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#21
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Main Training Camp - ...
Last post by Jesse - May 12, 2026, 06:54:48 PMI also went to practice for a bit today. A few things stood out:
Warm-up/drills portion:
- Thought I saw Joseph More, Bucky Williams, Tyler Elsbury taking snaps under centre (othe than Eli who took all starting snaps)
- Jaylen Smith was working with the DBs not the LBs.
- Dante Daniels and Chris-Ike with the OL
- Just doing unguarded throws to receivers, Terry Wilson and Payton Thorn still manage to throw off target
Scrimmage:
- Zach threw into a mass of bodies and it got tipped around multiple times before Ontaria made a great contested pick out of the air for the completion. Zach really looks locked in on #80
- The very next play Zach again throws a deep corner to Wilson but McGhee has really tight coverage and deflects it. He's the apparent starting corner across from Moxey
- 3NI's in at receiver with the starting group: Demski, Neild, Cobb
- Terry Wilson did not get a turn in this portion of scrimmage. It went Zach, Elgersma, Perkins, Thorne
- The DL seemed to be getting a lot of pressure. The QBs aren't allowed to be hit, but they would have been.
- Perkins quick to scramble, Thorne threw an INT on his one big throw to the endzone (to Woodsbey). Elgersma has a rocket arm but didn't get the opportunity to show it off during this portion. A couple quick throws was all.
- Rocker had a big run and looks good but American RB so...
- Daniels running routes. I saw him catch one over the middle and on the next rep he was running deep down field.
- Kramdi still playing deep. Griffin and Woodsbey on the field as well with Cam Allen playing 2nd team.
Warm-up/drills portion:
- Thought I saw Joseph More, Bucky Williams, Tyler Elsbury taking snaps under centre (othe than Eli who took all starting snaps)
- Jaylen Smith was working with the DBs not the LBs.
- Dante Daniels and Chris-Ike with the OL
- Just doing unguarded throws to receivers, Terry Wilson and Payton Thorn still manage to throw off target
Scrimmage:
- Zach threw into a mass of bodies and it got tipped around multiple times before Ontaria made a great contested pick out of the air for the completion. Zach really looks locked in on #80
- The very next play Zach again throws a deep corner to Wilson but McGhee has really tight coverage and deflects it. He's the apparent starting corner across from Moxey
- 3NI's in at receiver with the starting group: Demski, Neild, Cobb
- Terry Wilson did not get a turn in this portion of scrimmage. It went Zach, Elgersma, Perkins, Thorne
- The DL seemed to be getting a lot of pressure. The QBs aren't allowed to be hit, but they would have been.
- Perkins quick to scramble, Thorne threw an INT on his one big throw to the endzone (to Woodsbey). Elgersma has a rocket arm but didn't get the opportunity to show it off during this portion. A couple quick throws was all.
- Rocker had a big run and looks good but American RB so...
- Daniels running routes. I saw him catch one over the middle and on the next rep he was running deep down field.
- Kramdi still playing deep. Griffin and Woodsbey on the field as well with Cam Allen playing 2nd team.
#22
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Video links to Announcemen...
Last post by gobombersgo - May 12, 2026, 06:45:11 PM #23
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Main Training Camp - ...
Last post by gobombersgo - May 12, 2026, 06:44:42 PM #24
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Main Training Camp - ...
Last post by Jesse - May 12, 2026, 06:38:56 PMDerek Taylor🏈
@DTonOB
Bombers announce they've signed 1st-round draft pick Nuer Gatkuoth.
6-4, 227-pound defensive end out of Edmonton.
Gatkuoth is a little delayed in signing because he was in Denver Broncos mini-camp this past weekend.
Both kickers nailing from in the 40s. Ball flying out the back of the end zone.
I wonder if kickers will evolve to try to keep it in play in case of a miss. That way the single point remains a possibility under the new rules.
QB order in this 12-on-12 (very heavily FWIW)
Collaros
Elgersma
Perkins
Thorne
Didn't see any reps for Terry Wilson
THE PADS ARE GOING ON!!!
DT Cam Lawson is on the sidelines, helmet and knee brace off. Looks like he's done for the day.
Tanner Schmekel took his place with the 1st-team D.
Watching Kyrie Wilson and Connor Shay have slap fights as they're readying for a 1 on 1 punt cover drill is very funny.
Slap rip slap rip slap rip slap rip slap rip and then they explode off the line.
Redha Kramdi also getting the second half of practice off.
Michael Chris-Ike took an inside zone run 75 yards for the score. Nicely blocked.
@DTonOB
Bombers announce they've signed 1st-round draft pick Nuer Gatkuoth.
6-4, 227-pound defensive end out of Edmonton.
Gatkuoth is a little delayed in signing because he was in Denver Broncos mini-camp this past weekend.
