2026 Rookie Training Camp

[Doublezero]

We need an entrepreneur with a decent mobile phone and a step-ladder to park themselves on the sidelines during practice, shoot some video, and post it with some commentary on YouTube. Reporting on Bomber practices is a void calling out to be filled. Could catch on - at least with the diehard fans who follow this board.

[theaardvark]

Still think it is Zach, Perkins, Elgersma.

Perkins has enough pedigree to leapfrog Wilson, unless he stinks and Wilson shines. The OC change reduces the veteran advantage that Wilson brings.

Elgersma has already impressed with his size and arm, if he picks up SY quickly, his QB3 spot is sewn up with his passport.

Thorne may hang around on the PR.  Wilson will move on if not on the AR.

[theaardvark]

Interesting roster listing.  I've never seen "POS" intentionally left blank.

NO NAME                   POS    A/N/G    HT    WT    AGE    COLLEGE
73  DANIELS, Dante                    N        6'5    272    24    North Carolina State

[Jesse]

We need an entrepreneur with a decent mobile phone and a step-ladder to park themselves on the sidelines during practice, shoot some video, and post it with some commentary on YouTube. Reporting on Bomber practices is a void calling out to be filled. Could catch on - at least with the diehard fans who follow this board.

I've been asked to put my phone away when taking pictures at practice, lol.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

No kidding, I'm reading updates from whatever off season/mini-camp thing the NFL is doing right now and it's night and day. And I know it's the NFL. But what I'm reading on twitter is just a daily update from the Bengals version of Ed Tait. He does 5 thoughts from each day of camp. It's really interesting.

And it's exactly what I used to be able to read in the freep and sun on a daily basis in the min-2000s.

Not even seeing much reporting from Derek Taylor, he's more than capable of sharing his opinion. What does Doug Brown do when when he's not doing colour for CJOB?  Surely that's not his only job...

[gobombersgo]

Not even seeing much reporting from Derek Taylor, he's more than capable of sharing his opinion. What does Doug Brown do when when he's not doing colour for CJOB?  Surely that's not his only job...

He's a sales manager for a medical technology company.

[markf]

I'm hoping Elgersma does well, and has a successful career as a qb in the CFL.

[Jesse]

Not even seeing much reporting from Derek Taylor, he's more than capable of sharing his opinion. What does Doug Brown do when when he's not doing colour for CJOB?  Surely that's not his only job...

He throws a few tweets up. And it's exactly what I want to see, I just wish there was more of it.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

He throws a few tweets up. And it's exactly what I want to see, I just wish there was more of it.

John Hodge is based in Wpg. and probably attends every Bomber practice, but he may have too much on his plate as a main contributor to 3DN, everything he does is channeled through that outlet.

[gobombersgo]

John Hodge is based in Wpg. and probably attends every Bomber practice, but he may have too much on his plate as a main contributor to 3DN, everything he does is channeled through that outlet.

I dont think he attends all the practices.

@DTonOB who else besides yourself attends the practices regularly.

I believe alot of the media show up at the end of practices to interview players and attend O'Shea's press conferences.

[Jesse]

John Hodge is based in Wpg. and probably attends every Bomber practice, but he may have too much on his plate as a main contributor to 3DN, everything he does is channeled through that outlet.

He obviously has a job that doesn't allow him to sit through practices every day.

You need reporters who are working on a salary to commit the time. But so many just come for the interview clips at the end and write stories based on those.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

He obviously has a job that doesn't allow him to sit through practices every day.

You need reporters who are working on a salary to commit the time. But so many just come for the interview clips at the end and write stories based on those.

Pretty sure Hodge is full time at 3DN now, between the 3 main guys they put out a ton of content.

Speaking of which in the same video Dunk and Hodge talk extensively about the Bomber QB room starting at 28:55. 

[Stats Junkie]

Gone are the days of Ted Wyman, Jeff Hamilton, Sara Orlesky & Bob Irving where it seemed like it was a race to tweet about big plays at camp & practice.

I have talked with JC Abbott a number of times and he has stated that at least one of the three main 3DN guys has to be stationed at home monitoring the feeds just in case something newsworthy happens.

JC himself doesn't see much value in attending practices and he often takes a good natured ribbing from Farhan about it.

As for Hodge, he likes to make sure his followers know when he is actually at practice, which is rare.

Darrin Bauming usually goes to one practice a week to get some sound bites for his podcasts.

Taylor Allen (Free Press) & Paul Friesen (Sun) have been putting out some material. I don't recall the new Winnipeg TSN personality reporting at all on the Blue Bombers since she showed up last fall.

[gobombersgo]

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