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5 minutes ago, bluto said:
I neither believe nor disbelieve her. Both have reasons to lie.
The league investigated and obviously found what she said to have merit or they wouldn't have suspended the guy they tried to make the new face of the league. You say you neither believe nor disbelieve but are clearly lying.
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10 minutes ago, bluto said:
I expect we roll with Dukes and Scott. We have another young QB named Raquet who likely gets some roster time due to this.
It's crazy how we as fans have a nine game suspension on the MOP and no earthly clue as to what he allegedly did. And we may never once the civil case is settled.
Only no earthly clue if you don't believe woman that raised the complaint. Come on man.
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12 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
The wording in the CFL statement is pretty clear and it's not a good look for the Argo's who filed a statement of defense last week stating they had no knowledge of this stuff and what they did know wasn't quite what she said.
They say they are going be talking to the club about their role in this but if the investigation showed that Kelly clearly violated the policies, I don't see how there won't be punishment coming for the Argo's front office as well.
Ya wasn't John Murphy implicated in trying to bury this too
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CFL taking this seriously. Wasn't sure they would but there you have it.
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20 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
It's a nice story. Got Milt!
Ya I'm sure it'll make a fun bit on TSN or something. Hard to believe he retired 15 years ago already!
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11 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:
apparently Bo is going to love him...Bo who? What am I missing here.
BO - Brady O
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20 minutes ago, Mike said:
I think Clercius and MCI make the AR this year and maybe Samson, although I don’t see them wanting to have 3 Canadian D tackles.
That’s good enough for me. Stick Wallace on the PR, hope he develops for 2025.
The rest, we’ll see. Maybe Hubert blows them away at camp and gets Bennett out of here as a rotational piece.
Ya I agree Clercius and Mike-Ike seem like picks ready to jump onto the roster for STs right away.
Samson could get on the roster for some games I would think. Schmekel played some last year and could definitely up grade over him.
Maybe they go all american rotation at DE and more Cdn rotation at DT
9 minutes ago, bearpants said:This is exactly why I like the Manu pick... worst case scenario he never comes north and he is exactly like the players listed above... best case scenario, he shows up here in a few years and we have a very good Canadian that can play tackle...
For sure. It is a 5th round pick. Most guys picked there are never playing.
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13 minutes ago, Mike said:
Global draft came and went
We drafted LB Fabian Weitz (University of Buffalo / Cologne) who looks like he could be Thiadric’s younger brother and DB Lucky Ogbeveon (Tirol) who spent a bit of time in the NFL Pathway program
Was just wondering what time it started. That was quick.
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37 minutes ago, JCon said:
THE. CFL. IS. BEING. STREAMED.
I haven't had cable in well over a decade. Easy to stream live games on TSN's streaming service.
Wasn't every game available to be streamed globally too?
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LB preview https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/04/24/positional-preview-3-the-linebackers-2/
Not a lot of fresh talent here. Hope the couple guys brought in are good because Biggie is on the downslope.
DB preview from yesterday too https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/04/23/positional-preview-2-the-defensive-backs/
4 minutes ago, wbbfan said:Ended the season on the pr (unless he was cut before idr) which makes him a fa, who we haven’t signed.
Offence lost. You don’t win gcs in the modern era scoring in the low 20s with less tds than the other team. 2 games, 419 passsing yards 2 picks 0 passing tds. That’s how you lose gc games. Fajardo put up 290 3 tds and 1 pick.
It’s an offensive, passing league. The two loses blame starts and ends at qb. Other players and positions could’ve won the game for us. But we lost it on offence.Offense lost but the D still allowed Cody @$%!ing Fajardo to put up 3 TDs on them. Almost like it is a team game or something and not all the blame can be put on one player.
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34 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Shoulda just kept legghio to punt.
Probably not in the budget to pay Castillo and Legghio. Don't know how much Legghio made last year but it was more than a global.
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3 hours ago, Tracker said:
I will be watching (and hoping) for LaBarriere to break out and be good enough that Streveler worries.
Speaking of him just happened upon this article about him coming here https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/apr/17/northern-exposure-former-eastern-washington-quarte/
Looking forward to seeing what he can do up here.
