight of the night from the rest of the guys was the Amari Jones TD catch of course.
OL
If we are forced to play Jakub Szott in a real game we are dead.
It was not a great night anywhere here. Best player I saw was Richmond out at RT, he definitely can move well for a big man. You probably all know I like watching and talking about the Global guys, so have to talk Machino. A true developmental guy who had the measurables but had never played outside of Japan when drafted, you can see the improvement after 2 years on PR. He's moving better out there, footwork and hands are much improved. I'm still not sure they are CFL calibre though. One of the Dru Brown sacks as Machino getting absolutely schooled on the inside.
DefenCe
DL
Caleb Thomas too me has earned a look over Ricky Walker. That being said I think Bombers will go Walker to start. But the leash will be short with Thomas waiting right behind him. I doubt the Bombers will find room for both on the main roster, but Thomas will be on PR unless he declines it or another team offers him a roster spot immediately. Anthony Bennett was quiet again.
Collin Kornelson had a moment or two in this one I thought. Liked his game. He is a guarantee to return to U of M for another year though.
LB
I stand by my half-time comment. Barrington Wade is going to be released. He looks the part. I'm sure he sounds the part. But he just doesn't get the job done. He looks so smooth out there, and has power, but just never seems to get himself into the right spots. I don't see what he's done to get onto the roster so far in pre-season.
Meanwhile I think Malik Clements had the game he needed to have. Came up and made the plays he needed to make. Didn't have the dominant pre-season he had a year ago, but solid enough to retain the WLB until Kyrie is healthy.
Shoutout to Radha Kramdhi at SLB. That man was on fire tonight. Making plays all over the field, including the run stopping game. Hell of an effort, makes me a lot more comfortable with him backing up Alden Darby at that spot.
Time to talk another Global, this time it's one of my favourites in Les Maruo. He was not one of my favourites tonight. With Hansen on the 6 game to open the year the global spot should be his basically by default. Sure there's two Global punters still here, depth OL Machino, and depth DB/STer Karamoko, but Maruo should have been the guy. His head was up in the f***ing clouds tonight. One play Bombers on D runs with 11 players. There comes Maruo after the play, oops forgot to get on. Then Bombers announce personnel switch before next play. Clock is running and they have 13. Oops Maruo forgot to run off. Couple series later again miscommunication and Maruo wasn't on the field when he should have been. Don't know that I saw him after that. Not sure what that means.
DB
Demerio Houston is the guy who needed to have a night to secure a spot. This was not the night he needed. He hung around on the PR only dressing a couple of games in 2021, then last year just stole a roster spot, then the premier spot in the defensive secondary from a former defensive player of the year in Rose. Post injury this year, he does not look the same. I'm no longer sure where he fits. He might be released tomorrow.
Evan Holm was again picked on a bit early. A lot of allowed catches in front of him. He wasn't alone tonight though that's for sure. In the end I think he added to case for one simple reason. Availability. Jamal Parker was the primary player he was battling for a spot and Parker left the game in the 2nd quarter with an injury.
Another name getting a lot of hype is Abu Daramy-Swaray. He played a long time on the corner tonight, most of the game. He was up and down a thought. Tackling was a bit suspect, but coverage was better mostly. Not sure he moved the needle much.
Souleymane Karamoko I think in the pre-season games did everything he possibly could to make the squad. They were using him at the HB position, one of the hardest to play well in the CFL. And he played WELL. Solid in coverage. And stepped up a couple of times to make impressive plays near the line of scrimmage. Also made a play or two on ST. Not sure he can unseat Maruo as the Global STer but he did everything he could for sure.
K
No point in fighting it Castillo will be the kicker. Staton missed an XP. Might still get a PR offer though. Most interesting though was that Karl Schmitz was holding the kicks for Castillo. Could that be a sign?
