Former Bombers in NFL (and spring leagues) news

[GCn20]

On 2025-12-19 at 12:59 AM, SpeedFlex27 said:

We drafted him, right? I have a feeling that he wouldn't play for us. With his entire family on theLower mainland, I think he'd want to play for BC.

We own his rights. Not his choice.

[Booch]

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

We own his rights. Not his choice.

Yup...if his nfl chance fizzled...and more than likely will within 2 yrs...its play here...or don't play

 

[wbbfan]

12 minutes ago, Booch said:

Yup...if his nfl chance fizzled...and more than likely will within 2 yrs...its play here...or don't play

 

If he sticks for 4-ish years, even without becoming a regular starter, he could make enough money to retire. IF he is fiscally wise. And if he doesn't have that burning desire to play football. Neither of which is a tremendous chance imo. If he doesn't become a starter down there, I think he will be up here. 

 The only real move could be if he forces a trade, which I think has happened a time or two but it is rare. And as it is, he would be better served coming here if his NFL window closes. Marty is extremely prolific as an OL coach. Over the next couple years he'd have a much better path to playing here, coaching, and mentorship. 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, GCn20 said:

We own his rights. Not his choice.

For another year or two. He may play in the CFL but I doubt we'll see him in a Bomber uniform. 

[GCn20]

16 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

For another year or two. He may play in the CFL but I doubt we'll see him in a Bomber uniform. 

We drafted him. We own his CFL rights in perpetuity.

[bigg jay]

2 hours ago, GCn20 said:

We drafted him. We own his CFL rights in perpetuity.

Yeah but if i guess says he's not going to sign here, we have limited options.  It's rare but has happened.  Corey Mace did that to us back in the day and never played a snap for us.

[rebusrankin]

31 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Yeah but if i guess says he's not going to sign here, we have limited options.  It's rare but has happened.  Corey Mace did that to us back in the day and never played a snap for us.

It's obvious  Manu plus Zach for Rourke. Note this is a joke. 

[GCn20]

13 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Yeah but if i guess says he's not going to sign here, we have limited options.  It's rare but has happened.  Corey Mace did that to us back in the day and never played a snap for us.

True. His loss in that case. We can trade him or tell him to retire then like we did with Mulumba

[SpeedFlex27]

8 hours ago, GCn20 said:

True. His loss in that case. We can trade him or tell him to retire then like we did with Mulumba

For 4 years we had daily & monthly updates on Mulamba & Bikudi(?) ... "They're COMING!!!!" They'd all scream on Our Bombers (please shut up, not again!!!) when Mulamba & the other dude both got kicked off yet another NFL PR. Yeah, well they both stayed in the NFL practicing for years & never played in either league. 

Edited 7 hours ago by SpeedFlex27

[GCn20]

3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

For 4 years we had daily & monthly updates on Mulamba & Bikudi(?) ... "They're COMING!!!!" They'd all scream on Our Bombers (please shut up, not again!!!) when Mulamba & the other dude both got kicked off yet another NFL PR. Yeah, well they both stayed in the NFL practicing for years & never played in either league. 

Might be the case with Manu as well if he stays South for an extended period. Mulumba tried to force us to trade him, we told him to retire. If Manu is a quitter like Mulumba he can do the same, if he wants to play it's with us OR we trade him on our terms.

[HardCoreBlue]

3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

For 4 years we had daily & monthly updates on Mulamba & Bikudi(?) ... "They're COMING!!!!" They'd all scream on Our Bombers (please shut up, not again!!!) when Mulamba & the other dude both got kicked off yet another NFL PR. Yeah, well they both stayed in the NFL practicing for years & never played in either league. 

That would go under the category of weird professional football career.

[Bigblue204]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

That would go under the category of weird professional football career.

it's probably pretty common honestly.

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

it's probably pretty common honestly.

it is for americans. Not really for Canadians but yeah. any one who gets that from the nfl generally takes it. 

6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

For 4 years we had daily & monthly updates on Mulamba & Bikudi(?) ... "They're COMING!!!!" They'd all scream on Our Bombers (please shut up, not again!!!) when Mulamba & the other dude both got kicked off yet another NFL PR. Yeah, well they both stayed in the NFL practicing for years & never played in either league. 

christo bilukidi, boy we had some drafts back then eh lol 

[Goalie]

Winnipeg is more affordable for a cfl player than Vancouver tho. The money goes farther here. Honestly I’d avoid bc Toronto and Montreal if I was a player coming up to play in Canada or even grew up here. Not every player tho wants to play in his hometown. Dude is off in Detroit which is closer to Winnipeg than Vancouver right now.