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If not Ekakitie. Then who? I for one don't want to waste a #1 draft pick on the possibility that the player doesn't stick around in the NFL for 5 - 6 years. How many times on this site did posters say that Mulumba or Bilukidi will be in Blue & Gold next season? Still waiting and Bilukidi has retired. I don't want to play that waiting game. Ekakitie may not be a sexy pick but its the smart pick and I believe will pay off for many years to come. Football's back and I for one couldn't be happier.

Quoted for truth. It's been nice having some Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs to distract us for a while but god damn is it great to have the CFL coming back right away.

I would take Judge too. There are enough good DT's in this draft that we could still fill that need.

I for one, welcome our True North overlords.

Is 8 and 34 enough for our 6th? we could have got more from the Bears.

I want to live in a world where on November 3rd., I'm watching the game against Calgary and be secure in the knowledge that the Stamps will have to go to the pass because they know in advance that Messam will not be able to run against our Dline.

Probably. As well as Herb Zurkowsky & Drew Edwards.

There is a weird bug with chat right now where it is giving errors for people trying to sign up as new Members. Until that gets fixed, I've been disabling it until it needs to be used. So if I ever forget, give me a shout to enable it.

Yeah. That is so true.

Sounds like the perfect venue for the Argos to half sell out!

He has conversations with agents of every possible pick at one too.

But how fast can Jimmy Ralph run to the sideline?

Jimmy's looking forward to the draft.

yeah great day for Jimmy

Have to agree had a procedure a few years back , sure I had to wait but once it was done I was more than thrilled with the Surgeon and his team and the after care.

Simonise seems to be the kind of guy who likes to take the easy way out. Gets thrown out of the U of C for academic issues so he didn't seem to study or do the classroom work he needed to do to stay in university. Then he gets caught for using PEDs. Is he really worth the baggage that comes with him? I'm thinking he's not.

Take it from someone who's been there. Our system is pretty good to excellent. Wait times are an issue but once you're in the care is exceptional.

Hell, next year's draft could be just as much of a crap shoot as this years. If there is a better draft class available the NFL will dip all the deeper to scoop the prime prospects leaving the CFL with the secondary remains again. This is becoming a serious problem for the CFL to navigate.

http://www.bluebombers.com/2017/05/06/winnipeg-football-club-looks-bringing-professional-soccer-manitoba/ Interesting. If affordable for an entire family I think it would work as there are tons of soccer fans in this city.

Since TSN is raving over his testing numbers, let's compare #2 this year, and the guy we gave up #2 last year to get: Pro day results: Waggoner: 6’0”, 224, 4.56 forty 1.53 ten), 39.5 vert, 25 bench, 10’02 broad Judge: 6’0”, 220, 4.55 forty (1.59 ten), 36.5 vert, 19 bench, 10’11 broad

Pretty neat. Probably a massive waste of time though

oh yeah and the preds are going to the third round for the first time in history

hes also 28 now. If he isnt a FA next off season (and i dont think he is) his nfl chance is close to zero.

I just saw on Twitter a crazy guy combined and weighted a bunch of different mock drafts

Excited for when the results are inevitably NOTHING like all of the experts' predictions.

Darren Cameron says Walters in a conference with scouts right now discussing a potential trade that's come through.... Stay tuned....

picking gray is nuts .... he is career nfl-er ... chances of him ever playing cfl is less than 5% ... so use your imagination some place where it could be useful got to go with Walters judgment at #1 .... and we don't need the best player available, we just need a good player that will sign us and play for the next 3 years with us BTW Walters having predraft contract negotiations with Faith is brilliant

I'll play... I don't think that Faith is a first overall talent, but I'm resigned to the idea that he will be our pick. He should be able to rotate right away and we need another NI DL. As for Gray at 6... That's what I'd do. Someone said he got a 5K signing bonus, so they have less than the cost of a good party for the new guys in him right now. I expect he will be looking for work in the CFL by 2019 and he will have a couple of pro years under his belt under the best football coaches and facilities in the world.

