WPG. Own thread coming soon.

CAL . How much do you tinker if at all? But somethin aint right here

EDM. Lots of room for improvement.  Reilly another year older

SSK. Canadas team has lots of FAs, Carter leaving. Huge question marks at QB

BC. Lots of smoke but less flame than grease fire in MTL. Whole new coaching staff at least

TOR. Turning point to build on or just a nice story like OTT last year?

HAM. Soap opera . Key FAs looming. Collaros. Manziel thing.

OTT.  Trending down

MTL. Grease fire until further notice.

27 minutes ago, tracker said:

If the season gets moved up any more, its going to overlap with the NHL playoffs.

It already does...no need to make it worse... 

43 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It already does...no need to make it worse... 

I don't follow hockey so much but the season does appear to wrap completely around from one year to the next.

CFL shouldn’t get going any earlier than May. I’d be fine with regular season games in June, could make Canada Day a destination weekend a few weeks into the season. 

I dont want a October Grey Cup

3 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

I dont want a October Grey Cup

Nov.1 it is then.

Glad you're on board. 

I was on board with this. Then I started thinking, I love the cold weather and snow games. To me, those are a big part of Canada and the CFL. I’m not sure I’d be as interested in a post season that takes place without any snow on the ground. 

3 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

I was on board with this. Then I started thinking, I love the cold weather and snow games. To me, those are a big part of Canada and the CFL. I’m not sure I’d be as interested in a post season that takes place without any snow on the ground. 

I love those games too but I wouldn't shed any tears if they went away.  2011 East Final in -30 weather was a little much.   I had a great time and the result was good.... but I still felt bad for the players.

CFL.ca Is about to reveal 10 names from each team's negotiation list.  Pretty cool.

Check in to CFL.ca at 3 p.m. ET as the CFL reveals 10 players from each team's negotiation list for the first time ever...

Just now, Atomic said:

I love those games too but I wouldn't shed any tears if they went away.  2011 East Final in -30 weather was a little much.   I had a great time and the result was good.... but I still felt bad for the players.

And the game is so much different. You build a team to get you to the playoffs based on one type of weather, then it changes completely.

Yes, I get that both teams play in the same conditions but it affects them differently.

https://www.cfl.ca/2018/02/20/cfl-reveals-list-10-negotiation-list-players-team/

Here are the bombers that were revealed.

Jayson DiManche	LB	Southern Illinois
Quinton Flowers	QB	South Florida
Alex McGough	QB	Florida International
Felix Menard-Briere	K	Montreal
Shakim Phillips	WR	Boston College
Cody Prewitt	DB	Ole Miss
Marcus Sayles	DB	West Georgia
Tharold Simon	DB	LSU
Chris Streveler	QB	South Dakota
Corey Washington	REC	Newberry College

Lol the Bombers already signed Washington, those cheaters

They just signed Corey Washington.

I remember noticing DiManche and Washington on a list of players followed by Ted Goveia on Twitter a year or so ago ... also had a few other interesting names on there too.

 

De’Mornay Pierson El (Nebraska), Charles Nelson (Oregon), Denarius Moore (NFL)

Can someone explain why Felix Menard-Briere is on there? He was a draft pick, and is CND.....soooo...I don't get it.

1 minute ago, Bigblue204 said:

Can someone explain why Felix Menard-Briere is on there? He was a draft pick, and is CND.....soooo...I don't get it.

That was my thought too. Enquiring minds want to know!

4 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Can someone explain why Felix Menard-Briere is on there? He was a draft pick, and is CND.....soooo...I don't get it.

From what I remember we can neg list draft picks that go back to school after they're released.

5 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

RG 3 on Hamilton's neg list, Colin Kap on Montreal's neg list?  Where's Johnny Football?  Has that ship sailed?  Sorry not as on top of CFL news this time of year...

1 minute ago, sweep the leg said:

From what I remember we can neg list draft picks that go back to school after they're released.

but I thought if a draft pick goes back to school, they remain the teams property.

Isn't Lamar Jackson, on Lions' neg list, a potential top 10 pick this year?

1 minute ago, kelownabomberfan said:

RG 3 on Hamilton's neg list, Colin Kap on Montreal's neg list?  Where's Johnny Football?  Has that ship sailed?  Sorry not as on top of CFL news this time of year...

He is still on Hamilton's... these lists are only partial.  10 out of up to 45 names.

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

but I thought if a draft pick goes back to school, they remain the teams property.

Nope.

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

but I thought if a draft pick goes back to school, they remain the teams property.

Only if they don't come to camp, I think. If we release him, he has to be neg listed. I may be speaking from my buttocks, but it sounds right...

From here: https://www.cfl.ca/2018/02/20/deeper-dive-tuesdays-negotiation-list-reveal/

WPG — Quinton Flowers, QB, South Florida, 6-0, 210 pounds

When you put the numbers together on Flowers, they come together to make the recipe for a successful CFL quarterback. At a listed six-feet, he’s undersized at South Florida — the same school that produced S.J. Green — but his stats are likely what stuck the Bombers’ eyes on the 23-year-old. He’s thrown for 8,124 yards through a four-year career at SFU (he had light usage his freshman year), completing 57.7 per cent of his passes for 71 TDs and 23 interceptions.

When he gets out of the pocket, Flowers is a nightmare for opposing defences. He’s rushed for 3,672 yards, including an eye-popping 1,530 yards in 2016. He followed that up with 1,078 yards on the ground as a senior. That dual-threat ability should have Kyle Walters and Mike O’Shea very hopeful that Flowers could make his way to training camp in the not-too-distant future.

 

I didn't realize that we could neg list a Canadian. But, that makes sense.

Now I've learned two things today and need a rest.

3 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

Isn't Lamar Jackson, on Lions' neg list, a potential top 10 pick this year?

I doubt he goes top 10.  Maybe first round.  However it wouldn't surprise me if pretty much every top QB coming out of the NCAA gets neg-listed.  You never know when it might pay off or a guy will flame out of the NFL early.

I don't why when is last time a high NFL QB pick has had any success. The overwhelming QB's that are successful in CFL are small school guys.