Happy to see McGhee didn’t make the team, only the practice roster. I suspect they’ll bring in Daramy-Swaray again.
Sucks for Chris Smith. Makes a play to make the team, and then gets hurt. I’m assuming it’s a long-term injury and that’s probably it for his pro career. If whoever it is that returns kicks for us struggles for a few weeks I can see us bringing in a guy like Worthy.
I’m hoping with Wilson that they are in the process of adding a different QB and when they decide on one they’ll make a corresponding move of releasing Wilson while signing the other guy. He was throwing passes into the dirt all game, I don’t think there’s anything good there. Dru Brown looked like shit in the beginning too but he was younger than Wilson is.
I expect the Bombers to be the best team in the league again this year, but more by virtue of the other teams not being (as) good. BC is the next best team in the league, IMO, but they have question marks all over their defence, have lost some offensive talent, and are counting on Vernon Adams to repeat the season he just had. I can’t see that happening. Montreal lost like 80% of their offence when Mack left for the NFL, are going with Fajardo, and are, IMO, just a team that got hot at the right time last year, but not a team that will have long-term success. Toronto has no QB and lost a ton of talent giving Kelly the contract they did. The Riders receive a lot of hype from the media, but they’ve got an aging, frail QB with a poor offensive line and an overrated RB. Holes all over their defence. They’ll probably be a playoff team because the Elks and Stamps are in complete shambles. Hamilton looks like they’re trying to tank for the #1 overall pick and I think Ottawa will be better than last year, but that’s a low bar — that’s like saying the shit I took last night was better than the shit I took the day before.
I’m not that worried about our offence. We’ve got all stars at receiver and Oliveira/Streveler are gonna wear down linebackers all game, we should really make some hay late in games. The bigger concern IMO is defence. There’s a couple of spots in the secondary that will probably be picked on, especially with Parker out. Going with Cole/Wilson/Kramdi/whoever at LB doesn’t inspire confidence either. Wilson was elite a couple years ago a but hasn’t been the same since his big injury, and Cole is and undersized and nothing special IMO. Never thought Kramdi was all that great last year either. That’s gonna be rough. On a positive note, I’m relatively optimistic about the DL. Willie is Willie, but Haba showed very well last year. I’ve been impressed with Fox, too. Bauming mentioned it on his show, but he looks like he could be a Stove Richardson. Shouldn’t take too much to improve on whoever that import was that we had their last season.
