Blue Bombers Add Receiver

[Pete]

If they have an issue with Clercius, they should trade him before the draft. I would think that a number of teams ie Argos Mtrl and Edm could use cdn reciever

[Blue In BC]

If they have an issue with Clercius, they should trade him before the draft. I would think that a number of teams ie Argos Mtrl and Edm could use cdn reciever

I don't know they have an issue. He wasn't horrible but I think his blocking may be more suspect. IIRC, Collaros dressed him down a couple of times. Perhaps doesn't follow his route and blocking aspects well. A work ethic issue possibly but he may also have just been nursing an injury.

[Stats Junkie]

In recent years, the term "multiple" has been used for various position groups. In the receiving corps multiple refers to receivers who can line up at more than one of the 5 receiver positions. Having receivers who are interchangeable allows the offence to show multiple looks.

Players like Demski, Schoen, Wolitarsky, Bailey and to a lesser extent Lawler were considered multiple.

For the past few seasons, the loss of players through free agency and injuries have reduced the number of multiple players the Blue Bombers can field. IMHO, it has handcuffed the Blue Bombers offence. Look at 2025 where there seemed to be a number of receivers who were limited to the 'American receiver on the line' role.

From what I heard throughout last season, Corcoran was the national receiver who could play multiple positions which made him the best choice as the backup receiver. Clercius has yet to show that he is more than one dimensional.

I'm hopeful that players like White & Nield can help the Blue Bombers produce multiple looks which can keep defences off balance.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I don't know they have an issue. He wasn't horrible but I think his blocking may be more suspect. IIRC, Collaros dressed him down a couple of times. Perhaps doesn't follow his route and blocking aspects well. A work ethic issue possibly but he may also have just been nursing an injury.

The most effective receivers have a high football IQ like Dressler and Tyler Snead, not saying Clercius doesn't have a high football IQ but not much evidence to show he does either.

[Blue In BC]

The most effective receivers have a high football IQ like Dressler and Tyler Snead, not saying Clercius doesn't have a high football IQ but not much evidence to show he does either.

Yeah but players can continue to show improvement and not everyone can do it in the 1st couple of years. Some do and some never do. So he'll have to show more IMO, but Cobb and Corcoran are not exactly setting a high bar.

[Tecno]

If Corcoran replaces Clercius then we are doing something wrong. Corcoran is at best 3rd string backup

Corcoran made a couple of grabs last year that had me screaming "sweet hands".  Like top-line bad-throw very-short-range no-time-to-think high-velocity snags that should have been whiffs.  They were something to behold.

Clercius has never shown to have any hands at all.  Maybe this is what MOS & crew saw when they changed the AR.

Plus, Zach & Hogan whinged many times last year about guys all not being in the right place doing the right things.  We still aren't sure who that is, but it easily could have been Clercius.  Being "that wrong place" guy will get you in the dog house in WFC pretty darn fast!!

I'm actually pretty excited about Corcoran.  Clercius to me is, at best, "will be a very good blocker" player.  Important, maybe.  Exciting, no.

[theaardvark]

Corcoran made a couple of grabs last year that had me screaming "sweet hands".  Like top-line bad-throw very-short-range no-time-to-think high-velocity snags that should have been whiffs.  They were something to behold.

Clercius has never shown to have any hands at all.  Maybe this is what MOS & crew saw when they changed the AR.

Plus, Zach & Hogan whinged many times last year about guys all not being in the right place doing the right things.  We still aren't sure who that is, but it easily could have been Clercius.  Being "that wrong place" guy will get you in the dog house in WFC pretty darn fast!!

I'm actually pretty excited about Corcoran.  Clercius to me is, at best, "will be a very good blocker" player.  Important, maybe.  Exciting, no.

Clercius has made a few Lawler-esque catches, falling away over the head grabs. 

His first season saw few targets, but most were completed.  32/40 for 352yds, with 114 YAC and a TD.  IIRC, he caught the all but 2 of the first 16 throws sent his way.

Second season was 40/57 for 411 with 111 YAC, no TD's. With him not starting the back half of the season, 9 targets in the last 7 games.

What changed during the off season?  Hogan.  Was Clercius a victim of the bad OC playcalling?  Was Hogan's playbook not conducive to  Clercius' play?  Will Condell find a better use for him this year?

I guess we will see in camp.  There is no debating he showed he had the ability to get open and catch as a rookie under Buck.  Maybe it was just the sophomore jinx.

 

[Pete]

Corcoran made a couple of grabs last year that had me screaming "sweet hands".  Like top-line bad-throw very-short-range no-time-to-think high-velocity snags that should have been whiffs.  They were something to behold.

Clercius has never shown to have any hands at all.  Maybe this is what MOS & crew saw when they changed the AR.

Plus, Zach & Hogan whinged many times last year about guys all not being in the right place doing the right things.  We still aren't sure who that is, but it easily could have been Clercius.  Being "that wrong place" guy will get you in the dog house in WFC pretty darn fast!!

I'm actually pretty excited about Corcoran.  Clercius to me is, at best, "will be a very good blocker" player.  Important, maybe.  Exciting, no.

yeah if you look at 2024 highlights makes you wonder what happened in 2025. as Aardvark mentioned the biggest difference was Hogan, which likely led to frustrations that he may not have handled as well as he could have. But his upside is miles ahead of Corcoran and Cobb.