Bye week discussion

[Jesse]

Ed Tait's article for first day of practice:

FYI: Limited or not practising on Wednesday were: OL Stanley Bryant and Eric Lofton, RB Brady Oliveira, QB Chris Streveler, DBs Josh Hagerty, Ethan Ball and Jake Kelly, LB Shayne Gauthier and RB/KR Peyton Logan.

THE SHUTTLE BUS: O'Shea on RB Quinton Cooley — the rookie American running back who shone in the preseason and was added to the practice roster — and why he was kept around knowing that Oliveira, a Canadian, would be the team's feature back:

"Did you see him play? You've just got to keep a guy like that. He's as physical as they come. He went out and did everything we wanted him to do and more. What h put on tape and standing there on the sidelines and (seeing) the excitement he generated in the limited action he got was terrific. So, you've got to find a way to keep a guy like that and see where you can slot him in."

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/06/04/need-to-know-bye-week-1/

[Blue In BC]

Lots of players not practising but that's not unusual. It's probable that a few will be moved to IR before the 1st game. Looking at the daily injury reports for teams playing this week, there are a lot of players listed as " out ". That's 26 players at the moment for those teams.  It's not yet clear whether that is 1 game or 6 game IR. Some may be healthy scratches.

In any case, we appear to have lees problems in that regard than many teams. Both the Riders and Redblacks already have 11 players on their IR lists. Yikes.

Bombers have 4 at the moment but that may go up 2 or 3 by game day?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Ed Tait's article for first day of practice:

FYI: Limited or not practising on Wednesday were: OL Stanley Bryant and Eric Lofton, RB Brady Oliveira, QB Chris Streveler, DBs Josh Hagerty, Ethan Ball and Jake Kelly, LB Shayne Gauthier and RB/KR Peyton Logan.

THE SHUTTLE BUS: O'Shea on RB Quinton Cooley — the rookie American running back who shone in the preseason and was added to the practice roster — and why he was kept around knowing that Oliveira, a Canadian, would be the team's feature back:

"Did you see him play? You've just got to keep a guy like that. He's as physical as they come. He went out and did everything we wanted him to do and more. What h put on tape and standing there on the sidelines and (seeing) the excitement he generated in the limited action he got was terrific. So, you've got to find a way to keep a guy like that and see where you can slot him in."

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/06/04/need-to-know-bye-week-1/

Don't like seeing Streveler miss practice with limited time to get it together before he starts, has to be more than just sore after 5 days off.  Maybe he's not quite ready and they're rushing him?

[theaardvark]

Don't like seeing Streveler miss practice with limited time to get it together before he starts, has to be more than just sore after 5 days off.  Maybe he's not quite ready and they're rushing him?

Is it a Streveler issue, or are we in the middle of trying to make the Wilson vs. Chase decision?  I can see letting Streveler rest while they give more reps to our potential #3's...

[gobombersgo]

Depending on the practice schedule for the rest of this week, Brady could be up north on a dog rescue mission. The Bombers could be taking the weekend off and back at it on Monday. As long as BO20 is back on the field on Monday we are good.

Brady practiced today. Stanley did as well.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Is it a Streveler issue, or are we in the middle of trying to make the Wilson vs. Chase decision?  I can see letting Streveler rest while they give more reps to our potential #3's...

Don't think so, expect them to keep both, no question Arto goes to the PR to start the season.

[markf]

"Did you see him play? You've just got to keep a guy like that."

Contrary to the idea that  rookies can't get on the roster.

[Jesse]

Brady practiced today. Stanley did as well.

Thank jeebus.

[bwiser]

I wasn't sure the Bombers would practice outdoors today as the air quality is really bad today. The Provincial Track and Field Championships were postponed today because of poor air quality. This is going to be a problem this season in the prairie provinces. The CFL has said that air quality with a reading of 8 or higher will allow teams to postpone start times of games.When you combine the usual lightning delays with poor air quality and we will see many games delayed this year.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Jerreth Stern today.

O'Shea also talked about how they're trying to bring Dillon Mitchell along, trying to bring him back to what they've seen him do on film.  Apparently he didn't come to camp in the best shape or with the right mindset, could be it was not emphasised on Chris Jones team, which to be fair is all he's known.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

We won't have Collaros under centre, so there will be no guns a blazing on offense, i m thinking we'll be run heavy with Streveller or whomever is under centre as our passing game with #2 or #3 Qb will be lacking for sure

Yep. And if there's a game to roster Cooley early it's probably this week especially if Brady is having miles limited. Lots of run game to go around in a Streveler led offense and the "style" is predominantly running though guys who know you're running.

[Blue In BC]

Just for the heck of it, these are the roster moves I expect before game 1. Barring unknown injuries of course.

1. Collaros to 1 game suspension as announced.
2. Lofton to IR. The real question is whether it's short or long term.
3. Munier-Bailey to AR replacing Weitz. Weitz may be headed for IR but that's a TBD
4. Vanterpool to PR. Vibert added to AR as OL depth.
5. Cobb added to AR as receiver depth and return capabilities.
6. Ayers to PR. IMO we'll have ratio room for Jones, Jones, Wilson and Griffin if we move to 8 starting Canadians.
7. Woods to PR.
8. Novak to PR.
0. Kornelson to PR.

If my math is right regarding the ratio, we'll have room to add 1 more import. Some will argue keeping Ayers on the AR. IMO we might see Person added to give us more rotation possibilities at DE. In theory we'd have Griffin backing up at SAM. 1 of the Jones would be a DI. That allows us to have 3-4 fronts at times and / or just the ability to rotate.

These changes might still leave us " over " the number of Canadians on the AR.

Anyway. Just a guess at this moment in time.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

It is hard to predict -- what is the PR max now? It's a bit hard to tell. Might have to one game IR a couple? Can you still PR an additional global player?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Just for the heck of it, these are the roster moves I expect before game 1. Barring unknown injuries of course.

1. Collaros to 1 game suspension as announced.
2. Lofton to IR. The real question is whether it's short or long term.
3. Munier-Bailey to AR replacing Weitz. Weitz may be headed for IR but that's a TBD
4. Vanterpool to PR. Vibert added to AR as OL depth.
5. Cobb added to AR as receiver depth and return capabilities.
6. Ayers to PR. IMO we'll have ratio room for Jones, Jones, Wilson and Griffin if we move to 8 starting Canadians.
7. Woods to PR.
8. Novak to PR.
0. Kornelson to PR.

If my math is right regarding the ratio, we'll have room to add 1 more import. Some will argue keeping Ayers on the AR. IMO we might see Person added to give us more rotation possibilities at DE. In theory we'd have Griffin backing up at SAM. 1 of the Jones would be a DI. That allows us to have 3-4 fronts at times and / or just the ability to rotate.

These changes might still leave us " over " the number of Canadians on the AR.

Anyway. Just a guess at this moment in time.

A lot of possibilities, the trick is figuring out who will accept PR roles. I think they must have worked this out with the existing players on cut down day, it wouldn't be fair to spring it on them a week later.  Can't see Ayers or Vanterpool going to the PR, but you never know, there is room on the 1 game to play with..

[Blue In BC]

It is hard to predict -- what is the PR max now? It's a bit hard to tell. Might have to one game IR a couple? Can you still PR an additional global player?

The PR can be 13 allowing for 2 global players. Currently we have 11 on the PR but only 1 global player. Yes we might have to 1 game IR a couple of players but I really hate having to dick around hiding players and using SMS money as a result.

Noting that an ELC player on the 1 game IR is about a $4k game check compared to $1K on the PR. So it adds up