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I think you missed the winkie-face, sir..........definitely not a TNSE project.....

Nichols is NEVER going to be elite. At his best, he can be Kevin Glenn, and that's fine. You can win with that, with the right pieces around him. We're as close as we've ever been, but winning the cup takes as much luck as it does talent, so we'll need some breaks along the way...

This... People need to forget about the whole "elite level NI Rec" thing. Why would you even want Getzlaf? For what we ask them to do, I'm more than happy with who we have...

Yeah, Ekakitie signing was announced before the Riders had picked Judge......never mind before the end of the draft.

not sure why people are freaking out about a 4th round pick in a universally-accepted weak draft. Medlock is a) Old 2) not a great punter 3) Expensive. I have no problem taking a guy that might be awesome in a few years...

thanks Rich -- I never even looked to see if it was there....

Honestly, at this point, I think I would......I think he's "BPA".....it's a crapshoot of a draft. I know we "need" a NI DT that can spell off Thomas, but man...it's tough to leave a kid potentially this good on the table...

he's signed a relatively long term deal (by CFL standards) so I'm sure he's good to go as long as Sask will have him. You really gotta let that whole thing go...he did what he did, it's over, and now he's seemingly happy in Sask.

Not sure how many were planning on it, but I'll head to the chat in about 45 minutes and hopefully we can have some fun discussion picking apart every move made by ever GM.....see ya's there...

Man, if the Riders get Judge, they've got him and Muamba in the LB corps... Could be deadly real soon.

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

So, getting things back on track, here's a really neat piece from Duane Forde about some "sleeper picks" for today's draft. I remember hearing some time ago about how there was another Ralph brother (Brock and Brett's youngest bro) coming, but then I lost track of it.... http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-draft-six-sleepers-and-four-not-so-sleepers-1.744990 "6. Jimmy Ralph (REC, Alberta) – The younger brother of former CFLers Brett and Brock might be the best athlete in Raymond, Alberta’s first family of football. He began his college career at Weber State and, after a redshirt season in 2013, transferred home to join the Golden Bears. In 2015, he ranked fifth in the nation with 862 receiving yards but sat out last season. The knock against him is his size (5’10”, 185 lbs.)...but that’s also what they said about his brother Brett, who led all CFL rookies in receiving in 2005."

I think there's a lot of Wpg people who are just obsessed with all things True North, who are just overly hopeful that this is a TNSE thing. Personally, as much as I have nothing against Chipper and crew, I'd like the Bombers to do this on their own...just to prove they can, and that not everything in this city needs to be a TNSE project.

Except nothing to do with True North.....

They would only do this if they thought it was a money maker for them. I don't like soccer but I know there's a ton of fans in Wpg...

That's just a rule for life, never mind just the game...

Can't friggin wait for summer holidays. We'll be around for the July 1 game @Gappers and at the home opener on the 7th vs Cgy. Haven't been at a home opener since 2007 so it'll be a dandy!

Nope.... Its just not how things are done anymore. Read Walters interview from frim other day. The days of an elite 1k NI Rec are long gone...

Mini camp invite is TCF. Wasn't Addison Richards at one a couple years ago?

Madani reporting that the Argos are trying to work a deal to get back into the first round because Trestman is a big fan of Bladek...

I'd heard months ago that Fox and NBC were in a heated scrap to bring it back, and that either way, Seacrest would be the host again...

They are.... Cook is with NCI, I believe and Beau is at Bob, I believe...

From Jeff Hamilton WFP, here's Ekakitie's agent:

I clicked "like" but I'm actually sitting here chuckling at this, in spite of it.....you're 100% correct, of course....I just shake my head. Another thing is that Winnipeg media outlets LOVE to recycle "known" names...they're terrified of bringing in unheard of people. That's why you see so many of the Wpg media folks have worked everywhere...

http://www.bluebombers.com/2017/05/05/ed-taits-handy-dandy-guide-cfl-draft/ Some good quotes in here, including one from Walters on Ekakite: “(Ekakitie) is a good prospect,” said Walters when asked about the Hawkeyes lineman. “He’s played very good competition… he’s been in the trenches in the Big 10 playing against Michigan, playing against Wisconsin, playing against some big, powerful teams. He’s a mature kid, he’s married, he’s played in the Midwest… he’s a very good prospect.”