2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[wbbfan]

31 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Of all the QBs, if you had to take a guy. All available. Who. 

For me, Sénécal.  
 
He can be molded into a rb/wr super sub who also does short yardage duty, and can run a package like streveler if you want. 
 

I don’t see near enough incentive to flip the qb ratio, and I don’t see the upside or polish in the rest of the QBs that is any thing you can’t easily find in imp rookie free agent QBs at all times. 
 

none cheat answer, if I had to take one qb as a qb it’d be elgersma. I think he has better mobility (especially after the acl for rourke) better size, and more arm talent. 

5 minutes ago, Mike said:

Tachinski as a converted receiver 

I like him as well as a project guy, especially since he’s been in our camp before and is extremely familiar with the organization. 

[Pete]

7 hours ago, Noeller said:

Anything other than OL/DL in the first couple picks seems like a waste. Then you go BPA. 

the first pick needs to be a potential starter within a year, if that's an ol great, but the first pick shouldn't be just a positional need , If a db pick is more likely to be that starter then we should go there.

[Booch]

take best player available first pick....load the lines with remaining.....and make it work with the guys going to camp....and pick team same way...best player per position available and make it work with the way you structure ratio/depth....done

10 hours ago, Pete said:

the first pick needs to be a potential starter within a year, if that's an ol great, but the first pick shouldn't be just a positional need , If a db pick is more likely to be that starter then we should go there.

yup....best guy on board who can actually take reps now as a legit back-up or who can actually push to start or be projected as a starter.....as any pro athlete save for an big ol fatty lineman can play most teams with good coaching

[wbbfan]

Honestly, any of our top 4 picks in this draft could be starters and should be excellent picks. Idc so much where we extra futures or where we grab immediate production, as long as we make good picks and im sure we will in the top half. Avoid rb qb lber in the top half and it’ll be hard to miss. 

[JuranBoldenRules]

19 hours ago, Goalie said:

Who is the shedeur of the cfl draft. In other words a guy who been hyped who isn’t that great and will drop. 

There's a couple NCAA receivers and DL who have been hyped as first or second rounders that I could see dropping pretty far.

The receiver and DL classes are really deep.  For that reason I could see an early run on OL (much shallower group) even if their ability isn't quite up to snuff.

[rebusrankin]

"I can't believe that guy was here for us"

"Steal of the draft"

"Walters is working his magic"

"We took that guy?"

"This draft is terrible"

"What are we doing today?"

I am ready for the draft.

[Rich]

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

"I can't believe that guy was here for us"

"Steal of the draft"

"Walters is working his magic"

"We took that guy?"

"This draft is terrible"

"What are we doing today?"

I am ready for the draft.

 

This will help you decide which one to use round by round

 

https://spinthewheel.app/JocaD8M1Br 

[sweep the leg]

https://x.com/wpg_bluebombers/status/1917234132037358042?s=46

 

 

Edited April 29 by sweep the leg

[wbbfan]

6 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

https://x.com/wpg_bluebombers/status/1917234132037358042?s=46

 

 

Interesting move, we gave up decent value and took Bailey an athletic edge tweener who will be in camp but I don’t think he has tremendous upside. More of a high floor guy imo. 

Peterson is a solid small but thick athletic back. I guess we wanted a guy like that but didn’t want to use a pick this year that could feed a need better. 
 
don’t love giving up on Sampson. 

[Bigblue204]

wonder who they are targeting in the global draft?

[bigg jay]

2 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

wonder who they are targeting in the global draft?

They took DL Kemari Munier-Bailey in the first and punter James Evans in the second.

[blue85gold]

7 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

wonder who they are targeting in the global draft?

It already just happened. 

https://www.cfl.ca/2025-global-draft-tracker/

2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Kemari Munier-Bailey

Defensive Lineman

Weber State

Great Britain

 

[rebusrankin]

Don't like giving up Sampson.

