Winnipeg Blue Bomber Report Record: 7–11–0

The Bomber Insiders

Gary Lawless and Ed Tait

• Ed Tait: Revealing offensive numbers

  Folks

  View Full Post | 5/02/2010 9:22 AM |

• Ed Tait: Als sign two free agents

  Two more names have just been removed from the CFL free-agent list.

  View Full Post | 29/01/2010 9:43 AM |

• Ed Tait: Small confession

  Small confession, folks... make that big confession -- especially today: I’m a lifelong Vikings fan.

  View Full Post | 25/01/2010 10:35 PM |

• Ed Tait: Where are they now?

  WINNIPEG — Interesting article sent to us via e-mail that some old-time Bomber fans might find interesting.

  View Full Post | 23/01/2010 12:04 PM |

• Ed Tait: New year, new free agents

  Happy New Year, football fans.

  View Full Post | 11/01/2010 3:55 PM |

• Ed Tait: Naughty, naughty...

  Word just came down from CFL headquarters, and the Ticat players who celebrated the two touchdowns they scored after intercepting Michael Bishop passes on Sunday by jumping into a boat in the end zone have been fined.

  View Full Post | 10/11/2009 7:01 PM |

• Ed Tait: No Setta... Hello Ito... and other notes

  Bits and pieces from Bomberland the day before the huge Bomber-Tiger-Cat tilt...

  View Full Post | 7/11/2009 1:10 PM |

• Ed Tait: CFL's best announced

  The CFL announced its nominees for the major player awards and the Bomber award winners will likely be in tough in the next round of voting to determine East and West representatives.

  View Full Post | 5/11/2009 11:11 AM |

• Ed Tait: Notes from the press box:

  Bombers and Als about to get under way.

  View Full Post | 24/10/2009 1:46 PM |

• Ed Tait: 'Playoffs?! You kiddin' me?!'

  Watching the Bombers practice this morning and you can’t help but notice an extra jump - even with the temperature barely above zero.

  View Full Post | 30/09/2009 11:34 AM |

• Ed Tait: Notes from the press box prior to Banjo Bowl

  NOTES FROM THE PRESS BOX PRIOR TO BANJO BOWL
  Here are today’s scratches from the Bombers-Riders matchup:

  View Full Post | 13/09/2009 12:52 PM |

• Ed Tait: Dep't of Corrections

  We incorrectly identified Matt Maruca as a Rider fan from Saskatchewan in today's paper. That's criminal.

  View Full Post | 10/09/2009 10:32 AM |

• Ed Tait: CFL's decision on Als' protest

  Folks, thought you might be interested in the official word from CFL commissioner Mark Cohon on the Montreal Alouettes’ protest:
   

  View Full Post | 10/09/2009 8:15 AM |

• Ed Tait: Notes from the press box

  REGINA — Sunny, windy and scorching hot here about an hour before kickoff.

  View Full Post | 6/09/2009 2:06 PM |

• Ed Tait: Notes from the press box before kickoff

  The four Bomber inactives for tonight are WR Craphonso Thorpe, CB James Johnson, LB Siddeeq Shabazz and OL Lorne Plante. The two changes are LB Pierre-Luc Labbe for Kelly Bates and CB Brandon Steward for James Johnson.

  View Full Post | 15/08/2009 6:44 PM |

• Ed Tait: The Mike Kelly tirade

  A look at the exchange between Bomber head coach and the media in his daily press conference on Wednesday, just after Director of Football Operations Ross Hodgkinson answered questions about their scout being ejected from Ticat practice:

  View Full Post | 15/07/2009 6:22 PM |

• Ed Tait: Game day is here

  A couple of Derick Armstrong-related notes as the Bombers prepare for their home opener Friday night against the Calgary Stampeders...

  View Full Post | 10/07/2009 1:52 PM |

• Ed Tait: News on the eve of the home opener

  The Bombers made a minor trade on Thursday, acquiring long-snapper/defensive tackle Pat MacDonald from the Calgary Stampeders for a conditional draft pick in 2012.

  View Full Post | 9/07/2009 4:52 PM |

• Ed Tait: Bombers release Armstrong

  The Bombers have made official this afternoon the release of receiver Derick Armstrong after finding possible trade interest in the 30-year-old across the Canadian Football League to be non-existent.

  View Full Post | 8/07/2009 4:41 PM |

• Ed Tait: Breaking news from Edmonton

  Dominant Bomber defensive tackle Doug Brown did not take the pre-game warm-up and will not play tonight against the Edmonton Eskimos.

  View Full Post | 2/07/2009 7:58 PM |

• Ed Tait: On the road with the Bombers in Edmonton

  Update time: DT Doug Brown is here with the Bombers but did not participate in the day-before walk-through practice. Brown has missed most of practice this week with flu-like symptoms and had a headache after flying with the team. He was sent to his hotel room to rest but should be good to go against the Esks – the Bombers hope

  View Full Post | 1/07/2009 7:32 PM |

• Gary Lawless: Kelly wants the ball

  Mike Kelly says he wants the ball.

