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Hey guys, I got bored and did a bunch of research to drop a four-round mock here. I did end up having the same first rounder for the Bombers as Hodge. I don't know **** about **** but I thought this was fun! Tell me where I went wrong and if you want explanations I will give them! Edmonton - LB Joel Dublanko Ottawa - OL Gabe Wallace Saskatchewan - DT Daniel Okpoko Calgary - OL Kyle Hergel Toronto - LB Geoff Cantin-Arku B.C. - WR Nick Mardner Hamilton - LB Melique Straker Winnipeg - OL George Una Montreal - OL Nathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay Edmonton - OL Daniel Johnson Ottawa - WR Kevin Mital Saskatchewan - OL Christy Nkanu Calgary - DT Justin Sambu Calgary - WR Dhel Duncan-Busby B.C. - DB Ben Labrosse Hamilton - DE Tyson Hergott Winnipeg - LB Nick Wiebe Edmonton - DE Luke Brubacher B.C. - DE Micah Roane Winnipeg - DE DK Bonhomme Edmonton - WR Ajou Ajou Ottawa - OL Theo Benedet Saskatchewan - OL Giovanni Manu Toronto - RB Michael Herzog Toronto - TE Tanner McLachlan BC - DT Kail Dava Toronto - DB Daniel Bell Winnipeg - RB/FB Michael Chris-Ike Montreal - FB Paul-Antoine Oullette Edmonton - DB Tyshon Blackburn Edmonton - OL Anim Dankwah Saskatchewan - WR Kevens Clercius Calgary - DE Jason Janvier-Messier Hamilton - DE Kyle Samson Ottawa - LB Olivier Muembi Winnipeg - WR Ezechiel Tiede Montreal - OL John Bosse This is under the assumption that Theo and Gio both get drafted fyi ^^^^^^

Ironically, you’re one of the forum posters who could write as well or better than 3dn. You know it’s possible to be critical of something and still appreciate its existence right?

I think what's interesting to see after doing this exercise is that there's SO MUCH MORE talent coming up from U.S. schools this year compared to last year I went back and checked and only 11 guys in the CFL draft last year were from American colleges. 6 of those guys are on NFL rosters right now and the 5 remaining in the CFL are Dontae Bull, Cole Tucker, Francis Bemiy, Adam Guillmette, Thomas Bertrand-Hudon Of the 37 guys in the four round mock something like 20 of them are coming from U.S. colleges and there were others that were left off the list at the end It's a really good year for the bombers to have an extra second round pick

I didn't give you permission to post a picture of me. My lawyer, Jackie Chiles will be in touch.

Anyone can start a blog, I've got no interest in that. I'm here for an open exchange of ideas with other fans... people who write blogs wa t their opinions heard without them being open to challenge. As seen by the butthurt here when people call their opinions trash.

I think some of us just appreciate the extra content. The only thing more embarrassing than 3down’s terrible takes is forum posters who don’t even have a blog trying to Uncle Rico from the sidelines, “if only I had a blog, I could write way better than them. I just know it!”

Awwww sounds like someone's got a case of the hurt fee fees because 3rd down nation is called what they are... fanboi bloggers play acting at being real media

Hook, line and sinker.

And yet... Here you are. Gracing us with your presence, Your Lordship.

Off-season, regular season & post-season lunacy:

only 83 days left until the season starts. Then we can replace the offseason lunacy with regular season lunacy.

RB/FB Michael Chris-Ike at 28! He's been a backup RB and core special teamer in college and has the size to play some fullback

I appreciate all the work that went into this. I like the idea of an OL in round 1 and then 2 defensive players in round 2. One question, where is the fullback?

A deep top heavy draft could see higher than usual trade activity too. Maybe cam Lawson type deals

Shouldn’t we have the posts going for the count down with player numbers then? even better, we get training camp crazy. It’s extra special crazy cus we’re all shaking off the football withdrawals.

Jay Washington needs to be in the debate as well.

Ok, I’ll show myself out for that title. Game time: 7:00 pm, TSN3 The story: The up-and-down Jets try to climb back atop the Central standings against the muscular waterfowl of Disneyland as they were known in a past iteration. Scheifele possibly back after his turn upchucking the flu bug as it washes over the whole team, but Vilardi on the shelf for a while now with a bum spleen. Brossy gets the start apparently. Anyone who has better luck than I trying to post the projected starting line-up, please do so. A win tonight and a 3 way tie for Central #1 spot, with the Jets holding the tie-breaker.