Both kickers nailing from in the 40s. Ball flying out the back of the end zone.
I wonder if kickers will evolve to try to keep it in play in case of a miss. That way the single point remains a possibility under the new rules.
QB order in this 12-on-12 (very heavily FWIW)
Collaros
Elgersma
Perkins
Thorne
Didn't see any reps for Terry Wilson
THE PADS ARE GOING ON!!!
DT Cam Lawson is on the sidelines, helmet and knee brace off. Looks like he's done for the day.
Tanner Schmekel took his place with the 1st-team D.
Watching Kyrie Wilson and Connor Shay have slap fights as they're readying for a 1 on 1 punt cover drill is very funny.
Slap rip slap rip slap rip slap rip slap rip and then they explode off the line.
Redha Kramdi also getting the second half of practice off.
Michael Chris-Ike took an inside zone run 75 yards for the score. Nicely blocked.
#25
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Video links to Announcemen...
Last post by gobombersgo - May 12, 2026, 05:54:24 PM #26
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Main Training Camp - ...
Last post by gobombersgo - May 12, 2026, 05:54:02 PM #27
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Rookie Training Camp
Last post by markf - May 12, 2026, 04:53:30 PMRoster shows two players no. 17
Dorian Singer... receiver
Jordan Taylor... db
Re photos
Dorian Singer... receiver
Jordan Taylor... db
Re photos
#28
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Rookie Training Camp
Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - May 12, 2026, 04:24:03 PMQuote from: Jesse on May 12, 2026, 11:23:14 AMAll that said, I think he would need to look significantly better than all the rookies coming in in order to beat them out. If the club didn't trust him last year when Zach was missing games left and right and Strev was a shell of his former self, why is that trust growing in the wake of multiple people brought in to stabilize the position?
Might have happened if Strev. lost games, but miraculously he didn't.
Wilson would do fine as the SY QB, he can be elusive and the drag on Elgersma is he's not very mobile, which might suggest the next Drew Willy. I'm not even going to learn the new QB's names unless they play well in pre-season, seen a million come, seen a million go...."You're who, from where???"
#29
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Rookie Training Camp
Last post by theaardvark - May 12, 2026, 04:10:46 PMQuote from: Tecno on May 12, 2026, 02:58:20 AMFor Wilson to be cut he has to be beaten out in 2 spots.
1. Someone has to show they can do SY at ~95%+ (possibly Elgersma?)
2. Someone has to show they can read a CFL D and execute the playbook and make completions (rookie camp whispers say this isn't Perkins)
#1 is the easier ask. Often just being tough & twitchy (& big) is enough. #2 usually only occurs later in season 2, or 3 or even 4. Perkins almost certainly can't do it this quickly. Elgersma may, if he's the next Rourke.
The fact he has to be beaten at both jobs to lose out leads me to bet he's not getting cut.
For Wilson to not get cut, he has to have improved over previous seasons.
SY might actually be out of the QB conversation, I would not be surprised if DD73 doesn't end up running SY offence. They have him doing everything else.
Perkins isn't here to read defences day one in a new league. He's here because he has the tools and has shown the ability to compete at a top level, and has experience. He could read UFL and NFL D, he will get a break on reading CFL D fully in week one. But he will need to show he has the ability to understand the concepts Condell is using, and the way CFL D is deployed. Reading that D instinctively is something that will take time, for sure, but he won't accomplish that on the PR or being cut. His ceiling and his ability to progress early can be enough to surpass Wilson.
Elgersma is on the team, as QB2 or QB3. His upside and passport are too tasty to let him just leave.
So hile there are 2 QB positions open, Wilson has to show that he's a leg up on Perkins if he wants to stay.
#30
Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 2026 Main Training Camp - ...
Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - May 12, 2026, 04:09:30 PMQuote from: Tecno on May 12, 2026, 03:20:30 AMI think we're trying to determine if Randolph is a PR spare or a cut. He has to beat out any IMP rookies we have in camp.
Rewatching the early '25 games it's clear that Griffin has a better nose in a lot of ways, and he can bring more wood than Kramdi. Kramdi got pasted sometimes in big run explosions. Griffin did better.
Since Allen didn't really wow anyone (except a few plays), the question of how best to deploy Kramdi is a valid one. The question isn't how good is Kramdi, it's how good is Allen at FS vs Griffin at SAM.
I think we're going to put a premium on run stop this season. I wouldn't be surprised if that means more beef & violence at every LB spot.
Griffin and Woodbey have about 40 lbs on Kramdi so they are both better suited to stopping the run, playing him at SAM deprives them the opportunity to play, although I suspect Woodbey is big enough to play any of the LB positions. Kramdi could become the swiss army knife that gets moved around wherever needed and sustains the ratio until Shay or Smith become starters.