  View Full Post | 30/06/2009 1:33 PM |

• Gary Lawless: Kelly putting on game face

  The Blue Bombers continue to prepare for Thursday's season opener in Edmonton against the Eskimos and coach Mike Kelly, who has suggested it's just another football game, is getting wound tighter and tighter each day.

  View Full Post | 29/06/2009 2:29 PM |

• Ed Tait: And on the seventh day, the rain stopped and the wind howled...

  The Bombers practised again at blustery St. James Rods field Sunday and will continue to do so in preparations for Thursday’s opener on the grass at Commonwealth Stadium. Some notes and quotes from the practice:

  View Full Post | 28/06/2009 5:18 PM |

• Ed Tait: From the media bunker at Canad Inns Stadium

  No confirmation from the Bomber brass yet, but we can tell you we’ve heard whispers that DB Nick Kordic, OL Thaddeus Coleman, DL Montez Murphy and LB Jasper Johnson are about to be added to the club’s practice roster. That still leaves a couple spots open and the Bombers may be looking at cast-offs from other teams.

  View Full Post | 26/06/2009 5:41 PM |

• Ed Tait: Bombers release Joe Smith

  WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have swung an axe through their roster with the biggest name whacked running back Joe Smith.

  View Full Post | 25/06/2009 1:49 PM |

• Ed Tait: Pre-season post-mortem

  Some random thoughts after watching the Bombers wrap up their preseason game against Montreal...

  View Full Post | 24/06/2009 6:21 PM |

• Ed Tait: The Road Blog

  The Bomber Insider reports from La Belle Province…

  View Full Post | 22/06/2009 7:54 PM |

• Ed Tait: Bombers trim roster

  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made their first significant cuts in preparation for the 2009 season.

  View Full Post | 19/06/2009 1:51 PM |

• Ed Tait: BOMBER POST-GAME

  Some thoughts from Bomber head coach Mike Kelly after Wednesday’s 32-22 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Canad Inns Stadium:

  View Full Post | 17/06/2009 10:52 PM |

• Ed Tait: Game Day bits and pieces

  It’s ‘only’ a preseason game but for Winnipeg Blue Bomber fans – and those who write about the team – today feels a little like Christmas.

  View Full Post | 17/06/2009 2:13 PM |

• Ed Tait: QB rotation updated

  Head coach Mike Kelly updated the QB rotation for Wednesday’s preseason game: it’ll be Stefan LeFors getting the first quarter, Bryan Randall in the second, James Kilian the third and Richie Williams in the fourth quarter.

  View Full Post | 15/06/2009 8:21 PM |

• Ed Tait: Another trade with Edmonton

  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos clearly have each other on speed dial — the two clubs have again hooked up to complete another trade.

  View Full Post | 14/06/2009 10:55 PM |

• Gary Lawless: Training camp: Day 8

  The long awaited arrival of Dan Giancola on the football field has arrived.

  View Full Post | 14/06/2009 4:59 PM |

• Ed Tait: Training camp: Day 7

  Breaking news from Bomberland – the club has sent a conditional draft pick (likely a sixth rounder) to the Calgary Stampeders for Canadian punter Mike Renaud.

  View Full Post | 13/06/2009 6:23 PM |

• Ed Tait: Notes and quotes from Day 6

  The Bombers held a shorts and ball-hats-only walk-through practice this morning in advance of tonight's Blue-Gold Scrimmage.

  View Full Post | 12/06/2009 1:56 PM |

• Ed Tait: Training camp report: Day 5

  WALLS UPDATE: DB Lenny Walls continues to hold out in a contract dispute, but... “We’re a lot closer than where we were,” said director of player personnel John Murphy. “I would expect it will get done soon.”

  View Full Post | 11/06/2009 4:13 PM |

• Ed Tait: 'So how's it lookin'?'

  Folks keep asking, ‘What do you think?’ Truth is, we really won’t get a read on how good – or bad – this Bomber squad will be at least until the second pre-season game in Montreal.

  View Full Post | 10/06/2009 4:55 PM |

• Ed Tait: Day 3 of Main Camp

  New QB Richie Williams was finally tossing passes today and looked comfy at the controls. The former Hamilton Tiger-Cat, by the way, looks a lot like actor/rapper Will Smith. We asked him about that today and says he hears that all the time.

  View Full Post | 9/06/2009 12:44 PM |

• Ed Tait: Williams in, Hackney out

  And now we know why Richie Williams was standing around this morning and Darrell Hackney not participating - the Bombers finally announced the official signing of Williams and released Hackney between practices.

  View Full Post | 8/06/2009 2:16 PM |

• Ed Tait: It's raining, it's pouring, the Bombers aren't snoring

  Bits and pieces from soggy Day 2 of Bomber training camp:

  View Full Post | 8/06/2009 11:54 AM |

• Ed Tait: Bomber Insider is back

  We're back after approximately a two-year hiatus from regular blogging to bring you all the breaking news, rumours, useless trivia and other tidbits from Bomberland and the Canadian Football League with our 'Bomber Insider'.

  View Full Post | 7/06/2009 1:30 PM |