Pre season action 1PM PT

BC at Edmonton

3 Areas To Watch

Number 2 Pivot: Who Steps Up?

BC - Ricky Lloyd and first-year Leos Austin Apodaca and Cole Sears will handle the quarterback reps in hopes of getting a leg up on sticking behind Reilly on the depth chart. 

Edmonton- Danny O’Brian, Logan Kilgore, Briscoe.

- One big observation in the first week of camp is the depth at receiver. Standouts at the position have included Joey Augustin, Marquis Bundy and Mexican additions Fernando Richarte and Gerardo Alvarez. All CFL clubs are required to keep one global player on their roster beyond training camp.

- Defensive Line: Calling On Another Bookend

With Odell Willis having another strong showing in camp, the big question remains who will line up as the other bookend.

- Linebacker Adam Konar gets to battle some of his own teammates after he was cut loose and quickly picked up by the Lions on day one of camp. He’ll start at MLB

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That's a steal with their third rounder. Shocked that BC wouldn't bid a second.

1 minute ago, Atomic said:

That's a steal with their third rounder. Shocked that BC wouldn't bid a second.

BC can't afford to pay anyone else.

2 hours ago, Wideleft said:

 

 

Nice vampire Kiwi reference! 

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

 

Prince knitted?

Is there any end to his accomplishments?

 

Clearly there were some teams who were not all that interested in him who fed some BS to 3downnation hoping that whoever ended up with him would over pay. If he was a top 15 calibre player in this past year's draft I think we would have seen a team propose a 2nd round pick for him.  At least 5 CFL teams didn't think he was worthy of a 3rd round pick. 

3 hours ago, Mark F said:

 

Prince knitted?

Is there any end to his accomplishments?

Looks like he did pretty good bleaching too, 

14 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

Clearly there were some teams who were not all that interested in him who fed some BS to 3downnation hoping that whoever ended up with him would over pay. If he was a top 15 calibre player in this past year's draft I think we would have seen a team propose a 2nd round pick for him.  At least 5 CFL teams didn't think he was worthy of a 3rd round pick. 

Has supplementals been this late before? I figure adding a OL is not going to affect starting line up this year anyway but it is late.

47 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

Clearly there were some teams who were not all that interested in him who fed some BS to 3downnation hoping that whoever ended up with him would over pay. If he was a top 15 calibre player in this past year's draft I think we would have seen a team propose a 2nd round pick for him.  At least 5 CFL teams didn't think he was worthy of a 3rd round pick. 

Starting centre for three years in div1 FBS, with some pro experience and no NFL interest... don't think anyone needed to feed BS to 3DN, that's a top prospect profile every year.

Sask might have realized that no one else is really in the market for a Centre...  

We definitely overpaid for Poblah and Waggoner - didn't Laurent go for a 2nd or 3rd...?

43 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Starting centre for three years in div1 FBS, with some pro experience and no NFL interest... don't think anyone needed to feed BS to 3DN, that's a top prospect profile every year.

I won't argue this guy's credentials but it does seem like every supplemental draft prospect gets talked up as a potential 1st overall pick had they been in the regular draft.  The way the system is set-up, it makes sense that teams try to pump the tires on these guys so that other teams over-pay for them like we did with Poblah & Waggoner.

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

Sask might have realized that no one else is really in the market for a Centre...  

We definitely overpaid for Poblah and Waggoner - didn't Laurent go for a 2nd or 3rd...?

Poblah was one of those, "Who is this guy?" picks but Waggoner looked to be able to play but decided his future was elsewhere.

2 hours ago, Fan Boy said:

Has supplementals been this late before? I figure adding a OL is not going to affect starting line up this year anyway but it is late.

We took wolitarsky june 27 of 2017.

2 hours ago, Atomic said:

Starting centre for three years in div1 FBS, with some pro experience and no NFL interest... don't think anyone needed to feed BS to 3DN, that's a top prospect profile every year.

Eli is a better prospect imo. Hes good certainly, but not plug n play by any means. A guy who develop and take the growing pains with for sure. But missing TC is huge. 

