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Winnipeg Blue Bombers post 2024 operating profit of $7 million – Winnipeg Free Press A profit increase of over 20% from 2023 despite having more expenses last year.

I say this every year, but thank you VERY much to those of you who follow Junior/CIS/NCAA and can provide some input on the prospects. It's greatly appreciated!

Some bombers visited rankin inlet, gabe Wallace included. Boy, he is looking lean and mean. He was 6’6 350+ in college. Came to camp 330-340 with a decent belly still. Now he looks like a stunt double for the mountain. Doesn’t look like he just lost weight either, looks like he put on some lean mass. Can’t wait to see what he brings this year.

Miller was the most important part and the key driver on turning what was a former embarrassing mess around...bar none...and doesnt get the credit he deserves on the culture and how we do business....from ball boy to Prez... It all comes from his original blue print and whom and what he put in place to get it done. Easily was the most significant and franchise changing hire...probably ever

If he wasn't the degenerate that he is...He's be holding a clip board down in The League....the fact that he isn't tells you all you need to know...He was on his last chance here...and really...If the Argo's and the League hadn't dropped the ball and had some stones....he's be outta football now

So very accurate. I feel like online forums really hit with my generation, but the kids today they're all on "the socials". The older generation is still calling in to cjob for their discussion.

Insulted Knuckles. Insulted the fans. Acted like a complete ******* to everybody. Thought he was smarter than he was. Terrible decisions. Lack of results. Kelly was the Donald Trump of coaches.

Soo impressive. Saw the corporate partnerships almost equaled the gate revenue. Which is crazy. Wade has the team in the best place fiscally, and in terms of infrastructure that it’s ever been. Especially when you consider where most teams stand in that sense. When it comes to bomber builder/front office types, he’s the goat.

No, just a few harmless moonlight desires

I always found that Laura Diakun did a good job hosting the panel whenever she needed to fill in for Kate. I think she would be a good replacement as long as she keeps doing what she's been doing and not try to change to match what Kate has been doing.

Round 1 schedule is out

lmao that's so accurate. I wonder what the kids have moved on to now... I think the league needs to hire some teens and cut right to whatever is current. I feel like this has been the CFL since maybe the 80s, but at least since the Rocket was in Toronto. The times since then that the league has been on point with the demo you target for growth are few and far between. Could you imagine if we did a demographics breakdown of MBB? 18-24, 0. 18-29, maybe 3. 30-50, 2690. Then 8 or so whose SIN numbers have less than 3 digits.

Yeah I don’t disagree with that part. Though it sounds like the cfl is big because he’s a star here. The selection of stars in other sports that he’s calling the super star of the league and comparing him self to is kind of crazy. Ja morant is a huge screw up and not a top talent. Reece isn’t on top of the wnba or in the age range. Jefferson is atleast the best wr though in the nfl. Whole thing is a mess that smacks of self promotion. I also don’t agree that teams and franchises build or make superstars. If that was the case it’d be happening a lot more in every sport on more teams. Superstars happen. It’s a rare combination of talent, growth mindset, luck and hard work from all kinds of people.

Jarious Jackson eases my mind a bit. I'm worried about Coach J calling games but I think Jackson will help in that regard. It's a good safety net.

I really don’t think CFL defences are ready for a team to go 22 spread set heavy run. I want soo much to see some 6’4 250+ te using the waggle to block at the second level. Teams are reasonably prepared for our 7ol + fb tight bunch sets because the gaps are close and it narrows the field. In order to run higher volume in general we need to diversify our run attack. The amount of izr/tite zone we’ve run with out balance is insane. Especially last year with out using a secondary back field threat.

Remember how bad things were with Team President Garth Buchko, GM Joe Mack & HC Tim Burke? I don't think in 2014 when Miller, Walters & Osh were hired replacing those Three Stooges did we think in our wildest dreams we'd be where we're at financially as an organization. I just hope that we can maintain things for a few years yet. Remember the RedBlacks Expansion Draft? Ottawa GM Marcel Desjardins decided not to pick any Blue Bombers in the last round. He & his Asst GM guffawed at our roster & laughed & then mocked our team on TSN & passing on picking anyone. Both publicly shamed our team saaying on the broadcast that there wwasn't one player left on our 2013 roster that could help the RedBlacks. Desjardins really seemed to be enjoying himself at the expense of the Bombers. I was furious. It's okay for us (Bomber fanbase) to be upset with our team & we'll fight among us here but the hell I'll let fans from other teams make fun of us. Let alone an entitled & smirking now former CFL GM. I'll never forget that as a fan. Even today, when we beat the RedBlacks, the victory gives me a bit more energy than usual. An extra jump in my step. Next to the Riders, the RedBlacks are the team I hate.