Attendance: 15,225 - Sellout?!?! 3 Stars: 🥇39 🥈73 🥉55

Lewis can have 2nd behind Charlie for those reasons. And then everyone else.

Basically has free stuff but people also use it as a front end for their own media files and you can also use it to make your own private Netflix.

* googles plex *

Thats the order I would slate them in....

Family dinner so the comments won’t happen until after either unless I have to go bathroom lol. Then maybe we go on phone for 5 minutes. ps: don’t actually think they should trade Vilardi. Hopefully they get it fixed cuz he’s damn good when healthy.

Nope. Looks like Bell MTS doesn't carry FX now.

They originally built it to hold 42,000 but expanded it for the World Student Games to 60,000 which was ludicrous. I went to the 78 CWG & really liked the place at that size. They should have kept it at 42000. It is Gi-Normous now.

it will be changed as soon as some confirmations kick in in about two hours

The offseason..aint it grand? 😉 What we have here is a failure to communicate....

Well then that won't happen. Danielle Smith only spends money on things like that to buy votes, like in calgary. Edmonton didn't vote for her so they get cut off.

Just started watching Shrinking... really enjoying it so far.

I play Ultimate and coach my daughter's softball team as my main hobbies. I enjoy golfing in the summer and skiing in the winter, but don't get out to do either nearly as much as I would like. I used to curl a lot, but stopped when my daughter was born... I really want to get back into it, but don't know anyone who curls and is looking for an additional player. I'm also a gamer, mostly PC but some Console as well. I'm a aspiring maker/tinkerer. I love woodworking projects and want to get into 3D printing and CNC but I just don't have the space for it yet, but hopefully soon.

It would be hilarious if victor cui bought the elks and fired every one.

Who would even get the money when a non profit is sold privately? The article talks about how the club is in rough times financially, some due to the pandemic, some due to the record. Club success is cyclical and that should not be reason to sell the club. The other they give is they need a new stadium. If we've learned anything over the last 20 years, private owners aren't typically willing to put down a lot of their own capital to build stadiums / arenas. Like it or not, this inevitably comes from the tax payer. So why sell the club to a private owner to reap that potential benefit? Don't like this one bit.

Geeze elks going private feels like a blow to the league...

For me it's not so much the accuracy but the logic behind the picks. For example, you can't convince me that the Bombers will go with 2 FB's in their 1st 3 picks of a fairly deep draft because of a "glaring need" at that position (according to Hodge). That's where he (and their site in general) falls way short. When you look at how the Bombers use a FB, what makes that a glaring need? Mike Miller, over the course of 4 seasons with us had 8 catches (10 targets), and 3 carries. Is that the kind of production you'd want to use a higher draft pick to replace? I get there's more to the FB role than the odd carry or catch but that's easily replaceable without using draft capitol.

Sure, I’ll put together a mock when it makes sense. Since I know I’m who you’re asking about. Remember the mock drafts I shot down last year? And how I told you it was a bad draft year? I do. But in case you don’t … https://3downnation.com/2023/03/09/john-hodges-2023-cfl-mock-draft-1-0/ First overall pick went 16, nailed it. Our first pick at 8 went 20th, nailed it. 10 and 11 (as OL, nonetheless) went 48th and 57th and their situations didn’t change at all. I’m not criticizing his mock draft because he’s a bit off. I criticize it because it’s never even close, because he has no clue.

Providing up to date information is what they do well. But, as soon as they start adding their perspective and opinions, they're exposed as bad amateurs. Hodge being one of the worst.

Not sure I get the vitriol towards 3downnation and John Hodge. We all love the CFL. TSN and Sportsnet barely cover any off season news. Even in season, while broadcasting games, TSN is pretty light on content other than game summary articles. 3downnation has been around since 2015 and overall does a better job than anywhere else with CFL news. cfl.ca is good, and Ed Tait writes some really interesting content on bluebombers.com. But 3downnation is really my first stop to get any CFL content that I'm interested in - signings, draft profiles, USports stuff, CFL players in the NFL ... I like what they do. And I am in no way affiliated or compensated by the 3downnation corporation 😃