Fatty Liver

Looks more like a leprechaun to me.

Don't see why this guy matters at all, it's either a civil or criminal case, the CFL can react appropriately after the official verdict is rendered, instead of trying to implement corrective action ahead of time.

The amicable Bruce Johnson!

Wonder if he'll have time to continue on with 3DN, from appearances it looks like he owns it.

The CBC posting this ladies picture coming out of court seems like a public shaming move, I don't recall them doing the same for the driver that caused the Humboldt Broncos accident or any other person responsible for multiple deaths, like the guy from Carman that killed his family. If anything she is guilty of being senile. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/driver-found-guilty-of-all-counts-in-london-ont-crash-that-killed-8-year-old-girl-guide-and-injured-7-1.7164595

Unless Grant wants to play in the UFL for less or retire, he doesn't have many options left, finding an equivalent replacement for his dynamic ability, experience and toughness won't be easy. If Walters can't sign him shortly, I expect a mediocre return game, much like we saw most of last season. If there is any money left, perhaps he can pick up a known castoff from another team for min. wage after TC cuts.

Flaherty also did not start as a performer, he began his career as a production assistant with Second City in Chicago with no intention of ever going on stage. He got roped into filling roles whenever an extra body was needed and began his career mostly by being in the right place at the wrong time.

"We're stinkin' proud, even if we stink."

Can't make this **** up. "We're Stinkin' Proud!" I think the Riders found their new marketing motto.

Humble and practical guy, wants to be involved in football after his playing days are done, paying close attention and rubbing shoulders with those that can help him get there is smart. Same can be said for Jake and Willie, projecting past their retirement date looking for future opportunities and getting involved. That's how it's done.

Don't fully understand why they wouldn't attend, are they being advised by their agents not to waste their time on the CFL, or do they think they're too good for the league? If so the CFL has a serious image problem among college aged players. If you graduated from college would you limit sending your resume only to the top employer and not cover your bases more broadly? If good enough maybe 1 or 2 of these guys will kick around on NFL PR's for a few years before kicking back to the CFL or quitting football entirely. I can see why the Bombers emphasize picking guys who really love playing football over players just in the sport to make as much money as they can. Still recall the many wasted years waiting for Christo Bilukidi and Andy Mulumba to give up their NFL dream and return to the Bombers, neither of them ever did, nor did they establish themselves in the NFL as starters, thus forgettable careers. Contrast with what Pat Neufeld has accomplished even with a poor combine showing, establishing himself as a 12 year CFL starter. I seriously doubt any of the OL guys skipping the CFL Combine for bigger things, will ever match his career. Great video, especially when Neuf. answers questions sent in by Stanley, Chris K, and Jake. He also sheds a bit of light on why they kept Tanner Schmeckle.

They only conducted the bench press and the vertical jump at the Fort Garry, apparently set up on a stage at one end of a ball room.

This sums up how they view the FB position. "The retirement of Miller – he’s now the special-teams coordinator – and the release of Damian Jackson last month also means the team does not have a fullback on their roster. That said, it’s not necessarily an urgent area of need. The Blue Bombers often use a sixth offensive lineman in short-yardage situations and could also feature a bigger-bodied receiver in fullback-type sets, too, if need be. “I would believe that as a group – Buck and his group but also JY (Jordan Younger, defensive coordinator) and the defensive staff – they’re always able to fit the pieces together. Do you ‘need’ a fullback? I don’t know. Would you like one? Sure,” said O’Shea. “We all have our philosophies on that,” added Walters. “If you dress a seventh O-lineman, is he athletic enough to handle that? Sure. Can a bigger receiver do that? Maybe. You don’t need to reach for a fullback that’s going to play eight snaps a game. “But we obviously don’t have one on our roster and Marty and Buck would sure like to have one. We won’t just grab one at No. 8 (Winnipeg’s pick in the first round) because we don’t have one on the roster. It’s certainly a position group we’ll watch and there are some interesting guys here, two or three fullbacks here and a couple bigger tailbacks we’ve identified.” https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/03/20/cfl-combine-fyi/

Probably based on the NFL study that indicated that was the case. https://operations.nfl.com/updates/the-game/nfls-prioritization-of-player-safety-leads-to-promising-injury-data-for-2023-season/ Maybe it's the CFLPA pushing for the change, cause I can't see any GM's being overly concerned.

Sure is, wild animals grow to the size their environment supports, on many small islands off the BC coast the deer population stands under 4 feet in height. Interfering with the size of a species can throw the ecological balance off kilter almost as much as introducing an invasive species.

A reporter actually contacted Tyrell Ford and asked him what he's been up to. https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/tyrell-ford-looking-forward-to-returning-to-winnipeg-blue-bombers-following-nfl-tryout-1.2089345

Looks like you're right, but again not much promotion of the event.

The CFL Combine last week created little buzz for the upcoming season, most media outlets paid no attention to it at all, including league partner TSN. This has to be the dullest off-season in recent memory, hopefully they bring back the concept of CFL Week next year in Wpg. and they put some effort into creating a bigger spotlight for their product during the off-season. The league has regressed in this department, the biggest story this winter has been bad boy Chad Kelly and we can't even fight about it anymore! 😄

Prior to last season Mike Miller was the FB since he arrived in 2018 and he rarely touched the ball. Doesn't seem like a priority worthy of drafting a specific player to fill the role as it's mainly blocking. Any left over Natl. LB type could probably fill in adequately including Gauthier.

That makes 15 Import receivers competing for Bailey's old job.

I'd be surprised if it looked like that, Strev. played more like a RB than a QB in 2019 and barely made it through the season. If he wants to establish himself as a future starting QB in the league, he'll have to show his game has grown.

Hopefully this happens and Buck establishes a pattern of making use of a Strev. package often very early in the season, and everyone is good with it. Not always an easy decision pulling Zach off the field when things are going well, it can kill both momentum and drives and it can be looked upon as a questionable decision made in critical moments of tight games. They shied away from inserting creative packages much last season as Prukop and Brown were rarely given opportunities other than real short yardage or well defined garbage time. Pretty sure Prukop was given less greenlights to throw the ball and less bootleg options last season compared to the one prior, maybe due to the criticism he received for the costly mishaps made in the Argo GC loss.

Wanna feel old? John Candy died 30 years ago on March 4th, he'd be 74 if he was alive today.

I'm not sure what you're trying to infer but it wasn't the Bombers decision to drop Brown, he clearly chose to leave the team for better opportunity and money elsewhere and advised the team of his intentions at the end of last season. If Strev. hadn't agreed to play for almost QB minimum they wouldn't have been able to sign either of them. Strev. is likely to do the same as Brown at the end of this season, if presented a decent opportunity he will leave to pursue it. I don't think he'll stick around long enough to become the Bombers future QB.

The CFL Combine is on this weekend in Waterloo, here is a link to the posted results page. https://www.cfl.ca/combine/2024-invitational-combine/ Top 5 https://www.cfl.ca/2024/03/08/invitational-combine-leaderboard-top-5-from-every-drill/