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From Penton tonight: The offensive line is finally starting to take shape, and it looks like they’re going with an all-Canadian interior. For the last few days Chris Greaves has been at left guard, Steve Morley at centre and Paddy Neufeld at right guard. It also looks like Dan Knapp could start at right tackle over Jarvis Jones.

@TroyWestwood: Max Hall as good as gone folks. @DarrinBauming: I see #Bombers QB depth come June 26 to be Willy-Brohm-Marve, with @K_Browning15 on the practice roster. #CFL

@BobIrvingCJOB: Bombers bring in another q.b. in kolten browning from Louisiana-Monroe. 1 of the other 4 has to go and it will be either hall or marve.

Exactly. You need to protect your Willy.

http://boards.dallascowboys.com/topic/34185-cowboys-sign-qb-kolton-browning/ Recently signed Cowboys QB Kolton Browning was the only left-hander of the four quarterbacks at the 3rd Annual National Football League Players Association Collegiate Bowl at StubHub! Center in Carson, California. Browning knows how to set up and turn his body as to adjust to receivers who are used to having passes thrown to them by right-handed quarterbacks. Kolton received a call from Dallas Cowboys? quarterback coach Wade Wilson following the National Football League draft and he was asked to come in as an undrafted free agent. Wade Wilson, the quarterback coach, contacted me, and he said he really liked my film, and wanted to bring me in and try me out, Browning said. He said we will do two practices on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday, and we will go from there. Browning said late on day three of the draft, New York Jets quarterback coach David Lee called him to see how he was doing. I actually had a call from the New York Jets in the sixth round from their quarterback?s coach, and he said we have a few picks left,? Browning said. ?He was checking my nerves, and saying that he would have loved to have me in the quarterback room, but they never called back.? Jimmy Cantrell, who was Browning's high school coach at Mabank, said he was disappointed when Browning's name was not called on Sunday. I thought he should have went at some point in time in the draft. I thought it would have been late sixth or early seventh round,? Cantrell said. ?He has been dealing with tough situations ever since he was in high school. I think he will turn some heads there if he gets a shot.? Cantrell said Browning knows the best situations to put his teammates in when he is on the field. He is a student of the game, and in my 30 years of coaching, I have never seen a quarterback be able to read secondarys as well as he does,? Cantrell said. ?I can remember several games where he would utilize six-to-eight different receivers.?

So you think the Bombers keep 5 QBs? Not a chance. Hall is gone. New guy goes on the PR and learns all season. It's like a year long TC for him.

Right tackle would be much more important as they'd be protecting his blind side.

Goodbye Max Hall.

I'd like to see 28-29k for the opener. I had initially assumed the home opener would sell out, but obviously that's not the case.

Edmonton?

Is Waters even with the Argos anymore? Yes. Bombers had interest in him this offseason as a free agent but he re-signed with the Argos.

Running backs always fall off a cliff at the age of 30. I'd stay away from Messam.

Not true. Bombers specifically requested later start times this season and more Thursday games during the summer months.

Why should Friday be any different from every other day? My point is that it would be easier being hungover on a Saturday when your not at work. Yeah and my point is that when you are showing up for work with a hangover every day, Friday doesn't really matter. Yea, I guess for the alcoholics, it doesn't really matter...

Why should Friday be any different from every other day? My point is that it would be easier being hungover on a Saturday when your not at work.

I know that's where I'm going! I really hope you are joking...

Apparently Michael Bouble is in town that night. Could explain low attendance.

@garylawless: Just read @PaulWiecek piece in today's @WinnipegNews and couldn't help being a little angry at the way #bombers were driven into ground @garylawless: A lot of poor decisions, a lack of accountability, wrong people in charge led to this moment for #bombers @garylawless: New #bombers regime in place is so far ahead of what football fans here have been fed. Can't blame fans for "show me, don't tell me." @garylawless: Miller, Walters and O'Shea paying for sins of board who hired Mack and made a total hash of stadium planning. Only thing to do now is win

I think the Thursday games were a bad idea. Sure people are in the city as opposed to Friday games where people leave for the cabin after work on a Friday, but for people who work the next day, it can make for a rough morning. With the new 7:30 start time, games are over at 11:00pm. Get home by midnight if you're lucky. Could hurt concession too...who wants to be hungover on a Friday at work?

