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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Who will be the other star...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - February 04, 2026, 11:52:59 PM

Ayers is 100% a LB. His listing as a DE was probably because they literally couldn't fit another name under the LBs in the depth chart. And a major problem some of us had with the roster deployment last year.

Funny thing is when Ayers did line up on D he was added to the line, much as Cole did the year previously to help with the pass rush. Can't recall Ayers getting any LB reps last season, thus I think Griffin and Woodbey may have surpassed him.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Winnipeg Blue Bomber ...

Last post by TBURGESS - February 04, 2026, 11:19:30 PM

It's exactly what I've been saying.

Then you need to use your words better.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Who will be the other star...

Last post by Jesse - February 04, 2026, 10:49:36 PM

I was looking through the depth charts from '25 and Ayers was a backup DE a couple of times.  Of course, that may not mean he was used as DE, but I'm assuming he was at least a bit.

Ayers is 100% a LB. His listing as a DE was probably because they literally couldn't fit another name under the LBs in the depth chart. And a major problem some of us had with the roster deployment last year.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Who will be the other star...

Last post by Blue In BC - February 04, 2026, 10:47:45 PM

Currently we show 11 DL and only 3 that weren't here in 2025. 3 that played the last game of the season. Not sure whether the rookies are DE's or DT's but that the current roster.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers agree to term...

Last post by Sir Blue and Gold - February 04, 2026, 10:45:11 PM

But how do you reconcile that with the fact that our defence was 1st in points allowed?

Truly good defenses pass an eye test. Dominate defenses can power teams to championships. There are plenty of examples of this.

Our defense in 2025 was never one of those. They beat up some bad quarterbacks and had some good games against better talent but then would go out the next week and get absolutely torched. 

When the chips were down, they got pounded into the sand.

I don't put much stock into an average over the course of the season. Games are won and lost individually. JYs defense might have been better than our offense for big chunks of the year but it was ultimately a flawed unit who very much deserved to go out in the East Semi.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by Blue In BC - February 04, 2026, 10:45:08 PM

Right, but my whole gist has been that at that exact moment every other team could be thinking the same thing.

Not really. Some teams will be cruising at the top of the standing. Their receivers may be playing very well and they have no injury issues. They may be tight to the cap due acquiring other players possibly returning from NFL.

Many factors involved at any price.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Who will be the other star...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - February 04, 2026, 10:08:19 PM

IIRC those guys were slotted in to start DE more as "tryouts" than legit starters.  We didn't seem to ever settle on a good option -- as seen in how fast we released them in FA.

By "rookie IMP" choice I mean more that we find a legit future-star one that can start fairly early in the year and keep the spot all season, and remain for the next, too.  That is something I'm not sure we've seen -- not like DB where we can strike gold with rookies.

Willy, Haba and Garbutt were all they had left when they didn't bring Jeffcoat back for 2024.

[hopes]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Which recent signing might...

Last post by Tecno - February 04, 2026, 10:04:27 PM

We had "hopes" that Logan and Mitchell would light it up... I don't think anyone "expected" they were going to be top players..

Fair enough.  But I think it was thought hoped D.Mitchell could capture some of his rookie year superstardom given our better coaching/system/etc.  In the end I guess we weren't better... and neither was Mitchell.

[I'd have no problem with a $225K pro-rated deal with no large signing bonus on a 2 year deal if medically cleared.]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by Tecno - February 04, 2026, 10:02:41 PM

I'd have no problem with a $225K pro-rated deal with no large signing bonus on a 2 year deal if medically cleared.

Right, but my whole gist has been that at that exact moment every other team could be thinking the same thing.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Which recent signing might...

Last post by theaardvark - February 04, 2026, 10:02:33 PM

Well, at the time we did think D.Mitchell and Vaughters and Logan were "marquee" signings.  Short of the return of Kenny FA snipe in '24, the above 3 are kind of our "big splash", because Mafia hasn't really done league-top salary FA snipes in quite a while.  We tend to spend the wad on retention.

Thinking back to FA25 we tended to think D.Mitchell was going to turn into a top guy and Logan would light up the return game again.  We can't retcon into thinking "they were always bums" just because we have the hindsight of the '25 season now.

We had "hopes" that Logan and Mitchell would light it up... I don't think anyone "expected" they were going to be top players..