P
3 punters, 1 job. Where's it going to go? I'm leaning towards 36 year old rookie Karl Schmitz from the Bahamas. Is he the biggest leg in camp? Nope that'd be Aussie Jamieson Sheahan, but that bad bad shank makes me question the consistency. Those type of punts are killers. Is he the most accurate? Probably not that'd be Liegghio, who showed a real knack for coffin corners last year. But Schmitz is a bigger leg than Liegghio, showed more consistency than Sheahan, and has shown some accuracy as well nearly nailing a coffin corner on the 1 last game before it just barely rolled into endzone. Combine that with him holding for Castillo, I think we have a new punter.
KR/PR
Matt Cole stole the show no doubt. I think his return ability might have him as the front runner for the backup american DB role, despite just a so-so showing on D.
But I have to get onto the one of the most ridiculous things I saw tonight. 2nd and something, idk, and Sask has an incompletion. Immediately after the play ends, the refs don't even have the ball yet there's Abu Daramy-Swaray sprinting back to the PR role and then just stands there. O'Shea or whomever calls for the punt team I see Matt Cole put his helmet on and run onto the field. Then Cole just stops and looks at Daramy-Swaray standing there. Then there's frantic arm waving on both sides as Daramy-Swaray tries to tell Cole to go back to the sidelines, Cole trying to tell Daramy-Swaray to run up to the corner position on the return. Eventually Daramy-Swaray relents and runs up making it just in time for the snap. Very odd situation, and one I THINK comes from O'Shea's favourite story of how Alexander made the team by stealing reps from other players. I think the players are taking that to heart and trying to do the same, which is the problem when EVERYONE is trying to steal everyone else's reps haha.
Anyways, I was thinking about posting my roster predictions tonight but seeing as how it's midnight and quite frankly I don't feel like it I won't. Cuts are tomorrow, so I might not get a prediction in before the word starts to leak out of who made the team. But should be an interesting day tomorrow. Bombers already have a half dozen players on injured lists, expect more tomorrow to that list as well. CFL rosters are ALWAYS in flux though, so in the end while tomorrow may be the end of the road for some, many will get chances all over the place in coming days, weeks, months, and years. Hell WR Blake Jackson barely made a scratch in camp last year, came nowhere near a roster spot. Maybe hung onto the PR for a week or two? Not sure. But anyways he signed in the NFL with the Vikings this week. Never know what's going to happen.
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Hopefully we sign Shawn Lemon. If we do, I will peel and eat an entire lemon, like an orange, and report back.
Didn't get to watch the game, but heard it was a bit of a flop. Playing mostly or many of your (essentially) prospects can yield those kinds of results; just look at NHL pre-season games. Teams seem to want to experiment with players and lineups, and pre-season matches are the most appropriate time to do so.
I'm not too fussed about pre-season games. The true story will unfold during regular season play, when it counts the most.
I'm not too fussed about pre-season games. The true story will unfold during regular season play, when it counts the most.
Holden Caulfield
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I'm really straight up guessing at alot of the injury lists, plus a lot of players decline PR spots and whatnot so this whole thing is a big guessing game when you're not in the room. But what the hell.
