Blue Bombers Transactions - August 17 and August 25, 2025

[Pigskin]

One thing I really like about this team. The injured vet players are always coach the young guys. Demski and Kramdi doing a lot of coaching today. Strev is another guy that's always helping new players.   

[Blueforlife]

One thing I really like about this team. The injured vet players are always coach the young guys. Demski and Kramdi doing a lot of coaching today. Strev is another guy that's always helping new players.   

There should be love button because you are bang on!

It's our pillar of success and big part of the team culture.  The room coaches itself.  While we are not the powerhouse we once were, the foundation is deep and it will sustain us even through the lean years.

I am so proud of what Kramdi has become.  I seen something special in him from the start and his development trajectory has been amazing.

[TecnoGenius]

OTOH McLeod has been here for over a month as receiver depth on the PR.

McLeod just got a huge "demotion" with the 2 "big name" RECs we just signed.  He may get on AR in a pinch just because he knows the book better, but in 1-2 weeks the new guys will have caught up.

I bet McLeod is cut from PR soon.  Speaking of PR, aren't we looking at capacity issues?  Sterns to IR, but Demski maybe not.  And if Schoen is AR'd then we definitely have to shuffle & cut.

And now we go from a fairly bare REC PR cupboard to a cornucopia of middlings & noobs.  It might actually be too many.

[TecnoGenius]

Demski wasn't put on the 1 game IR yet so that's encouraging.

99% chance he's GTD just to confuse SSK.  They fear Demski more than anyone, even when we had Kenny & Schoen was healthy.  Demski always rips them a new one up the seam.

If he's GTD, I'd bet 90% chance he plays.

[TecnoGenius]

He's been okay for us but if the coaches can't replace that production we have bigger problems. 

It's not Sterns' overall production: it's that it's clear he's finally getting chemistry with Zach.  Zach's always been a chemistry-first QB when here.  You can throw talent at him up the wazoo and he does better with the chemistry.  And that generally takes time (unless your name is Schoen).

It probably is why we got so much more out of Woli than Clercius.  Clercius & Zach have no chemistry (yet).

[TecnoGenius]

It is telling that I am so upset that Sterns - a 4th read receiver who had a less than 50% chance of making it onto the AR back in camp - is out. Really speaks to the situation we are in.

Best post of the thread.  Exactly this.  Sterns was clearly our 2nd best read on the field the last few weeks.  And when teams were doubling Demski he was basically all we had.

Just as it started to get good with Zach, boom.  Season ended.  Even suckier is I wouldn't bet money he'll be back next season.  He was always kind of a on-the-bubble guy, and if you were any other teams' fan you'd think he was easily expendable.

Crappy, because a lot of us were starting to like him.

[TecnoGenius]

I actually don't remember Kyran , but he looks good. Not going to break any tackles. Also some Taylor Cornelius footage. Too bad he didn't pan out.

Moore was always a solid middling guy.  He won't get you the home runs like D.Mitchell used to do in EDM in his rookie season.  But he can make some clutch catches and sometimes make things happen.

When he was on field for SSK their REC corps was pretty bad, so he stood out more than he would have on a team with a bunch of Kennys & Ginos.

He's another waterbug guy, so if you want to get a xerox copy of Sterns right away, you could do worse than Moore.

But I'm not too thrilled we're signing so many SSK rejects the last 2 seasons... Not good enough to make that team, but in WPG they are billed as a top guy?  Yikes.

[J5V]

99% chance he's GTD just to confuse SSK.  They fear Demski more than anyone, even when we had Kenny & Schoen was healthy.  Demski always rips them a new one up the seam.

If he's GTD, I'd bet 90% chance he plays.

Riders gave up on Demski -- that's how he became a Bomber. I'm sure he loves ripping them "a new one up the seam" every chance he gets. 

[J5V]

Moore was always a solid middling guy.  He won't get you the home runs like D.Mitchell used to do in EDM in his rookie season.  But he can make some clutch catches and sometimes make things happen.

When he was on field for SSK their REC corps was pretty bad, so he stood out more than he would have on a team with a bunch of Kennys & Ginos.

He's another waterbug guy, so if you want to get a xerox copy of Sterns right away, you could do worse than Moore.

But I'm not too thrilled we're signing so many SSK rejects the last 2 seasons... Not good enough to make that team, but in WPG they are billed as a top guy?  Yikes.

Demski, Neuf, Collaros, Willie ... all Rider rejects that have excelled here. Sask sure knows how to evaluate talent, lol. 

[BomberFan73]

Best post of the thread.  Exactly this.  Sterns was clearly our 2nd best read on the field the last few weeks.  And when teams were doubling Demski he was basically all we had.

Just as it started to get good with Zach, boom.  Season ended.  Even suckier is I wouldn't bet money he'll be back next season.  He was always kind of a on-the-bubble guy, and if you were any other teams' fan you'd think he was easily expendable.

Crappy, because a lot of us were starting to like him.

I'm also disappointed for him. You just know he was looking forward to continuing his good play vs Sask.

[blue_gold_84]

But I'm not too thrilled we're signing so many SSK rejects the last 2 seasons... Not good enough to make that team, but in WPG they are billed as a top guy?  Yikes.

Moore hasn't played for the Riders since 2022. He had a solid 2023 season with the Elks but didn't play at all in 2024 due to injury.

He'll be 29 next month. He might have a bit more in the tank just yet.

Also, who billed him as a top guy here?

[theaardvark]

Mitchell, Moore, Echoles are all vet players with upside if they recapture previous skill levels, but I don't hold out hope they will jump off the stats page should they get on the AR.