2026 Rookie Training Camp

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

All that said, I think he would need to look significantly better than all the rookies coming in in order to beat them out. If the club didn't trust him last year when Zach was missing games left and right and Strev was a shell of his former self, why is that trust growing in the wake of multiple people brought in to stabilize the position?

Might have happened if Strev. lost games, but miraculously he didn't. 

Wilson would do fine as the SY QB, he can be elusive and the drag on Elgersma is he's not very mobile, which might suggest the next Drew Willy.  I'm not even going to learn the new QB's names unless they play well in pre-season, seen a million come, seen a million go...."You're who, from where???"

[markf]

Roster shows two players no. 17

Dorian Singer... receiver

Jordan Taylor... db

Re photos

[Stats Junkie]

Roster shows two players no. 17

Dorian Singer... receiver

Jordan Taylor... db

Re photos

It is common for teams to have multiple players wearing the same numbers at training camp. It is usually one player on offence and the other on defence.

For Winnipeg in 2026 it is:
4 - QB Payton, Thorne & DB Alijah McGhee
13 - QB Taylor Elgersma & DB Bryan Addison
17 - WR Dorian Singer & DB Jordan Taylor
22 - RB Matthew Peterson & DB Warren Burrell
35 - RB Stevie Rocker & DL Kemari Munier-Bailey
36 - K/P Brady Lidster & DB Robert Javier
50 - OL Iwinosa Uwubanmwen & DE Antoineo Harris
52 - OL Tariq Stewart & LB Charles-Elliot Bouliane
54 - OL Micah Muzzccua & DL Kydran Jenkins
58 - OL Hunter Poncius & DL David Reese
59 - OL Joseph More & LB Brody Clark

Also in rookie camp
51 - OL Zovon Lindsay & LB Johnny Hodges

[markf]

It is common for teams to have multiple players wearing the same numbers at training camp. It is usually one player on offence and the other on defence.

Thanks!

[Pete]

For Wilson to not get cut, he has to have improved over previous seasons.

SY might actually be out of the QB conversation, I would not be surprised if DD73 doesn't end up running SY offence.  They have him doing everything else.

Perkins isn't here to read defences day one in a new league.  He's here because he has the tools and has shown the ability to compete at a top level, and has experience.  He could read UFL and NFL D, he will get a break on reading CFL D fully in week one.  But he will need to show he has the ability to understand the concepts Condell is using, and the way CFL D is deployed.  Reading that D instinctively is something that will take time, for sure, but he won't accomplish that on the PR or being cut.  His ceiling and his ability to progress early can be enough to surpass Wilson.

Elgersma is on the team, as QB2 or QB3.  His upside and passport are too tasty to let him just leave.

So hile there are 2 QB positions open, Wilson has to show that he's a leg up on Perkins if he wants to stay.

agree, if he hasnt gotten better then basically we've seen his limit which isn't great, at least the other two have room to grow. As far as Perkins he seems a lot like Streveler with a average arm, but great wheels and instincts when to run

[Tecno]

Elgersma is on the team, as QB2 or QB3.  His upside and passport are too tasty to let him just leave.

QB passport doesn't help you at all unless he's on the field.  No help at all on the 45 man AR ratio.  So, yes, it's something, but it's not much until he's starting.

[Tecno]

But your whole premise is built around "if Zach gets hurt". If Zach gets hurt and will have to miss time, Wilson can easily be flown back.

I agree Wilson likely rots on the couch.  But who's to say he'll answer the phone after we dis him?  Who's to say his agent doesn't ask for $400k from a desperate no-other-choice team?

Also, if he rots for 6 weeks on the couch, he'll be out of the loop on the new OC plan, and probably out of shape.  Also, doesn't help us in the game Zach gets injured in, and if it's Q1 we are in for a world of hurt.

I really should revise my "if Zach gets hurt", to "when Zach gets hurt" because I'm pretty sure every single season here he's done the head/neck 0.5-3.0 game IR thing.  This is why I'm convinced Wilson has to stay unless some rookie magically looks like he can carry the team like Strev did in '18.  Maybe that's Elgersma... but no one can say yet!

[Tecno]

What TC whispers have you heard about Perkins ability to make completions?

One of the reports here said something like he was throwing into coverage, bad reads, etc.  It was just one minor report.  Who knows what you can extrapolate out of it.

[Blue In BC]

One of the reports here said something like he was throwing into coverage, bad reads, etc.  It was just one minor report.  Who knows what you can extrapolate out of it.

American QB's need to adjust to the 12th man and all the motion in the wider CFL field.

[theaardvark]

TE13's passport can come into play in 2 QB sets.  And if he is the SY QB, that means an additional Int Olineman/Dlineman can come in...

[Blue In BC]

TE13's passport can come into play in 2 QB sets.  And if he is the SY QB, that means an additional Int Olineman/Dlineman can come in...

Sure but it's not that big a deal if the QB is going to sneak right up the middle. If he was fast and elusive he might break to the outside like Streveler. I don't see that in his tool box with or without additional OL blocking.