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Idk we don’t have a strong history of drafting u of m kids in the top of the draft. Only gray comes to mind in the mafia era.

Canadian deliverance. No burt reynolds lots of pig noises.

A million times over. Beautiful architecture and soo many advantages here. Some thing for every one here.

Yep. Giving young nis a shot would really help vs long in the tooth guy we know can’t get it done. Once all the old guys retire maybe it’ll happen lol. first mocked draft https://3downnation.com/2025/03/11/john-hodges-2025-cfl-mock-draft-1-0/ us taking rourke would be the most shocking bomber news in ages. Have we ever drafted a qb?

Money and not a fraction of the taste or culture. The best town is the last one you see on your way out.

Lawson yeah, as long as he’s 100% he should get the most reps. I just hope Thomas doesn’t eat up woods snaps.

I figured the reality of the situation had set in on him that he wasn’t getting signed by this point too. Guess not, not much of a chance he gets another look any where. A lot of vets get that thought from us on their way out, but ba is legit one of the best candidates for coaching. Might make more sense to have him under Jy after hall retires though.

An absolute top tier S. Great over all as a db, but man he did it all back then at S. Solidified our coverage, put the fear into opposition WRs, stopped the run and made all the plays.

Ba calls it a career. https://3downnation.com/2025/03/09/veteran-bombers-db-brandon-alexander-announces-retirement-from-cfl/ 8 years strong with 1 professional team. To the Blue Bombers that gave me a chance to play ball again I’m grateful and hopefully every day of my 8 years, I showed how grateful I was/am for that opportunity. My teammates/fans over that period of time made it easy to go to put it on the line everyday. I can’t thank the fans enough that accepted me into your home of Winnipeg, Manitoba. You’ve seen me start my career as a 23-year-old young adult. Always stood behind me and watched me grow into the football player y’all loved to cheer for. Winnipeg only shines because you all put the lights in and on the stadium. I will miss the love I’ve felt over the years. #1 fanbase in the CFL without a doubt. And to my teammates, ya’ll already know what it is. Too many memories were given to me that I will carry for the rest of my life. Can’t replace that. “Love y’all boys.” 37 out”

I mean I totally believe they went over by 300k+ that’d be a huge blow for the lions to lose both picks. does the league have some one who is the acting commissioner? Haven’t heard any updates on the role being filled in a while.

Yeah that’s pretty insane to put a forfeited draft pick into the waiver wire for priority

https://3downnation.com/2025/03/08/b-c-lions-salary-cap-violation-could-lead-to-extra-first-round-cfl-draft-pick-for-calgary-stampeders/

None that I’ve seen, which made it extra spicy for me. Last I heard it was up in the air with Randy stepping down. Yeah honestly for us that’s a great position. we killed it with upper middle picks last year and in the past. With bc and edm losing their picks I wonder if they look to move back up and trade with us. I’d be in favour of flipping 6 for an established ni like we did with Lawson. That said, if we could get horth or Pyle at any pick I’d be very happy. https://www.nfl.com/prospects/rashaan-gaulden/32004741-5530-2029-3b23-6366532d8402 if he’s old af I’m scared to find out what I am. Or half the posters on here lol. Sat on the stamps pr for a bit, like 3 years ago. it’s a strange one that’s for sure.

I can’t imagine we give him 200k or any thing. But he’d be sick to get back.

Love adding bolduc. Tons of varied experience in the cfl, strong connection to Logan as well. I also love the diversifying of our offensive coaching staff from guys who orbited around lapo to all kinds of experience outside our norm. (Including Jackson in that as well) Billy Jean is an interesting one. Very well regarded football mind. Feel like he’s a strong Xs and Os guy who is a bit more raw in coaching pro players and positions in general. I’m sure he’s gonna be like James Stanley for the O. He’s gonna be an assistant to the offensive coaches, where as Jackson will be a more experience guy who can support hogan in his transition to full time play caller. We’ve done a great job of bringing in quality, experienced guys front office to coaching staff. Especially when giving younger guys a chance to move up, by surrounding them with highly experienced guys who can help them develop. If those guys can gel with the mafia we should see a lot of fresh looks and adjustments. Half our front office is new, with the 3 pp directors/ scouts, while Costello is the only guy on offence who is holding over at his position. A real interesting take out of that “B.C. is currently slated to pick third overall in this year’s draft but is expected to forfeit that selection due to salary cap violations.” if thats the case im alll for it. They flaunted the cap as bad as any one ever has.

https://3downnation.com/2025/03/05/b-c-lions-promote-longtime-scout-rob-ralph-to-assistant-general-manager/ kind of an odd move for this time of year.