Blue Bombers Roster Prediction
QB
1. Zach Collaros*
2. Dru Brown*
3. Tyrell Pigrome*
RB
1. Brady Oliveira
2. Johnny Augustine
FB
1. Mike Miller
WR
1. Dalton Schoen*
2. Nic Demski
3. Rasheed Bailey*
4. Carlton Agudosi*
5. Drew Wolitarsky
6. Brendan O'Leary-Orange
7. Janarion Grant*
OL
LT Stanley Bryant*
LG Geoff Gray
C Chris Kolankowski
RG Patrick Neufeld
RT Jamarcus Hardrick*
6. Liam Dobson
7. Drew Richmond* (scratch)
DE
1. Willie Jefferson*
2. Jackson Jeffcoat*
3. Anthony Bennett
DT
1. Ricky Walker*
2. Jake Thomas
3. Caleb Thomas*
4. Cameron Lawson
LB
1. Adam Bighill*
2. Malik Clements*
3. Shayne Gauthier
4. Tanner Cadwallader
5. Les Maruo**
SLB
1. Alden Darby*
2. Redha Kramdhi
DB
BCB Desmond Lawrence*
BHB Deatrick Nichols*
S Brandon Alexander*
FHB Evan Holm*
FCB Demerio Houston*
6. Matt Cole*
7. Jake Kelly
8. Nick Hallett
9. Jacob Janke
K
1. Sergio Castillo*
P
1. Karl Schmitz**
LS
1. Mike Benson
(Janarion Grant and Matt Cole will be the primary returners already listed above)
Practice Roster
RB Jordan Salima*
FB/DE/LS Damian Jackson*
WR Jeremy Murphy
WR Brendan Beaulieu*
WR/KR Amare Jones*
OL Cole Adamson
G Tomoya Machino**
DT Tanner Schmekel
DE DeJuan Cooper*
LB Brian Cole*
DB Abu Daramy-Swaray*
DB Souleymane Karamoko**
P Jamieson Sheahan**
IR Lists (6 game+1game)
RB/WR Greg McCrae*
FB Konnor Burtenshaw
C/G Tui Eli
LB Jesse Briggs
LB Kyrie Wilson*
DE Thiadric Hansen**
DB Jamal Parker*
CB Winston Rose*
Suspended List
WR Kenny Lawler
Returned to School (Bombers retain rights)
DT Collin Kornelson
DB Bret MacDougall
LB Max Charbonneau
Released
QB Josh Jones*
RB Kevin Latulas*
RB Vance Barnes*
WR Manasseh Bailey*
WR Sean Coyne*
WR Gavin Garner*
WR Tavaris Harrison*
WR Braxton Westfield*
OL Kelvin Ateman*
OL Desmond Bessent*
OL Chris Ivy*
C/G Jakub Szott
DT Keenan Agnew*
DE Joe Beckett*
DE Celestin Haba*
DE Aaron Sterling*
LB Barrington Wade*
DB Karon Delince*
DB Jordan Veltri
K Chandler Staton*
K/P Marc Liegghio
That's 21 releases. Which seems about right. Names I think they'll try to hang onto somewhere include K/P Marc Liegghio, WR Braxton Westfield*, DE Aaron Sterling*, DB Jordan Veltri. Should be an interesting day. My list has almost 0 surprise releases here and I think we'll see at least one big surprise.
Blue Bombers Roster Prediction
QB
1. Zach Collaros*
2. Dru Brown*
3. Tyrell Pigrome*
RB
1. Brady Oliveira
2. Johnny Augustine
FB
1. Mike Miller
WR
1. Dalton Schoen*
2. Nic Demski
3. Rasheed Bailey*
4. Carlton Agudosi*
5. Drew Wolitarsky
6. Brendan O'Leary-Orange
7. Janarion Grant*
OL
LT Stanley Bryant*
LG Geoff Gray
C Chris Kolankowski
RG Patrick Neufeld
RT Jamarcus Hardrick*
6. Liam Dobson
7. Drew Richmond* (scratch)
DE
1. Willie Jefferson*
2. Jackson Jeffcoat*
3. Anthony Bennett
DT
1. Ricky Walker*
2. Jake Thomas
3. Caleb Thomas*
4. Cameron Lawson
LB
1. Adam Bighill*
2. Malik Clements*
3. Shayne Gauthier
4. Tanner Cadwallader
5. Les Maruo**
SLB
1. Alden Darby*
2. Redha Kramdhi
DB
BCB Desmond Lawrence*
BHB Deatrick Nichols*
S Brandon Alexander*
FHB Evan Holm*
FCB Demerio Houston*
6. Matt Cole*
7. Jake Kelly
8. Nick Hallett
9. Jacob Janke
K
1. Sergio Castillo*
P
1. Karl Schmitz**
LS
1. Mike Benson
(Janarion Grant and Matt Cole will be the primary returners already listed above)
Practice Roster
RB Jordan Salima*
FB/DE/LS Damian Jackson*
WR Jeremy Murphy
WR Brendan Beaulieu*
