Winnipeg at Saskatchewan LDC - pregame discussion

[BomberFan73]

I hope he is 100%.

Ya, we don't need a repeat of lastyear.  Just let him get healthy.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

There have been instances when this happened on the last play of a game. The expectation is for the player to kick the ball out of the end zone but out of bounds as well. Teams send their punter and probably a 2nd player to receive, punt or return the ball out of the endzone.

It all depends on how deep the kick was and the chance to get it out one way or another.

Just to note I am in favour of the rouge. It's part of the game.

The first punt is easy to track, it's during the 2nd and 3rd punts where everything becomes hazy. Serious bummer to have a ref. blowing the play dead in the middle of joyful chaos to establish his dominion. I'd make it a free-for-all after the first punt is punted back, all rules out the window, party time, anything goes, drinks half price!

[J5V]

Woli has only missed 3 games. I'm not sure why he's allowed to practice. Bighill is also listed as " full " and he's only missed 1 game.

I thought players on 6 game couldn't practice until week 4 or 5.

SMS question aside, if either or both are healthy they should get added.

If Bighill gets added then it means we probably have to take a DL off.

We'll see how both do the rest of the week or if they have any issues.

Woli sees a lot of 2nd down conversion passes and he can block.  Johnson gets few opportunities as a receiver. It would seem a no brainer to add Woli.

I think we would do well to remember that O'Shea is something of a wise, sly, and crafty old fox. Anyone drawing conclusions of what our team will actually look like on game day by trying to decipher our injury lists and projected roster are bound to be surprised.

[gobombersgo]

Not sure the benefit of bringing Woli off early.  How many more weeks does he have?  We already have a logjam at WR. 

Love me our Woli, but the $SMS is a factor...  he's not on an ELC.

You arent looking at injuries the way the Bombers address injured players.

They will automatically place an injured player on the 6 game list instead of the 1 game list. They can alway be removed early but cant retroactively move from the 1 game to 6 game.

So think of Drew being on the 1 game list for 3 weeks. If he is ready to go you play him.

[dd]

Woli is mr checkdown reciever, clercius was filling in just fine, but the offense is struggling, maybe they need more vets out there??? I don't get it, Woli is not going to suddenly turn the offense around, I would have let him sit and saved $$$ in the event you have to bring in some O line help in the home stretch

[Pete]

Woli is mr checkdown reciever, clercius was filling in just fine, but the offense is struggling, maybe they need more vets out there??? I don't get it, Woli is not going to suddenly turn the offense around, I would have let him sit and saved $$$ in the event you have to bring in some O line help in the home stretch

you may be underestimating Woli, clerius has been ok but hes not at Woli level yet.
It seems to me that on a lot of long td drives hes had a least one key catch. With him its not the amount of receptions often its when they happen
We seem to be also getting thin on nationals as evidenced by the recent signing of a lb national who wasnt even drafted

[Pigskin]

you may be underestimating Woli, clerius has been ok but hes not at Woli level yet.
It seems to me that on a lot of long td drives hes had a least one key catch. With him its not the amount of receptions often its when they happen
We seem to be also getting thin on nationals as evidenced by the recent signing of a lb national who wasnt even drafted

Woli is also an outstanding blocking receiver.

[The Zipp]

Woli and Zach have that connection that comes with time..it can mean the difference between punting and a drive continuing.  You get a guy like that back on the field as soon as you can.

[TecnoGenius]

it is weird when they say that place "sells out" it still looks like their place is 10% empty seating.

The top rows of the East side (gold seats), even at C, are never full even on "sell outs".  West side fares better.

I think a lot of the cheapest seats are bought just to get people in the gate so they can wander around and drink.

[TecnoGenius]

Not sure the benefit of bringing Woli off early.  How many more weeks does he have?  We already have a logjam at WR. 

Woli is SMS friendly.  Not an ELC, but probably not much more than $105k.

Woli is mr checkdown reciever, clercius was filling in just fine, but the offense is struggling, maybe they need more vets out there??? I don't get it, Woli is not going to suddenly turn the offense around, I would have let him sit and saved $$$ in the event you have to bring in some O line help in the home stretch

In our first win, Woli was the main target for Strev.  And when we were down to Demski+Woli, Zach was looking to Woli a lot too.

The rookies just aren't at the level yet we require going into the home stretch of the season.

Woli will be critical.  Clercius can dress as the backup, or if ratio is ok, Lucky.  Only Clercius and Woli are the clutch 2-down violent-hit taker types, and we need someone like that.  Johnson is said to be that type too, but he looks too skinny to me.

[TecnoGenius]

Bailey Feltmate    FB    Ankle    DNP           

We can't be out so many OL and so many FB at the same time.  Is the other FB (Ike?) super banged up still?  Feltmate back to 6G?  Boy he can't catch a break.

I still want to see us making sure we have a healthy FB for the stretch.  Did Jackson stay in game shape?  Super cheap, available, and I think our crazy ratio would make him easier to field this year than last.  Of course, a NAT FB would be preferable...

And hoggies.  Have to figure out the hoggie situation, even if Big Stan is 100% this week.  We need that 7th (8th?!) hoggie badly if there's no FB.

[TecnoGenius]

Ya, we don't need a repeat of lastyear.  Just let him get healthy.

We get really hurt and screwed over by Biggie leaving games in the 1st half.  Like the GC, and like the recent game.  Because then it costs us a critical roster spot for the remainder of the game... and if Gauthier were to get hurt too, it would be major disaster.

I would not dress Biggie unless we were as sure as we could be that he was 100%.  And if he's getting hurt every other game anyhow, we may have to just stop dressing him.

I don't want a repeat of the '23 GC with Biggie.  It may have cost us the game.  Love me some Biggie, but we need to be extra careful the love doesn't cost us games.

[LXTSN]

We can't be out so many OL and so many FB at the same time.  Is the other FB (Ike?) super banged up still?  Feltmate back to 6G?  Boy he can't catch a break.

I still want to see us making sure we have a healthy FB for the stretch.  Did Jackson stay in game shape?  Super cheap, available, and I think our crazy ratio would make him easier to field this year than last.  Of course, a NAT FB would be preferable...

And hoggies.  Have to figure out the hoggie situation, even if Big Stan is 100% this week.  We need that 7th (8th?!) hoggie badly if there's no FB.

Sounded like Vanterpool would be the guy to step in and be that 7th OL. We are flexible with our DA's.

[Jesse]

I think we would do well to remember that O'Shea is something of a wise, sly, and crafty old fox. Anyone drawing conclusions of what our team will actually look like on game day by trying to decipher our injury lists and projected roster are bound to be surprised.

If vets are anywhere near close to healthy, you can bet on them being in the line-up. These are guys who "don't need to practice". So if they are practicing, they're playing.

[Jesse]

Sounded like Vanterpool would be the guy to step in and be that 7th OL. We are flexible with our DA's.

He's also getting very limited reps in practice, even with big Stan and Wallace out. He's clearly the last option at this point.