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I went to practice for a bit yesterday and was very impressed with L. Washington he looks like he could be the Bombers best deep threat they have had since Chris Matthews, my only concern with him at this point would be his weight it sounds like the Bombers might have listed him a few pounds heavier than his actual weight based on his comments in his interview yesterday. Washington looks like he played in all of his games at Missouri so he must be fairly durable and he was the 25 ranked WR in the 2014 draft class. Washingtons time of 4.43 is impressive most players in the CFL don't get to go to the NFL Combine so we have to go by their pro days and pro day times are about .05 faster than the NFL Combine so his adjusted pro day time would be about 4.38 and the is extremely fast for a player 6'3" ( Update Washington ran a 4.43 at his pro day still fast but not sub 4.4 ) http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=97276&draftyear=2014&genpos=wr Roc Carmicheal ran a 4.76 at the NFL combine and a 4.41 at Clemson's Pro day Carmicheals actual time is probably somewhere in between, the point being is Washington should be one of the fastest player on the Bomber and possibly in the league. http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=64750&draftyear=2011&genpos=CB

Yes agreed I didn't see him in the list above so I forgot about him he isn't on the PR or listed on the 46 above so he would have to be on the 1 Game INJ if Couture plays otherwise if Couture can't go it will be Neufeld Unless he truly is INJ in the practice which is very possible with Neufeld.

I agree with the exceptions that I think C. Johnson will play over Jeffcoast and Spooner may have to dress if Couture can't play he was one of the walking wounded at yesterdays practice.

Any idea who #19 is at the Bomber practice today Blaszko is #88 and #19 was beside him however we don't have a 19 on the roster.

In looking at the Bombers roster other than the Thin Import LB issue it seems we are razor thin with our National numbers We currently have 22 listed on the Roster however at least 2 of those Coates and Richards are INJ and Miles didn't play in either Exhibition Game so I would assume he is INJ as well however I haven't officially see that. It could be the Bombers expect Coates and Miles to be available within the next 2 weeks and all reports are Richards will miss many games. So If the one of those 2 Coates or Miles can't play in the first game or another NAT get injured between now and the first game they will have to dip into the practice roster however there isn't much they can do to add a NAT that would contribute. I checked other teams and most had 25 or more NATS listed on their current roster so I am concerned that the Bombers might run into problem with their NAT Depth and they probably should have keep Warden and Butcher and possibly a few others ?

As for Stafford agreed he hasn't done much however he is a 4 year CFL vet with a Grey Cup is fairly young at 27 and also a connection to Nichols so assuming he isn't being paid that much I think the Bombers will keep him.

Here is my best guess at how the roster will be CUT Brown, Trevan OL I 6'3 298 CUT Speller, Cody OL N 6'3 285 CUT Neufeld, Patrick OL N 6'6 317 CUT Liggins, Justice WR I 6'1 210 CUT Ménard-Brière, Félix K N 5'11 178 CUT Scott, Padric DL I 6'0 292 CUT Jeffcoat, Jackson DE I 6'3 255 CUT Brown, Sam DB I 6'2 181 CUT Porter, Robert DB I 5'10 188 CUT Johnson, Bruce DB I 5'10 182 CUT Renaud, Frank LB N 6'0 220 PR Lankford, Ryan WR I 6'0 176 PR Williams, Daniel WR I 6'3 230 PR Yachison, Derek WR N 6'0 215 PR Roberson, Kendall RB I 5'11 211 PR Spooner, Qadr OL N 6'4 309 PR Foketi, Manase OL I 6'5 338 PR Santos-Knox, Jovan LB I 6'2 229 PR Temple, Nick LB I 5'9 210 PR Green, Shayon DE I 6'1 259 PR Johnson, Cory DT I 6'2 297 INJ Marouf, Ian DL N 6'1 297 INJ Coates, Matt WR N 6'3 210 INJ Richards, Addison WR N 6'4 217 INJ Sheppard, Gerrard WR I 6'2 200 INJ Thorpe, T.J. WR I 5'11 217 INJ Miles, Thomas LB N 6'1 241 INJ Conteh, Abubakarr DB N 6'0 200 INJ Leggett, Maurice DB I 5'11 203 INJ Walker Jr., Darnell DB I 5'10 173 INJ Smalley, Matt DB I 5'10 195 AR Adams, Darvin WR I 6'2 191 AR Denmark, Clarence WR I 5'10 188 AR Dressler, Weston WR I 5'7 168 AR Stafford, Kenny WR I 6'1 199 AR Washington, L'Damian WR I 6'4 215 AR Feoli-Gudino, Julian WR N 6'0 212 AR Thera-Plamondon WR N 6'1 224 AR Davis, Dominique QB I 6'3 215 AR LeFevour, Dan QB I 6'3 236 AR Nichols, Matt QB I 6'2 220 AR Flanders, Timothy RB I 5'9 211 AR Harris, Andrew RB N 5'10 214 AR Miller, Mike FB N 6'0 215 AR Normand, Christophe FB N 6'2 238 AR Bond, Travis OL I 6'7 356 AR Bryant, Stanley OL I 6'5 308 AR Chungh, Sukh OL N 6'4 307 AR Couture, Michael OL N 6'4 297 AR Hardrick, Jermarcus OL I 6'5 311 AR Intzandt, Zachary OL N 6'4 313 AR Goossen, Matthias C N 6'3 306 AR Medlock, Justin K I 6'0 210 AR Rempel, Chad LS N 6'3 246 AR Rush, John LB N 6'1 227 AR Gauthier, Shayne LB N 5'10 227 AR Briggs, Jesse LB N 6'1 214 AR Hurl, Sam LB N 6'1 234 AR Knox, Kyle LB I 6'1 220 AR Wilson, Kyrie LB I 6'1 232 AR Wild, Ian LB I 6'0 213 AR Ekakitie, Faith DT N 6'1 301 AR Thomas, Jake DT N 6'2 276 AR Westerman, Jamaal DL N 6'3 245 AR Butcher, Rupert DL N 6'4 333 AR Nevis, Drake DT I 6'0 308 AR Corney, Trent DE N 6'3 267 AR Okpalaugo, Tristan DE I 6'4 260 AR Alexander, Brandon DB I 6'0 190 AR Carmichael, Roc DB I 5'10 189 AR Fogg, Kevin DB I 5'10 191 AR Heath, TJ DB I 6'1 181 AR Walker, Brian DB I 5'9 195 AR Jones, Derek DB N 6'1 190 AR Loffler, Taylor DB N 6'4 220 AR Randle, Chris DB I 5'11 195 AR Greenwood, Chris DB I 6'1 201

