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I see the bombers advertising a rural flag football league starting spring of this year for kids 10-14. This is brilliant, I hope they end up rolling it out to high schools as well. Younger ages would be great too.

Little bit different in almost every single way Rourke is a weird prospect … below average arm strength for a NFL QB, does a really bad job of adjusting if he’s not just left completely untouched in the pocket. Doesn’t strike me as a player who really has any shot of being a NFL starting QB but he’s still 6’5” and was really efficient in college so coaches will give him a chance over and over. Depending on who you ask he’s anywhere from QB5 to QB12 in the NFL draft. Problem with this for the CFL draft is that he’s already 24 and you have to expect he’s going to get opportunities to compete for at least 3-4 years in the NFL unless he’s so dogshit you don’t even want him as a CFL player. Gonna almost certainly be way more invested in him than in a Hergel so I’m not sure why you’d run the risk early on. If someone wants to, great … let them. Hope it’s not the Bombers though.

Coakes and Stokman are local guys that we'd be insane to pass on if we get the chance to pick them, both OL. Coakes is 1st round quality considering availability, C/G type, played lots of centre at UBC. Dorazio was OL coach there his early years so has had some of the best coaching you'll get at U Sports/NCAA level to be CFL-ready. Stokman 2nd-4th round range IMO. Crazy athletic and strong, started as a tackle for Bisons and moved inside as he filled out. Either one of these guys could be 6th man as a rookie and step in to play, especially Coakes. If I'm Walters I probably take Coakes first if he's on the board and Stokman with our 2nd pick if he's still on the board. No use waiting around. There's enough DB's and receivers in this draft that there will be good ones probably through round 4-5. The younger Rourke is a legit NFLer and also busted up. He has the arc of a guy who sits in the NFL for awhile, has a few more camp/pre-season injuries, sits on IR's, retires at 29-30 with bum knees. I wouldn't pick him until like the 6th round, maybe.

I’d take Rourke, but not in the second. Are we really acting like he’s not about to be a 3rd-4th round pick at worst in the NFL draft? Why would you invest a second rounder in the CFL draft in that, free pick or not? Those are the kinds of moves Calgary made and now look at them. No thanks.

I think at a 6th or later, he makes sense if you like his skill set. Personally, kinda meh on him. Thomas was once a good Canadian player, though. Kolo has always been up jumped TCF. Both are extreme shades of suck. At least we are down to two of those guys.

Kolo while not being great can at least still play. Not very well but he does contribute. Thomas is roasted, boiled, fried, bbq'd, smoked, whatever you want to call it. He shouldn't be on the field anymore running on his twinkletoes, two & a half seconds behind the other team's running back. Or is stood up or pushed back on every pass play. We're making fun of the guy but it's really not funny as Thomas is a huge liability. He should take a hint from Brandon Alexander & retire. Walters & Osh have ran players better than Thomas out of town.

It’s true the pipe line has not been strong. id agree but I think rourke mania has a chance to be the wtf pick of the draft. It’s not a strong ol class but decently deep imo. The 2nd and 3rd tier guys will be better than the usual “well you can’t teach size, and say on a d1 practice squad his whole career” guys. I think we will see more career usports guys with good intangibles. Horth and Pyle will likely depend on strong 1on1s to move up. I really hope we take one of them. We’ve succeeded with guys built like Pyle in the past and in a hurry. Horth the short arms will really put some teams off but I love that nasty undersized type at C. It’s high floor vs high upside imo. Horth should easily be a strong 6th ol for a team like us. Pyle could be an impact starter at C in year 2. Mobility in the drills is gonna be what speaks volumes. If we took one of those two and Fortin in the first we’d be in very nice shape.

Id say it’s an ok crop that is deep in middle and upper middle tier talent. I don’t think guys will get a lot of nfl attention, but a lot of guys who will be on ARs for the next few years. It seems like front 6 D is a consistent thing in the draft now. Hoping to see dl/ol/db/wr/rb as our target positions. A versatile ni rb who can play wr would be great. Its a really good draft for our needs. I don’t think we need to draft for cover teams or niche roles like fb, ls, etc. I do think going forward we should be looking for the next Canadian K/P, or global. Though who knows when that will come up.

