Pierce looks like a million bucks

QB's arm, attitude in great condition

By: Adam Wazny Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Friday, Jun. 3, 2011

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JUST so we're clear, Blue Bombers QB Buck Pierce has no issues with his right arm.

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JUST so we're clear, Blue Bombers QB Buck Pierce has no issues with his right arm.

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JUST so we’re clear, Blue Bombers QB Buck Pierce has no issues with his right arm.

There’s no need to worry about swelling around the dislocated (and fractured) elbow when he throws now; no need to be concerned about his forearm separating from his humerus bone at the joint when he launches a tight spiral down the field.

Let’s get that out of the way right now: He feels good.

No problems.

None.

Next question.

“The main thing I really feel positive about is that I can go out there and throw a couple hundred balls, wake up in the morning and go throw again,” Pierce said earlier this week. “I feel younger in the arm. It’s actually a very strange thing.”

Part of Pierce’s recovery from the gruesome injury at the end of the Labour Day Classic last year — when he landed his elbow onto the facemask of a Saskatchewan defender — was to basically learn how to throw again by building up the muscle memory in the arm.

Pierce didn’t blink when asked if this was his last chance to show the Bombers’ faith in him is justified. In fact, the man with the infamous injury history sounded upbeat about his prospects for a productive 2011 season.

“I want to validate everyone’s faith in me — throughout the province, throughout the CFL,” he said. “Do I want to go out there and be the best quarterback I can be? Yes… and I have to stay healthy to do that.”

The 29-year-old, who finished just two of his five starts in 2010, has looked razor sharp in the first two days of rookie camp, putting a lot of zip on the ball.

First take

Bombers head coach Paul LaPolice was asked about his first impressions of LB Henoc Muamba, the top pick in the CFL college draft last month.

“Big kid, long arms who can run,” the coach offered Thursday. “He stands out athletically as a non-import.”

Muamba is one of three rookie linebackers looking for a gig with Winnipeg, joining fellow non-import John Surla and import Rico McKoy.