WR/KR Amare Jones*
OL Cole Adamson
G Tomoya Machino**
DT Tanner Schmekel
DE DeJuan Cooper*
LB Brian Cole*
DB Abu Daramy-Swaray*
DB Souleymane Karamoko**
P Jamieson Sheahan**
IR Lists (6 game+1game)
RB/WR Greg McCrae*
FB Konnor Burtenshaw
C/G Tui Eli
LB Jesse Briggs
LB Kyrie Wilson*
DE Thiadric Hansen**
DB Jamal Parker*
CB Winston Rose*
Suspended List
WR Kenny Lawler
Returned to School (Bombers retain rights)
DT Collin Kornelson
DB Bret MacDougall
LB Max Charbonneau
Released
QB Josh Jones*
RB Kevin Latulas*
RB Vance Barnes*
WR Manasseh Bailey*
WR Sean Coyne*
WR Gavin Garner*
WR Tavaris Harrison*
WR Braxton Westfield*
OL Kelvin Ateman*
OL Desmond Bessent*
OL Chris Ivy*
C/G Jakub Szott
DT Keenan Agnew*
DE Joe Beckett*
DE Celestin Haba*
DE Aaron Sterling*
LB Barrington Wade*
DB Karon Delince*
DB Jordan Veltri
K Chandler Staton*
K/P Marc Liegghio
That's 21 releases. Which seems about right. Names I think they'll try to hang onto somewhere include K/P Marc Liegghio, WR Braxton Westfield*, DE Aaron Sterling*, DB Jordan Veltri. Should be an interesting day. My list has almost 0 surprise releases here and I think we'll see at least one big surprise.
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Leggs out is kind of a surprise but other than that a veteran stacked club is kinda hard to break into. Some really liked Haba last night but he didn't make it same goes for the must heralded Barrington Wade
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Holden Caulfield
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Missed that I really need to get glasses when I'm on my phone, it appears he has made to roster atm
Sayanara, Legghio. Wishing him well but it was time for a change. Besides the shitty performance in the Grey Cup, we just couldn’t rely on him.
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Have a feeling that their will be more than a few roster moves as we head to the home opener, still concerned about some of the vets that have not done much on the training camp field.
Holden Caulfield
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There's currently 48 players on the roster. CFL season rosters are 46 players, with an active roster of 45 for each game. So at least two players will be moved to IR/PR/released before season started.
Funny thing is I considered adding Haba to the my projected PR when I made my predictions. Here's the thing with late additions to camp, they almost always get a look longer than TC. Often that just means a week or 3 on PR then they are quietly released later, but they often get that extended look. The 3 late additions this year were DE Celestin Haba (currently on roster), WR Amare Jones (currently on PR) and WR Tavaris Harrison (a re-add from an earlier release, so different scenario, since released).
In the end I'm sorry to see K/P Marc Liegghio, RB Jordan Salima, and WR Braxton Westfield go. Liegghio been talked about lots, but to me there's very real very solid Lirim Hajrullahu comparaisons to be made here. He's going to be a CFL K/P for a very long time, IMO. The other two since I think they had showed flashes off some potential in camp.
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Holden Caulfield
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Roster as it currently stands (depth chart projection my own!)
