Blue Bombers agree in principle with Jarell Broxton

[Jesse]

Well, why did SSK win the GC?  Maybe something to do with the league-best RT??  At least in part?

Quick, name who started LT for SSK in the GC... I bet 90% here can't.  I can't without checking.

Quick, ask any CFL fan anywhere who SSK's all-star RT was... 95% will say Yoshi/Hardrick.

So maybe Mafia is onto something here.  It's not like Big Stan isn't solid at LT.  Especially if the whole crew ups their game like Neuf said they will.

The only reason I know the name of any OL on any team is if they used to be a bomber.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Well, why did SSK win the GC?  Maybe something to do with the league-best RT??  At least in part?

Quick, name who started LT for SSK in the GC... I bet 90% here can't.  I can't without checking.

Quick, ask any CFL fan anywhere who SSK's all-star RT was... 95% will say Yoshi/Hardrick.

So maybe Mafia is onto something here.  It's not like Big Stan isn't solid at LT.  Especially if the whole crew ups their game like Neuf said they will.

They had good offensive and defensive line play overall. I'd just rather have Broxton and Randolph at this point but that's just me. If anyone is going to "up their game" it's going to be the youth of line and year to year improvement. Won't be Neufeld no matter what he says.

And Stanley Bryant may still eke out another year. But it will be just that. The days of him dominating over there are done and gone two seasons ago now.

Not sure why that's super appealing to anyone. Largely, it simply comes down to how well you think he can play at 40-years-old. He took a pretty big step back last year. Not sure how it's going to look this year, but it won't look any better and that's basically guaranteed.

[Tecno]

Not sure why that's super appealing to anyone. Largely, it simply comes down to how well you think he can play at 40-years-old. He took a pretty big step back last year. Not sure how it's going to look this year, but it won't look any better and that's basically guaranteed.

But Stan being par with last year is certainly "good enough".  And the beauty of it is we have a ready-made backup plan: Broxton to to LT.  Of course that would mean we need to keep Rand on PR.

As for Neuf, if he badly sucks the joint out then even the musketeers will be fine with benching him.  Then Rand can step in to RG and we should be as good or better (he proved it in '25).

[Sir Blue and Gold]

But Stan being par with last year is certainly "good enough".  And the beauty of it is we have a ready-made backup plan: Broxton to to LT.  Of course that would mean we need to keep Rand on PR.

As for Neuf, if he badly sucks the joint out then even the musketeers will be fine with benching him.  Then Rand can step in to RG and we should be as good or better (he proved it in '25).

One -- he's very unlikely to be on par from last year. Age based regression is real, generally speaking consistent, and is inescapable. Even for Bryant.

Two -- We are more likely to get year over year performance improvement from a younger player who spent the year learning than we are from any of our retirement age veterans.

Three -- There is also tomorrow to consider. Keeping Bryant pushes out a younger player who we'll most likely have to cut. Is that the trade off worth it? If his name wasn't Stanley Bryant would we be enthusiastic about his play last year? Not really.

[dd]

Andrew Harris....Adam Bighi11.....Stan1ey Bryant....a11 the greats have a she1f 1ife, if I m the BB, I start Broxton at LT now and put Stan at RT as it is the more forgiving position for missed b1ocks or being trucked by Ceresna 1ike 1ast year. If Stan strugg1es at RT, then put Rando1ph in and time to move on

[BLUEBOMBER]

With Bryant on the verge of retiring, we needed a replacement... Broxton fights the bill.

[Tecno]

I rewatched the '25 GC, specifically watching Yoshi.  I'd say 80% of the Oullette runs passed by Yoshi.  IOW, Yoshi was the key run blocker.  Sometimes he'd make holes in his normal gap, sometimes he'd loop around to the A gap or the opposite A gap to plow.

My point being the RT is absolutely key to a successful run game.  Just look at how much better our run game was when Yoshi was here vs the stream of mediocres we've put there since.

Which leads to my main point that Big Stan cannot do that stuff.  He's a great pass-pro-er, period.  If Broxton can manhandle for our run game, then he is clearly the guy you put at RT.

Think of how many TDs our run game used to get (like with AH/Yoshi).  Now look at how many rushing TDs Brady had in '24 and '25... remember the chicken box??  Do we even see more than 3-4 rushing TDs by Brady @PAS all season now??

This all needs to be fixed if you want to dominate like SSK did last season.  Having a top RT is how you do it.  Maybe this whole time we should have just found a way to keep Yoshi... because now we're spending Yoshi-level money on RT anyhow! oh well.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I rewatched the '25 GC, specifically watching Yoshi.  I'd say 80% of the Oullette runs passed by Yoshi.  IOW, Yoshi was the key run blocker.  Sometimes he'd make holes in his normal gap, sometimes he'd loop around to the A gap or the opposite A gap to plow.

My point being the RT is absolutely key to a successful run game.  Just look at how much better our run game was when Yoshi was here vs the stream of mediocres we've put there since.

Which leads to my main point that Big Stan cannot do that stuff.  He's a great pass-pro-er, period.  If Broxton can manhandle for our run game, then he is clearly the guy you put at RT.

Think of how many TDs our run game used to get (like with AH/Yoshi).  Now look at how many rushing TDs Brady had in '24 and '25... remember the chicken box??  Do we even see more than 3-4 rushing TDs by Brady @PAS all season now??

This all needs to be fixed if you want to dominate like SSK did last season.  Having a top RT is how you do it.  Maybe this whole time we should have just found a way to keep Yoshi... because now we're spending Yoshi-level money on RT anyhow! oh well.

Don't support your Yoshi lovefest, Bombers dumped him at the right time IMO, he became a liability in pass protection and he's had 1 good (costly) season since he left.  His popularity keeps him riding high though.
 

[blue_gold_84]

Hardrick had an all-star season in 2023 after being a mainstay here for years, and earned a raise the Bombers couldn't afford going into 2024. He missed most of the 2024 season and then became the MOL last season. To suggest he became a liability here is laughably absurd; he's become a premiere OL in this league.

Revisionist history is a trip.