Mike

The Bombers were the FIRST team to talk to him, but the media doesn't have any fun if they report it that way. Walters and Buck spoke last week about a coaching position in person.

God I hope not.

And they didn't cut him. They released him to return to school and he turned around and signed with us

Why does Desjardins have to trade him right away? Why not be patient, hang onto him, and wait until some team has an injury or underperformance problem and gets desperate for a proven QB? Because until that happens, Glenn will be a huge distraction.

According to Dan Ralph, Kevin Glenn officially requested a trade from Ottawa recently. I'm expecting Winnipeg will be in on talks, but who knows how far they'll go. If I'm them, I'm offering Max Hall. Or Cauchy. Or both. Whatever. Take a pick too if you want.

Wait what?

Possible as in he wishes.

we didn't protect him in the expansion draft if that's what you were suggesting.

Why no threads created about the signing last week then? I just didn't really get around to it. Ok Colin LOL Just been working on plugging the Twitter account lately more than posting here. MorningBigBlue @MorningBigBlue 6d Add this name to the list of unannounced recruits by the #Bombers: DE Stafford Gatling (6'4", 250) formerly of Ohio U and the NY Jets. #CFL Think it was the same day they cut Boatman.

No surprise there.

Makes our coaching staff look good.

What does she say about accuracy? Just not in the face.

I disagree that speed is not important. We often talk about QBs having 'zip' on the ball. It helps to prevent interceptions if you have some speed and accuracy, which it looks like Willy has. Hall is accurate but has no speed on his throws beyond 10-12 yards. Having speed on your throws doesn't make someone a good QB, but if can help. I guess what I should've said is that the FASTEST pass speed is meaningless. I agree you need to throw fast, as that article mentions, if you're under 54 mph you're basically given no chance in the NFL. Who throws the fastest is just a fun blurb stat, though.

Why no threads created about the signing last week then? I just didn't really get around to it.

Really like both of these signings. I knew about Gatling about a week ago but Leggett is another welcome addition - the year he won KC's ROTY award, he beat out two top 15 picks in that draft class (Glenn Dorsey and Branden Albert)

Pass speed is basically one of those meaningless statistics. Sure, you have to throw hard and fast to be any good. But looking through that list, it's a list of NFL nobodies other than Kaep. Interesting read though.

I don't like this new Ottawa franchise and it has nothing to do with Burris or Desjardins or anybody else in their football ops. It is 110% because some dummy decided it'd be a good idea to call them the Redblacks. And then if that wasn't bad enough, somebody else said "hey, you know what'd be cool? If we YELLED IT EVERYTIME!"

There have been two this season alone.

Just out of curiosity ... why? Doesn't strike me as cerebral enough to coach. How cerebral must one be for a QC role?

Just out of curiosity ... why?

Ranks right up there with not enough raisins in Raisin Brand and the lack of cashews in mixed nuts. Welcome to a day in my life. Or how about when Reese's made the size of peanut butter cups smaller and expected nobody to notice? I didn't notice. Then again, this thread makes it clear where my priorities lie.

As far as invites to the national combine go, I'm willing to bet they hand out a few OL invitations. My best guesses would be kicker Johnny Mark, DB RJ Cornish, kicker Zack Medeiros, and linemen Tchissakid Player, Tyson Carter and maybe Keegan Schneider get invites. Maybe a couple of the Regina boys too.

National Combine Participant List 1 Billy McPhee QB Queen's 6.03 195 2 Reid Quest QB Concordia 6.05 218 3 Tyler Crapigna K McMaster 5.07 165 20 Eric Black DB Saint Mary's 6.01 170 21 Derek Jones DB Simon Fraser 6.01 180 22 Andrew Lue (8) DB Queen's 6.02 210 23 Antoine Pruneau DB Montreal 6.00 190 24 Adam Thibault (13) DB Laval 6.00 205 25 Steven Ventresca DB McMaster 6.00 180 30 Jordan Botel RB Mount Allison 5.10 200 31 Anthony Coombs (9) RB Manitoba 5.09 190 32 Robert Farquharson RB Guelph 5.09 210 33 Pascal Lochard RB Laval 6.00 215 34 Mackenzie Sarro RB Calgary 6.04 245 40 Jesse Briggs LB McGill 6.01 222 41 Max Caron (10) LB Concordia 6.02 213 42 Casey Chin (11) LB Simon Fraser 6.15 215 43 Beau Landry (7) LB Western University 5.11 201 60 Jaskaran Dhillon OL UBC 6.03 290 61 Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (1) OL McGill 6.05 315 62 David Foucault (3) OL Montreal 6.08 320 63 Matthias Goossen (5) OL Simon Fraser 6.04 300 64 Terry Hart OL St. Francis Xavier 6.03 300 65 Pierre Lavertu (2) OL Laval 6.03 300 66 Aaron Wheaton OL Toronto 6.05 295 80 Devon Bailey (4) WR St. Francis Xavier 6.05 202 81 Kristopher Bastien WR Concordia 6.03 205 82 Alexander Fox WR Bishop's 5.08 185 83 Kit Hillis WR Saskatchewan 5.09 175 84 Brian Marshall WR Western University 6.00 200 85 Alex Pierzchalski WR Toronto 6.05 220 86 Evan Pszczonak WR Windsor 6.00 185 90 Dylan Ainsworth (15) DE Western University 6.03 225 91 Kirby Fletcher DL Acadia 6.03 300 92 Evan Gill (6) DL Manitoba 6.03 275 93 Mathieu Girard DL Montreal 6.04 275 94 David Menard DL Montreal 6.01 265 95 Martin Pesek DL Acadia 6.03 250 96 Quinn Smith DL Concordia 6.02 305 97 Derek Wiggan (14) DL Queen's 6.01 254