They gave him his farewell write up also. He’s not coming back.

yeah its not a personal attack on the guy...or just a dislkike....he's well past his usefulness....he never really was uber usefull at his peak....if he had one...rotated in back in the day...but we coulda prob evebn then had a better guy in his role too Biggie...great player but he got his well deserved criticism and if anything should have been a lil less by us as fans as even tho he was a shell of what he was...he still would make impactfull plays in and around his decining play...JT doean't....really never did Criticism generally gets applied on when a guys skills have eroded...or gys who seem to have none....and rightfully so....If a person in the real world starts to decline and not get the job done anymore...or is a detriment to the team...they get walking papers.....same should happen in the Bombers Orbit

Rourke would be the dumbest and most useless pick to use on a flyer...The allure of a Canadian QB also shouldn't be prioritized....like why?.....may as well put time into Dolebanana as he gives the same thing as Rourke would up here...maybe more if he can clean up his issues with ball security within the pocket Take a flier on a dlineman or a legit O-line guy....it's pretty easy if your scouting group is up to snuff and you have the connections down south to pin point several guys who will be here within 2..3 yrs...There are several in this draft who fall right into that scenario Hopefully we focus more on guys with legit upside...even ability now to slide in as a "real" back-up if need be or actually push for a legit workload as opposed to our penchant for trying to find this "steal" of a pick for giys who excel at teams....and amount to nothing more....any pro can play teams if thats what their role is gonna be right outta the gate...that issue there is a huge reason why we have a bare cupboard, and in recent yrs when injuries came up we had nothing and preferred to trot out gimps...geriatrics and never were's as fill-ins...sadly we didnt even have sub par guys to plug in and choose to play guys who should not have even made the trip

Landing even 2 olineman with our top 3 picks would be fine with me. A center and a guard to develop this year and then take over for Kolo and Neufeld would be huge. A Dlineman who replaces Jake would be a dream so I'll say a WR or DB would be nice.

yeah this team needs guys who can be at least depth as soon as possible not a far flung futures pick.

It wasn't him playing. I saw a documentary about the movie. The kid was just a random actor named Billy Redden who was from Rabun Counry, GA who tried out & won the part. He mimicked playing the banjo while another musician played the part. The producer of the motion picture was looking for an actor who looked the part of a backwoods inbred, even though Redden is not.

3 Stars: 🥇 91 🥈 7 🥉 K. MILLER

Pylons scratched ,we win. Solid win.

I think if we take a QB it’s the u of m kid If he’s eligible and it’s late round stuff. No way do we take rourke. The logic he uses is we have an extra pick. So does BC and they have his brother. OL WR LB DB. These are the areas we tend to concentrate on.

Yes Stanley's been scratched. What will we talk about now? Names opens the scoring!

Nothing interesting going on in politics these days anyways...

You heard @Pete, time to change the topic from Thomas sucks to Kolo sucks.

What's this? Stanley's been scratched?!

My 2 cents......OL/DL heavy in the draft...If a guy looks to be a standout on specials we could use some depth but IMO our OL/DL needs replenishment

I guess anything is possible, but I don't think walters would bring him back. Plus reality must be sinking in that no one wants him. For one of the best lbers ever, being a last gap add mid season after no one wanted him all off season would be pretty embarrassing.

It's even worse when the HC & GM show their favouritism. Playing a burned out player like Thomas at the expense of younger players with potential. Nothing personal, when he does retire in the next decade or two, I'll be the first to congratulate him.

I wouldnt count our eggs before they hatch..Biggie is as of yet unsigned by anyone...lives and works here....so does Osh....add that up and I bet we get a smoozy press release announcing his return...can almost book that

I have this to contribute.

And so is Jake.

I have Tims cards I will donate to the team that takes Jake.

I have a bunch of paper Popeyes Bucks and some tokens from Topo Gigio unicity

"Good news! We have a role you were BORN FOR. His name is Banjo Picking Inbred #1" "But I don't play the Banjo" "...we'll work around it."

Air Miles, Canadian Tire money, coupons, anything. Thomas needs to write a book, & call it, I Can See For Miles & Miles & Miles & Miles.

That is counting wins, not points, so it is not accurate (since you could lose in OT and reduce the number, and saying 6.5 wins is stupid). Also with the Canucks losing, the number is actually 6. Ignore the shiny colours and trust the original.

Could we give air miles to any team taking Jake?

Plus Edmonton is in the most MAGA of Canadian provinces with a corrupt, wanabee American Premier.

Enough about Jake Thomas already. When are we upping our offer to Kenny Lawler?!

Winnipeg has a better arts scene too with MTC, Prairie Theatre, The WSO etc.

Winter isn't the same as it was 20 years ago anywhere, on average much milder.

Perfetti has had a good season. 2 apples tonight so far. He’s improved. Most improved Jet is either Perfetti or Samberg.

Jets look like they are starting their post season struggles a little early.

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