"Bell Media executive" Oh, great...he'll be demanding a raise in pay every few months without providing any new services/features.

This obsession with QBs going early in mocks needs to stop.

Gross. No. Streveler way before that cancer.

Will there be a passing of the scarf ceremony? As always, I'll show myself out.

I thought Kelly was a keeper when he dominated Davarius Daniels 1v1 in the preseason game last year. The Halletts and Ian Logans of the world would not be able to make a play like that.

Choquette blew the combine up when they put pads on. I have a hard time seeing any team looking for a ball-carrier type RB taking Zorn before him, but maybe a bit of a sleeper into the 3rd-4th round. There's 5 legit CFL quality tailback type guys in this draft and then Stubbs from the U of M who isn't really explosive at this level, and probably too slow/small generally lacking explosiveness to be a special teams guy. But gritty back in CIS so maybe he can translate that into a role. Knight from UBC is another productive guy, tested kind of crappy and kind of aloof at CFL combine, thinks he's headed to NFL. Oshinubi from U of A, not the lead guy on his own team, but the kind of crazy athlete for special teams and maybe spot duty/2 back/H back type guy that everyone needs. Could easily be off the board in 2nd round just based on that physicality. Probably put himself over Knight because he's just an athletic football player, not worried about carrying the ball necessarily. Zorn is a real upright runner, goes down maybe a little too easy for CFL level. Looks to me like he might be the kind of guy you'd switch to blocking back/receiver, utility type. A guy that can be dangerous in space, not sure he'd be very productive as a tailback in CFL. Yazbeck from Western. Surprised with explosiveness, from a real run heavy program that just grinds other teams. So a little different watching his highlight tape than all the guys running out of 5R spread stuff all the time. Another guy IMO that could be a real mid round gem, especially for a team like us going Canadian at tailback. But, main critique again is the upright running, not such a bad habit when you're stronger and wayyy more athletic, but not going to work against pros. Runs heavy, loves to stiff arm and has the home run cuts in him, might be a nice compliment to Brady. Lots of good players here and I'd bet with the depth of defensive guys, receivers and OL they will be on the board in the 3rd-5th rounds.

https://www.cfl.ca/2025/03/28/bc-toronto-saskatchewan-ottawa-exceed-2024-salary-expenditure-cap/ "In addition to being fined, the BC Lions will forfeit the highest of their first- and second-round selections (Nos. 3 and 9) in the 2025 CFL Draft due to the amount by which they exceeded the cap. BC retains its lower second-round selection (No. 11)." It wasn't worth it, BC. Way to shoot yourself in both feet

I don't think we will be making a futures pick that early. He will be in the NFL. I could see the Bombers taking a DL in the first round if someone like Newell drops to us. Otherwise I'd bank on the pick being OL or receiver. We are really light in both spots for Canadians and we'll be starting 5 Canadians on O at minimum.

Big difference for me - getting through the first round is a big psychological boost and helps build momentum. I think the Jets have a much better chance to get to the second round playing someone like St. Louis, just my opinion. Also, was hoping that Dallas and Colorado would beat the crap out of each other and go to seven games, hopefully with a lot of long OT games too, but we will see. The Canucks for the Sedin years were number 1 in the NHL several times and yet kept choking in the first round. In 2011 they almost blew a 3-1 series lead but were able to get by the Blackhawks in round one, and then they started rolling all the way to the finals. Getting through the first round is huge.

Drury as in role....multi faceted....not bodywise...MCI is actually faster than Drurie.....not as shifty tho...6 of this half dozen of that....groomd right he could be a nice asset herein is where we have failed...we havnt identified the best players...and then fit it into the roster....we go into camp with this mental picture of what we want ratio/player wise and it's not giving us our best roster...hopefuly we are changing away from this

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/us-based-original-six-eliminated-from-playoffs-for-1st-time/ Detroit, Boston, Chicago and the New York Rangers will all miss the playoffs in the same year for the first time in NHL history.

He left the team worse off at the qb position. I mean yes Glenn maybe wouldn't take the team to the promised land... but he was better than the **** jelly threw out there. Toss Glenn when you have a replacement, not before.

Imagine BO and Logan in backfieldd with Streveler...used as an actual QB with just the threat he "may" run ...key word being may....so many possibilities.....toss in some heavy Demski in motion again......good luck with that yeah ZC at this point just needs to play within...be smart with ball and take whats there.....pushing it will open up if he does that Getting a sense we are gonna be a more possession ...methodical offence this yr....grinding unit As mentioned by others as well would love to see us morph a Clercius at times, or a different big bodied receiver as a true tight end thats used as a passing option...MCI could even fit that scenario...spread out the defense in the box and draw guys away from the scrum with a legit receiving option breaking off the edge

Maybe I'm not understanding WBB properly. But I think you're basically agreeing with him. When the Bombers were running their heavy sets, everyone knew what was coming. And if they had the right players they could pretty well stop it. If the Bombers were to use a spread set with large blocking TE (who could also catch), that would force the Defence to also spread (mainly LB/DB) creating more space (potentially) for Brady/Logan/Streveler. Also another great example of Buck completely misusing Streveler and essentially refusing to change what clearly wasn't working.

