Mike

I don't know what all this is about, it's too early, but if he wanted to apply, he'd qualify as a non-import easily.

you sound like someone from the other Bombers forum site. Do i? I don't have an account there. What did i say though that wasn't true? why should i trust fans opinions over bob wylies? Everyone knows you're "theedge204" from over at the other forum. It's pretty obvious.

I'm like 99.99% sure they don't mean they're going to stand by their car afterwards and answer questions that fans may have as they walk through the parking lot. It would be during a post game presser for media only.

All the single ladies.

The 2009 Banjo Bowl was the worst thing I've ever seen as a Bomber fan. The Boltus game would be #2. As least with the Boltus game we didn't have to watch thousands of the other teams fans mock us in our own stadium. Labour day 2012 wins. ugh. I remember leaving that game in the early 4th quarter and walking through the mall on the way back to the hotel. It's a good thing I was too hammered to feel pain.

The Boltus game was pure entertainment. How did it go again? Fumbled snap, sack, interception, fumbled snap, sack, sack ... didn't he throw it backwards at one point?

One guy I still wish we had was Wallace Miles. I'll be interested to see how he does with Ottawa.

Off the streets meaning he wasn't with the team during training camp and pretty much came out of not playing to out perform a guy who was 3 years in with the club! The fact that Etienne couldn't make the club over this guy is a sign that either our coaching staff was / is incompetent or that Etienne simply sucked the big one. ... but Etienne did outperform him. ... and make the club over this guy? Why would they ever have been competing against eachother for a roster spot? One is American, one is Canadian. Literally no idea where you're going here.

Especially since Aaron Kelly is still on our roster. Bellefeuille bromance? I'd rather bring in a reasonable prospect for a look in training camp, hell if we really need Kelly back I'm sure he'll be available. Don't even get me started on Aaron Kelly, I have no idea why he's still on our roster. For everyone that loved to rag on Jade Etienne, here's an import who tons of people seemed to fall in love with because of a few spectacular catches despite the fact that he actually produced LESS than a guy like Jade. If we're going to be competitive, we should be able to do much better than Aaron Kelly. I'm not huge on Aaron Kelly... but considering he came off the streets and had 3 more catches and 60 more yards.... Etienne with his 3 years should of had much much more stats then Kelly... not a good comparison. Regardless.... with Moore I assume Kelly is TCF.... Per game, Etienne was more productive. And what do you mean off the streets? It's not like he wasn't an experienced CFLer.

Why would they blow up a team that does so well in the reg. season and takes a great team like LA to a 7th game? The irony is folks like you tell Chevy & Chipman to be patient and keep returning deadbeat players to the roster. At the same time you exhort a successful organization like San Jose to 'blow it up'.... San Jose has been doing the exact same thing for years now and they keep coming up with the exact same result. Their formula obviously does not work for playoff hockey. They don't need to blow it up, they need to tinker with what they have that makes them successful so that they can take the next step. Sometimes a step down is necessary in order to be able to make strides going forward.

Last year you were quite vocal about wanting us to draft number 10 ranked Mike Edem second overall, but this year number 9 ranked Goossen isn't good enough for second overall. I think you're just picking and choosing when you want to believe the rankings and when you don't. No, I just mean that the top 15 guys are pretty much the top 15 guys in the draft... if anything, I wish the grading would include NFL potential. Edem was by far the best talent at his position last year... this year, the best talents are Lavertu, Coombs, Smith, Bailey, Gill... these are as close you get to sure things in a draft. after that, things kind of drop off I would still pick Coombs but it doesn't appear to be in the cards. So, its either Lavertu or Smith or trade down to 5 and 12 - that type of thing There should be a good o-lineman available at 20th... Tchissakid Player, Terry Hart...? We seem to be forgetting that we have players that can step into Centre position and read a CFL defence as well as Goossen. Morely probably would be a better Centre than a guard and, well, anything is an upgrade from Sorenson. I'm just curious ... how much CIS do you watch? Maybe we could get a CIS discussion thread going next season.

I honestly believe that a robotic arm to hand the ball off to the QB hiding behind a stack of old tires would be a better center than Justin Sorenson.

He won't bother applying, it's a waste of time for him.

Especially since Aaron Kelly is still on our roster. Bellefeuille bromance? I'd rather bring in a reasonable prospect for a look in training camp, hell if we really need Kelly back I'm sure he'll be available. Don't even get me started on Aaron Kelly, I have no idea why he's still on our roster. For everyone that loved to rag on Jade Etienne, here's an import who tons of people seemed to fall in love with because of a few spectacular catches despite the fact that he actually produced LESS than a guy like Jade. If we're going to be competitive, we should be able to do much better than Aaron Kelly. oh c'mon. Get started. He's not very good. The end.

