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#21

Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by Jesse - March 12, 2026, 06:52:20 PM

Make sure he's fresh for the world championships. lol

Not even keeping him fresh, more of preventing more injuries from occurring.

#22

Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by Pigskin - March 12, 2026, 06:18:17 PM

Make sure he's fresh for the world championships. lol

#23

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by blue_or_die - March 12, 2026, 05:57:16 PM

If we do not have the "heir apparent" on the opening day roster, ready to take the reins should Zach go 6G, then we might as well just quit.

Well, I guess we'll just quit then.

I always want to be excited about the newbie QBs we sign and 90% of the time they're a disappointment. It's pretty much always been that way so other than a hope and a prayer, we really have no way of knowing if we have now or will ever have this year the "heir apparent".

#24

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - March 12, 2026, 05:03:34 PM

This is some really weird and unnecessary whataboutism.

That's my point, both fumbles were accidents.

#25

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Official Game Day Thread -...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - March 12, 2026, 05:02:32 PM

I think Sterns was replaced by White not Nield, Sterns was effective inside and on quick hitters but was not much of a threat downfield due to his smaller size and Zach's inaccuracy on longer balls.

#26

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by blue_gold_84 - March 12, 2026, 04:56:31 PM

You could equally point the finger at Brady for fumbling the ball in the ESF...

This is some really weird and unnecessary whataboutism.

#27

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - March 12, 2026, 04:51:22 PM

Uh, the loser who singlehandedly lost MTL the GC a couple of months ago in front of all of us @PAS?  Ya, not only do I never want to see him in WPG again, I don't think any team should will sign him.

But I hope they treat him real nice in SSK, free beers & food & such.  He did them a real solid...

You could equally point the finger at Brady for fumbling the ball in the ESF but you have to expect, in football sometimes bad things happen.

#28

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - March 12, 2026, 04:48:41 PM

Well it's a good theory. We've been trying to do that since Brown left. Most of us never thought that Streveler was the heir apparent.

So what do we have today in the wings? That's the giant question we can't answer at the moment. There is a certain level of optimism about the newbies.

There aren't really any CFL free agent QB's that fit the role beyond emergency band-aid solutions.

Time for the recruitment team to have success with those brought in. History has not been good at finding QB's for the Bombers.

The reality is that we won't know what we have until Collaros misses games due to injury. Our back ups don't get much playing time.

If Zach goes down for a few games or a longer spell, I think it's obvious they'll lose games they should have won, hopefully not enough to miss the playoffs but that is a real possibility without a proven backup.  As awkward as Strev looked as a starting QB he has to be congratulated for adding to the W total in the games he played, standard expectation is for a good team to win 50% of games using their backup QB. If the backup is in his first year, the winning percentage could drop to near zero.

Any of these available FA QB's have the potential to do better based on their experience in the league and their understanding of the game.


Tyrie Adams

Logan Bonner

Caleb Evans

Shea Patterson

MBT

Masoli

#29

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Blue Bombers add quarterba...

Last post by blue_gold_84 - March 12, 2026, 04:40:05 PM

I'm not going to go back and witch the pressers again for the quote, but a reporter asked him if we were going to sign a vet QB and Walters' reply was something along the lines of waiting as long as possible for Elgersma and going down that route if we need to.

Seems like you're onto something, @Jesse. From the Feb. 12 presser.

I can't link the timestamp using the YouTube link feature, but that topic is covered at the 21:42 mark:

YouTube Link

#30

Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by Jesse - March 12, 2026, 04:26:45 PM

One of the many thing the Jets should be doing during the final 20 games is sitting Helle every 4 games or so to make sure he's good to go for the off-season and next year.

That was the plan before the injury to make sure he wasn't overworked but they threw it away after he missed so much time.