Blue Bombers re-sign veteran offensive lineman Pat Neufeld

[Jesse]

I hope Randolph is competing for a starting spot and is on the active roster.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I hope Randolph is competing for a starting spot and is on the active roster.

Where?

[Jesse]

Where?

Competing for guard or RT or being the first guy off the bench in case of injury.

[TecnoGenius]

Competing for guard or RT or being the first guy off the bench in case of injury.

We never saw Randolph at RT.  Only LT.  He stunk rocks, but of course had limited 1st team reps, so who knows.

He was stellar at RG.  This could be Neufeld's final year... I would love to just go IMP (Randolph) at RG in '26.  Assuming we keep our ratio-overage ways.

Randolph has never really been used as jumbo 6th/7th... so I don't really see him being used in that role.  As such he'd be a pure inter-game IR backup in '25, not a intra-game speller/TE.

Yes, that makes him basically impossible to AR in '25, barring injury or FA loss.

P.S. Yes, I know, the odds of Mafia going 3 IMP OL is slim to none...

[theaardvark]

We never saw Randolph at RT.  Only LT.  He stunk rocks, but of course had limited 1st team reps, so who knows.

He was stellar at RG.  This could be Neufeld's final year... I would love to just go IMP (Randolph) at RG in '26.  Assuming we keep our ratio-overage ways.

Randolph has never really been used as jumbo 6th/7th... so I don't really see him being used in that role.  As such he'd be a pure inter-game IR backup in '25, not a intra-game speller/TE.

Yes, that makes him basically impossible to AR in '25, barring injury or FA loss.

P.S. Yes, I know, the odds of Mafia going 3 IMP OL is slim to none...

Using Randolph at G if we lose Dobson would make sense if ratio isn't a concern elsewhere, would really save some $SMS over paying Dobson what he's worth on the open market ($200kish) (losing Ford hurts ratio as well)

The key to our Oline is finding a RT and a Bryant replacement for the future.  C and G we have covered, as well as 6th and 7th man for Jumbo...

[VictorRomano]

If we lose Dobson, I can see Wallace slotting in to take that spot - a Canadian replacing a Canadian.  I really liked Randolph at guard, and I can see him taking Neuf's spot shen he hangs them up, but that might cause ratio issues, and we have Eli (a National via his mom) signed for another 2 years.  We also have the draft coming up, so there will likely be at least 1, possibly 2 more OL coming in from that.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

If we lose Dobson, I can see Wallace slotting in to take that spot - a Canadian replacing a Canadian.  I really liked Randolph at guard, and I can see him taking Neuf's spot shen he hangs them up, but that might cause ratio issues, and we have Eli (a National via his mom) signed for another 2 years.  We also have the draft coming up, so there will likely be at least 1, possibly 2 more OL coming in from that.

Could be a long wait, Neuf.indicated he has no plans to retire anytime soon.  As long as he's healthy he can play.

[Blue In BC]

Could be a long wait, Neuf.indicated he has no plans to retire anytime soon.  As long as he's healthy he can play.

The catch is that if an import doesn't make the AR in his 2nd season, how much longer is he willing to sit on the PR?

I'm not suggesting he take over for Neufeld. Whether the team is considering a 3 import OL ( if we lose Dobson ) is not apparent and obviously impacts the ratio.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

The catch is that if an import doesn't make the AR in his 2nd season, how much longer is he willing to sit on the PR?

I'm not suggesting he take over for Neufeld. Whether the team is considering a 3 import OL ( if we lose Dobson ) is not apparent and obviously impacts the ratio.

I agree and brought up the same point earlier in the thread but if Randolph is to claim a spot this season it will be at LG or RT. Who knows, maybe they'll get lucky and find his patience matches Manase Foketi who sat on the PR for 3 full years waiting for Stanley or Yoshi to quit.