Winnipeg Blue Bomber Thread

[jerrym]

Former Argo QB Zach Collaros with 24,701 yards has surpassed CFL legend Russ Jackson in passing yardage and now is only 492 yards behind former Argo QB Conredge Holloway, who is in the Canadian Hall of Fame, in 21st place.

[AngeloV]

Full props the Lions especially Matthieu Betts, who has turned into an all star. Having said that, the Bombers line, and Stanley Bryant in particular, looked really old and slow last night. ZC was sacked 6 times. That's usually a third of the season numbers for them.

[paulwoods13]

Full props the Lions especially Matthieu Betts, who has turned into an all star. Having said that, the Bombers line, and Stanley Bryant in particular, looked really old and slow last night. ZC was sacked 6 times. That's usually a third of the season numbers for them.

The Bombers suddenly getting old was always a possibility this year. A lot of over-30 players. It's far too early to write them off (or anoint the Lions as best in the west) but O'Shea and Walters have good reason to start worrying IMO.

[ArgoRavi]

The Bombers suddenly getting old was always a possibility this year. A lot of over-30 players. It's far too early to write them off (or anoint the Lions as best in the west) but O'Shea and Walters have good reason to start worrying IMO.

Yeah, even in their two wins, there have been signs of slippage IMO but the roof caved in the other night. They're likely still a top team but it may be more of a struggle for them this season.

[jerrym]

The Bombers suddenly getting old was always a possibility this year. A lot of over-30 players. It's far too early to write them off (or anoint the Lions as best in the west) but O'Shea and Walters have good reason to start worrying IMO.

Watching them against BC, they looked slow and old. They may rally as sometimes happens with an ageing veteran team, but if not this year, then next year there will have to be a lot of changes before the Old Man Time wins, as he always does, in the long run. Or to put it more succinctly, as John Maynard Keynes did when other economists said the economy would improve without any government intervention in the long run, he replied "In the long run, we're all dead."

[jerrym]

Watching them against BC, they looked slow and old. They may rally as sometimes happens with an ageing veteran team, but if not this year, then next year there will have to be a lot of changes before the Old Man Time wins, as he always does, in the long run. Or to put it more succinctly, as John Maynard Keynes did when other economists said the economy would improve without any government intervention in the long run, he replied "In the long run, we're all dead."

Well, the Bombers are making me eat my own words after their 50-14 win over previously 6-1 BC, although I think age could still catch up with them next year, or maybe at the end of this year as older teams sometimes wear down as the season wears on.

[jerrym]

Former Argo QB Dakota Prukop re-signed with the Bombers on Monday after playing in the USFL.

The CFL club signed the veteran American quarterback to a one-year deal Monday. Prukop returns to Winnipeg after dressing for four games this season with the USFL's New Jersey Generals.

Prukop completed 31 of 50 passes for 312 yards and three touchdowns with the Generals while rushing for 97 yards and a touchdown.

Prukop spent last season with Winnipeg, rushing for six touchdowns and passing for two others. Prukop has appeared in 61 career CFL games with the Toronto Argonauts (2017-19), Edmonton Elks (2021) and Winnipeg.

The Bombers also released American quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...back-1.6890194

[jerrym]

Dru Brown and Adam Bighill both just lost their fathers as the season continues. Brown talks about what it meant to him below.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/07/...peace-in-that/

[jerrym]

The Bombers have released DB Brad Muhammad who started 16 games for Calgary in 2022 where he had 50 DTs and 5 ST tackles, 10 pass knockdowns, one tackle for a loss and two INTs.

[jerrym]

Winnipeg looked rather listless in the first half of their win over the sad sack Elks, raising further questions about whether age is catching up with them.

[jerrym]

The Bombers have already sold out the Banjo Bowl.

[AngeloV]

Well, that was a cubbering last night. I've said this a lot this season, but the schedule maker has no clue. That's the 4th time team coming off a bye has played a team plating their 2nd game in 5 days, and predictably, the team ff their bye has won all the games quite handily. I get that teams are going to have to play 2 in 5 every now and then, especially with the addition of Sunday games, but they should not be playing a tam coming off a bye in such a scenario. It is a huge competitive imbalance.

[ArgoRavi]

Well, that was a cubbering last night. I've said this a lot this season, but the schedule maker has no clue. That's the 4th time team coming off a bye has played a team plating their 2nd game in 5 days, and predictably, the team ff their bye has won all the games quite handily. I get that teams are going to have to play 2 in 5 every now and then, especially with the addition of Sunday games, but they should not be playing a tam coming off a bye in such a scenario. It is a huge competitive imbalance.

I completely agree, AV. The only good news is that this problem should pretty much disappear by September when the Thursday and Sunday games disappear from the schedule, but it's something that needs to be kept in mind for next year when the summer schedule is once again drawn up.

[paulwoods13]

I heard a podcast about the incredible lengths the NFL goes to in scheduling. It seems evident the CFL puts in only a fraction of the effort and analysis. Scheduling is obviously tricky with an uneven number of teams, some buildings with multiple tenants, a broadcaster with specific demands and other factors, but there is no doubt whatsoever that the CFL could be scheduled much, much better than it has been in recent years.

[paulwoods13]

For the record, the Argos will face three teams coming off a bye in the second half of the season: at Wpg Sept. 29, vs. Edm Oct. 5, and at Ott Oct. 28.

[AngeloV]

For the record, the Argos will face three teams coming off a bye in the second half of the season: at Wpg Sept. 29, vs. Edm Oct. 5, and at Ott Oct. 28.

Right, but none of those are on 5 days between games. Maybe a gift due to the fact they lose a home game.

[paulwoods13]

Right, but none of those are on 5 days between games. Maybe a gift due to the fact they lose a home game.

Or maybe a fluke, since most of the schedule decisions seem shockingly random.

[jerrym]

Below is an interesting article on how James Murphy attended a Bomber tryout camp but was then drafted by Minnesota, a Bud Grant team with many player connections to the Bombers, and then ended up with a Hall of Fame career with the Bombers that included six 1,000 yard receiving seasons.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/08/...d-to-the-club/

[jerrym]

Below is an article discussing Dru Brown's outstanding come from behind win over the Elks including interviews with Brown and other Bombers.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/08/...on-in-my-life/

[jerrym]

WR Dalton Schoen is on a record setting pace with 23 TDs in 29 games.

Schoen has caught 23 touchdown passes in his first 29 games, which works out to 0.79 per game, a ratio that not even all-time great receivers like Milt Stegall, Geroy Simon, nor Allen Pitts attained in their storied careers.

Stegall is the CFL’s all-time touchdown leader with 147 (144 were on receptions), which works out to 0.74 majors per game over his 199 games of service.
Stegall had 19 touchdowns in his first 29 games with the Bombers, putting Schoen four ahead at this point in his career. ...


Former Bombers receiver David Williams has the best ratio for retired receivers with 0.77 per game. He had 78 receiving touchdowns in 101 games with Winnipeg, B.C., Ottawa, Edmonton and Toronto.
Only five players in CFL history have scored more than 0.79 touchdowns per game and they were all running backs — Jon Volpe (1.05 per game), Pat Abbruzzi (1.02), Bombers Hall of Famer Willard Reaves (0.85), Gil Fenerty (0.85) and Ulysses Curtis (0.81).

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/oth...es/ar-AA1g3MJu