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  1. 2 hours ago, Noeller said:

    dude is really well spoken and just seems like a good dude....  during the pandemic, the Bombers re-aired the '19 GC online and had various players doing a "watch along", and Paddy and Jake together were brilliant during the re-broadcast. So much fun... I'd pay folding money to re-watch games with the Bombers in their theatre-style meeting rooms. 

    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.

  2. 3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    A lot of the DB's will be LB's in the CFL at this combine.  Some of the LB's will be edge types.

    DB's and WR's showed pretty good.  There were only 2 receivers who ran 4.7 or worse.  See what they look like in battle drills.  I feel like Ajou Ajou is a guy that might fall right out of this draft.  Think there's a crew there that will be long-term CFLers. 

    OL group at combine is pretty poor.  But most of the top 7-8 guys aren't there.  Dumoulin Duguay is a guy I could see us picking in Round 1.

    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.

     

     

     

  3. 1 hour ago, GCJenks said:

    Can’t say much on the other measures but where was the 40 run? Down the hallway of the hotel? Was there sufficient run out room at the end? Measures like that shouldn't be compared unless taken under the same conditions. 

    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.

  4. 26 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

    Chris-Ike too for backs.  I think if you want a FB you're better off taking one of those guys and seeing if you can teach them how to block.  Herzog would probably have to transform himself into a Demski/Coombs type player.  The FB's from U Sports are basically OL.  Mital might end up being more of an H-Back type too.  Not many 6' 230 lb receivers around.

    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/

     

  5. 2 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

    Just show me the injury stats for kick returns and prove this isn't all based on anecdotes and speculation.

    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.

  6. 21 hours ago, Mark H. said:

    Interesting.  This happens regularly with domesticated animals, especially on dairy farms

    But with wildlife it's a crime.

    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.

  7. 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! 😄 

  8. 1 hour ago, WinnipegGordo said:

    Bombers sign receiver Isaiah Coulter. He was a 2020 5th round draft pick.

    This one is interesting as it was reported he signed with the UFL 4 days ago. 

    https://pfnewsroom.com/news/dc-defenders-continue-to-sign-wrs-add-isaiah-coulter/

    They also signed DB James Campbell. He tried out for Seattle last year.

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

  9. Just now, 17to85 said:

    Worked like a charm I'm the 2019 playoffs so I expect that to continue 

    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.

  10. 3 hours ago, 17to85 said:

    The best thing for collaros this year will be having streveler taking snaps and the coaches not being afraid to throw him in as a change up.

    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.

  11. 15 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Well, you can talk about a certain poster bemoaning the roster all you like but the reality is Osh wouldn't have released or traded Zach away & keptvBrown. So, wishing for something like that is like trying to find pixie dust as it would have never happened. The Bombers had no intention of bringing Dru back. Walters & Osh set their sites on signing Streveler. Even though Brown went to FA, got a raise & a chance to start in Ottawa, the Bombers actually dropped him.

    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.

  12. 1 hour ago, Stickem said:

    Dublanco showing up at the combine...Should be an iteresting watch...This guy will go early in the draft....we may not get a shot unless we can swing a deal....Walters will be on it depending on what he sees from this guy

    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/

     

  13. 1 hour ago, blue85gold said:

    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. 

    Led to a fair number of fumbles as well, as a few time he tried to reverse direction and ran right into a defender who stripped him of the ball.

  14. Just now, Doublezero said:

    I really wish Bombers had been able to keep Brown and had somehow dealt Collaros. But I guess Zach is at the point in the life of his contract, with possibly some guarantees, that made that impossible. The problem is that Zach is 35 and has developed happy feet - starts to scramble early and throws with a hint of desperation. Brown looked more poised when he came in last season and definitely throws a more accurate ball. It'll be interesting to see how pass pro goes this season with changes on the Oline. There will be tweaks and adjustments, no doubt. Hoping Collaros can stay healthy but ... I think Strevy could end up starting for us sooner rather than later.

