{"id":670619,"date":"2026-05-15T06:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670619\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T06:25:12","slug":"taits-take-blue-bombers-training-camp-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670619\/","title":{"rendered":"Tait’s Take | Blue Bombers Training Camp Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Blue Bombers are one more day closer to the regular season after cranking out another day of training camp. Here are today\u2019s collection of notes, quotes and anecdotes in our latest edition of Tait\u2019s Takes\u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible not to be impressed by the physical gifts of rookie Canadian quarterback Taylor Elgersma, given he is a towering 6-5 and a sturdy 240 pounds.<\/p>\n

He can sling it and we\u2019ve seen a ton of that through training camp.<\/p>\n

Yet, what\u2019s equally impressive is hearing him in an interview. He\u2019s a straight from central casting quarterback who talks like a leader and acts like a leader.<\/p>\n

That certainly came across in a session he did with the media after practice on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He was asked first by The Sun\u2019s Paul Friesen about the biggest eye-opener or surprise through the first few days of main camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019m necessarily shocked by anything,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just impressed with our organization and how much we structure everything around winning. We demand a lot out of our players and this organization does an outstanding job of putting winning at the forefront. That\u2019s very clear from the moment you walk in here and it\u2019s very clear from the moment the vets get here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe veteran leadership we have here is really strong. Just getting to work with those guys and see how they carry themselves in the building and out on the field every single day is something that has been awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elgersma\u2019s entire interview can be found here, and it gives a good snapshot of his maturity:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

3 THOUGHTS FROM DAY 5:<\/p>\n

1 Nic Demski was at practice but a non-participant and with him taking a knee for the day Gavin Cobb slid into his slotback position. New offensive coordinator Tommy Condell clearly sees something in Cobb, the University of Manitoba product who is now entering his fourth professional season.<\/p>\n

Cobb has been working with the starters at wide receiver and his versatility \u2014 he has also returned kicks \u2014 is valuable. The club does plan to start three Canadians in the receiving corps in Demski, Tommy Nield and some combination of Cobb, Kevens Clercius and Joey Corcoran. Also in camp is 2026 CFL Canadian Draft pick Josh Jack of St. Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve also seen a ton of sets featuring Michael Chris-Ike and Dante Daniels at tight end and fullback.<\/p>\n

2 Nuer Gatkuoth got more work today after watching a lot during his first full day as a Blue Bomber and you can see his quickness instantly. How he fits into a very deep defensive line group will be interesting. Among the newer DL guys who have taken turns jumping out through camp are Michael Fletcher and Arnold Young and Kydran Jenkins, Kemari Munier-Bailey and De\u2019Shaan Dixon.<\/p>\n

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We wrote about Dixon earlier during rookie camp<\/a> and he has been getting a ton of work with the defensive 1s up front opposite Willie Jefferson.<\/p>\n

3 Elgersma opened the day with the second offensive unit, but Terry Wilson also had reps with that crew. Just a note to fans, too: don\u2019t read anything into reports on X \u2014 including by yours truly \u2014 about an interception here or there. All the QBs throw them in camp and it hardly sets off alarm bells unless they happen frequently and then in the two preseason games.<\/p>\n

Head coach Mike O\u2019Shea on the QBs:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good group. The room is skilled, they\u2019re qualified and they\u2019re good guys and they all have the ability to lead. We\u2019ll let the preseason games unfold and see where that takes us.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we don\u2019t need preseason games to say that Zach is a stud and then how they all sort out after that is\u2026 we wouldn\u2019t be doing them any favours if we determined on Day 5 of main camp where they all slotted.\u201d<\/p>\n

REFS IN THE HOUSE: The Blue Bombers practised Thursday with an officiating crew doing their thing. The CFL\u2019s new timing rules \u2014 the 35-second play clock automatically starting when the previous play is whistled dead \u2014 is something all teams are working through right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new clock operation, we have to have command over that before we take the field in our first regular season game,\u201d said O\u2019Shea. \u201cThat will be paramount. I\u2019m still working through how that\u2019s going to affect our situational play.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the three-minute warning (where the timing is the same previous), we know how to do that. we know how to operate. But in the meat of the game if you\u2019re behind or ahead, how does this really look and what are you doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, it\u2019s great to have (the officials) here. We should get another good compliment of guys here in a couple of days and then we\u2019ll try and run a full clock with scenarios and just try and learn. That\u2019s what we do \u2014 put the plays in, put them in a situation and then as coaches dissect it, look at the film, look at the clock timing and see where we\u2019re at.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learn as a staff,\u201d he added, \u201cand the quarterbacks, especially, see what differences there are.\u201d<\/p>\n

NEXT: Friday\u2019s practice session will go from 9:05 a.m. -12:10 p.m.<\/p>\n

And for those who might want to come out on the long weekend, the practice schedule can always be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Blue Bombers are one more day closer to the regular season after cranking out another day of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-670619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670619","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=670619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}