Breakdown
3 QB (Roster will have 3)
2 Global (Min 2)
21 Canadians (Min 21)
22 Americans (Max 20)
So two Americans will likey need to be moved to IR/PR before season starts
QB
1. Zach Collaros
2. Dru Brown
3. Tyrell Pigrome
RB
1. Brady Oliveira
2. Johnny Augustine
FB
1. Mike Miller
WR
FWR Drew Wolitarsky
BWR Rasheed Bailey*
SB Dalton Schoen*
SB Carlton Agudosi*
SB Nic Demski
6. Brendan O'Leary-Orange
7. Janarion Grant*
OL
LT Stanley Bryant*
LG Geoff Gray
C Chris Kolankowski
RG Patrick Neufeld
RT Jamarcus Hardrick*
6. Liam Dobson
DE
1. Willie Jefferson*
2. Jackson Jeffcoat*
3. Anthony Bennett
4. Celestin Haba*
DT
1. Rickey Walker*
2. Jake Thomas
3. Cameron Lawson
4. Tanner Schmekel
LB
MLB Adam Bighill*
WLB Malik Clements*
3. Shayne Gauthier
4. Jesse Briggs
5. Brian Cole*
6. Les Maruo**
DB
SLB Alden Darby*
2. Redha Kramdhi
FCB Desmond Lawrence*
FHB Jamal Parker*
BHB Deatrick Nichols*
BCB Winston Rose*
5. Demerio Houston*
6. Evan Holm*
S Brandon Alexander*
2. Jake Kelly
3. Nick Hallett
Specialists
K Sergio Castillo*
P Jamieson Sheahan**
LS Mike Benson
IR
OL Tui Eli
FB Konnor Burtenshaw
DE Thiadric Hansen**
LB Kyrie WIlson*
PR
DB Matt Cole*
DB Abu Daramy-Swaray*
DB Souleymane Karamoko**
DT Caleb Thomas*
LS/FB/DE Damien Jackson*
OL Jakub Szott
OL Chris Ivy*
OL Drew Richmond*
OL Tomoya Machino**
P Karl Schmitz**
RB/WR Greg McCrae**
WR Amare Jones*
WR Jeremy Murphy
I think what's going to happen before June 9th is that DE Jackson Jeffcoat and one of CB Winston Rose or HB Jamal Parker will be going on IR to make the roster compliant with the rules.
I scoured other teams releases for names that might be of interest. Only interesting on I saw was DE LB Mack III. He started last year as one of the youngest players on roster. Got a few starts in last year before being traded for Darby. Might be a depth guy.
Still think the Bombers should be inquiring on Shawn Lemon. With Lawlers salary a non-counter until he's off suspended list they may have some room in the cap to add a guy. Would give them another pass rusher I think they need.
Breakdown
3 QB (Roster will have 3)
2 Global (Min 2)
21 Canadians (Min 21)
22 Americans (Max 20)
So two Americans will likey need to be moved to IR/PR before season starts
QB
1. Zach Collaros
2. Dru Brown
3. Tyrell Pigrome
RB
1. Brady Oliveira
2. Johnny Augustine
FB
1. Mike Miller
WR
FWR Drew Wolitarsky
BWR Rasheed Bailey*
SB Dalton Schoen*
SB Carlton Agudosi*
SB Nic Demski
6. Brendan O'Leary-Orange
7. Janarion Grant*
OL
LT Stanley Bryant*
LG Geoff Gray
C Chris Kolankowski
RG Patrick Neufeld
RT Jamarcus Hardrick*
6. Liam Dobson
DE
1. Willie Jefferson*
2. Jackson Jeffcoat*
3. Anthony Bennett
4. Celestin Haba*
DT
1. Rickey Walker*
2. Jake Thomas
3. Cameron Lawson
4. Tanner Schmekel
LB
MLB Adam Bighill*
WLB Malik Clements*
3. Shayne Gauthier
4. Jesse Briggs
5. Brian Cole*
6. Les Maruo**
DB
SLB Alden Darby*
2. Redha Kramdhi
FCB Desmond Lawrence*
FHB Jamal Parker*
BHB Deatrick Nichols*
BCB Winston Rose*
5. Demerio Houston*
6. Evan Holm*
S Brandon Alexander*
2. Jake Kelly
3. Nick Hallett
Specialists
K Sergio Castillo*
P Jamieson Sheahan**
LS Mike Benson
IR
OL Tui Eli
FB Konnor Burtenshaw
DE Thiadric Hansen**
LB Kyrie WIlson*
PR
DB Matt Cole*
DB Abu Daramy-Swaray*
DB Souleymane Karamoko**
DT Caleb Thomas*
LS/FB/DE Damien Jackson*
OL Jakub Szott
OL Chris Ivy*
OL Drew Richmond*
OL Tomoya Machino**
P Karl Schmitz**
RB/WR Greg McCrae**
WR Amare Jones*
WR Jeremy Murphy
I think what's going to happen before June 9th is that DE Jackson Jeffcoat and one of CB Winston Rose or HB Jamal Parker will be going on IR to make the roster compliant with the rules.