[blue85gold]

From https://3downnation.com/2025/04/28/top-10-position-players-in-the-2025-cfl-global-draft/

EDGE Kemari Munier-Bailey, Weber State University (England)

HT: 6024 | WT: 230 | HND: 90 | ARM: 323 | WNG: 781

BP: 20 | VJ: 33 | BJ: 9030 | 10YD: 1.62 | 40YD: 4.70 | 3C: 757 | SS: 4.69

A former member of the Great Britain junior national basketball team, Munier-Bailey had stints at Idaho and Fresno State before earning third-team FCS All-American honours in his final season with the Wildcats. He’s a classic CFL tweener on the outside with a good first step and active hands as a speed rusher, though he can be late to bend the edge and gets run past the QB at times. Despite a similar frame and athletic profile to Jibunor, he isn’t quite as strong at the point of attack and can get moved off his spot in the run game, but is fast enough to be able to track down ball carriers in space once they bounce outside. That makes him one of the better special teams projections available in addition to his situational defensive value

[blue85gold]

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2024/8/16/football-punter-evolution-james-evans-rates-among-nations-best-PETE

"Last year’s average of 45.8 yards was the best ever by a Hoosier, topping Drew Hagan’s 44.8-yard average in 1999. He had 22 punts of more than 50 yards, with a long of 70.

His career average of 43.9 yards is also a school record, better than Alan Sutkowski’s 42.5-yard average from 1995-97."

[rebusrankin]

I like the punter pick.

[M.O.A.B.]

46 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Don't like giving up Sampson.

We have lots of Nat DTs on the roster though. Lawson, Schmekel, Kornelson and old Thomas. We also have Gowanlok at edge. Can't fit them all in the active roster.

It's interesting to see that they are very interested in Bailey which I feel what prompted this trade. We have a better DL rotation when we have Hansen 2-3 years ago. Hope this is the intention here.

Edited April 29 by M.O.A.B.

[rebusrankin]

6 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

We have lots of Nat DTs on the roster though. Lawson, Schmekel, Kornelson and old Thomas. We also have Gowanlok at edge. Can't fit them all in the active roster.

It's interesting to see that they are very interested in Bailey which I feel what prompted this trade. We have a better DL rotation when we have Hansen 2-3 years ago. Hope this is the intention here.

I like Lawson a lot. Jake needs to be gone imo. Schemekel is mid at best and Kornelson is camp fodder. I do agree with your DL rotation point and agree that I hope this is the intent.

[M.O.A.B.]

4 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I like Lawson a lot. Jake needs to be gone imo. Schemekel is mid at best and Kornelson is camp fodder. I do agree with your DL rotation point and agree that I hope this is the intent.

Samson is still unproven though. He could turn out to be the next Ted Laurent or the next Evan Gill for the ticats. 

[M.O.A.B.]

Kemari Munier-Bailey - Football - Weber State University Athletics

James Evans - Football - Indiana University Athletics

[blue85gold]

I honestly completely forgot who Samson was and that he was a 2nd round pick last year. 

[GCn20]

3 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

I honestly completely forgot who Samson was and that he was a 2nd round pick last year. 

I don't know what to make of this, they must have really liked this Bailey kid. Paid a lot for him. I will defer to our scouts and hope this is a great move.

[blue85gold]

11 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

I don't know what to make of this, they must have really liked this Bailey kid. Paid a lot for him. I will defer to our scouts and hope this is a great move.

Or they really like this running back Matthew Peterson. 

Maybe they don't like the RBs in the draft this year but think there are a lot of DTs available. Who knows

[Fatty Liver]

2 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

Or they really like this running back Matthew Peterson. 

Maybe they don't like the RBs in the draft this year but think there are a lot of DTs available. Who knows

Ed Hervey project, brought with him to the Ti-Cats from the AB. Golden Bears, good enough to win CanWest football player of the year in 2023.

 

This is Brady's new backup, if he takes him under his wing, good things could happen.

[JuranBoldenRules]

Hopefully they know that Bailey is looking to play in Canada.  His resume would look fine as an American player.  Lots of production, good testing numbers.  Hopefully he can be a rotational piece off the edge.  We've really missed having a nice rotation on the edge the past couple years.