Blue Bombers add quarterback

[Blue In BC]

Perkins/Thorne are still 3-down virgins.  I'm sure Wilson also had some pedigree before he first signed here.  Doesn't really mean anything.

Zillions of promising USA U QBs pass through the CFL.  99% suck like Brohm.  You can't pin your hopes on any rookie IMP QB because there's literally no way to tell anything until they get live snaps.

And don't sleep on my point about SY.  Still need a guy who can 99% get us 3rd & 1.  Can you tell that in TC with a rookie?  Maybe?  It's not easy or guaranteed, but it should be easier to tell than "can they play 3-down CFL ball".

It's all clear as mud, and we may have to take a couple of risky gambles and hope for the best.  Wilson does make a nice security blanket though, especially if no Strev.  Be nice if we could find a way to keep him in the bullpen... PR or on the couch with his phone programmed to block all other teams.  MTL, for instance, would like a more reliable SY guy after that Patterson boondoogle.

Yes I think you can tell that in TC about a QB's ability for short yardage. Athletic ability, football IQ, toughness and following blocking are all part of SY skill set.

Speed, strength, elusiveness and ability to read defensive alignments are all part of assessments. IIRC Wilson picked up short yardage pretty quickly.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Sure but I'm looking at 2025 as the most critical info. He took a beating last year and the team takes a more cautious and necessary approach to pulling him after a hit. Obviously an improved OL and game plan would help.

All that said I think it's predictable that he's going to miss time. How much I don't know but we know that concussion issues are cumulative.  You are correct in your analysis.

Fingers are crossed we have a good # 2 in one of the rookies. Chances are he's going to see the field at some point.

It's been awhile since a rookie QB stepped in and led his team to multiple wins, maybe Cameron Dukes did it with the Argos, and Strev in his first season, but not many have been successful.  The team may glimpse the future in his play as they did with Dru Brown, but pretty unlikely a rookie QB is going to provide them with any wins if Zach goes down on the way to the Grey Cup which is likely to happen.

If Wilson steps in as #2, he'll be on the first page of his script so we have no idea whether he'll shine or fall, he is athletically gifted but may not have the mental tools to succeed like 95% of the other QB's that tried and failed.

Artoepous we'll never know what he brought although he looked like he had a good head on his shoulders in pre-season game #2 against the Riders, they never once thought to let him touch the ball again.  He wasn't cut so I guess they wanted him back, but possibly did next to nothing to convince him he had a future with the team in his year with the club.

[theaardvark]

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.

We have a UFLP MVP in the wings, we have a number of potentials on our neg list.  Every year, a new wunderkind shows up on some team.  Hopefully this year it is us. 

Sidebar, having Perkins here will give us a very good yardstick to compare the leagues.

[Blue In BC]

We have a UFLP MVP in the wings, we have a number of potentials on our neg list.  Every year, a new wunderkind shows up on some team.  Hopefully this year it is us. 

Sidebar, having Perkins here will give us a very good yardstick to compare the leagues.

Yes Perkins could be the answer and I'm optimistic he becomes the # 2 QB. I think I've also mentioned that I think Thorne is the new # 3 QB.

Hard to say if a neg list player ever ends up in Canada so we can't gauge anything on them quite yet.