I scoured other teams releases for names that might be of interest. Only interesting on I saw was DE LB Mack III. He started last year as one of the youngest players on roster. Got a few starts in last year before being traded for Darby. Might be a depth guy.
Still think the Bombers should be inquiring on Shawn Lemon. With Lawlers salary a non-counter until he's off suspended list they may have some room in the cap to add a guy. Would give them another pass rusher I think they need.
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Mack wasn’t traded for Darby, that was Wilcotts. Easy to mix up as they’re very similar and played a similar role here last year. Not sure if that would change their potential interest in Mack if he was straight released last year rather than traded. Maybe they’d still take him as depth as he knows the playbook. Wilcotts still on Hamilton I believe.
Bummed out a bit about Salima. I thought he looked pretty good in the preseason. Was hoping he’d at least get a practice roster spot. Also thought Staton might be worthy of a practice roster spot. Thought they might also try to stash Legghio on the PR, but not sure if he would decline that or if he would get snatched up right away. It was time to move on from him, the writing was on the wall when they brought 87 kickers to camp. I’ll always remember his juke against two Sask rushers and his game-winning FG in the LDC last year. We’ll have to see where he lands but I’d be surprised if he signed anywhere immediately. More likely he goes somewhere with an injured/struggling kicker later in the season.
We don’t really need him, but I was surprised to see the Stamps release Derek Dennis. Former most outstanding lineman, 4x CFL west all star and a 2x CFL all star, including last season. Wonder what’s up with that. I very much so want us to hopefully get the Lemonator. We have a need at DE, and he has a good chance at a championship here, or at the very least, some extra playoff money. Silver lining of the Lawler situation if we can get him. I like Jeffcoat (even bought his jersey) but he just can’t stay healthy. Not sure it’s time to move on yet but we need to get viable depth behind him.
Lastly, happy to see most of Sask’s cuts hardly played against us the other night. I had the misfortune of checking out the CFL subreddit during the game and was met by gloating Suckskatchewan fans telling me how good they look and bad the Bombers look. When I tried to explain the Bombers had like five starters total and a bunch of backups/third stringers/camp hopefuls, I was met with replies varying from “lol we have backups too!!!!!” to “I guess the Bombers scouting isn’t very good if they can’t find any worthwhile backups. Better hope there’s no injuries this year!!!!” Right. Look at the depth charts posted and tell me with a straight face Sask and Winnipeg played the same number of backups. There must be something in the water in Saskatchewan. Man, I hope they get demolished in week 1 so I can go back there and dunk on them. Yes, I’m petty …
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Yup your right it was Wilcotts. My bad. Either way may be an option. Gotta think they are thinking about another DE.Mack wasn’t traded for Darby, that was Wilcotts. Easy to mix up as they’re very similar and played a similar role here last year. Not sure if that would change their potential interest in Mack if he was straight released last year rather than traded. Maybe they’d still take him as depth as he knows the playbook. Wilcotts still on Hamilton I believe.
Bummed out a bit about Salima. I thought he looked pretty good in the preseason. Was hoping he’d at least get a practice roster spot. Also thought Staton might be worthy of a practice roster spot. Thought they might also try to stash Legghio on the PR, but not sure if he would decline that or if he would get snatched up right away. It was time to move on from him, the writing was on the wall when they brought 87 kickers to camp. I’ll always remember his juke against two Sask rushers and his game-winning FG in the LDC last year. We’ll have to see where he lands but I’d be surprised if he signed anywhere immediately. More likely he goes somewhere with an injured/struggling kicker later in the season.
We don’t really need him, but I was surprised to see the Stamps release Derek Dennis. Former most outstanding lineman, 4x CFL west all star and a 2x CFL all star, including last season. Wonder what’s up with that. I very much so want us to hopefully get the Lemonator. We have a need at DE, and he has a good chance at a championship here, or at the very least, some extra playoff money. Silver lining of the Lawler situation if we can get him. I like Jeffcoat (even bought his jersey) but he just can’t stay healthy. Not sure it’s time to move on yet but we need to get viable depth behind him.