    Brown has not been hit yet, that's about to change shortly.  We'll see how his game evolves in time after a couple of rounds on the 6 game recuperating from serious injuries like Zach has.  One thing to note, Brown and Collaros are right around 6'-0", difference is Zach weighs 218 lbs. and Brown is a slender 191 lbs., the difference is muscle mass which has served him well the past 4 years.

  15. 3 hours ago, MOBomberFan said:

    Curious, who does everyone feel we should have selected instead of Bennett at 8th and Kelly at 15th? I'm wondering who the 'big get' that we passed on twice was this year. For the life of me I can't figure it out. Uguak seems like the early hit of 2023 and he was gone at 7. Bemiy taken at 9 might round into a better player by the time he's Bennet's age but til then he's currently statistically trailing Bennett and I don't recall him standing out in any big way. Just curious 🤔

    I think year #2 is going to show last years draft class was not all that bad, eager to see what Max Charbonneau, Bret MacDougall, Jeremy Murphy and Jake Kelly bring to TC.  I'll predict that 2 of those 4 eventually become impact players.

  16. On 2024-03-05 at 8:08 AM, Pete said:

    Using the nationalized rule, doesnt mean you have more americans on the starting roster it only means you can play them for a limited amt of snaps in place of cdn. Your cdn backups remain the same. The third cdn safety isnt taking starter reps regardless.

    Not mentioned in this discussion is that the Natl. American rule did not fulfill it's intended purpose of extending the careers of fan favourite veteran American players who were no longer able to secure starting roles, but were still marketable personnel for their team within their communities.  A player like Darvin Adams comes to mind.

    What happened within one week of the season starting is a few teams of low character figured out how to subvert the rule intent and twist it to their advantage.  Both Calgary and BC demonstrated this in week #1, having established starters such Kadeem Carey and Dominique Rhymes listed as backups to no-name players who they replaced after the first snap and played the rest of the game, thus subverting the ratio as the 23 play count applies only to the designated starter.

    Same thing was done on defence as teams were permitted to have a designated nationalized American on offence and defence.  Game #1 the Stamps used their defensive designation on veteran defensive back Branden Dozier, who started behind rookie Michael Griffin, the Lions subbed vet. Woody Baron in for Global no-name Tibo Debaillie after one snap.

    The blame falls on the league for failing to close an obvious loophole on a rule that may have had good intentions and been worthwhile.  As the rule change failed to achieve what is was designed to do, it should be altered to more accurately serve it's purpose, or immediately be eliminated.

  17. 3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

    Likely both imo. The good OL bodies will be long term gambles. We likely go to the replacement level pile for another guy like kola. At this point, Likely some one worse than gray or gray him self. But I don't think they have interest in moving gray to guard and want to roll with eli/dobson inside. 

    I don't think Gray is coming back at a bargain price for any team, he's pursuing his engineering career in Wpg. and doesn't need to sell himself short to play football.

  18. 4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Just for the sake of argument, What if the allegations by this coach are found to be not true & the Argos had already tossed Kelly on heresay to placate the fans of other teams calling for his blood. MLSE would be dragged into court & sued for millions of dollars in damages by Kelly. And while it's true MLSE has hundreds of millions of dollars that any judgement found against it would be but a pittance, the damage to the brand would be far, far worse. Let's see what the CFL does about this. 

    I'm not taking Kelly's side. I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here for the sake of discussion. 

    No mention of the incident on CFL.ca at all, I suspect the CFL Board of Governors will determine how the Argos handle their response so it does not detract the CFL brand as a whole.  A quick payout for what she's asking would probably be the expedient move to make it go away.

  19. 15 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

    First of all you can expect more from men- no one here said they expect less. And sometimes those choices are the wrong ones. 

     

    Agree, the job of a parent is to protect and guide their children, you can't control the behaviour of other people, some of which have diverse personal experiences and criminal histories, which infers exceeding boundaries is not an obstacle they respect.  Hoping for the best doesn't repair damage once done.

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