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You can be sure Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea spent countless hours during the off-season looking at ways to improve his team.

What he has no interest in is comparing the 2018 squad to the one that will take the field in Week 1 of the CFL season on Saturday night at B.C. Place against the B.C. Lions.

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“I don’t,” said O’Shea, who put his team through the paces after cuts were made over the weekend. “If I were to answer another way, it’s too early to do that. In truth, I don’t think I would bother doing that. That would be a long study and kind of a waste of time, because these are the guys that we’ve got and these are the guys we’re going to win with.”

That being said, O’Shea is encouraged with the group of players heading into a new campaign.

“There’s a lot I like,” O’Shea said. “Overall, we’ve increased our team speed. Our guys are going to be ready. We lost a little bit of leadership, but we’ve also put some back up. It’s different voices, which is always interesting. A fresh perspective in the dressing room on how they think that things are going. It all bodes well. We’re going to be a strong team.