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Mike Ike is just a minicamp guy, that means he is not going to be in rookie camp but will be there when main camp opens. He will be on the team this year

Ton of investment into developmental OL. I really like it. 4 OL picks is a ton with a lot of different swings

I'm sure several players drafted will be in training camp and then return to school and be non-counters in 2025 camp. Happens every year

I think Manu is high boom or bust potential for NFL. Not upset at the Bombers betting on the bust side of things at the end of the 5th round...

They renegotiated his contract

Haba is a fast and can bend. He can get after the quarterback pretty well. I don't think he replaces Jeffcoat by himself though. Jeffcoat was such an all-around player and was the perfect guy opposite Willie. As we know Willie isn't the best defneding the run! I think they should rotate Haba with whichever rookie american looks the best of the camp guys. Could be Garbutt, Waggoner, the new guy Chauncey Rivers or someone not yet signed. As far as DT I don't think there will be much drop off from Ricky Walker to either Fox Woods or K Randall. I read somewhere that Randall had been starting for the last two years in USFL and played damn good there after we cut him so maybe he's the guy. The DL is gonna be a mystery but I don't think its in a bad spot

But my question was how did he know Woods was on the negotiation list for a long time if it was never made public that he was even on it at all?

Watch the clip at 2:25 and tell me why this guy couldn't be our short yardage backup to Strev this season!

So glad someone brought up Keytaon Thompson I think he is a sleeper to stick around! This highlight tape has a ton of him playing wildcat QB and I wonder if Buck wanted this guy because he can do so many different things with the ball in his hands. Fun player to watch I'm excited about him

How do you know that about Woods? He was never on any of the negotiation list reveals? Spill the beans!

Any specific reason you're excited for these 5 over other guys? Based solely on highlights my 5 rookie americans I'm excited to see in camp are WR Aron Cruikshank, OT Larnel Coleman, DE Chauncey Rivers, LB Jeremiah Gemmel and DB Terrell Bonds

Feels like either nothing will happen to Chad Kelly, or he and John Murphy both will be out of the CFL depending on what happens. But they need to make moves fast and if it does drag along, the league should not let Kelly play in any games until the situation is resolved.

With the utmost respect, you are misinformed in several areas here good sir but I have realized that aiming to inform on this topic in an online forum is an exercise in futility. At least we can agree to one thing, go Blue lol

I am not just guessing here, I do know how it works. Not every single college team has a pro day, and many schools host combined pro days. It's VERY rare for D-II or lower programs to host their own pro day. EVERY SINGLE pro day that a college hosts is run by the NFL team that is nearest to them. Even a tiny, small school pro day at a D-II would be run by at least 1 NFL scout from the designated team in that area. Draft Scout dot com is THE SOURCE for all of the other websites that post pro day numbers. RAS and all the other publicly available metrics openly state that they get their numbers from Draft Scout because it's the only reliable public forum that gets pro day info straight from the NFL. There is no such thing as an "official" time at a pro day because those numbers are hand-timed by NFL scouts. The only "official" times come from the NFL Combine. Any other "Pro days" or "Combines" that are not hosted by colleges with NFL scouts timing, excluding the CFL Combine, are not legitimate and would not be posted on a site like Draft Scout. Hope this was helpful!

Few things: Draft Scout is THE real reliable source for pro day numbers. They get it straight from NFL scouts. Anything posted anywhere else that is claiming different information is incorrect. Sometimes even the schools that post results on twitter will get it wrong because they use their own times but draft scout has the real info. Also, every single pro day vertical is run by NFL scouts and the players are not allowed to take a step or even wiggle their feet before the jump. They get two opportunities to jump from a standstill position and the best number of those two is marked down. Agree with you that vertical and broad jump, which are measures of lower body explosiveness, are more translatable to success in the trenches than 40-time!!!

Celestin Haba is a super legit athlete. 37.5-inch vertical jump for a defensive end is really really good. I think Chauncey Rivers will be good competition for him with that NFL experience. That's an exciting addition I hope we can get one or two more studs signed on the defensive line

I actually think the Hodge 2.0 mock is kindof good and much better than his 1.0 or Marshall Ferguson's flaming pile of let's call it work. There will always be issues with a mock draft and fullback certainly isn't a glaring issue the team has to address in round 1. Ideally would hope they wouldn't take a RB or FB so early but if Chris-Ike was taken at 17 after his combine numbers I wouldn't be too shocked or upset. He will probably never be a stud RB but if he can fill in as a backup RB and starting FB while becoming a star special teams player that is valuable

Not sure if anyone has posted this but appears the Bombers signed another DB today. Montrae Braswell. Looks like he has kick return ability too had 3 return touchdowns

Brady and Adeboboye are both powerful runners. Chris-Ike I think is more similar to Thomas Bertrand-Hudon from the same school. Didn't test as well but played more and had low-end college numbers. Drafted in the 4th round. Played in every game as a backup RB, fullback and special teams guy for Sask. If we could get Chris-Ike in the 3rd or 4th I think that would be a good add to fill that type of role for us. The fullback should ideally be a really really good special teams player and maybe Chris-Ike could be that with those testing numbers. 3rd or 4th round is perfect for that type of player I'm just not sure he will last. I think Herzog is different and more of an actual RB. Should have a lot of carries in preseason to see what he is whoever drafts him!

Those RBs Herzog and Michael Chris-Ike will probably BOTH go in the top 3 rounds after those results. It seems like teams are valuing national backs more over the past few seasons Daniel Adeboboye and Brady were both second rounders and they might have been better RB prospects (i really do not know) but they both had worse numbers

I looked up Terrell Bonds on wikipedia and I am pretty sure he and Deatrick Nichols went to the same high school Miami Central. They are around the same age so likely were HS teammates!

I think Larnel Coleman's 36 1/4 inch arms give him the longest arms of any player in the CFL right now. Good get! https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1024887&DraftYear=2021

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 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

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 ^^^^^^