**** all y'all now I want a cinnamon bun that I desperately don't need...

YUP......Just revealed that Olivera was operating on a MCL sprain and hamstring injury last season.....Just wait till he's a 100 percent

Going to be hard to know who's who when every team's QB is "Air Canada."

Jake Thomas!

A DB and a QB with our first two picks... My stars....

buck got stupid vs. collaros got old.... this season will tell the tale.

I once found a swarthy hair in my moussaka. The proof was, indeed, in the pudding.

I don't believe there's a line of people willing to take the job. Generally though, Bell is flailing badly with TSN being a core part of their problems. Have been hearing for awhile they are trying to auction off bits of NFL rights just to get a little cash because they are having such issues. Obviously a position the CFL and it's fans are quite familiar with over the past 50 years. Maybe this is the guy. But, low public profile, kind of a meh Jeffery Orridge/Garth Buchko style inside hire. I am whelmed.

In 60 years of watching Bomber football, I have never seen anything like that gust of wind allowing us to win that game. That was incredible. I thought maybe God is a Bomber fan until he wasn't after Zach sliced his finger open on his throwing hand.

After that game, I was convinced that everything in the world was perfect. We were just not the same team the next week.

Greenwood has tremendous size and athleticism. That’s a great guy to have in camp. Hall is small for and end which isn’t the biggest deal, he does have really good athleticism for the edge but not as amazing considering his size kind of what you should expect for that size. Camp can’t come soon enough. Soo many great position battles coming up.

I've had just about enough of your Glenn bashing, young lady!

Stats: 38-28-7 @ 49-19-4 Streaks: W1 @ W1 Last Ten: 5-4-1 @ 7-3-0 Scratched/Injured: WPG Scratched: Ville Heinola, Haydn Fleury Injured: Neal Pionk (lower body), Gabriel Vilardi (upper body), Rasmus Kupari (concussion) NJD Scratched: Daniel Sprong, Dennis Cholowski, Kurtis MacDermid, Nolan Foote Injured: Dougie Hamilton (lower body), Cody Glass (undisclosed) Status Report: Hughes did not take part in the Devils morning skate but is expected to play. … Kupari had "a setback" to his most recent injury, sustained March 4, according to Jets coach Scott Arniel; the forward did not skate Thursday or Friday after playing 5:44 in a 3-2 overtime win against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday in his first game action since missing nine games. ... Gustafsson enters the lineup in Kupari's place. With the playoffs now 10 games away, it's time to bring back The Jets Playoff Countdown Clock! T-10 Start automatic ground launch sequencer

They basically paid $1.3 million for their starting QBs last year that’s the big difference…then Betts. They deprived themselves of so many roster spots, starting crappy players on rookie deals throughout their LB and secondary group which basically killed their chances to even get to the Grey Cup game. Imagine how far over they would have been if they paid for a defense.

BC forfeits their 1st and 2nd round draft picks for 2024 salary cap violations. $350K, wow!

Johnnzo, I dunno, man. You're a strange animal.

Do they haunt him?

First of all, I’ve got those stupid songs in my head now thank you very much. Kid better not cut it cus I don’t need that on a regular basis lmao another big, athletic down hill db. We’ve got a lot in that skill set so far. https://www.nfl.com/prospects/tay-gowan/3200474f-5720-7645-ca9b-1de45c2e866f https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2931769-tay-gowan-nfl-draft-2021-scouting-report-for-arizona-cardinals-cb https://www.mockdraftable.com/player/tay-gowan

I'd expect to get 3-4 guys who can play this year. The OL group is probably the deepest since 2019. Talking about guys who will end up in the CFL. There's a **** load of good edge/3 technique guys for DL. Including the BYU guy who has potential to drop into a spot where he'd be a real steal based on how he's turned off the personnel guys in both leagues. There's a ton of very good DB's. There's a solid receiver group, although some guys in both receiver/DB group might get a good look in the NFL. I kind of wonder what other teams are prioritizing. There's a chance for the Bombers in the first round, remembering BC's pick is off the board and added back to the end of the 1st round to Calgary, to grab a real impactful DL, a OL who could play this year, or a starting receiver IMO. Like if I'm Walters and our pick comes around, Ethan Jordan still on the board, don't think I could pass on him. That guy is a star.