TBieber

One of the more interesting and sad things to me was the record 98 underclassmen entering, and the record 36 going undrafted. That is some bad advice going around for those young men. Of course most if not all will get signed and they can prove themselves that way, but the odds that your career is over now is probably about 90%. No more scholarship, no outside career, nothing.

One of 256 players to be drafted. That was and always will be my reaction. He is a football player and I don't wish him any less or more success than pick 256.

Kalonji Kashama - a 2013 pick of the Redblacks (R3, 27th) is going to the Detroit Lions rookie camp.

Shomari Williams is around $120,000 and played in two games, making one defensive and one special teams tackle.

does this mean his stock will drop? Could mean he goes back to school since he may not be ready for the start of the season, and so yes, I think it may. I'd give him a second round look.

Farhan Lalji tweets that Evan Gill has a partially torn quad and will miss 6 to 8 weeks... that would put him at the end of June and close to Mid-July, which could be the first three weeks of the season.

He should just go back to the CFL. Walters have should an extra $100k now to top others bid for him. TBieber, any NFL interest for Laurent ? Not much going on... I'd give him about another week yet, as team's are going through all their UDFA's first. I'm still saying he goes back to Edmonton. Wally stopped waiting on him and went and grabbed Mitchell. I think he will sign the basic contract and try again in two years, or have one of those - as I call it - "Argonaut Clause" in the deal where he gets out after one year.

That's how you would have to sell it though. Riders acquired Shomari, an all-star punter, and moved up a spot in the draft for their #11 pick. I'm not sure who the Bombers could have packaged with Cauchy to make that a viable situation. Certainly not their #2 overall selection. I mean, you look at how Ottawa didn't even want anyone from their roster, and that pretty much tells you what the league thinks of their Canadians.

In the scenario you posted, your highest paid player (by 1.25 million) would be on the second defensive pairing. Not exactly the way I would want to go about it.

At just over $100,000 he isn't anywhere near what you want. At 55-65K, I would take him as a rotational and special teams guy.

Well there is a shocker before the CFL Draft. #crickets

Evan Gill isn't automatically eligible for the NFL Draft until 2015, so he can't sign with a NFL team right now. He didn't enter the NFL Draft this year. Thanks. Any day you learn something it is a good day.

It was on Twitter for the Canadian-born thing, but they were never thinking CFL, so that's about all it is. I think it was Farhan Lalji who questioned TJ Jones about Winnipeg at the BCS National Championship Game in 2013 and IIRC the response was that he didn't remember any of his childhood in Canada.

Boseko Lokombo went undrafted and unsigned to this point from 2013 Draft... BC Lions property. Only other guy who may find a home is Evan Gill, but I'm not sure it will happen. Rookie mini camp is Thursday - Saturday for Foucault, and there will be around 24 players in attendance, 4 or 5 of which will be offensive lineman along with him. He wisely chose Carolina over Miami... Dolphins drafted two tackles, while Carolina selected zero despite their need to improve the spot.

I think the Browns played it right. My own philosophy is to never draft a receiver or running back in the first round. Part of that is there is just way too much of a history of those picks - especially in the Top 10 - turning out to be completely worthless. There are some exceptions, but they have to be quite the exception. That said, obviously not every single player selected in the first round is a complete bust, but I would guess that about 35-40% make it through to multiple 1,000 yard seasons. I think teams are starting to draft that way as well... certainly fewer skill guys going in the first round the past few drafts since the bomb that was 2009 that featured guys like Heyward-Bey, Brown, Wells, Britt, Nicks, Moreno... As for Gilbert, I think the Browns picked up a guy who won't be too far off of him in the 4th round, Pierre Desir.

The thing is, the Jags needed a QB. They obviously had Bortles rated the highest, so in reality it is hard to fault them for making that pick. Every analyst I saw had the top 3 or 4 QBs jumbled in different orders... There really wasn't one guy who was head and shoulders above the rest. Personally I was thrilled with the Vikings getting Bridgewater at 32. I think that is a steal, regardless of how shitty Bridgewater's pro day went. Agreed. I think a large part of it is a lot of people were on the Manziel hype-train. I am not a huge fan of Bridgewater, but I will agree with you there, great value considering the speculation throughout the entire last year. I read somewhere that the Patriots would have taken Bortles if he was available at 29, and so they were already thinking a QB in the first round if it was the right one. If Belichick liked Bortles enough to use a first round pick on him, I'd say that's a decent indication of his stock.

Rookies have to be quite special to come in and make an impact for Belichick right away, and I think perhaps they looked at the next draft or two and didn't see a QB they liked and with Mallett likely leaving after this season, they felt it was time to make a move. Sort of the the same idea when they took Mallett, though that was in the 3rd round, not the 2nd round.

A lot of people will say Bortles at #3, but I myself am a fan. I think the Jags have done a decent job of adding some targets for him early on here as well. I think Miami was a bit high on Ja'wuan James, and especially considering they also took Billy Turner in the third round... I would have looked at someone like Cooks or Lee for WR or even Dennard or Verrett at CB as those are positions they selected later on as well.

Sam is a tweener, which means he is too small for a defensive end and too big for a linebacker... think Shomari Williams in the CFL. Tweeners often don't have too much success in the NFL. Jackson Jeffcoat, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year is the same fit and wasn't even drafted. Other thing is, Sam isn't much of a player outside of a pass rusher, but in the NFL with the extra down, it is a lot easier to have a guy who can only play one way... in the CFL it would be a little more difficult to get away with that due to a smaller roster and one less down. Better players than Sam overall went undrafted as well... being a fan of the Stanford Cardinal, perhaps slightly biased, but one of my favourites - Shayne Skov went undrafted and I think that is absolutely criminal. But he wound up signing with the 49ers, so while he doesn't get as much money, he may be better off. Then again, it is the 49ers and they're loaded, so he may not even make the team.

Let's analyze this: 4/32 in their actual spot... 5/32 if you toss in Watkins at #4... 25/32 right in the first round Best pick: Kelvin Benjamin, 28, Carolina Worst pick: Austin Seferian-Jenkins, 21, Green Bay For a first round that was quite wacky, I'd say a job well done.

Huge fan of this. Wonder if it happens if they don't lose the NHL though. Sportsnet has NHL and MLB, TSN will brand themselves as carrying literally almost everything else.

They had Derek Schiavone too and he was released after mini camp. I'd expect them to draft one of Mark, Medeiros or Crapigna as competition.

His time in BC was less than impressive. Wouldn't be surprised if he goes by without a new contract, or nothing more than a veteran back-up.

Signed with the Calgary Stampeders in late May last year and was released days in to training camp after a groin injury. That's been his pro career thus far, injury after injury.

Huge Watman fan, I think it would be a good move. Already has a year under his belt, learning from an all-star and Grey Cup Championship team so he's not coming in raw. If you can get Lavertu, I am still taking him though.