Blueandgold

I'm starting to wonder if this whole ''recruiting receivers is easy'' is just a myth? Seriously, since Taman brought in Bruce & Simon over 15 years ago what home grown talent have the Bombers brought in? That's with Richie/Taman/Kelly/Mack/Walters, so we can't just point the finger at one regime. We had Denmark, but who else? We had absolutely no one besides Milt Stegall from 2004-2007 until we picked up Terrance Edwards off the scrap heap from Montreal (so that's the second recruit) and signed Derrick Armstrong. I literally can't think of any other decent receiver we've recruited since then aside from Denmark & Edwards. Does anyone else have ANYONE whatsoever? I guess Romby Bryant would be another, even though I'll never condone the piss poor effort he displayed in 2009. Then you look at a team like Ottawa who made the Grey Cup this year, yes they were an expansion team in their second year, but they also had four highly paid 1000 yard receivers and 5th highly paid scrub. Toronto was able to bring in Gurley and Hazelton this year, but aside from that teams around the league seem to be struggling to bring in impact receivers. The problem we face here is identical to the one in Saskatchewan, BC and Montreal.

Justin Capicciotti would be another nice Canadian player who's not often mentioned here.

It's same in the sense that the Bombers brass preferred Burris to Willy and now Dressler to Smith but I won't beat that dead horse.

Eric Rogers.

Maurice Price is an injury riddled clown with a bad attitude and hands. I'm hardly worried about Ryan Smith being anything like him. Smith's career trajectory is going upwards while Dressler's is stagnant at best and most likely going downwards in a year or two. Oh, there's also the fact that Ryan Smith had more yards than Dressler this year playing on the exact same thing. I don't have any reason to believe that Smith isn't the real deal, and quite frankly although he's still a good player Dressler hasn't looked like quite the same player since he's come back from the NFL.

Smith is almost just as good as Dressler is right now, will be cheaper to sign and has the ability to be better than Dressler ever was.

Are we in a position where we need the ''safe bet''? I'll take my chances with the younger more explosive player who has a chance to be an elite player.

Trouba without question, trade Buff and Ladd now.

It's probably not realistic, but imagine a receiving core of Carter, Dressler/Smith and Denmark with Andrew Harris at RB? Man that would be awesome.

I'd prefer to sign Ryan Smith over Weston Dressler.

There's no reason we can't make the playoffs this year if we can keep Willy upright. BC & Saskatchewan are both in shambles without a QB I trust.

185K? I'd be willing to spend 225K on Carter without thinking twice.

I'l take Carter or Rogers...I'm not picky, I'd be equally as pleased with either one :).

He's an absolute stud. Him and Rogers would be neck in neck for the best receiver in the CFL. I would pay big bucks for either one of them.

Price sucks and makes too much money. There was a good reason he was the only RedBlacks receiver to be held under 1000 yards. The Riders can keep him.

Agreed and Walters has proven that he can't scout a receiver. Having two small guys like Smith & Denmark as our two best receivers wouldn't be ideal either.

Not at all. I compared him to Shomari Williams for a variety of reasons. Starting with the fact that Atomic brought up his ''NCAA trained pedigree'' which doesn't mean a thing. Both are tweeners, and there's valid questions about what position hes best suited for. He was drafted because the Bombers were going ''all in'' to make the Playoffs and compete for the Grey Cup this year, a completely shortsighted move. We were out of the playoff hunt and our first round draft pick still couldn't get on the field. That should say a lot to you about how far along he is. Hey he might end up being better than Addison Richards at least. I'll be happy to bring this thread back up if it turns out I'm wrong and give Waggoner his due. But a few posters here should be ready to take off the blue & gold glasses and take objective opinions. Which is quite funny considering I was the one told to go back to Rider fans. Aren't they the ones who vastly overrate their players with a GM who can do no wrong?

Have the Bombers ever made a move that you didn't think was a good one? I'm not kidding either, between this site and ourbombers I don't think I've ever seen you not take the homer point of view.

Heartbreaking game for the Vikings.

Yeah I have an opinion on a player. Isn't that the point of this site? Or are you going to keep making stupid smart ass comments?

Makes plenty of sense. Waggoner is Williams 2.0 and won't be any more successful for us than Kito Poblah was.

To answer your question, no I wouldn't draft Shomari Williams.

Can we trade Waggoner for the first overall pick?

1. Collaros 2. Burris 3. BLM 4. Reilly 5. Harris 6. Willy 7. Durant 8. Jennings 9. Ray 10. Lulay 11. Cato 12. Franklin 13. Nichols 14. Glenn 15. Crompton...?

I'm not a huge Nichols fan but this is still a good signing. There isn't a better option available to back up Willy.