NorthernSkunk Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Atomic said: Well apparently contrary to popular belief, you DON'T gotta have Faith A George Michaels fan eh. And I am not necessarily blaming Walters for the wasted pick on Faith. Who knows what happened, Faith didn't live up to some expectation is all I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, johnzo said: yeah, FMB not getting cut caught my eye too. Wonder if they're trying to trade him? montreal needs a kicker. amongst other things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Faith never surpassed the level of Jake Thomas so no point keeping him forever just because. Montgomery I guess just too many other good guys at the position. Betting they asked him to take a pr spot but he declined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 22 minutes ago, 17to85 said: Faith never surpassed the level of Jake Thomas so no point keeping him forever just because. Montgomery I guess just too many other good guys at the position. Betting they asked him to take a pr spot but he declined. Yeah... Montgomery is probably tired of being on PRs. He was a 3rd round pick in the NFL in 2013 and has been on NFL and CFL PRs ever since. That's five years without a single pro game played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebusrankin Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm going to start by saying I am pissed off we kept a bum like Lankford over actual receivers. He is a terrible receiver and frankly if you don't want to put a guy on your roster at season's end when you have injured receivers and you put a guy on ahead of him that you release before camp, well come on. Surprised we cut Randle and Montgomery. AKAChip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, rebusrankin said: I'm going to start by saying I am pissed off we kept a bum like Lankford over actual receivers. He is a terrible receiver and frankly if you don't want to put a guy on your roster at season's end when you have injured receivers and you put a guy on ahead of him that you release before camp, well come on. Surprised we cut Randle and Montgomery. Lankford is still the best kick returner they have, he has the right attitude and he's progressing as a receiver. I don't think there's any more to it than that. blitzmore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 I want to see where Lankford ends up, hoping it’s not on the active roster. Something has to give between him and Thompkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, Atomic said: Yeah... Montgomery is probably tired of being on PRs. He was a 3rd round pick in the NFL in 2013 and has been on NFL and CFL PRs ever since. That's five years without a single pro game played. 28 years old, he probably said thanks but no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 But that’s where it comes down to recognizing what you’re scouting for as a team. Why bring in a guy if he’s not going to supplant a veteran and his best shot is a role you know he won’t accept? i mean, from what we can see (which obviously isn’t everything) he couldn’t really have done much more in camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dee Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Lankford. What can you say? He’s doing all he can do to fit somewhere, anywhere on the Bomber’s roster, including studying all the positions in Lapo’s offence so he can fill a role. And he’s producing - top receiver in Friday’s game. And I certainly wasn’t impressed with any returner in that game. I really don’t care for all the reasons NOT to like Lankford, you have to admire his grit and thinking to recognize he can have a role to play, and, apparently he had a very good camp. As lomg as he produces, he can catch with his helmet for all I care, welcome back to the club. Nobody beat you out.. Fred C Dobbs, blitzmore and Wanna-B-Fanboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweep the leg Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 11 minutes ago, Mike said: I want to see where Lankford ends up, hoping it’s not on the active roster. Something has to give between him and Thompkins. I'm pretty confident he will be. There are no other kr left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebusrankin Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: Lankford is still the best kick returner they have, he has the right attitude and he's progressing as a receiver. I don't think there's any more to it than that. How many imports take 4 years to "progress" as a receiver? Not an elite returner either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweep the leg Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 So we only have 4 import dbs and 3 (unless Wild can play) import lbs on the roster. Interested to see who di's will be on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKAChip Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 The problem is Lankford doesn’t produce. It just gets annoying when some guys get endless chances while some hardly get a shot. wpgallday1960 and rebusrankin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKAChip Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 And if they can’t find a utility returner/receiver better than Lankford, that’s a real problem within itself. rebusrankin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, rebusrankin said: How many imports take 4 years to "progress" as a receiver? Not an elite returner either. None of the candidates proved they were better, so what can you do? Want to wait on Roy Finch??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKAChip Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: None of the candidates proved they were better, so what can you do? Want to wait on Roy Finch??? I would argue that two preseason games isn’t enough to tell that. Especially since you really can gauge return ability in practice very well. Lankford was terrible last year as a receiver and aside from a couple big returns, average as a returner. And guys at his age and point in his career don’t get any better. rebusrankin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebusrankin Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: None of the candidates proved they were better, so what can you do? Want to wait on Roy Finch??? Well scouting better would be a start. I'd honestly have gone with one of the young challengers myself. At least there is upside. Plus honestly Lankford's returns are a product of scheme in my opinion. McDuffie was acutally 3.2 YPR better in 2016 than Lankford but magically regressed last year in Ottawa. AKAChip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, rebusrankin said: Well scouting better would be a start. I'd honestly have gone with one of the young challengers myself. At least there is upside. Plus honestly Lankford's returns are a product of scheme in my opinion. McDuffie was acutally 3.2 YPR better in 2016 than Lankford but magically regressed last year in Ottawa. Well McDuffie appears to be currently available so problem solved I guess, someone ought to let Walters know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuranBoldenRules Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm surprised at how many import DB's they kept on the PR and that both Conteh and Branning aren't on there. White dropped his way off the roster, but still surprised they didn't keep him or Coney as a backup shifty possession guy. After years of not having the bigger bodied receiver that's all we have at import other than Dressler (I don't view Lankford as a legitimate option to play receiver for us). I hope the Canadians, especially Petermann, get a huge chance to take on a significant role. Lankford can't reliably return punts, so he's on the roster for kickoffs again. Waste of a spot. Sucks about Ekakatie. Still wish Walters would have traded down. That 2017 draft sucks something awful, could have traded down pretty far and maybe added a pick or two down the road and still come away with a similar quality player. The best CFL players picked in that draft so far were picked in the third and fifth rounds. rebusrankin and blue_gold_84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Unger Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: 28 years old, he probably said thanks but no thanks. According to 3downnation he wasn’t offered a practice roster spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Some surprises there... Ekakitie not so much. Rather, a pretty big disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty Liver Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Colin Unger said: According to 3downnation he wasn’t offered a practice roster spot. Nutz, I got no explanation. 3 excellent D-Line prospects cast to the wind, can't see the team getting through the season with only 4 DT's. wbbfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuranBoldenRules Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said: Nutz, I got no explanation. 3 excellent D-Line prospects cast to the wind, can't see the team getting through the season with only 4 DT's. They don't vanish into thin air. There's lots of good football players looking for work all the time. wbbfan and blue_gold_84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) From 3downnation http://3downnation.com/2018/06/09/breaking-bombers-final-cuts/ ANyone else really excited to see Biggies' Name where Hurl's was just last year? Man... that looks like a SOLID ******* roster... I am PUMPED!! Edited June 10, 2018 by wanna-b-fanboy credit Mr Dee and ddanger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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