Hopefully closer to the cap means they are signing Trouba long-term... but I don' think so. Jets will drift along, saving money on the RFA deals until they are 6 months away from UFA and then trade them for more picks and a prospect.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-draft-seven-thoughts-about-seven-positional-groups-1.744993 Duane Forde with last minute analysis... His top prospects are - Judge, Behar, Ekakitie, Luke, Colling, Spooner, Wright Interesting that now both Dunk and Forde are not ranking Vandevoort as clear #1 REC and maybe not even first round

Reminding us yet again of how lucky we are to be rid of Sleepy Joe. http://3downnation.com/2017/05/07/grading-analyzing-re-drafting-2013-cfl-draft/

I was wondering about that.

Yeah, that was a weird one... not really a lot of meaningful film for him after his season Will still be a great draft pick next year... happy just to be back in football. Calgary will end up with him in the second round after everyone over-thinks his value ha

Can't believe Crosby is playing tonight. This one game is not worth the risk.

Truth... not even St. Patty's day is a good enough reason for me to wear green.

This was always the range Darling was going to get. Term might be a bit long Similar to what Talbot got in Edmonton. Talbot was similar as an unproven starter who had shown well as a backup with the Rangers prior to signing in Edmonton.

Not if they keep ignoring goalie interference

I'm more of a music guy, but I can do (and have done, on a small scale) Sports and News...it just hasn't been my primary objective the last 15 years. I host Election Coverage events (huge Poli-junkie) and can host round-table format sports talk. Essentially what Huss does for H+L, I can do, and have done on a smaller scale.... As for Penton not being like Lawless...maybe that's a good thing? Here's the thing about doing that gig....you're not trying to directly replace GL, 'cause that's a fool's errand. Whoever comes in next has to be their own person and bring their own style. And if it *IS* Penton, who's to say he's not capable of being a little more "bold" in his opinions? We've only ever really heard him on buttoned-down CJOB, right? Maybe if you put him on TSN and give him free reign to be a bit more opinionated, then he lets loose a bit....

The upside, who would you rather look at more

Fleury/Helle instead of Helle/Hutch gets us into the playoffs, no doot aboot it

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Bisons quarterback Theo Deezar will get another chance to learn and train with some of the best in the business. For the second year in a row Deezar will attend Winnipeg Blue Bombers camp as part of the CFL-CIS quarterback internship program. 2) - "Canadians are like gold, Americans silver” – has long been a commandment in the Canadian Football League when it comes to piecing together a roster. The Bombers have nailed their last three drafts, with 13 of 20 selections currently on the roster, including starting center Matthias Goossen, guard Sukh Chungh and safety Taylor Loffler. It’s all been part of a roster makeover, particularly with the Canadian talent, that GM Kyle Walters & Co. have undertaken since being handed the keys to the football ops department. With all that in mind and with the Bombers holding seven selections – including the first, sixth, 15th and 23rd overall picks – in Sunday’s draft, bluebombers.com takes a look at the current crop of Canadians and how they were acquired… http://www.bluebombers.com/2017/05/04/canadian-currency-cfl-draft/ ?‍?Put my position, in the slot that believes drafting a NI receiver shouldn't be a top priority in this year's draft. Gord Barnsley (aka WinnipegGordo) - #Jets working out QB McCleod Bethel Thompson CFL News No surprise. #AlsMTL want back in. #CFL - Kavis Reed said he spoke to teams in order to lay the groundwork about possibly trading up in the first round. #Alouettes @CFL ?‍?Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun is putting his pen forward in becoming the go to guy for CFL/Bomber News in Winnipeg. This is another decent article put forward regarding the upcoming draft versus Bomber needs.. http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/05/04/breaking-down-the-bombers-draft-options?token=f349dd868f5f0a3658d5ef7977076fce "This years draft is very deep at the defensive line position, and the Bombers are likely to capitalize on that "- @BlueBomberTalk Five dopes prospects dropped from #CFL draft over failed drug tests 3downnation.com/2017/05/04/fiv… Congrats to former @BCLions Shawn Gore on becoming a member of @VancouverPD! We got an awesome person! He will do well "He said 'Hey man, you're going to play for Wally Buono!'" - @CFL Draft brings back special memories ? ? - READ ?? ow.ly/JbDs30brNhu - ?‍?Now that's what you want to hear about your GM/Staff. Maybe, one day... And finallly, from Marshall Ferguson...

He could move to Winnipeg, but he'll have to change his name to Pierre LeBleu...

Does this count as our expansion draft requirement?

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