2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

[bb1]

57 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

You can't judge noeller without speaking to his friends.... we got the real dirt and the bidding starts at 5 Gs.

I don't think we can handle the truth. 😉

Edited 20 hours ago by bb1

[Goalie]

5 G’s at the pot store is 40$ 

[kelownabomberfan]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

5 G’s at the pot store is 40$ 

[Booch]

2 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Labrador lol

[Piggy 1]

15 hours ago, bb1 said:

I don't think we can handle the truth. 😉

Oh wait ,Noeller has friends? 😆

[Booch]

25 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Oh wait ,Noeller has friends? 😆

I think Fairweather ones lol 😁

[17to85]

45 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Oh wait ,Noeller has friends? 😆

I'm more of a well wisher in that I don't wish him and specific harm.

[Noeller]

20 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

I'm more of a well wisher in that I don't wish him and specific harm.

Fairweather indeed!! 😂

[Super Duper Negatron]

1 hour ago, Piggy 1 said:

Oh wait ,Noeller has friends? 😆

I heard he lives in a house of mirrors, where the friends are unlimited!

Anyone know anything about Walker in Calgary? Read this on 3DN and came away kind of liking him:  https://3downnation.com/2025/05/13/i-made-them-guys-waggle-former-nfl-qb-p-j-walker-customized-offseason-training-for-cfl/

[wbbfan]

50 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

I heard he lives in a house of mirrors, where the friends are unlimited!

Anyone know anything about Walker in Calgary? Read this on 3DN and came away kind of liking him:  https://3downnation.com/2025/05/13/i-made-them-guys-waggle-former-nfl-qb-p-j-walker-customized-offseason-training-for-cfl/

Calgary picked him up late last year, where some thought we might see him get some burn at the end of the year, but not much came of it. He is about as experienced as it gets for NFL QBs making their way up here these days. He's got a tool set that should work well up here, too. He isn't young, but he is a high upside guy and should be a high floor passer. And in a league that still sees guys who can't play, cycle through jobs for years, that is a great luxury to have.  

In general, the CFL to NFL pipeline for QBs is pretty much dead. We are both looking at the same qualities for QBs now, but the extended camp and PR sizes just vacuum prospects up till they burn out. It's wild that the era of "spread offence isn't pro/NFL viable (Unless it's the 9ers)" led to far more QBs going from here to the NFL. 

Rourke has all the tools in the world and is young, but they spit him out in short order. If he weren't a CFL QB, I feel like he would've gotten a longer look. Instead of the overlap in QB tool sets deepening the developmental roots from here to the NFL, the pay gap and time range have killed the grounds. So, most teams settle for guys who transferred once or twice as high-star recruits out of high school who struggled to find sustained success in college. Or guys who played in the basement levels of the NCAA. 

 Which has left CFL teams fighting over the long-since-expired careers of has-beens and never-will-bes. 

 

 (off season mode rant, over) 

[bigg jay]

Doman seems to enjoy his 90's/00's rap music.  First LL Cool J, then 50 Cent and now Snoop.

Drop It Like It's Hot: Snoop Dogg to play B.C. Lions home opener - 3DownNation

 

[wbbfan]

22 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Doman seems to enjoy his 90's/00's rap music.  First LL Cool J, then 50 Cent and now Snoop.

Drop It Like It's Hot: Snoop Dogg to play B.C. Lions home opener - 3DownNation

 

lol true. I think it is a great way to target the wider demographic range. Especially with Snoop. LL, kinda meh, dated. Like Iced T he's probably known more as an actor than rapper at this point. Snoop is a big score, though. Probably a bigger name than we will see at the GC :S 

[bigg jay]

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

lol true. I think it is a great way to target the wider demographic range. Especially with Snoop. LL, kinda meh, dated. Like Iced T he's probably known more as an actor than rapper at this point. Snoop is a big score, though. Probably a bigger name than we will see at the GC :S 

Yeah LL is definitely dated &  would not have been someone I picked but, at the time, it seemed like a pretty big name for a CFL game.  Bringing in 50 Cent got them about 20k more people so I think they learned from that.  Plus Snoop never turns down a chance to add to his jersey collection and he's big into football.  Maybe they can get him doing some commentary since he's done it for other sports! lol

[Tracker]

 

 

 

                                        

[wbbfan]

42 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Yeah LL is definitely dated &  would not have been someone I picked but, at the time, it seemed like a pretty big name for a CFL game.  Bringing in 50 Cent got them about 20k more people so I think they learned from that.  Plus Snoop never turns down a chance to add to his jersey collection and he's big into football.  Maybe they can get him doing some commentary since he's done it for other sports! lol

yeah. I bet snoop draws a bunch more than fiddy. 
Snoop commenting on cfl plays of the week would be huge. And wildly entertaining. 
 

I’ve heard he’s actually a really good hs football coach with an impressive understanding of Xs n Os. 

10 minutes ago, Tracker said:

 

 

 

                                        

So 2 games on an actual tsn channel? Will the + games be shown on in stadium cameras with announcer audio again lol 

 tsn never fails to disappoint with cfl coverage. 

[Fatty Liver]

12 minutes ago, Tracker said:

 

 

 

                                        

Can't remember exactly how CFL+ works but I think you need a VPN to disguise your location if watching within Canada.

[Noeller]

12 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Can't remember exactly how CFL+ works but I think you need a VPN to disguise your location if watching within Canada.

There's no way that'll be the case for these games. They won't shut out 99% of their market. I'm curious if the league will simulcast this on their YT channel... But either way, just gimme the goddamned game. Even if it's OB synced with the in house camera... Actually come to think of it, that might be better than the actual game feed....

Edited 1 hour ago by Noeller

[rebusrankin]

I'd rather listen to Snoop do colour than Suitor.

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

2 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Doman seems to enjoy his 90's/00's rap music.  First LL Cool J, then 50 Cent and now Snoop.

Drop It Like It's Hot: Snoop Dogg to play B.C. Lions home opener - 3DownNation

 

If only he could entice Martha Stewart to snag a few frisbees at half time.

[Colin Unger]

Wake me up when Doman gets 2pac