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Like I said, I understand the reasons why he took Gray where he did. Just saying that it is folly to suggest it doesn't carry a big risk to end up being a blown pick.

In a league where a team rich in NATs can be decimated in the course of a year due to FA and vastly increased NFL interest in NAT players the comparison is apt....if you use your brain. Fluidity of roster is not a luxury in this league anymore. First round gambles are first round gambles no matter what your roster looks like today because next year we may lose significant NAT talent. I wish I could take as myopic a viewpoint as you are willing to do.

I hope you're right...and that obviously is the gamble that Walters is taking. However, until this happens this pick is no better than our pick of Mulumba a few years ago, who everyone thought would be back by now too. Mack gets roasted constantly for that pick by some who are hailing the Gray pick as a wise choice. Just saying...

You have to throw in today's revelation that the Als are cheaters because they released some players and the Riders would be fined for doing that. lmao

I'm not backing anyone. I liked the Gray pick and understand the reasons behind it. However, that does not make it any less of a risk. Trying to portray it as a pick that has no potential to be a blown pick is just plain false. Walters rolled the dice that Gray will be back...hopefully he is...but if he never comes back then he blew a first round pick. At this point and time, Gray is a first round pick of ours that we do not have under contract. Simple as that. The reasons are irrelevant because the cost was the same. Would any BC Lion fans say that Danny Watkins was not a wasted first round pick? I doubt it.

I think there were very few people on the Bomber forums who voiced their dislike of Mike Kelly more than I did, and you pretty much nailed it as to why. A Grade A jerk.

There is a certain first round player that is not under contract to us yet. His availability is irrelevant. He is our first round pick and he is not signed by us. That is what you call facts Aards...not some convoluted reach around to try make Walters look better. We all know he is in the NFL. However, if we never get him under contract then Walters will have effectively wasted a first round pick. Therefore, saying we have all our draft picks signed is incorrect. We don't, and the merit of picking Gray at 8 will depend on whether he comes back or not.

I'm not sure. I can't recall when that happened tbh. Not that any of this matters anyhoo....we have Sukh extended and that's all that matters.

You're not wrong, but your post swims in an ocean of irony coming from you. After all, you were the one dancing around the maypole on the corner of Sunshine and Lollipop Lane two years ago singing at the top of your lungs how great and misunderstood our team was at the time. Hindsight is 20/20 for all of us, but it shouldn't be for you because you have constantly told us there would never be any need for it from you.

Could have been as simple as a miscommunication. Could be that they extended him as well, although it would be irregular for a team not to announce that for a player of his stature.

He did report that. Obviously his report was incorrect. It happens.

I could care less if Richards has played teams or not to this point, nor do I care how many receptions he's had so far. What I care about is whether he is healthy enough to contribute consistently, and whether his trajectory is still going up, and whether the coaches feel there is unrealized but attainable upside to explore. What he has done to this point is irrelevant.

The Extra Point is back up and running.

I see zero downside to bringing in any NAT WR/SB until we find one that can play and produce. Do we need Watt..nope,,,would he be a bad signing? Absolutely not.

He pretty much instantly would be in a dead heat with JFG for the starting job,

In honor of this momentous occasion, Aards has authorized me to offer you all a 99% discount at his store today!! That should keep him busy...hehe

The guys they traded for only to have them promptly retire were equally as funny. We got a season out of Smith, and two out of Waggoner....not the same thing at all.

I heard Chris Jones, emboldened by his ability to fire media who question him, filed a complaint with the CFL about Bomber fans being too hard on him. He couldn't get to MBB because it's private but the league has temporarily shut down TEP. Let that be a lesson to y'awll....Don't screw with Jones....just don't do it. This message is brought to you from your overlords at Riderfans and has the express written consent of the Jonestown Defenders of the Desk Fort. PS. Vote Migs for Mayor of Regina

For sure...it's not a competition. Both sites are great.

One can only hope that sales are so good that he just can't find the time to post anymore.

lol...you're right...we both have a hair across our arse today for some reason and there is no need to carry this on.

It wasn't the comment per se...just that it was gratuitous and uncalled for. I would imagine that all the posters who predominantly post here do so because they prefer it. No need to knock a sister site to point that out.

Who you talking too?

Great I'm happy you enjoy it here. I don't see the need to knock the Bomber forum though. What for? No one asked for your take on it.

Had to choose my words carefully.