Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Calgary, July 3, 2025

[GOLDMEMBER]

Sure glad we are not playing in Winnipeg tonight. Heat warning, and not the best air quality.

air quality? Lol, seems fine to me. Just bloody hot as hell. I was outside all day.

[Jesse]

air quality? Lol, seems fine to me. Just bloody hot as hell. I was outside all day.

Would have been a great night for a home game, besides being another Thursday.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Would have been a great night for a home game, besides being another Thursday.

here here to that.

Gold Graftobian face paint in this weather is a Non starter though. That stuff really irritates my skin in +27 or more.

[Jesse]

here here to that.

Gold Graftobian face paint in this weather is a Non starter though. That stuff really irritates my skin in +27 or more.

Keep some of the mystery to yourself there, goldie.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Keep some of the mystery to yourself there, goldie.

[Jesse]

Well, getting close to game time here.

This should be a walk in the park, right everyone? Make VAJ look pretty terrible and Brady just walks all over everyone.

[TecnoGenius]

The big question is at C. Can Eli fill in a fulltime roll there replacing Koko? I think that is where we'll need to add someone.

Ko-man has to be a long-term part of the plan.  Eli is a big downgrade.  Eli is a great jumbo, backup C, and WR      nothing more.

We'd probably have to draft a new C if Ko-man leaves.  Lucky for us, Ko-man isn't the best C anywhere, and is unlikely to be sniped like Couture was.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Well, getting close to game time here.

This should be a walk in the park, right everyone? Make VAJ look pretty terrible and Brady just walks all over everyone.

RIGHT!

[TecnoGenius]

Chungh, Goosen, Desjarlais, Couture, Dobson.

They all left for different reasons but none of them were pushed out the door.

Goose surprise retired.  The rest left for a huge payday over what we wanted to pay.  We can't have all interior NATs earning $200k+!  Not enough money.  That basically means every season we need to have at least one year 1-2 guy starting, or a year 3 guy we managed to "keep cheap" by not giving him tons of live snaps that make him look like a superstar.

[TecnoGenius]

Hopefully the Bombers are prepared for the transition on the offensive line. Bryant and Neufeld both are likely to  retire after this season.

Bryant is getting beat outside a ton so far (slower?) but maybe he'll fix it.  But Neuf is still a beast out there (when healthy).  Neuf is always downfield blocking and plowing.  And he seems great on passpro so far.

I won't be shocked if Bryant does another year, and I fully expect Neuf to keep going.

[TecnoGenius]

Haha, speak of the devil, TSN Pregame show is doing a segment with Big Stan right now!  Let's see what he has to say about retiring...

[The Zipp]

looks and sounds like another sad sack crowd

[Jesse]

Ko-man has to be a long-term part of the plan.  Eli is a big downgrade.  Eli is a great jumbo, backup C, and WR      nothing more.

We'd probably have to draft a new C if Ko-man leaves.  Lucky for us, Ko-man isn't the best C anywhere, and is unlikely to be sniped like Couture was.

I'm not a Ko-man fan, but he's also getting up there. I certainly hope we draft someone who can snap soon. Eli is a good 6th but his development path has veered away from ever starting, I think.

My personal belief is that Zach and Stan come as a pair, so we'll see both back for '26. But I think it's a simple transition next year to Vanterpool at LT and Wallace at LG.

[Jesse]

looks and sounds like another sad sack crowd

Wouldn't expect it to be anything different, but I like that they're trying to build something.

[The Zipp]

gotta get a block


P Mark Vassett has been activated from the practice roster. P Fraser Masin has been downgraded to out for tonight's game.