 

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

Poblah was one of those, "Who is this guy?" picks but Waggoner looked to be able to play but decided his future was elsewhere.

Both were guys who offered to make our active roster right away, at a time we were thing on NI talent. With no other means of getting any better NI talent at the point in time we got them, and with hope that our picks the following years would be high not low. Both of those guys would have been first round picks no doubt, they just didnt work out. Way she goes. 

10 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Poblah was one of those, "Who is this guy?" picks but Waggoner looked to be able to play but decided his future was elsewhere.

Just not sure what other teams have offered 1st round picks in the supplemental...  there was Montreal last year for Johnstone - but is he actually better than Gibbons or Desjarlais...?

Tough call - Wolitarsky is an absolute steal... would have been second round pick at least and we gave up nothing (still picked up Petermann)

Waggoner was a huge miss...  no way anyone is picking him over Singleton

So I seem to recall more teams than Winnipeg bidding a first for poblah. 

2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

So I seem to recall more teams than Winnipeg bidding a first for poblah. 

I think that was another Mack justification...  like Brendan LaBatte was 'always' going back to Sask and Reilly was 'already signed' in BC so why try...

Lots of #fakenews in that era...

3 minutes ago, Floyd said:

I think that was another Mack justification...  like Brendan LaBatte was 'always' going back to Sask and Reilly was 'already signed' in BC so why try...

Lots of #fakenews in that era...

Reilly was never coming here and pretty sure Toronto did bid a first on poblah too. You say fake news, I say reasons.

Yeah Poblah had a solid resume when he entered the draft. The question about him were his hands...and we all know how that worked out.

Kiosk hands, in fact.

49 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Yeah Poblah had a solid resume when he entered the draft. The question about him were his hands...and we all know how that worked out.

yeah I remember thinking at the time "Hey Poblah Ray Neufeld wants his hands back" - and then I smiled at my own cleverness and went about my day.

Edited June 26, 20196 yr by kelownabomberfan

1 hour ago, Floyd said:

I think that was another Mack justification...  like Brendan LaBatte was 'always' going back to Sask and Reilly was 'already signed' in BC so why try...

Lots of #fakenews in that era...

League wide hype was strong for poblah. Look at that era in the draft. And see how many big, athletic division 1 wrs with good college stats (2k yards, 15 tds, 150 catches, and some return duties) went after the first round. 

2 hours ago, Floyd said:

Just not sure what other teams have offered 1st round picks in the supplemental...  there was Montreal last year for Johnstone - but is he actually better than Gibbons or Desjarlais...?

Tough call - Wolitarsky is an absolute steal... would have been second round pick at least and we gave up nothing (still picked up Petermann)

Waggoner was a huge miss...  no way anyone is picking him over Singleton

Thats just revisionist history. Singleton was thought to be good, but not by any means a franchise star NI. There is a reason he was available at a ratio breaker position when the stamps picked. Waggoner was a good back up and very good teams player who decided to retire young going into his prime. Singleton was a phenom anomaly. 

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

We took wolitarsky june 27 of 2017.

Eli is a better prospect imo. Hes good certainly, but not plug n play by any means. A guy who develop and take the growing pains with for sure. But missing TC is huge. 

Eli may very well be a better prospect but he also would have gone a lot higher if the other GMs knew he was intending to continue playing football.

I bet this guy is on the Riders roster within 2 weeks. He is better than Braden Schram at the very least.

3 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Eli may very well be a better prospect but he also would have gone a lot higher if the other GMs knew he was intending to continue playing football.

I bet this guy is on the Riders roster within 2 weeks. He is better than Braden Schram at the very least.

Damning with faint praise. As in: "For a fat girl, you don't sweat very much".

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Reilly was never coming here and pretty sure Toronto did bid a first on poblah too. You say fake news, I say reasons.

He was on their neg list that's all...  like I said #fakenews and an overpayment

And I saw independent scouting reports saying poblah hands down would have been a 1st overall pick. Just because he didn't work out (as many picks don't) doesn't mean the bombers were out of line spending a first round pick. Fact isn't they didn't spend a first someone else would have.