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  1. 2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

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    43 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Luke Willson has 146.9 K followers so when he says something on X a lot of people read it. He's done more for the CFL in half a season giving the league exposure on social media than the CFL has done for itself in the past decade. So, you can sit there, whine, complain, think he's irrelevant & be a numpty, I guess. 

    In the grand scheme of social media, that's really not a lot.  I would say Travis Kelce (1.5 million X followers) wearing a Bomber jersey is something that got more views than anything Wilson has done.  That said, yeah the CFL has often been it's own worst enemy when it comes to promoting itself.  When a guy like Kelce gives you free advertising like that, you should run with it but I don't recall seeing anything from the league,

  3. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    1 hour ago, Goalie said:

    They let him go. I don’t see them bringing him back less than a year later. 

    And that means absolutely nothing.  They decided to move on from Jake Thomas in 2018 and the ******* guy is still here so they definitely aren't opposed to bringing players back. 

    That said - this is a nothing burger debate since there have been no rumours or intel suggesting this is even a possibility.  A poster with zero credibility posted a link to his Ticats profile and people went a bit nuts over it.

     

  5. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    12 minutes ago, Noeller said:

    That's what was posted yesterday... Haven't seen much about it online but someone posted a link to his release. 

    Wasn't even a link to his release - it's a link to his profile on the Ticats website, where he's still listed on their active roster.  Nothing on FB, Insta or the CFL site about him being released so I have no idea why the link was posted.

  6. Former Bombers in NFL (and spring leagues) news

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    36 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

    Packers cut Clifford too. 

    Yeah they were only going to carry 2 QB's on the AR so both Clifford & Elgersma were going to be cut - just a matter of which one of them will be kept on the PR.

    Could be neither too as already mentioned.  They traded for Willis last year after Clifford wasn't cutting it as #2 so they aren't adverse to bringing in someone from the outside if needed,

  8. Former Bombers in NFL (and spring leagues) news

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    55 minutes ago, Goalie said:

    Every team would then start a Jake Thomas. Not just us. 

    So just Wilson confirmed currently. Any other bombers related or maybe cfl free agent related cuts? Manu? Elgersma? Any non bombers cfl free agents cuts we could use? 

    Manu isn't going anywhere.  The Lions are happy with his progress, even if he's still a project for them.  

    Packers are announcing their cuts tomorrow apparently so we'll find out soon enough but I don't expect Elgersma to be released.

  9. Former Bombers in NFL (and spring leagues) news

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    1 hour ago, ShyGuy said:

    Interesting.

    My source is a couple of Packers blogs saying that he does qualify

    https://www.acmepackingcompany.com/2025/5/19/24433214/green-bay-packers-news-taylor-elgersma-international-exemption-2025

    https://thepackerspost.com/packers-made-a-smart-move-by-signing-qb-taylor-elgersma/

    Weirdly enough in the Wiki entry to the IPP it states that "Some of these criteria have either changed over time or there is some discretion applied during the selection process, as not all the athletes that have come through the program in the intervening years meet all of the following criteria." so maybe there have been some changes or maybe those blogs are just misinformed.

    Straight from the NFL website: What is the International Player Pathway

     

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    What Qualifies as an International Player:

    A qualifying international player is a person whose citizenship and principal place of residence are outside the United States and Canada, and who have a maximum of two years of United States high school experience. In addition, an international player must (i) satisfy all NFL player eligibility rules and (ii) have been eligible for a prior NFL Draft.

     

  12. Former Bombers in NFL (and spring leagues) news

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    2 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

    I wouldnt be surprised to see Elgersma stick over Clifford as QB3. He outplayed him by a large margin in preseason. Four years younger and has higher upside.

    Clifford is also on his 3rd year with the Packers but hasn't really progressed.  He's gone from second string to PR to being outplayed by a raw rookie so yeah I wouldn't be surprised if they try to develop Elgersma either.