Lastly, happy to see most of Sask’s cuts hardly played against us the other night. I had the misfortune of checking out the CFL subreddit during the game and was met by gloating Suckskatchewan fans telling me how good they look and bad the Bombers look. When I tried to explain the Bombers had like five starters total and a bunch of backups/third stringers/camp hopefuls, I was met with replies varying from “lol we have backups too!!!!!” to “I guess the Bombers scouting isn’t very good if they can’t find any worthwhile backups. Better hope there’s no injuries this year!!!!” Right. Look at the depth charts posted and tell me with a straight face Sask and Winnipeg played the same number of backups. There must be something in the water in Saskatchewan. Man, I hope they get demolished in week 1 so I can go back there and dunk on them. Yes, I’m petty …
Edmonton should picking up Liegghio. They honestly should have done it already. Their kicker is beyond awful. He had just one year of college football where he kicked just barely above 50%.
Derek Dennis is a pos. Terrible teammate, IMO, from what I've heard. Only thing saved him was he used to be decent, but there's a reason he's bounced around.
Sask will be lucky to not finish last, IMO. They have a TERRIBLE OL, aging useless weapons at WR, a certified loser* at QB. The D has some weapons along the line, but a suspect secondary again.
*=Loser as it losing games, not in personality as far as I know lol
Something in the water?! More like something in the genes. Shallow gene pool = lower intelligence.Mack wasn’t traded for Darby, that was Wilcotts. Easy to mix up as they’re very similar and played a similar role here last year. Not sure if that would change their potential interest in Mack if he was straight released last year rather than traded. Maybe they’d still take him as depth as he knows the playbook. Wilcotts still on Hamilton I believe.
Bummed out a bit about Salima. I thought he looked pretty good in the preseason. Was hoping he’d at least get a practice roster spot. Also thought Staton might be worthy of a practice roster spot. Thought they might also try to stash Legghio on the PR, but not sure if he would decline that or if he would get snatched up right away. It was time to move on from him, the writing was on the wall when they brought 87 kickers to camp. I’ll always remember his juke against two Sask rushers and his game-winning FG in the LDC last year. We’ll have to see where he lands but I’d be surprised if he signed anywhere immediately. More likely he goes somewhere with an injured/struggling kicker later in the season.
We don’t really need him, but I was surprised to see the Stamps release Derek Dennis. Former most outstanding lineman, 4x CFL west all star and a 2x CFL all star, including last season. Wonder what’s up with that. I very much so want us to hopefully get the Lemonator. We have a need at DE, and he has a good chance at a championship here, or at the very least, some extra playoff money. Silver lining of the Lawler situation if we can get him. I like Jeffcoat (even bought his jersey) but he just can’t stay healthy. Not sure it’s time to move on yet but we need to get viable depth behind him.
Lastly, happy to see most of Sask’s cuts hardly played against us the other night. I had the misfortune of checking out the CFL subreddit during the game and was met by gloating Suckskatchewan fans telling me how good they look and bad the Bombers look. When I tried to explain the Bombers had like five starters total and a bunch of backups/third stringers/camp hopefuls, I was met with replies varying from “lol we have backups too!!!!!” to “I guess the Bombers scouting isn’t very good if they can’t find any worthwhile backups. Better hope there’s no injuries this year!!!!” Right. Look at the depth charts posted and tell me with a straight face Sask and Winnipeg played the same number of backups. There must be something in the water in Saskatchewan. Man, I hope they get demolished in week 1 so I can go back there and dunk on them. Yes, I’m petty …
Yes, I'm convinced Saskatchewan is a last place team this year. harris might do decent job moving the ball between the 30s, but as he has shown for the past several seasons, he isn't particularly good at finishing off drives. Add to the fact, the Riders got third and fourth dibbs on their free agent targets at positions like receiver and offensive linemen (only marginal improvements to the worst line in the league there) and I think we could be looking at a 5 or 6 win team.
Latest intel is that Oliviera and Jeffcoat will be on the field for day 1 practice tomorrow. Rose, Lawrence and Parker will go to IR so one of the PR DBs will be up this week.
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