{"id":661348,"date":"2026-05-11T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661348\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T02:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T02:21:11","slug":"winnipeg-blue-bombers-open-training-camp-ahead-of-new-cfl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661348\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers open training camp ahead of new CFL season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Blue Bombers officially kicked off training camp Sunday, marking the end of the long CFL off-season as players began preparing for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans and rookies hit the field with high energy, working through drills and team reps while competing for roster spots and building chemistry ahead of the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOffseason, bringing in some great guys, some big-name guys, some guys that we think can help us get over that hump at the end of the season. It\u2019s exciting,\u201d said defensive end Willie Jefferson.<\/p>\n<p>Returning players said months of off-season preparation have them eager to get back on the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year new season you start to, you put so much work in offseason and you know the speed workouts, the lifts and you\u2019re just like wanting to get back on the field and play football,\u201d said running back Brady Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p>Training camp also gives new additions to the roster a chance to settle into the team\u2019s culture and expectations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGot some guys, got some freshmen. Gotta get a chance to mould them, show them what it\u2019s like to be here in Winnipeg, play at Princess Auto Stadium and stuff like that,\u201d Jefferson said. \u201cWe have fans in the stand. Just wanna show them a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New offensive tackle Jarell Broxton said he has already noticed the atmosphere surrounding the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExciting. Great people around, energy is good and I could feel just the culture here and I\u2019m just excited to get it started,\u201d Broxton said.<\/p>\n<p>With camp now underway, players and coaches are focused on building toward the new CFL season and what they hope will be another strong year for the Blue Bombers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778261834_283_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Blue Bombers officially kicked off training camp Sunday, marking the end of the long CFL off-season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-661348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}