  13. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    34 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

    MOS and KW have eight straight 10+ win seasons (with a shot at a 9th), 6 straight WF trips, 5 straight Grey Cup berths with two Grey Cup wins. The team has sold out the first 6 home games with the 7th getting close. Yeah, we're frustrated with both of them but it would be a total surprise if either is let go.

    With neither being under contract after this season, it could be more a case of one of them walking away rather than being let go.

  14. 3 stars plus hh out meh the als

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    10 hours ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

    Love him or hate him, what kind of Bush league broadcaster has the same colour guy for 3 games in a weekend? Wonder what Matty is up to?

    I'd like to say they feel Lapo needs all the experience he can get so he improves faster but it's Bell so you know it's just about saving a buck,

  15. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Why go back to 2015 as it has absolutely nothing to do with our team in 2025. I think the only holdover from that year is OL Pat Neufeld. I'd be interested to know the same stats from 2021 or 22.

    I went back 10 years for historical context and a bigger sample size.  Why bring up Neufeld when talking about our players you say we draft & develop for other teams?  We didn't draft him so he'd be an example of how this happens for other teams as well - Riders drafted him but only got 2.5 seasons out of him before we traded for him. 

    Just looking at 2021-2022 is harder as many of those players could be or are still under their rookie deals & some haven't come north yet so to increase sample size that I didn't look at just OL drafted in the 1st 2 rounds & their status.  Here's what I got.

    2021:

    Hamilton had 3 picks.  2 players (Jake Burt & Nick Cross) are out of football & the 3rd (Deane Leonard) has never come north. 0/3 so far but Leonard is TBD as they still have his rights should he come up from the NFL.

    Sask had 2 picks (Lokombo & Jana).  Lokombo is still there but Jana retired after his rookie season. 1/2

    Wpg had 2 (Dobson & Kramdi).  1/2, no explanation needed here.

    BC had 2 picks (Joseph & Jackson).  0/2 (for now) - Joseph got cut in camp as a rookie & is now with Edmonton.  Jackson has been in the NFL so they've got nothing yet but TBD on him.

    Edm had 2 picks (Nelson & McDonald) & both guys are out of football now. 0/2 - they got 3 seasons from Nelson & 1 season from McDonald.

    Ott had 2 picks (Stevens & Addae).  1/2 - Addae is still there but Stevens left after his rookie deal (now with Sask).

    Tor had 2 picks and they are 2/2 for now.  Nicastro is still there and so is Doxtater but he's only on year 2 of his rookie deal as he spent time in the NFL, UFL & XFL before coming up.  TBD whether or not they keep him past his rookie deal.

    Cal had 2 picks and is 1/2 at the moment.  Ogbongbemiga hasn't come to the CFL yet so they haven't gotten anything from him yet while Bell is still with the team.

    Mtl only had 1 pick (Lestage) and he's still there so 1/1.

    18 drafted players- 5 are out of football, 7 with their original team (1 still on a rookie deal), 3 with other CFL teams & 3 have never come north.

     

    2022 (CFL added the 2 bonus picks for being terrible this year so 20 picks instead of 18):

    Mtl had 3 picks, 2 (Richards & Philpot) are still there while Brown left after 2 seasons.  2/3

    Ott had 3 picks but only has Pelehos playing for them.  Hogan-Saindon left after his rookie deal & Luketa has not come north.  1/3 for the moment.

    BC had 2 picks & is 1/2.  Cherry is there but Zerr was gone after 1 season.

    Edm had 3 picks and is 2/3.  Makonzo is gonzo but they have Ford & Plamandon

    Cal went 1/2 - Philpot is there but Schakel only lasted 1 season.

    Tor went 0/3.  Mackellar & Adebobye left after their rookie deal while Knight got poached of their PR in his 3rd season.

    Sask is 2/2.  Emilus & Fry are both still with the team.

    Wpg is 0/1 with Ford leaving after his rookie deal

    Ham is also 0/1 with Federico only lasting 2 seasons with them.

    20 players - 9 are with their original team, 10 are with new teams & 1 is in the NFL.

    It looks pretty even to me - no team is perfect so losing players for whatever reason is just part of the crapshoot that is the CFL draft.

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