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1 hour ago, Mike said:
For whatever reason, I feel like I’d really lost sight of how many interesting prospects the Bombers brought in this off-season. Not too worried about the massive amounts of WR or DB, that’ll sort itself out with reps but I do appreciate some of these names … real high calibre guys being brought up here.
5 names to watch in my obviously incredibly educated opinion: WR KJ Hill, DE John Waggoner, DT Jamal Woods, DB Travon Fuller, DB Juan Lua
Bonus name, I think it’s a foregone conclusion he’s QB3: Eric Barriere
Bonus name if Janarion Grant doesn’t come back: WR Aron Cruickshank
33 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:Burmeister intrigues me. He was a decent QB at a fairly high level (ACC). Started for Oregon as a freshman so just on raw talent there's something there. He just converted to receiver with Rams last year. Kind of wondering if they are looking at him in both spots....or even just QB.
He must really have NFL dreams to come up here as a receiver because I have no doubt he could play QB in the UFL based on some of the guys playing there.
Thanks guys for rescuing this thread!
Time to get excited for camp where we hear one good thing about a guy and then can imagine him being an all-star! Can't wait!
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2 hours ago, wbbfan said:
This will probably piss some people off who through the lens of nostalgia will remember sellers as a perfect player but here goes.
Big mike was such a rare and unique talent, he was much more valuable than a fb, but at the same time less effective in some areas than other much lesser FBs.
He was, one of the greatest blocking backs in football history. He was as good as an extra tackle in both run pro and pass pro.
He had tremendous hands, can’t count how many times I saw him pick passes out of the air or off his shoe laces. But he had a tendency to look up field and drop some easier ones.
with a head of steam he was one of the hardest guys to tackle in the league.
But this was also his biggest fault. He needed a good bit of room to get up to speed. If contact was made with in a few yards of him getting the ball, he was much easier to tackle. Most FBs excel in short yardage. We frequently used blink in short yardage because he hit the hole soo fast and hard he was tough to stop. He could also squirt though a tiny gap and turn a 1 yard dive into a 50 yard gain.
Sellers didn’t run particularly well out of a fb position. For instance the game Charlie missed and where mike decimated the riders defence in Winnipeg, we ran out of extemely deep sets with him 7 yards back, or on delays from shot gun. He had a big td production season in the nfl where they did the same with him, or wrapped him from the back side h back spot to the play side.
Sellers however, was also one of the best teams players. From blocking, to kick cover where he broke into the league. He was a pro bowl caliber teams guy, blocker, red zone threat, great catcher, and had devastating power.
He wasn’t alstott, but he was probably the most valuable player at fb in the modern and semi modern history of the league.
Thanks for this great summary. I wish there were more games from this era available to re-watch. Fuzzy memories from 20+ years ago just aren't the same for me.
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Or basically anything on the main page here: https://www.cfl.ca/
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12 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Amazing two years ago we had no idea who dalton Schoen on. Just think about that. Such a dynamic receiver.
That's one thing I love about the CFL. You never know who from the long list of off-season signings will be an all-star.
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RIP Dave.
I became a hardcore fan watching those 2000 - 2004 bombers.- rebusrankin, Mark H., Jesse and 2 others
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2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
To my eye some of the hits he took were his own doing hesitating.
Fair enough. He does like to hold on to the ball to make the big play.
Taking more hits can lead to hesitating and taking even more hits.
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47 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Is that realistic? Every qb gets hit.
Every QB gets hit sometimes, some more than others. Gotta keep it as low as possible.
What I meant was it wasn't time catching up to Collaros, it was the number of hits he took last year that was the issue.
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39 minutes ago, Noeller said:
the thing about Collaros was consistency. He had at least a couple of games where he looked like his old self and tore the other team a new *******.... and then there were games where it looked like time finally caught up with him..... not sure if we can expect more regression, or if it's an aberration...??
Keep him clean and it won't be an issue.
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1 hour ago, coach17 said:
I honestly dont think Strevy signs with Brown penciled in as the starting QB.
That makes a lot of sense to me too. Easier to sign for less now when you have the chance to show that you can take over for the old guy over the next couple years.
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2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
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He-said, she-said (backed up by a detailed independent investigation with witnesses).
You're talking out of your ass man