Yes it sounded like Richards would be out 6 Weeks or so however he has been out for 2 weeks already and we have a first week bye so he might miss the first 2 games depending on what injury he has.

I would be supprised in Yachison makes the team depending on how long Richards and Coates are out we don't really need 3 backups to JFG so if Coates or Richards is available for Week one ( and its 2+ weeks away ) I think Yachison will be cut and they will try and sign him to the PR.

I went through the roster and these are the players that will not be in either of the exhibition games. Short Term Injuries : Maurice Leggett DB, Gerrard Sheppard WR ,Matt Coates WR Longer Term Injuries : Addison Richards WR, Darnell Walker Jr. DB, Ian Marouf DL, Abubakarr Conteh DB And I haven't heard anything about these 2 players has anyone heard about an Injury ? Cody Speller OL, Thomas Miles LB

Walters doesn't seem to like local players he almost tries to avoid taking them and when he does like this year there was no point he could have just invited the Rec from Manitoba no one was going to draft him...

I Believe we picked Richards over Waud and picked Morgan over Durant either way I would take Waud over Richards and Durant over Morgan. So at least 2 mistakes in the 2015 with the Morgan over Durant a real head scratcher ???

It does bother me however I just think that generally speaking GMs get to fire at least one HC before they are canned. I like Walters generally speaking because he have been aggressive at picking up free agents, I didn't like his 2015 draft at all in 2016 I thought he did a much better job. As for not firing O'Shea I personally had enough of O'Shea him however I believe that Walters gave him the 3rd year because Willy was injured for most of 2015 however its looking like a mistake. I also think nothing will happen even if the loses continue to mount until the attendance starts to drop off dramatically. As much as I have been critical of O'Shea more than Walters I am starting to think that Wade Miller is as much to blame as anyone he promised us improvement and I haven't seen any of it I am not sure what Miller contributes to the Team at this point ? At this point you could fire them all and I think we might be better off assuming that they pick the next Pres that knows how to hire an experience GM ( Like Hervey ) who can then hire an experience and qualified HC and then and only then will we start to see some improvement...

Agreed I thought Goosen struggled the first 2 however was better the past 2 and Chungh while not great had a very rough outing vs EDM I think that Sewell was too much for him he was getting pushed around, I know that Chungh has put on 10 or so pounds this year and I think its hurt him rather than helped him.

Chungh had a horrible game vs EDM that was as bad an individual performance as I have seen by an OL in the CFL he is a Long way to being an All-Star and if the Bombers had more depth I would be replacing him after that performance however the Bombers don't have any options at this time until Keeping is back from the 6 Game. I suggest you watch the game again if you think Chungh has the potential to be an All Star...

At this point I would take Durant over Richards and Waud over Morgan ( who would have dropped to round 5+ ) I didn't like Walters 2015 draft at all I liked this years much more.

Agreed not much reason to defend Walters however I would say lets give Walters a second Kick at HC like Mack had before we decide.

There is a cutoff where you have to pay the player for the remainder of the year I believe it is game 9

Yes I was supprised at that as well the reported asked his question stating the Corners where playing well off, and Willy didn't give in, even if Calgary was in their normal defence they clearly has taken their foot off the gas, and after the timeout Willy was sacked and he has an open rec directly in front of him... so like usual put pressure on him and he isn't anywhere near good enough...

Not Sure Chris Jones coddles his players...or Kent Austin or Wally Buono ...

Agreed but that isn't his fault he had an excellent punt block and he had the biggest hit from the Bombers D after reading all of the negatives about him before the season started I have been impressed he has been much better than advertised...

Agreed Macho Harris has played very well and is one of the few bright spots on the team...

At least they can't lose on the Bye Week

I would keep most of the players however I would look for a true MLB that can actually punish someone, Bass has been a failure so far at MLB and we are clearly weaker in the secondary without Adams and Washington, I would like to see the one of Posey , Fogg get replaced on Thursday hopefully Adams and if not give the DB we got from TO a shot he looked good in the videos I watched of him last year. I really think you need to fire MOS and get a fresh start before we do a massive purge of players, I think the Bombers need a new direction at the helm if they are to turn things around...

What do you want to chat about ? I watched about 30 minutes of Mondays practice and an hour today I like what I see from Lapo's practices and I think Mayo will do well on Friday... And the most impressive thing I saw D. Davis jumped over Foketi from behind when they moved to another drill.