Rambo, Chiaokhiao-Bowman trying to crack Alouettes' receiving corps

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“Whatever you ask, I’m going to go out there and do.”

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Receiver Charleston Rambo makes a catch throughout Montreal Alouettes coaching camp apply in Saint-Jérôme on Thursday Would possibly 23, 2024. Picture via John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette

ST-JÉRÔME — Any person who has made it to the 3rd, and ultimate, age of coaching camp and survived the primary exhibition recreation nonetheless has a shot of constructing the Alouettes.

However the protecting Gray Cup champions are poised at maximum positions, particularly receiver, and it received’t be simple for both Charleston Rambo or Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman to fracture the 45-man roster.

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“I’m a player that’s going to do anything to make the team, anything for my coaches,” mentioned Rambo, who stuck 4 passes for 71 yards endmost Saturday, in opposition to Toronto, together with a 27 yarder within the fourth quarter that resulted in the staff’s ultimate landing in its 30-13 win. “Whatever you ask, I’m going to go out there and do. Make plays, I’ll do that. I’ll block for them. When I get out there I’m going to make plays, get my name be known.

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“Be me,” added the 6-foot-1, 177-pound import from Cedar Hill, Tex. “Hone in on the details. Make plays and try to put my best foot forward before any guy in front of me.”

Rambo involves the Als with some important credentials, having performed collegiately at Oklahoma — the place he teamed with receiver CeeDee Lamb and was once at the receiving finish of passes thrown via Jalen Hurts — prior to moving to Miami, his “dream school” the place he was hoping to seize a countrywide championship. Rather, throughout his one season with the Hurricanes, Rambo stuck 79 passes for 1,172 yards and scored seven touchdowns.

Signed via the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted independent agent in 2022, Rambo spent date with the Philadelphia Eagles, and quarterback Hurts, prior to being waived/injured and receiving an trauma agreement.

Rambo, 24, will handover Montreal with some velocity if he’s retained, despite the fact that the Als are deep on the place, with returning veterans Tyler Snead, Cole Spieker, newcomer Tevin Jones and Canadians Tyson Philpot and Kaion Julien-Serve. Reggie White Jr., who overlooked all endmost season with a knee trauma, is now sidelined with a rib cartilage trauma.

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“Every day’s a learning experience for him,” head schoolmaster Jason Maas mentioned of Rambo. “We’re putting in more and more of our offence every single day. He’s having to adjust to a playbook that’s unfamiliar to him and obviously the game’s different. But he’s competing every day. Everyone can see his athletic ability. That’s what you need to make our team. You need ability, effort and toughness. He’s been able to do that and stand out. But now you’ve got to finish (in a game). Finish camp in a strong way.

“We haven’t been shy in saying it’s hard to make our team. When you’re competing against guys that have shown that through their career with us, you have to come out and earn it. You have to earn a spot here. Forty-five guys are going to make our opening-day roster and, most likely, 10 will be on the practice roster. Those jobs are open. But it takes a special individual and talent to make our team. Everybody that’s here still has that chance.”

Chiaokhiao-Bowman stuck six passes for 54 yards in opposition to the Argonauts. Spare quarterback Davis Alexander threw to him on two consecutive performs protecting 30 yards within the 3rd quarter, sooner or later to a farmland function. If the Minneapolis local was once at the bubble heading into the sport, he did not anything to decrease his worth.

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“You have to control what you can control,” Chiaokhiao-Bowman mentioned. “It sounds cliché but, in my young 26 years, that’s something I’ve heard for a long time. Camp’s a time when you’re really getting to know the team, the plays, the culture, but also know yourself. Everybody deals with adversity during camp; I’m no exception to that.”

Following a collegiate profession at Northwestern, Chiaokhiao-Bowman signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted independent agent in 2021 and involves the Als nearest enjoying indoor soccer in Arizona.

“Coming from indoor, and being out there on that field — practice is one thing — having all that space, definitely was fun. Knocking some rust off and looking to make more plays coming soon.”

Receivers schoolmaster Mike Lionello mentioned each avid gamers competed neatly in opposition to Toronto, now not making the era transform too obese. Each must manufacture each and every play games that comes their means Friday evening, at Ottawa, to live on, he added.

“If they don’t, we’re going to go with the veteran guy we trust and know is reliable,” Lionello mentioned. “But if you’re making all those plays that come your way, you’ve got a shot. Not everybody can do that. To unseat a veteran, that’s what you have to do.”

In the meantime, the Als have exempted former Ohio Shape tailback Mike Weber Jr., who had a 23-yard run in opposition to Toronto however was once scuffling with accidents. That leaves Stevie Scott because the lone extra import at the back of veteran Walter Fletcher.

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