Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Edmonton - Sept. 21, 2024

[Jesse]

Could be. I don't know what his original injury was or what the new situation will be. It will be a valid question but Wilson missed 6 games and was practising for 2 weeks and things looked good.

I'd love to give the team the benefit of the doubt; but there are simply too many instances of this happening now. MOS and co love to trust their players, but they need to trust the doctors more.

[The Zipp]

Happens again and again. We are putting injured players in too early. This time he couldn't make it through warmup's without re-injuring himself.

This is from ed tait:

A little bit more info: the injury suffered by Kyrie Wilson was not the shoulder injury that has sidelined him before this.

[Jesse]

This is from ed tait:

A little bit more info: the injury suffered by Kyrie Wilson was not the shoulder injury that has sidelined him before this.

Like I said, I'd love to be able to give them the benefit of the doubt.

But I'm doubting.

[The Zipp]

Given there is no contact in warmup I would suspect something like an Achilles or other lower body injury. 

Don't want to disrespect Wilson but he does seem susceptible to injuries - if it was something completely different it is just bad luck I guess

[J5V]

This club is freaking incredible. I figured out a long time ago that, as a fan, there will always be something to complain about if that's what you want to do. The truth is there is no such thing as a perfect football team. This club, despite its warts, and poor start, has found a way to win. 8-2 in the last ten that could easily have been 10-0. Just freaking incredible. My hat goes off to every single member of this organization. Well done gentlemen. Thank you.

[gobombersgo]

[TecnoGenius]

Who is our short yardage Qb?  Wilson?

Odd... we never got to find out!  Not a single SY play.  Now that is highly unusual for us.

My hunch is Wilson is the SY guy for the time being.

[TecnoGenius]

Though exactly what I was worried about. Best that whatever setback happened occurred before the game.

Did anyone ever get a glimpse of the mythical "revised chart" WFC promised the league?  Did we get to dress 45, or were we short a guy the whole game because we flew out no PR guys?

(Mafia note to self: fly an extra PR guy to every game.)

[ModAdmin]

Did anyone ever get a glimpse of the mythical "revised chart" WFC promised the league?  Did we get to dress 45, or were we short a guy the whole game because we flew out no PR guys?

(Mafia note to self: fly an extra PR guy to every game.)

I'm not 100% sure of this but I believe you can't change your roster less than six hours prior to a game.  If that is the case, a player injured in a warm up prior to the game can't be replaced.

[Stats Junkie]

Yes the Blue Bombers did issue a revised depth chart - posted on TwiXter at 5:30 pm CT. Kyrie Wilson was removed (added to 6-game IL), 33 Jones was listed as the starter at MLB & 49 Ayers was listed as the starter at WLB. No one was added to the roster.

Changes can be made to the game day roster up to 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Players removed must be added to an injured list. Players can be added from practice roster or signed as a street free agent.

[TecnoGenius]

Yes the Blue Bombers did issue a revised depth chart - posted on TwiXter at 5:30 pm CT. Kyrie Wilson was removed (added to 6-game IL), 33 Jones was listed as the starter at MLB & 49 Ayers was listed as the starter at WLB. No one was added to the roster.

Changes can be made to the game day roster up to 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Players removed must be added to an injured list. Players can be added from practice roster or signed as a street free agent.

Thanks Junkie!!  That must have been some quick scramble work by some poor sod sweating it out back @PAS to get that revised chart done in time!

So we did play with only 44.  Bummer.

The flight is a charter/private jet, so why don't we bring our "best available PR player" to every away game?  Just in case.  Doesn't have to be in the same position or even on the same side of the ball.  Just has to be someone who can sub in for a warm-up injury.  Either a talented NAT, if we have one, or our best PR IMP... or one of both.

For instance, we could have had Adams dress as the 45th, no?

[TecnoGenius]

I'd put some of the issue on Lawler but that ball was clearly under thrown.  Many of the 50 / 50's that Lawler has not caught have not had good placement or timing that allowed the DB to win the coverage. The difference between a reception or a knock down is not much

Funny you mention the Elk TD. That was under thrown. Ford messed up ( gave up his coverage ) watching the QB at the LOS. Alexander made the mistake of not trying to high point the int.

But that's precisely my point... 2 underthrows, 2 franchise $$ Rs, only one came up with it.  Kenny's supposed to do that too!

[Blue In BC]

I'd love to give the team the benefit of the doubt; but there are simply too many instances of this happening now. MOS and co love to trust their players, but they need to trust the doctors more.

Preliminary reports was that the injury was not related to his previous shoulder injury.

[Blue In BC]

But that's precisely my point... 2 underthrows, 2 franchise $$ Rs, only one came up with it.  Kenny's supposed to do that too!

Lawler had the DB standing right in front of him to make the play. Nobody was as close to Lewis on his TD. That seemed to be a mistake by Ford in dropping coverage and / or by Alexander with not adjusting in time.

The situations are hardly the same and blaming Lawler is an over reaction on that play.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Thanks Junkie!!  That must have been some quick scramble work by some poor sod sweating it out back @PAS to get that revised chart done in time!

So we did play with only 44.  Bummer.

The flight is a charter/private jet, so why don't we bring our "best available PR player" to every away game?  Just in case.  Doesn't have to be in the same position or even on the same side of the ball.  Just has to be someone who can sub in for a warm-up injury.  Either a talented NAT, if we have one, or our best PR IMP... or one of both.

For instance, we could have had Adams dress as the 45th, no?

This is an obvious solution. I'm not sure why not. Would be a good question for the ratio show. There might be some reason?