Toronto Regional Combine Participants Taylor Palmer DB Guelph Free Agent Raye Hartmann DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible Felix Odum DB Wilfrid Laurier Free Agent Josh Burns DB Windsor Draft Eligible Matt Webster DB Queen's Draft Eligible Running Back Aaron Milton RB Toronto Draft Eligible Errol Brooks RB York Draft Eligible Connor Anderson RB York Draft Eligible Zack Davis RB York Draft Eligible Linebacker Jonno Carreiro LB Twin Cities Predators Free Agent Aram Eisho LB McMaster Draft Eligible Dylan Howes LB Toronto Draft Eligible Christopher Johnson LB Toronto Draft Eligible Defensive Line Stephon Miller DL Windsor Draft Eligible James Tuck DL York Draft Eligible Kevin Malcolm DL McMaster Draft Eligible Ryan Northfield DL Western University Draft Eligible Jeffery Finley DL Guelph Draft Eligible Adam Dickson DL McMaster Draft Eligible Djordge Gavrilovic DL Waterloo Free Agent Abiodun "Abbey" Olusoga DL Toronto Free Agent Offensive Line Tommy Griffiths OL Wilfrid Laurier Free Agent Joe Circelli OL Western University Draft Eligible Craig Woloshyn OL Saskatchewan Free Agent Tchissakid Player OL Northwestern State Draft Eligible Tyson Carter OL Dubuque Draft Eligible Receiver Quincy Van De Cruize WR Bishop's Draft Eligible Scott MacDonell WR Queen's Draft Eligible Austin Kennedy WR Windsor Draft Eligible Paul de Pass WR Toronto Free Agent Andrew Thibaudeau WR Western University Draft Eligible Nick Anapolsky WR Waterloo Free Agent Bryce Lawrence WR Western University Draft Eligible Alex Carroll WR Queen's Draft Eligible Nick Downey WR Langly Rams Free Agent Will Austin WR York Free Agent Saxon Lindsey WR Guelph Free Agent Kicker Zackary Medeiros K London Beefeaters Draft Eligible

Montreal Regional Combine Participants Brett Backman DB Acadia Free Agent Matthew Bond-Lapointe DB Ottawa Free Agent Alexandre Branco DB Sherbrooke Draft Eligible Soonbum Cha DB Ottawa Free Agent O'Shane Daley DB Bishop's Free Agent Charlton Elliott DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible Demetrius Ferguson DB St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible El-Hadj N'Doye DB McGill Draft Eligible Mattey Ossom DB McGill Draft Eligible Jamie Symianick DB Western University Free Agent Alex Graham DB Acadia Free Agent Running Back Jean-Christophe Beaulieu RB Sherbrooke Draft Eligible Sean Murphy RB McGill Draft Eligible Alexandre Dupuis RB/TE Montreal Draft Eligible Guillaume G. Bourassa RB Laval Draft Eligible Ronlee King-Fileen RB Bishop's Free Agent Linebacker Omar Smith-Jackson LB Bishop's Draft Eligible Travis Bent LB Concordia Draft Eligible Matt Lalande LB Saint Mary's Draft Eligible Stephan Osman LB McGill Draft Eligible Pier-Yves Lavergne LB Montreal Draft Eligible Alex Lemire LS/LB Concordia Free Agent Eric Noivo LB/DE Concordia Draft Eligible Defensive Line Sanmi Adereti DE St. Francis Xavier Draft Eligible Shaquille Armstrong DL Concordia Draft Eligible Vincent Desloges DL Laval Draft Eligible Jonathan Langma DL Concordia Free Agent Steve McCollum DL Bishop's Free Agent Offensive Line Quinn Everett OL Mount Allison Draft Eligible Kyle Handy OL Bishop's Free Agent Tyler Harding OL Bishop's Free Agent Adam Hughes OL Bishop's Free Agent Frederik Landry-Simard OL Concordia Draft Eligible Devon Millar OL/LS Ottawa Free Agent Receiver Nathan Heather WR Bishop's Draft Eligible Troy Trentham WR Mount Allison Draft Eligible Bill Nyantakyi WR/RB Bishop's Free Agent Francis Lapointe WR Sherbrooke Draft Eligible Ryon McCalla WR Bishop's Free Agent Michael Harrington WR Concordia Draft Eligible Marc Etienne-Villeneuve WR Montreal Free Agent