Blue Bombers add quarterback

[blue_or_die]

Well if you think Streveler is a qualified # 2 QB then we have a different view. Yes the Bombers won the game but that doesn't mean much IMO. He's not a good QB beyond being a SY freak of nature so to speak.

In that game Peterson ran for 130 yards and Lions were still trying to define their roster.

Strev was definitely viewed as a "viable" #2 going into last year despite many thinking that 2024 proved he was done. Personally I was on the fence as I wanted to believe what we saw in 2024 was bad luck of sorts and I wanted to be optimistic he could revive his 2019 magic. Hindsight proves that wrong, however, but regardless, I think that was the thought process for 2025 and unfortunately sits in an outbox pile of failures of last season.

The Strev experiment is over now, and I think we will have a prospect for the future as well as another prospect who will also be expected to excel at SY and even other "athletic" special plays - that would be Perkins presumably and hopefully Elgersma to take in the CFL and start to get good. I don't know any of this for certain but the logic makes sense.

[blue_gold_84]

The Strev experiment is over now...

Without a doubt. Consecutive knee injuries for a player who relies heavily on his mobility to be successful makes him a serious liability going forward.

Miles Brown is scum.

[markf]

Wilson is a very good short yardage qb.

[Blue In BC]

I said or implied no such thing. I simply disagree with the claim that a problem started in TC relative to the QB corps here for 2025.

A win is a win and Streveler helped the team get that win in week 1. Your silly excuses for the Lions being on the losing end of that game don't change that fact.

It's not just that game. Streveler's time in the CFL has not been progressing. He was essentially a strong runner that threw an odd pass. He never learned to read a defence. His mechanics were horrible and once he lost his ability to run things got worse.

He beat Ottawa with 54 yards passing. Ottawa isn't / wasn't even a good team.

Does he get a gold star for that? Isn't this the context of the discussion in this string?

Bombers may not have had a better option going into TC. I did point this point before TC started that this was not good. No upside, injury history and any extended time needing to start would end badly.

If without his current injury did he show anybody on the planet that he should be back for TC this season?

[Blue In BC]

Strev was definitely viewed as a "viable" #2 going into last year despite many thinking that 2024 proved he was done. Personally I was on the fence as I wanted to believe what we saw in 2024 was bad luck of sorts and I wanted to be optimistic he could revive his 2019 magic. Hindsight proves that wrong, however, but regardless, I think that was the thought process for 2025 and unfortunately sits in an outbox pile of failures of last season.

The Strev experiment is over now, and I think we will have a prospect for the future as well as another prospect who will also be expected to excel at SY and even other "athletic" special plays - that would be Perkins presumably and hopefully Elgersma to take in the CFL and start to get good. I don't know any of this for certain but the logic makes sense.

IDK. I viewed it as the least bad option considering who was available and would come to Winnipeg at an affordable SMS.

This isn't my hindsight. I said it when he was signed before TC began. Many others felt the same way. Others were optimistic because he's a popular person and had some success earlier on a top level team surrounding him.

That's not currently the situation.

[gobombersgo]

I'd like to see Strevy stick around with the organization by becoming a community ambassador like Brandon Alexander.

It would be great to still run into him on game days and have him contribute to the football community around the province.

He might decide to focus on his quarterback school full time however.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

IDK. I viewed it as the least bad option considering who was available and would come to Winnipeg at an affordable SMS.

This isn't my hindsight. I said it when he was signed before TC began. Many others felt the same way. Others were optimistic because he's a popular person and had some success earlier on a top level team surrounding him.

That's not currently the situation.

Strev turned out to be what he always was, a decent run focused #2 QB with little chance of ever rising to #1. My biggest concern is he was a placeholder blocking the path of other QB's who had a better chance of rising to #1. They've employed Terry Wilson for 2 full seasons and still don't have a clear vision of what he can become. It won't surprise me if they cut him instead of finding out.