From today's free press: The coaches have bought in. And you only had to watch the team's performance in two hard-fought and bitterly contested pre-season games to know the players have bought in, too. But the increasingly urgent question now is how long is it going to take for fans of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to buy into the sweeping and systemic changes the beleaguered club made on and off the field during the off-season? That question is urgent because with just a week now remaining until the Bombers open their 2014 CFL regular-season schedule at home against the Toronto Argonauts next Thursday, the club has sold just 22,500 tickets for its home opener. That's two-thirds of the 33,500-seat capacity of Investors Group Field. If ticket sales don't pick up meaningfully in the next week, this year's first game will be the most sparsely attended ever at Investors Group Field, setting off alarm bells about what's potentially to come for the rest of the 2014 season. The Bombers sold out Investors Group Field for last year's home opener -- which was also the first regular-season game at the new stadium. They went on to average 30,637 fans at home last season, despite a woeful 3-15 record and thanks in large part to record season-ticket sales. But the Bombers don't have the luxury of a record season-ticket cushion this year. As of Wednesday morning, the club had sold just 21,311 season tickets, down more than 3,000 from last year. What that means is the Bombers are going to need significant walk-up crowds to fill all those seats at IGF. And those have been slow in materializing, at least so far. Bombers CEO Wade Miller said he's not surprised by the pace of ticket sales, noting the season-ticket numbers are right about where the club budgeted. Miller said the team always knew it would have its work cut out selling tickets this year. "We're coming off a 3-15 season for starters. And then we had a new stadium last year and the lustre of that has worn off a little bit. So we knew our season-ticket numbers would be down," said Miller Wednesday. "And let's face it -- it's been a couple of years where it's been tough on the fans and tough on the city. So we're going to have to show them the changes we've made. And that's what me and Kyle (Walters) and Mike (O'Shea) are all about. We're not talking about it -- we're doing it... "We've got work to do. But we've got a plan in place and we'll get there." With a new head coach, new starting quarterback, new and expanded scouting department and sweeping player personnel changes across the field, this year's team is unrecognizable from the motley bunch that finished 2013. Miller said the club is hopeful that once fans see all those changes on the field, they will buy in just as completely as the rest of the folks who work at Investors Group Field. "We knew it would be slow to start, but I really do believe we'll get the fans back," said Miller. Given the crater from which his team is attempting to extricate itself, Miller is careful not to guarantee more wins in 2014. Rather, the CEO said fans can expect to see the kind of gritty efforts that led to a couple of narrow losses to Toronto and Calgary in the pre-season. "We didn't win those games, but we lost one game on a field goal at the end and the other was very close and I don't think anyone would question our effort," he said. There has also been major change to the game-day experience at IGF for fans, Miller said. There will be a new tailgate party outside the stadium prior to games, a new on-field autograph session after the game and all kinds of new bars and gathering areas during the games to help reduce some of the congestion on the concourses. Toss in a transportation plan that most agree is vastly improved and Miller said skeptical fans who have adopted a wait-and-see attitude this season before plunking down more cash will like what they see and hear from other fans as the season unfolds. But what about that home opener? Miller is an optimist but also a realist. "It's Winnipeg, there's still a week to go and no question we will sell more tickets," he said. "But June is a busy month. The schedule-maker didn't do us any favours" by giving Winnipeg the very first regular-season game of the 2014 season. Miller said a little patience by fans will go a long way. "We've changed the entire structure of this organizaton, plus all the players," said Miller. "That's a lot of change, whether you're a football team or a regular business. And it's tough, but we're going to get there."

Kohlert is definitely a WR, not a slotback.

Isn't that a strip bar in downtown Edmonton?

Sorry. Try this: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/cba-changes-non-imports-imports-nationals-internationals-mean-232941514.html.

Read this: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/cba-changes-non-imports-imports-nationals-internationals-mean-232941514.html.

Is Kyle Bolton related to Michael Bolton?