Hamilton @ Winnipeg

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I didn't notice last week if Shay or Smith got reps
I didn't notice who took some of Griffins reps
Make a good pt for another Db who would also take heat off Vaval
Agree Lawson > Vaval
Another exciting week or roster decisions
Likely to see Vaval sprinkled in and a little more reps for LBs

Regarding Booing the comish, hell yes.  Regrading signs, YAS please.

Griffin plays SLB, Kramdi and Smith are listed on the depth chart at that position but I believe Ayers would also be able to fill in there, so plenty of options available.

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September 25th Injury Report shows...

Participating in a full practice...

Vanterpool
Logan
Collaros
Sterns
Hallett (but listed as Questionable.

Those who did not practice...

Wheatfall
Parker
Griffin

[Pete]

For our offence ti be successful we should take.some things from other teams
1, get it the line earlier and vary the count, right now we line up mainly 5 seconds left and the opposing dline just tees off. This also would give Zac more time to identify blitzes (ala Ottawa)
2 More rpos (ala Edmonton)
3 More big sets, yes Ham may respond with more in the box, but varying our protection schemes helps (ala Hamilton,)
4 Have receivers go,then comeback to ball to help Zac (ala BC Mcinnis and Hatcher)
5 Do an occasional pump fake,tired of defenders beating us to the ball (Sask Harris is best at this)
Hogans offence is way too predictable, and if hes not great at creating schemes steal some!

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Ticats

[Blue In BC]

Griffin plays SLB, Kramdi and Smith are listed on the depth chart at that position but I believe Ayers would also be able to fill in there, so plenty of options available.


I know where they listed them on the depth chart. That's paper work. Kramdi was the starter but has also played at safety in some defensive sets. Has Smith taken even 1 rep in a game at SAM? He may be part of the future plan but is he a choice this week or this year to see some duty there?

Has Ayers ever played that role in Winnipeg even during TC or pre-season? I haven't heard that and expected him to be more of a player suited to WIL. That's where he got some reps / starts in 2024.

He might be a fit but it's an unknown. We don't really know how soon either Griffin or Parker will be back if at all during the regular season.

At least Lawson has been a CB or DB in the CFL. That would be the expectation but now I'd expect hims back at CB.

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Artopoeus, Person and Kornelson moved to the practice roster.

Woods moved to the active roster.

[Blueforlife]

Artopoeus, Person and Kornelson moved to the practice roster.

Woods moved to the active roster.

I wasn't expecting two DL to PR but I'm pumped for Woods, he will be hungry but rusty.

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I wasn't expecting two DL to PR but I'm pumped for Woods, he will be hungry but rusty.

Still more changes to come.

Maybe Munie-Bailey gets added to the roster.

[Blue In BC]

Still more changes to come.

Maybe Munie-Bailey gets added to the roster.

Possibly but why wouldn't they have moved him from the PR at the same time as Woods?

[TecnoGenius]

I can't understand why they've made the choices they've made in other weeks. So I have no idea what happens this week aside from injured players returning to the AR.

Yes, this is a very strange, unpredictable season.  It might have something to do with us being, well, bad.  So they are still trying to figure things out by trying out different guys and combos of guys?  I'm not sure we'll ever figure it out before the post-season.  It would be nice if they could stumble upon the magic package.

[TecnoGenius]

For our offence ti be successful we should take.some things from other teams
1, get it the line earlier and vary the count, right now we line up mainly 5 seconds left and the opposing dline just tees off. This also would give Zac more time to identify blitzes (ala Ottawa)

Except we do that intentionally to make sure we bleed max clock when we're close or in the lead.  That is always priority #1.  Not saying it's correct, but that's what we do.

Harder to bleed max clock if we're playing pre-snap games like fake waggles.

4 Have receivers go,then comeback to ball to help Zac (ala BC Mcinnis and Hatcher)

Yes, clearly required, but that requires more OL pass pro time.  To be blunt we don't have any time really ever.  Doesn't matter what the protection scheme or how many the team B brings.  We can't buy Zach/Strev that extra .75 sec to have the REC get 5 more Y depth for a come-back route.

This is a huge part of the reason we can't do squat in the short game and every cheats up on us.

5 Do an occasional pump fake,tired of defenders beating us to the ball (Sask Harris is best at this)
Hogans offence is way too predictable, and if hes not great at creating schemes steal some!

Yes, Trevor & MBT have done a lot of pump or head or lean or turn fakes this season and half the time it results in a REC being wide open for huge gain.  Again, though, you need pass pro time to do this.  But I do think we could sneak in some super quick fakes even with our crap protection time constraints.

My hunch is Zach has never really done it and it throws off his timing & feel.  It may be too hard for the old dog to learn this new trick.

[Blue In BC]

Yes, this is a very strange, unpredictable season.  It might have something to do with us being, well, bad.  So they are still trying to figure things out by trying out different guys and combos of guys?  I'm not sure we'll ever figure it out before the post-season.  It would be nice if they could stumble upon the magic package.

Makes sense. Looking for a better combination and changing things up. The roster hasn't been updated except for Artopoleous being moved to PR. The other moves still show on the AR.

The entire process of when and who moves never happens in an orderly way IMO. Well, we'll see what the official depth chart looks like and I'd expect we might still see a GTD on Parker for example.

[Pete]

Except we do that intentionally to make sure we bleed max clock when we're close or in the lead.  That is always priority #1.  Not saying it's correct, but that's what we do.

Harder to bleed max clock if we're playing pre-snap games like fake waggles

I get that,near end of the game, but priority should be protect Zac and good things will happen. If you can throw defence off their rhythm  it could help. Weve all seen result with current protection
(And its not the games its the better opportunity to read defence and make adjustments as well as if theres consistently only 3 seconds to snap  the dline can time up their rush  Again this is just one of s number of options to give Zac time

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Ed Tait:
The @Wpg_BlueBombers depth chart for tomorrow features four changes from last week. On are QB Zach Collaros, WR Jerreth Sterns, DT Jamal Woods and DB Nick Hallett. Off are QB Chase Artopoeus, DT Collin Kornelson, WR Keric Wheatfall and DB Jamal Parker, Jr.