Official Game Day Thread - Calgary at Winnipeg - July 7, 2023

[ModAdmin]

Short week but the Bombers should be ready to start a new series of home wins for their fans. 

Ed Tait's 48-Hour Primer can be read at https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/07/05/48-hour-primer-cgy-vs-wpg-7/

Also here is a great piece on Greg McCrae AKA Nighthawk! https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/07/04/hes-an-awesome-football-player/

The Blue Bomber Tailgate prior to the game will again feature $5.00 beers, $3.50 hot dogs and $3.50 soft drinks.

In for the Bombers: 39 Exume, 43 Beeksma

Out for the Bombers: 44 Gauthier, 87 Murphy

Weather forecast - Mainly sunny, High 22 degrees, Wind N at 20 km/h.

Nik Demski returns to the line up.  Overall line up looks solid.

Game Preview with depth chart is here https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/07/06/game-preview-cgy-vs-wpg-7/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Calgary depth chart is here https://twitter.com/FarhanLaljiTSN/status/1676966794106642438/photo/1

[Blue In BC]

Would BA37 move to SAM and KE39 move to FS?

Hallett would be next up at FS but I don't think they'd move Alexander up to SAM. He could play it but he gets a better view to keep everyone where they need to be at FS. Exume has only had a couple of practices so he will only see the field on ST's and for mop up role.

Cole is very fast and hard hitting so he might be considered as a back up at SAM. Not really sure. You really need a DB hybrid and he may not be capable as that.

[ModAdmin]

Kickoff: Friday, 7:30 p.m., IG Field, Winnipeg

TV: TSN, RDS;
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Last meeting: August 25, 2022 at Winnipeg - Blue Bombers 31 Stampeders 29

PlayNow odds: The Blue Bombers are favoured by eight points.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Hallett would be next up at FS but I don't think they'd move Alexander up to SAM. He could play it but he gets a better view to keep everyone where they need to be at FS. Exume has only had a couple of practices so he will only see the field on ST's and for mop up role.

Cole is very fast and hard hitting so he might be considered as a back up at SAM. Not really sure. You really need a DB hybrid and he may not be capable as that.

Exume is here for ST work, I doubt we see him play any DB position this season unless the Bombers promised him reps. before bringing him in.  He seems more athletic than Hallett but might not have a good enough understanding of the playbook to play Safety.  Remember Derek Jones?  He was on the roster for 5-6 years and never played more than a few games at DB in relief.  Some Natl. players just never progress beyond being secondary players.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Could really use Gauthier against Calgary, Carey is out but Mills and Logan are still a powerful combo. and can take a lot of energy to contain.  Biggie might need some help, but other than Briggs and Mauro, there's nobody else to step in.

[gobombersgo]

markonfootball   @Markonfootball
ROSTER ANALYSIS:  Quite the shake up in the Stampeders receiver group! Reggie Begelton is back, Marken Michel and Floyd Allen have been added.  However, two stalwarts, Malik Henry and Peyton Logan go to the six-game list.  Change on the offensive line as Bryce Bell move to LT

Add: Receivers: Michel, Allen, Begelton
Defensive backs: Statz, Charles
Running Back: Bellamy
Offensive line: Thornton, Campbell
Linebacker: Wall

Remove from Roster:
To 6-Game: Malik Henry, Peyton Logan
To 1-Game: Luther Hakunavanhu, Caleb Benenoch, Cole Tucker
To Practice Roster: Natrell Jamerson, Tae Daley, Perry Young, Dante Demery

[theaardvark]

Exume is here for ST work, I doubt we see him play any DB position this season unless the Bombers promised him reps. before bringing him in.  He seems more athletic than Hallett but might not have a good enough understanding of the playbook to play Safety.  Remember Derek Jones?  He was on the roster for 5-6 years and never played more than a few games at DB in relief.  Some Natl. players just never progress beyond being secondary players.

That's what we're talking about, him playing in the secondary...


(see what I did there?  )

[theaardvark]

markonfootball   @Markonfootball
ROSTER ANALYSIS:  Quite the shake up in the Stampeders receiver group! Reggie Begelton is back, Marken Michel and Floyd Allen have been added.  However, two stalwarts, Malik Henry and Peyton Logan go to the six-game list.  Change on the offensive line as Bryce Bell move to LT

Add: Receivers: Michel, Allen, Begelton
Defensive backs: Statz, Charles
Running Back: Bellamy
Offensive line: Thornton, Campbell
Linebacker: Wall

Remove from Roster:
To 6-Game: Malik Henry, Peyton Logan
To 1-Game: Luther Hakunavanhu, Caleb Benenoch, Cole Tucker
To Practice Roster: Natrell Jamerson, Tae Daley, Perry Young, Dante Demery

Begelton and Michel are good adds, but losing Henry, Logan and Hakunavanhu aren't going to help Maier's cause...

[pjrocksmb]

I'm excited for another home game.  Weather looks just fine as well.  We will crush them by 14.

[3rdand1.5]

Taking a client from Toronto to the game tomorrow, let's hope I can have post-game drinks to celebrate a Bomber win, and not only discuss how a stadium FULL of fans here feels but to celebrate a win.

If our lines play like they did last week we should be just fine and walk away with a win...

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Most of our LBs will get reps likely.

Could also throw Beeksma into the fire, he has the size, 6'-2 220 lbs..

[theaardvark]

Taking a client from Toronto to the game tomorrow, let's hope I can have post-game drinks to celebrate a Bomber win, and not only discuss how a stadium FULL of fans here feels but to celebrate a win.

If our lines play like they did last week we should be just fine and walk away with a win...

Did you get Pinnacle seats?  Then you can have a drink and free appies with a room full of Bomber fans after...

[TecnoGenius]

Big hill; Clements might move  to mlb with cole to outside

Biggie is way too slow now to play SAM.  If Darby gets nicked, why not put the most-SAM-capable IMP DB at SAM (doesn't matter which), shuffle the DB field around and have Hallett play FS.  Hallett is a shoe-in for next-man-up IMHO.

No one has told me what the (62) after Fatboi's name means yet...

Why do we continue to play Houston on the weak side when previous years he was mostly strong side?  Why do we want our best/vets clogging up the weak side?  Basically forces teams to pass only to the strong side, just begging them to pick on the newer guys.  Why not Nichols on one side, Houston on the other where the vets can help out the newer guys??  I've gotta believe this is on purpose, but I'm not entirely convinced it's optimal.

[TecnoGenius]

So BinBC was right and Beeksma slots right in.  Forgive me if I should know these things, but what has Beeksma done for us?  Where did we get him?  Did he play PS?  How did he look?

Still strikes me as a strange choice for that last spot, especially since Briggs can play MIKE.

P.S. We forgot to label Grant as DA on the tweeted chart.  (Though we did label as a DNA.)

[TecnoGenius]

The CGY depth chart shows a team in early-season panic rebuild mode.  This isn't just injury shuffling.

CGY recognizes they are in deep doodoo and won't be winning many games.  Drastic measures are required.  Dickenson The Greater must be spittin' vitriol overtime in the locker room.  The vets must be demoralized.

With so many changes, I would expect CGY to be even uglier than in their previous games.

Interestingly, CGY is also listing numbers for DL that can play OL.  Maybe the CFL made a new rule / suggestion?  There was that game earlier this season where a DL did have to play OL (HAM?).  I think they did the inside-out-jersey trick then.  Maybe the league wants to force teams to print a OL jersey for those backup OL/DL players?