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I think Etcheverry's defensive positions are 11 rovers and 1 nose tackle. 

Yikes...not even through mini camp and we are tossing the first coach under the bus for not being good enough. Typically Winnipeg reaction

I don't know enough about all of the newcomers to have an opinion on this. I just hope that we have more studs than duds this season.

Gonna be at the Saddledome in Jets colours to watch them vs the Flames Friday night. Go Jets Go!

New blog post is up.  Takes a look at Bombers needs and wants heading into the draft, as well as some prospects who might be in play for the Bombers after the well-known possibilities at 2nd overall.
 
Check it out and discuss.
 
http://2ndand10.blogspot.ca/

So can people stop saying Wally is a qb genius please?

Guess if he doesn't pan out for BC they could always trade him for Ricky Ray??

Jets win tonight = damaged Leaf playoff hopes = I don't care about strategic losing or draft positioning, I'm happy tonight.

Ottawa overpaid Burris, but I doubt any of the veterans they've signed since have a base salary higher than the league average.  Ottawa is the island of misfit toys, with 8 teams most of those guys are out of the league.

because he's that good, calling him 'coach' is not appropriate. 'overseer' is the new term. 

15 years of anecdotal evidence in one geographic location is weather not climate. Trust me on this one, climate is not something you can comment on without a lot of data on a global scale. 

Offensive line is weak, although some people around here will make it sound absolutely abysmal. It's below average with the ability to perform above average on an inconsistent basis.
 
Receivers should be very solid. Lance Moore's brother plays up here and was 4th in the league in receiving last year, we signed him as a FA to play inside for us and we also have a couple other guys who are capable of 1000 yards. Plus, there are always imports who come up here and make an impact as rookies.
 
Running backs is tough to say ... our main guy right now is Will Ford and he was a divisional all star last year but he only really had a full time role half the year. I personally don't see him as an every down back, some others might. We might have a rookie at the tailback spot.

IMO that shouldn't make a difference.  Just take the best player... realistically this isn't going to be a one-year turnaround so we shouldn't be skipping out on a better player just to get someone in camp this year.
 
Now, if there is legitimate NFL interest, then that should obviously weigh into the decision as well.

It's Canada, he'll have to be Quatre-Vingt Cinq-o.

This thread is garbage.

I hope the team lasts for a long time, I wanna see a 10 team league soon... maybe even 12 in the next 10-15 years would be great...
 
As far as how long Desjardins will last... that's a different story... it would have to be a colossal disaster for him get fired this year but you never know... 

You know that Walters has spoken highly of Pencer right? So not like he's been opposed to every draft pick that was made. And to be perfectly honest I think too many people on this board get too worked up over the Walters wanted Edem stuff last year as well. In a draft where every highly rated prospect was getting NFL interest I don't think you can be too critical of the Bombers taking a chance on a guy that no one really expected to stick in the NFL, especially when the guy the missed out on was a safety and you'd just went and signed a NI safety in free agency. Too much revisionist history going on there. 
 
The honest to god truth here, is that we don't know what kind of drafting we're going to get out of Kyle Walters because there is no track record. Oh sure there's talk about he liked that guy or he liked that guy, but we just don't know what he's going to do so until there is a track record it's premature to say he's good or not. 

The only things changing the o-line now that I can see:
1) Draft day we get Lavertu so now we at least have a center to develop
2) Swiston and Pencer pick it up in camp and legitimately push for starting positions, including a tackle spot
3) We bring in a decent Oline coach who can develop our young guys properly. I've seen only regression in our O-line while other teams seem to be able to develop young guys into bonafide starters. This has to change.

That was the Toronto game, where we had that amazing sequence where Cory Watson dropped one in the endzone, Hall had a sure TD pass to Denmark hit the upright, and then we botched the field goal.   2013 in a nutshell right there.
 
One fumble aside, Hall played quite well in that game despite being repeatedly hit like a nearsighted bullfighter.

The whole team had given up by that point. It was a nothing game and everyone played like it.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I feel like there's nothing wrong with Barker doing this because it works as a two-way street that way. Players can be cut at the drop of a hat, but they also get the opportunity to leave whenever they want to explore a better opportunity.

I'd much rather see the option window back. Having to let guys out of their contracts just bugs me because both parties know what they're getting into when they sign the contract and I hate to see people act like they are entitled to have their contract ended. 

Another scenario : we don't get Glenn, Willy goes down in week 4, and now we are riding the Hall/Brohm train to another 4-14 season.  With Glenn in the bullpen, we are like Calgary the past few years, we don't miss a beat if our number one goes down.  I haven't seen that in Winnipeg since the Clements - Huffer era.

Personally, I like the plan for BMO field.   Skydome was never a good football stadium IMHO. 
 
I'm excited to get to a CFL game in the new venue.  I hope the plan works out.

I can't even listen to the call-in portion on CJOB.... I usually think "who are these people and have they ever watched football before?"