Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg @ Saskatchewan May 23, 2026

[Blue In BC]

Singer was the most targeted receiver and he did fairly well. It did appear he made a mistake not going to the back of the end zone that Perkins anticipated. It could be he's not used to the deeper Canadian end zone and stopped short resulting in a KD.

In any case, he made a statement to be the 3rd import receiver if that's the direction we choose. As I've suggested I didn't see anything to convince me we're headed to a 3 import OL. Now I haven't been to practice to see what happens there, so I certainly could be in error.

Both rookie QB's had some ups and downs. Overall not horrible for 1st CFL experience and massive player rotation every play.

[towelie]

Qb: Perkins should probably be #2 right now and I don't think its particularly close. Elgersma had a couple good reads and throws but it needs to slow down for him still, clipboard for awhile will help.

Oline: some nice pass pro here and there, but run block and overall looked eerily similar to last year and that's scary.

Rb: Chris Ike ran hard? Everyone was running into walls the second they got the ball

Rec: White looks as advertised, thats good. Singer needs to be starting IMO, looks like Pokey 2.0. Had some nice returns too. Fredericksen had a tough drop and also didn't spot the ball in time on that end zone shot - thought he could have had a td there. Corcoran has nice hands even if he's a little clunky.

Dline: Honestly impressed, lots of guys got after it. They wanted to be faster and meaner - they were. Dixon and Jenkins were solid. Reese with two brutal penalties that may send him packing, but I thought he actually looked pretty disruptive otherwise.

Lb: Woodbey is probably going to have a nice year, versatile and around the ball. Thought Jalen Smith may have been the most impressive though, great athleticism.

Db: none of the new guys really stood out to me. Burrell had some nice coverage and tackles, but also got lost a bunch. Texada had some moments too. Stuart and Kelly were out of their depth a bit IMO especially Stuart, that was a tough one.

Kickers did their jobs, both have big legs. Incumbents are safe either way.

[Blue In BC]

Based on the very early pre-season ready we better be considering playing Americans at gaurd now if we intend to run the ball this season.

Hopefully then interior run game looks better next week or there's zero hope Collaros makes it through the year. We need to be able to run the ball.

Oliveria only touched the ball 3 times. Every time it was very predictable which didn't help. It is a fair statement that Collaros needs to be protected and the run game needs to be successful otherwise we're in trouble.

It's partially a chicken and egg question. O. Wilson didn't play, and White only played briefly. So with not being to pass as well hurt our run game and vice versa. Rotating in at least 7 new OL wasn't going to make the offence look great.

New OC and 2 new QB's most asked to pass for evaluation.

It was a pre season game on the road against the Riders playing their 2nd game. 

BTW: Two pic 6's by the same team was nice to see.

[Blue In BC]

More than anything I'm just wondering about any health issues with some starters that didn't play. We haven't heard anything to suggest anything serious so we'll see if they play on Friday.


It's a short week before the next game.