Especially since Aaron Kelly is still on our roster. Bellefeuille bromance? I'd rather bring in a reasonable prospect for a look in training camp, hell if we really need Kelly back I'm sure he'll be available. Don't even get me started on Aaron Kelly, I have no idea why he's still on our roster. For everyone that loved to rag on Jade Etienne, here's an import who tons of people seemed to fall in love with because of a few spectacular catches despite the fact that he actually produced LESS than a guy like Jade. If we're going to be competitive, we should be able to do much better than Aaron Kelly.

Or maybe he was never a center prospect and he just turned out to be not very good

Sims surprises me a bit

IN: REC Braylon Bell (Abilene Christian) DB Matt Pierce (Valdosta State) K Brett Maher (Nebraska) DL Kashawn Fraser (Central Michigan) OUT: OL Quentin Saulsberry REC Quentin Sims DB Phillip Benning DB Gabe Loper DL Damario Jeffery

I would like to see us try and draft Alexander Fox. I believe he is the best receiver in this draft but he will fall due to being 5'8". He can play. Would be a nice pick in the 4th round. I like Kit Hillis for the same reasons, although I don't think he's the best, I just think he's better than people give him credit for.

But then you can point to O'Shea's emphasis on ST's. If we have one guy handling both jobs kicking and Wild as the longsnapper again, we'll have extra bodies available on D, they'll just have to be Canadian. True, it'd just be so unorthodox. Our Canadian depth scares me as it is. Our first rounder likely isn't going to contribute on D. I just don't know where those bodies would come from. Rene Stephan might work until he gets injured in the first half of week 1

The whole point to having one guy do all 3 jobs is to free up a roster spot. So no. Problem here is if the guy gets injured during the game. Then you have no kicker whatsoever. Usually if a punter gets injured during the game, the FG kicker can punt, and vice-versa. Renaud can't placekick, so he's no benefit in that regard. Remember a couple of years ago when a backup linebacker had to take over placekicking from Renauld b/c he was so terrible at it? He struggled just to hit a convert.Also, it shouldn't be that hard to get reasonable punting from a roster player for part of one game. Should've never let Etienne go.

The whole point to having one guy do all 3 jobs is to free up a roster spot. So no. im thinking the DI would be a all-in-1 kicker (Maher), a dedicated KR/PR (Wood or Tarver) and a 'Rover'? Can't see them dedicating two DI spots to special teams, especially with how much Etch likes to rotate guys.

The whole point to having one guy do all 3 jobs is to free up a roster spot. So no.

It's all about context though. If you look at the breakdown, a lot of the kickers with higher percentages also get to stat pad by kicking a bunch of 20-29 yard field goals. Maher only had 6 attempts inside 30 yards because Nebraska usually scored inside the red zone.

That's Jeff Sauer that you're thinking of, I believe. Sauer is the division 3 kicker that was in talks with Montreal and Winnipeg, he had pretty unimpressive numbers. Maher is from the Nebraska Cornhusker program, he was a pretty decorated kicker there. Bakken-Andersen Big Ten co-Kicker of the Year (2012) First-Team All-Big Ten Place-Kicker (Media, Phil Steele, 2012) Second-Team All-Big Ten Place-Kicker (Coaches, 2012) Second-Team All-Big Ten Punter (Coaches, 2012) Third-Team All-Big Ten Punter (Phil Steele, 2012) Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten Punter (Media, 2012) Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (vs. Wisconsin, 2012) Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. Wisconsin, vs. Michigan, vs. Penn State, 2012) Nebraska Team Captain (2011, 2012) Nebraska Special Teams MVP (2011, 2012) First-Team All-America Kicker (Yahoo.com, 2011) Honorable-Mention All-America Kicker (Sports Illustrated, 2011) Touchdown Club of Columbus Vlade Award Winner (Nation's Most Accurate Kicker, 2011) Bakken-Andersen Big Ten Kicker of the Year (2011) Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year (2011) First-Team All-Big Ten Punter (Coaches, Media, Yahoo.com, Phil Steele, 2011) First-Team All-Big Ten Kicker (Coaches, Media, ESPN, Yahoo.com, Phil Steele, 2011) Lou Groza Award Semifinalist (1 of 20, 2011) Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. Chattanooga, Ohio State, Penn State, 2011) Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2009) Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Academic Honor Roll (2009) Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2012)