I hate the off season

You’re right I just looked it up, 22 reps at 177 lbs. such a beast. Wish we kept him. Augustine did a ton of hard work to make him self fit the pro style of rb better. Not many guys make them self quicker/faster as a pro. That guy has future coach written all over him. SnC, RBs, or out side of football. we’ve had guys like blink excel and guys chiseled out of granite fail. But that’s the same at every position in every league. Leg power is key, but I think you see a lot of that projecting well from 10 yard splits and agility drills For RBs it’s more about having the right mind set for the physical tools they have then refining the running style to work with both. I see soo many big backs run away from contact where as smaller backs understand how to offset impact by not letting guys square up rather than trying to avoid contact all together. What was once considered the balanced back, is now the go to. Not too big they struggled to get through holes or get small, big enough to bounce off blocks and push the pile. Quickness has always been the biggest value for a rb imo. Change of direction, explosive acceleration, pile pushing soo much comes from quickness. Flexibility, balance, and toughness are what unleash the potential of a quick player. Grant showed that in spades. As much as we saw him stiff arm guys, we saw him just keep his base under him and fight off tackles while running at cover teams. I still think he could’ve been soo much more on offense too. He’s better all around skill wise than Chad Owens was.

Gotta have the low ceiling sts based imp for camp lol. Guy like that will either translate speed to the cfl field or be tcf

Great stuff thanks. 225 reps is soo silly. Grant did like 12 or some thing at 180lbs. That’s impressive. Should be some thing like body weight bench press reps done in 30 seconds or some measure of time. That’d be much better to measure explosive strength. Or maybe instead of body weight, average body weight at the position. Some guys are built different. Big Kev is like that. Even next to mci, who is marginally bigger, Kevens looks like he has the frame where he could’ve played any position if he had bulked at a younger age. It’s interesting the poopkup is gonna be the stamps qb coach. Glad we won’t go back to him again in the future. Sucks that Baldwin has had to step down due to health issues. Hopefully he can get healthy and come back to the league.

Turning it into a nice walkable out door area with lots of food and drink would be great. Like a green out door forks. This is just an article clipped from the bombers off season show on OB. https://3downnation.com/2025/03/03/winnipeg-blue-bombers-offensive-coordinator-jason-hogan-on-scheme-i-love-exotic-stuff/ “It’s hard for me to define the offence. I want to keep it simple. I want to let the guys play fast and not think as much. I do like to throw some exotic stuff in there, but at the end of the day, it’s how do we get our guys to play fast, not overthink it. We call it paralysis by analysis. I don’t want them to just freeze at the line of scrimmage because they’ve got too much going on — you’ve got the game clock, you’ve got the exciting fans. There’s a lot going on, so how do we keep it simple for them, all the while keeping it exciting.”

The buses were a thing in the first season. I was working night shifts coming into Winnipeg from the south of the city. They were not nearly as good as they are now and not as many of them. I don't think they had the school buses at first, then brought some in late in the season. They tried to run it through the transit buses. Everyone complained about the location of the old stadium, too. It was just more familiar. The complaints were worse at first in the new location, but it was also hands down better by year 2. Old stadium parking was horrible and never got better. Virtually all of the small businesses around the old stadium rented out their parking spots and had to be full just to get the regular crowds in. The location back in the day was handy for sure. I mean, in an ideal world, we would've gotten the stadium somehow by the Forks amid a light rail hub, with walking bridges/cycling paths aplenty. In reality, I think what they've done has been excellent and the best we could hope for without an insane amount of money. I would love to see more development stretch to the U of M. A ton of great food and stuff exists in the south pembina area, but it's a serious walk from the stadium.

I will say I am not a gym rat or a lunk. I never liked the weight room, and I am not the most knowledgeable in this area. Any of the far more experienced and knowledgable trainers and gym guys can feel free to judge my comments accordingly. I think weight lifting has great value in developing bodies and people who are reconstituting their physique. Otherwise, I am heavily in favor of sport-specific training and sport-related cross-training. I'd much prefer to do or coach augmented drills to increase the load of movements in applicable techniques. It's also for sure required to lift reasonably heavy to maintain a pro football level of SnC at some positions. I just looked that up, and that is one of the worst "bro/ego lifts" I've seen in a long, long time. He sits down flat on a bench (it should be a touch and go or a slight pause, as it's a form reminder, not a single max rep exercise), then adjusts and struggles so hard to get his hips back under his frame. It hurts my back and my head to watch. He legitimately spends 3 to 4 seconds struggling to get his hips back under his frame. He goes from tensed to wincing. I respect his mental toughness to push him self that hard, and the tremendous character to set that standard and try to uphold it with his whole team. Both are top-tier qualities. Lifting like that, it's no wonder he's frequently hurt. And yeah, being a gym rat makes his massive reconstitution of his build in half an off-season, takes it from more than questionable to a no doubter.

100%. Even if he struggles early suitor will be drooling over him lol

I bet he explodes into the league lead early on (with Suitor claiming him the early MOP favorite while exposing his exceptional hard work, which was in no way chemically enhanced), then blows out one of several ligaments missing at least 2/3s of the season, then goes home to do more gear while recovering. Comes into the following TC looking like a mini Trent Corney.