With free agency winding down, the CFL draft will be the next big milestone of the off season.

Draft Date:  May 3, 2018

CFL Combine:  Will be in Winnipeg during Mark's CFL Week March 22 - 25  

Draft Tracker:  https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/

Where do the Bombers pick:   Pick 7 (Round 1 - 7th pick),  Pick 16 (Round 2 - 7th pick),  Pick 26 (Round 3 - 8th pick),  Pick 33 (Round 4 - 7th pick),  Pick 41 (Round 5 - 6th pick),  Pick 49 (Round 6 - 6th pick),  Pick 58 (Round 7 - 7th pick),  Pick 67 (Round 8 - 7th pick), 

Prospect Rankings (December 2017)

Rank	Name	Position	School	Hometown
1 (1)	David Knevel	OL	Nebraska	Brantford, Ont.
2 (2)	Trey Rutherford	OL	Connecticut	Markham, Ont.
3 (3)	Ryan Hunter	OL	Bowling Green	North Bay, Ont.
4 (6)	Peter Godber	OL	Rice	Toronto
5 (10)	Julien Laurent	DL	Georgia State	Toronto
6 (4)	Godfrey Onyeka	DB	Laurier	Brampton, Ont.
7 (12)	Rashaun Simonise	REC	Calgary/Okanagan	Vancouver, B.C.
8 (9)	Regis Cibasu	REC	Montreal	Kinshasa, Congo
9 (5)	Darius Ciraco	OL	Calgary	Burlington, Ont.
10 (-)	Mark Chapman	REC	Central Michigan	Port Huron, Mich.
11 (14)	Dakoda Shepley	OL	UBC	Windsor, Ont.
12 (-)	Mark Korte	OL	Alberta	Spruce Grove, Alta.
13 (19)	Jackson Bennett	DB	Ottawa	Cumberland, Ont.
14 (8)	Kene Onyeka	DL	Carleton	Brampton, Ont.
15 (13)	Andrew Pickett	OL	Guelph	Kitchener, Ont.
16 (15)	Alex Taylor	RB	Western	Winnipeg, Man.
17 (20)	Nelkas Kwemo	LB	Queen’s	Montreal, Que.
18 (16)	Ryan Sceviour	OL	Calgary	Calgary, Alta.
19 (11)	Chris Amoah	RB	Laval	Montreal, Que.
20 (-)	David Brown	OL	Western	London, Ont

3 consecutive hyphenated names to round out the fourth... that's gotta be some kind of cfl draft record...

Edited May 4, 20187 yr by bearpants

Just now, bearpants said:

3 consecutive hyphenated names to round out the third... that's gotta be some kind of cfl draft record...

the scrabble score for those 3 alone would win 9 games in the cfl. 

another wr tyrone pierre calm down tburg DONT LOOK

5 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

I wasn't negative about the first receiver. I became negative about 2 with the top 2 picks.

Imagine having a different opinion than the Bombers and then having to watch the cheerleaders around here complain about it. We've now got 8 NI receivers, only 2 of which have even a little bit of CFL experience. Well 3 if you include Wolo's catch. LOL

I have a legitimate question... it seems you don't like the picks based on principle... the thought seems to be if we're starting 2 cdn at receiver, it's a good idea to have some depth... on top of that, they likely had Petermann at the top of the board by that pick... what's the negative? Should they be looking to fill other needs?... do you think a lb or DB would've been a better pick? Or was there someone at 26 you would've preferred they pick?...

Asking for real, not looking for a fight?

12 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

I wasn't negative about the first receiver. I became negative about 2 with the top 2 picks.

Imagine having a different opinion than the Bombers and then having to watch the cheerleaders around here complain about it. We've now got 8 NI receivers, only 2 of which have even a little bit of CFL experience. Well 3 if you include Wolo's catch. LOL

I noticed you (as usual) avoided the question about what you would’ve preferred they do.

 

Bombers petitioning the league to play with 2 footballs.

Pierre is the H-back

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

Pierre is the H-back

at 201 lbs?

1 minute ago, Mike said:

I noticed you (as usual) avoided the question about what you would’ve preferred they do.

I ignore that question because it's simply a chance to change the argument from drafting 2 receivers with our first 2 picks to why this or that guy isn't as good as our choices. You think we have room for 2 or 3 more NI receivers this year?

here we go another wr!!!!!!!!!

oh wow matteo del brocco we really did go with another wr haha

It's receiver mania!!!

Just now, Atomic said:

It's receiver mania!!!

going into camp with 40 wrs 

the draft was blank for a bit but has been changed to matthew ouellet de carlo an OL. 

8 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I have a legitimate question... it seems you don't like the picks based on principle... the thought seems to be if we're starting 2 cdn at receiver, it's a good idea to have some depth... on top of that, they likely had Petermann at the top of the board by that pick... what's the negative? Should they be looking to fill other needs?... do you think a lb or DB would've been a better pick? Or was there someone at 26 you would've preferred they pick?...

Asking for real, not looking for a fight?

You're right. I don't like it on principle. I don't see where we have the room for 2 or 3 or 4 new NI receivers. Demski and Coates are the pencilled in starters. Woli's got the inside track as the first backup. That leaves one more NI receiver spot for our new NI receivers who are in competition with the guys we already have. If we keep them all, our PR will be full of receivers. Add in that fact that we haven't had any success in drafting receivers at least since Walters came to Winnipeg, and I don't see this ending well. Maybe we want them to fight it out among themselves so we don't have to pay all of this year draft picks for very long.

14 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

I ignore that question because it's simply a chance to change the argument from drafting 2 receivers with our first 2 picks to why this or that guy isn't as good as our choices. You think we have room for 2 or 3 more NI receivers this year?

Well our management drafted them so I’d say the answer is yes.

not sure if just drafted a Ultimate frisbee player?

jacob firlotte db out of queens

1 minute ago, Jpan85 said:

not sure if just drafted a Ultimate frisbee player?

lofflers new bff

No one making fun of Marshall Ferguson now ha

34 minutes ago, Mike said:

Pierre is the H-back

You think?  Or are you thinking Moisan?

Pierre looked pretty damn skinny at the combine.

He's going to join the flow club

I wonder how Brett Blaszko feel right now?

1 minute ago, Colin Unger said:

I wonder how Brett Blaszko feel right now?

or simonise. 

Pretty sure Walters thought Shepley and hunter would still be on the board...

id take banner and Mackie over simonise... but that’s about it...

in fine with this draft - it’s pretty shallow anyway