I heard Walters say he would listen to offers for our two first round picks. Such offers might provide useful information for later, but all I would do is listen. The future of our ball club depends on picking wisely, not on gaining what another club might be willing to cast away.

I am not sure what this years top prospects are like  but I would spend first overall on the best player available ... and our fifth on another Canadian o-lineman .... the rest of our draft picks will depend on Walters contacts/network ... its not easy to find a Loffler every year

Bisons Geoff Grey (currently ranked #5 by the CFL Scouting Bureau) got a mention in today's Shrine Bowl:

 

15 hours ago, Fred C Dobbs said:

Bisons Geoff Grey (currently ranked #5 by the CFL Scouting Bureau) got a mention in today's Shrine Bowl:

 

Too bad he finished a great block off with what likely would have drawn some sort of holding penalty in a real game.

On 1/22/2017 at 1:24 PM, nate007 said:

Too bad he finished a great block off with what likely would have drawn some sort of holding penalty in a real game.

Holding?  They don't call that in the CFL

All together now:" You gotta know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em..know when to walk away...."

Edited January 24, 20179 yr by tracker

Good article about Canucks in the Senior Bowl:

http://3downnation.com/2017/01/31/scouts-saying-cfl-prospects-senior-bowl/

Nice hit by Herdman in the video clip. Could he step into Hurl's shoes?

I would be pretty happy if the Bombers left the draft with both Herdman and Gray. 

But then there's that huge hole we have at National receiver...

I'd rather Gray and a receiver out of our first two picks.  Herdman really thinks he's gonna make the NFL.  We need players out of those picks, not guys to wait on.

Gray is an engineer too, so might not be into football for the long haul.

Herdman is a smart cookie too. He apparently has a 3.99 GPA and could go into med school. He's indicated that he wants to give pro football a try.

15 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I'd rather Gray and a receiver out of our first two picks.  Herdman really thinks he's gonna make the NFL.  We need players out of those picks, not guys to wait on.

Gray is an engineer too, so might not be into football for the long haul.

Do we?  If we're getting a great player I don't mind waiting for a year or two.  I don't really see the benefit of taking a lesser player who will come in and play special teams and maybe rotate in on offence/defence for a few snaps.  We already have plenty of guys like that.  I think the team is in a good enough position now that we can afford to wait on a star rather than intentionally taking a worse player just to have them in the lineup right away.

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

Do we?  If we're getting a great player I don't mind waiting for a year or two.  I don't really see the benefit of taking a lesser player who will come in and play special teams and maybe rotate in on offence/defence for a few snaps.  We already have plenty of guys like that.  I think the team is in a good enough position now that we can afford to wait on a star rather than intentionally taking a worse player just to have them in the lineup right away.

I'm not advocating that at all.  There's a handful of guys among a group of really good players who are really chasing the NFL or have legit NFL interest.  That has to factor into decision making when deciding who to pick.  As a for instance, based on what I've seen I wouldn't single Senior out of the top group of OL as being more dominant, but he has pedigree and a legit NFL shot.  In the CFL it's very likely Grey is a better player when all is said and done.

6 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I'm not advocating that at all.  There's a handful of guys among a group of really good players who are really chasing the NFL or have legit NFL interest.  That has to factor into decision making when deciding who to pick.  As a for instance, based on what I've seen I wouldn't single Senior out of the top group of OL as being more dominant, but he has pedigree and a legit NFL shot.  In the CFL it's very likely Grey is a better player when all is said and done.

I see.  Certainly I wouldn't want to use a top pick on a guy who has been drafted or signed an FA deal.  But Grey will almost definitely get a mini-camp invite and we've seen that that can turn into an NFL deal (rarely, but possible).  I'd still use a top pick on him for sure.  I put Herdman in that same category.

Is Herdman a middle linebacker or outside?... that might be the sealer for me... if he can play MLB, might be worth the risk to find a ratio changer there...

Jordan, who we've been talking about is a MLB.

He has a twin brother Justin, who is an Outside Linebacker and is also apparently pretty good.

They are from Winnipeg and are James Reed's sons.

Edited February 1, 20179 yr by Dr. Blue

has the cfl updated their top 10 list for this years draft as of yet, or is that after the combine 

39 minutes ago, wookie said:

has the cfl updated their top 10 list for this years draft as of yet, or is that after the combine 

After the combine.  Usually comes out mid- to late-April.

I'd reckon the next project for the league is getting the damn schedule out. That's usually around this time of year...

i bet the schedule is out between feb 13-17, that week

seems that has been the date the last few years

 

Holy crap it's February, FA and three months to TC! Where did the time go?