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Specific but different reasons. KJ Hill has a very very similar profile to Austin Mack which is an exciting thought. As far as Waggoner, any Iowa defender is going to pique my interest plus all the academic and coaches selection awards in college give him a big “O’Shea guy” type feel. Fuller I followed on the Bills roster a bit and he’s a long rangy shutdown corner type, could be a productive guy up here if he picks up the nuances well enough. Lua is SUPER young (22) and didn’t even go through the NFL draft process, but he’s a versatile defender that could play a lot of different roles on our D. Finally, Woods is a guy they’ve had neg-listed for quite some time - couple that with them usually having a good eye for the DT types they like and I’m interested to see him in camp.

Can't wait for training camp to start. The Big Blue came so close to winning the Cup that it was an absolute tease. We go through this every spring- the impatient waiting, the poring through the signings to see any blue-chip prospects loom, reading through training camp reports and hoping that the deficiencies of last season are addressed. Its a ritual really, but a familiar and welcome one that heralds a new campaign.

Further info from the league website just in case anyone forgot...
 
The 2024 CFL Draft will take place on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. EDT and feature 74 selections over eight rounds. The Edmonton Elks currently hold the first overall selection, followed by the Ottawa Redblacks and Saskatchewan Roughriders.
 
The CFL’s Global Draft will take place earlier that same day at 11:00 a.m. EDT. 
 
Rookie camps across the country will open on May 8 with teams being required to reduce their rosters to 85 players (excluding non-counters) by May 11.
 
Training camps will open on May 12 with teams needing to reduce their rosters to 75 players (excluding non-counters) by May 14. Training camps will conclude on June 1.

Pork to pigskin....gotta luv it....There's definitely some intriguing players gonna strut their stuff....Especially some of the D line signings............can't wait it's been a looooong offseason 

Thanks guys for rescuing this thread!
Time to get excited for camp where we hear one good thing about a guy and then can imagine him being an all-star! Can't wait!

Burmeister intrigues me.  He was a decent QB at a fairly high level (ACC).  Started for Oregon as a freshman so just on raw talent there's something there.  He just converted to receiver with Rams last year.  Kind of wondering if they are looking at him in both spots....or even just QB.
He must really have NFL dreams to come up here as a receiver because I have no doubt he could play QB in the UFL based on some of the guys playing there.

For whatever reason, I feel like I’d really lost sight of how many interesting prospects the Bombers brought in this off-season. Not too worried about the massive amounts of WR or DB, that’ll sort itself out with reps but I do appreciate some of these names … real high calibre guys being brought up here.
5 names to watch in my obviously incredibly educated opinion: WR KJ Hill, DE John Waggoner, DT Jamal Woods, DB Travon Fuller, DB Juan Lua
Bonus name, I think it’s a foregone conclusion he’s QB3: Eric Barriere
Bonus name if Janarion Grant doesn’t come back: WR Aron Cruickshank

Don't succumb to the pork snobs. A nicely grilled pork butt can be a great meal.

Excellent. I live close to the stadium now. I'll be out quite a bit

Early May.... First pre season games happen next month. We're like... 3 weeks away from camp...??

I've been out of the loop. When's training camp start. I'm ready for my favourite time of year 

Pinball is a very personable individual but no one is saying he has the acumen to run a league which is roughly equivalent to herding cats. A LOT of cats.

No matter who replaced Ambrosie, the Rider fans and management would sour on him/her almost immediately unless the new Commissioner lived in Regina.

I for one would really love to see Pinball as commish of the CFL but maybe first he runs for mayor of Calgary and gets a new stadium built there for the Stamps. 😜

Nope, or his gig selling surgical stuff. He’s one of the most under utilized assets around Canadian football. 
 I do believe you are right and that the commish has to live in gta for head offices. 
 
I think bc would be good with it. Ssk honestly hates randy enough that they’d take Doug or wade happily. Bc I think would be good with him, Alberta wouldn’t like him but they are two dumpster fires with fractional fan bases rn. 
 
pinball in reality would likely get the first shot at that job. 
 

Secret?

Which may be the secret ingredient in McRibs.

I kinda like that idea.........

he's not leaving Winnipeg any time soon.... and you have to live in or around Toronto to have that gig, I think. 

Doug Brown as Commish. Not sure how well that would go over west of us given some of his comments.

If that disaster of a playoff game ends up being Chad Kelly's last pro game I will laugh so hard...

Wouldn’t say no to that. 
 
any one worth a damn would be nice in the short term. Long term though yeah. Some one who could do the job for 10+ years would be great. 
 
id make that sacrifice for the league. I’m not sure if wade would want it though. 
 
Did cohon didn’t come with football experience. I’d be really open, we could take a sports business guy like him, or say victor cui, and pair him with a guy like Buono for a few years to bring them a long. 
 
It’s been no secret that I’m but on cui, hed for sure be on my short list. A long with wade, pinball (out side of all this Kelly stuff) would be good. a huge sleeper pick he probably wouldn’t want it and no one out side of the bomber fan base would think it, but Doug brown would be a fantastic guy to groom for it. I could see Austin being in the mix, and huffer too. 

I wonder if this could be the final nail in his coffin sure as hell should be. The hypocrisy of the league trying to be progressive and inclusive plus coming down harder than before on creeps then acting like this is insane. Unless the league has some kind of hard evidence that this is all fabricated, wagons should start circling. 
 
maybe the league could hire Buono to source and investigate candidates for a new comish lol 

I wonder if this could be the final nail in his coffin sure as hell should be. The hypocrisy of the league trying to be progressive and inclusive plus coming down harder than before on creeps then acting like this is insane. Unless the league has some kind of hard evidence that this is all fabricated, wagons should start circling. 
 
maybe the league could hire Buono to source and investigate candidates for a new comish lol