Receivers

[bwiser]

I am concerned with the Bombers situation at receiver. We are already missing Shoen for the season and now we have Woli banged up and Whitehead is ailing. Its time to bring in some help. Maybe Rasheed Bailey should get a phone call.

[Blueforlife]

Wheatfall can pickup the slack (will take a coulple games).  The Bailey ship sailed.  We brought in some talent on the PR.  Non issue handled internally.  Whitehead on the roster.  One more key injury away from bringing someone in imo. Next man up for now imo.

[Pete]

We also signed Penny Hart who looks promising.[ Didn't Ottawa already sign Bailey?}

[Bluehawk]

Yes, Bailey is on the Redblacks PR

[Blue In BC]

Wheatfall can pickup the slack (will take a coulple games).  The Bailey ship sailed.  We brought in some talent on the PR.  None issue handled internally.  Whitehead on the roster.  One more key injury away from bringing someone in imo. Next man up for now imo.

Spell check. Non issue.

[Blue In BC]

We also signed Penny Hart who looks promising.[ Didn't Ottawa already sign Bailey?}

Just a guess that he's being looked at more as a returner than a receiver.

[peg_city]

Wheatfall looked good earlier in the year. He was the best new receiver prior to getting hurt (ahead of Wilson).

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Last year with Schoen playing at a high level with had an embarrassment of riches which is just not sustainable and shouldn't be expected every season.

Tomorrow we have:
1. Lawler - Top paid import
2. Demski - Top paid national
3. Wilson - Possible rookie of the year candidate (7th in league in receiving; 5th in yards per catch)

And then Wheatfall who has shown some promise and Clercius who is in more of a blocking/final read role.

It might not go down as the greatest receiving room in Blue Bombers history but it is a very talented group and it's certainly reasonable to expect them to perform at a very high level week in and week out. I like the group overall and the SMS spend is sustainable.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Wheatfall looked good earlier in the year. He was the best new receiver prior to getting hurt (ahead of Wilson).

Too early to say yet, like his height.  He dressed for 2 games and caught 3/5 passes for 111 yds, he may be good or just lucky, depends if he becomes a Zach favourite or ignored like Johnson.

[Tecno]

Spell check. Non issue.

Double spell check, it's hyphenated:  non-issue

[Tecno]

If no one else gets injured (knock wood) then I think we're ok.  Woli, by my guess, should be back for the playoffs (even if that short-stints the 6G).  Wheatfall should be able to be legit and hopefully respected by Ds.  Clercius is like Woli-lite: he's huge and hands seem good.  Use him like McInnis.

But if we take another R injury, we'll need to hit couch-sitters.  Don't want to roll with an IMP rookie with 0 games under their belt into the playoffs!!

[Jesse]

Our receiving core has been an issue all season. There's not much to do about it now. This is the best we're going to get. Woli sounds like he'll be back, though hopefully we let him heal all the way this time.

The good thing about this season is it looks like it's anyone's to take. Regardless of some deficiencies we're not used to.

[blue_or_die]

I like our receivers.

Love Woli, but Clercius is perfectly capable in that 5th role and has the passport and youth to match. I'm excited for his development.

Wilson is Best Case Ontaria

Demski does Demski things for us, all the time

Lawler is overpaid and underachieving BUT there's no doubt he is an incredible talent that I wish we would game plan around more often

Whitehead is a peach of a primary returner and rotational receiver. Both a deep threat and gadget guy with that speed and quickness

As someone said above, Wheatfall was our best receiver before injury back in  early part of the season and I'm hoping he can pick up where he left off in his development.

Brady has shown he can be an effective part of the passing game and a reliable outlet if defenses are bringing the heat on Zach

[Blue In BC]

Our receiving core has been an issue all season. There's not much to do about it now. This is the best we're going to get. Woli sounds like he'll be back, though hopefully we let him heal all the way this time.

The good thing about this season is it looks like it's anyone's to take. Regardless of some deficiencies we're not used to.

Well there was a significant discussion earlier about thinking we should bring back Bailey. There must be something more to the story than we know. He was released by the Argos on 7/26th after 6 games and is sitting on the Redblacks PR since.

That was about the time frame more discussion about Josh Johnson started and he was available. He's not making much on the PR so SMS is not an issue.

After losing Woli who was a very good blocker it's possibly more of an issue now. Will have to see how that looks for Clercius, Wheatfall and even Chris-Ike.  Randolph may see duty when we go to a heavy OL and may be better than Wallace but that's just another question.

[dd]

Our recieving corps is just fine. Too much talk about Bailey, IMO. He moved on, everyone else should too. Rotting on Ottawa's practice roster...goes to show you the grass isn't always greener someplace else and you didn't realize who good you had it when you had it!!