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He apparently has moved on from football based on an IG post he made but it's odd they wouldn't have just moved him to the retired list. His post said: “You shaped the boy and tested the man. Thanks for a lifetime in moments.”

The continued belief that we'd use a high pick on a QB just doesn't make any sense to . I get that it's probably one of the best years for Canadian QB's and that's ultra rare and a great story but I just don't see it happening.

FWIW: Ferguson has his 2nd mock draft up. Mock Draft 2.0: Who's going first overall to Calgary? - CFL.ca 3DN has their top 20 O-Line for this draft & there are 2 locals listed in the top 15 (#7 & 14) - I wonder if we take one of them on Tuesday. 2025 CFL Draft rankings: offensive linemen - 3DownNation

NFL Hall of famer & former WCW wrestler Steve McMichael. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44823944/hall-famer-bears-icon-steve-mongo-mcmichael-dies-age-67

Yeah I don't think anyone was expecting Charbonneau to be anything other than an ST'er but those guys are needed and guys like Gauthier can't play forever. Just found it odd that they released him with a little over 2 weeks until camp starts - could always use him as TCF, even if they don't see him making the club.

You may want to go look at that "national" network - Sportsnet Radio consists of a grand total of 3 cities (Vancouver, Calgary & Montreal). Even the Blue Jays Radio Network is more regional than national with most of the stations being in Ontario. In Calgary, you have both but we have neither in MB so how are they building an audience here (or the many other places that don't have their radio service)?

Bombers let Max Charbonneau go - interesting timing to release a young NAT. Wonder if he's hurt? Blue Bombers transactions - April 22 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/21/europe/pope-francis-dies-intl

An award from Bettman? Put that thing where it belongs!

It said tarriffs but why OP went back and edited the post to star it out is beyond me. It's not like it's an offensive word. If the board software would have auto-censored it, the whole word would be starred out, not just some of the letters.

The Chinese food place out there is legit.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers post 2024 operating profit of $7 million – Winnipeg Free Press A profit increase of over 20% from 2023 despite having more expenses last year.

First time over .500 with Hall as HC is probably what he means.

No, you're not crazy for thinking that. I don't think anyone puts out mock drafts worse than Ferguson's. In the past, he's had versions that did not end up with a single correct pick. It gets people talking though so I guess that's the point.

Once they hit 300k is when they lost their 2nd pick. Had they been 100-300k over, it would have cost them the first round pick only. Anything under 100k is a dollar for dollar fine.

Agreed but they've been rewarding mediocrity through the draft for a few years now. This is just a step from the extra territorial draft picks they've been handing out.

Yep, Bombers left him on the PR to end the year so he clearly wasn't a top priority for them.

Bombers were one of the 4 CFL teams to be on hand to check out Ali Saad. Canadian DL Ali Saad tests for 25 NFL teams, four CFL teams at Bowling Green pro day - 3DownNation

Sliding in the draft and sliding in the rankings are 2 different things though & he slid in both. If there was legit NFL interest, his ranking would have gone up, not down. There were a couple knocks on him (weight and foot speed) but nothing that couldn't be improved on over time. It was also a deep draft after a bunch of players deferred from 2023 - he probably would have gone higher in other years. Whatever the reason, I'm glad he fell far enough for us to grab him!

He was fairly highly regarded. The CFL had him as their #2 ranked player in the fall before he started to slide (#6 in the winter & # 12 in the spring). We got him at 17 so a bit of a steal when you figure a few of the guys rated higher would be getting NFL looks. FWIW, Ferguson had him going 3rd in his final mock draft while Hodge had him going 4th in his first mock (16th in his 2nd).

This. Sideshow Ed is now claiming he meant there's no Michael Jordan level superstars. That's true but there are very few people in any sport that have achieved that level of fame - that's beyond a superstar to me and is more like a cultural icon. The CFL absolutely has it's own superstars, even if they aren't known world wide.

Canadian DE Isaiah Bagnah posts pedestrian numbers at Big 12 Pro Day - 3DownNation Less NFL interest is great for CFL teams but probably not so great for the player. Bagnah was ranked 4th in the latest rankings and is the highest rated player scheduled to be participating at the national combine.

It was listed on the CFL transactions page a while ago (March 7th) but the club only announced it officially yesterday. Winnipeg Blue Bombers add defensive back - Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Probably has a pretty decent scarf collection too!

He's highly impactful on the number of posts on MBB but on the field...