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<\/p>\nWe\u2019ve reached double digits in days done at Winnipeg Blue Bombers training camp \u2014 now 10 and counting \u2014 and here is today\u2019s collection of notes, quotes and anecdotes\u2026<\/p>\n
Count receiver Dorian Singer as one of the many fresh faces in camp still giddy at just having the opportunity to play again and chase that elusive dream of playing professional football.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m learning every day, building that communication and trust factor with my teammates,\u201d the Utah\/Arizona product told bluebombers.com. \u201cI\u2019m just taking the coaching in \u2014 taking the class to the grass as Coach Hall always says. I\u2019m embracing this moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ready. I\u2019m excited. I haven\u2019t played football in almost nine months here. I\u2019m excited to put the pads on again, excited to compete with different guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
There will be a ton of players echoing that sentiment in the days ahead of the first preseason game in Saskatoon this Saturday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Singer was in camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars last year and, after a solid training camp, was added to the practice roster before being released not long after.<\/p>\n
He was signed by the Blue Bombers in early February and has been pining for a chance to show his stuff again. He\u2019s certainly done that throughout the first chunk of training camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe past eight months I was walking by faith not by sight and trusting what God has for me,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing back out here I give much appreciation to the man above. I\u2019m just going to be where my feet are and not think too far ahead. Just be where your feet are. I learned that from a guy I played with my first couple years, Noah Fifita, who is the quarterback at Arizona, and he said to just take everything in, don\u2019t worry about what\u2019s next and be where your feet are.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou appreciate the opportunity because nobody ever knows when their clock is done from football. I\u2019m still learning. Still willing to learn, still love to learn. That\u2019s just the game of football that I love.\u201d<\/p>\n
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3 THOUGHTS FROM DAY 10<\/p>\n
1 The list of walking wounded at camp is still long and includes SB Nic Demski, RB Brady Oliveira, CB Jonathan Moxey, DL Jake Ceresna, DT Tanner Schmekel (now on the six-game injured list), DB Ethan Ball, WR Pokey Wilson, KR\/CB Trey Vaval, DL Michael Fletcher and DL Arnold Young.<\/p>\n
Asked whether this was partly preserving players for the regular season or if he was concerned about guys needing to get back out there, head coach Mike O\u2019Shea offered this:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they all need to be out there. I do. That\u2019s the way I feel. It\u2019s training camp and they need to go through it together and for a variety of reasons. Your quarterbacks need to see guys together beside each other \u2014 especially with a new-ish playbook. The terminology. The (new) 35-second clock\u2026 we need our guys out there working together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat cohesiveness is pretty important. Trust, especially from the quarterback to the receivers, is important. O-line playing together is important. You\u2019d love to go through a training camp with nobody going down. It doesn\u2019t work that way, but in an ideal situation you have everybody going all the time so you can figure out who the best groups of people are, not just the best guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
2 With Moxey out, the two cornerbacks the last couple of days have been Warren Burrell and Ridge Texada. ICYMI, my piece on Burrell from earlier in the week:<\/p>\n