Around The League Off Season Discussion

[Brandon]

Tori Gurley I believe signed with the Redblacks 

[bb1]

23 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Tori Gurley I believe signed with the redblacks 

Edited May 6, 2017 by bb1

[Atomic]

41 minutes ago, bb1 said:

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Tori Gurley I believe signed with the Redblacks 

 

 

[Jacquie]

TSN is reporting that Riders 1st round pick Cameron Judge will be attending the Texans minicamp on a try-out basis.

[Atomic]

29 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

TSN is reporting that Riders 1st round pick Cameron Judge will be attending the Texans minicamp on a try-out basis.

Hope he makes the team

[Noeller]

@Dave_CHED

#Eskimos have released the following players: LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis, LB Donnie Baggs, DB Mike Dubuisson, and DL Jabari Hunt. #CFL

 

 

@Dave_CHED

#Eskimos have signed INT. OL Colin Kelly. Played tackle for the REDBLACKS in 2015 and played it well. Was in the NFL last season. #CFL

Edited May 9, 2017 by Noeller

[Mr Dee]

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT....

- DE Alex Bazzie signed with the Carolina Panthers yesterday. Former #BCLions had recently been cut by the #Colts  @CFLonTSN

By the way, remember who had the #Bombers taking Ekakitie two months ago? Oh yeah -- @JDunk12. #CFL

Joe Mack’s final draft class as the general manager of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers may be the CFL’s worst of the past decade.

SNIPPETS...

Most mentioned first round picks on Twitter for #CFLDraft Day 2017

1-Faith Ekakitie

2-Evan Johnson

3-Geoff Gray

4-Junior Luke

 

Legendary @HawkeyeFootball Head Coach Kirk Ferentz weights in with @EdTaitWFC on yesterday's first overall selection.

“You guys up there are going to love him.”      .........Faith Ekakitie’s journey to the @CFL has been all but easy. 

"The thought process was Geoff’s going to develop in the NFL. We’ll take the chance, it’s worth the risk for us,” said Blue Bombers general manager Kyle Walters. 

"We had multiple offers on the table, but we took the one from Calgary and thought that was the best."

By the time the eight rounds had come to a close, the Blue Bombers had added eight players to their Canadian prospect pool, two offensive linemen, two defensive linemen, two receivers, a free safety and a punter.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/05/08/blue-bombers-draft-capsules?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BlueBombersStories+(Winnipeg+Sun+B)

On Montreal kicker Felix Menard-Briere, fourth round, 34th overall:

Drafting the best kicker in the draft doesn’t count as a training camp roster spot. He’s a stronger punter right now in his development than a field goal kicker and if Justin ever needs a break it would be from the punting, not the field goal kicking, so it’s a nice fit for us from a training camp perspective. He has another year of eligibility left so it’s a nice way to bring him in and evaluate him.”

On Guelph DL Ian Marouf, sixth round, 50th overall:

I’m quite confident if he had stayed and played four years of CIS football he would have been a very high draft pick.”

On McGill OL Qadr Spooner, second round, 15th overall:

“We liked him a lot. What we value on the offensive line is a physical toughness and Qadr has that. He was the most aggressive, meanest offensive lineman in the draft

On Calgary receiver Brendan Thera-Plamondo, seventh round, 59th overall:

“He is a receiver at Calgary and a very good long snapper as well, which is one of the reasons that we brought him in.

On Alberta receiver Tylor Henry, eighth round, 68th overall:

Tylor Henry is just a speed guy, big play guy and we’ll see how he does, 

On Grambling State DB Abubakarr Conteh, third round, 23rd overall:

He was quite an unknown but when you watched his film there’s something a little bit different about the way he looks and the way he moves

http://www.winnipegsun.com/2017/05/08/bomber-able-to-draft-three-of-their-top-five-picks?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BlueBombersStories+(Winnipeg+Sun+B)

AND

http://www.cfl.ca/2017/05/07/team-team-look-2017-cfl-draft/

?‍?Everybody's heard about the end zone repairs at the IGF field over the off season. The official word was to make the concourse bigger..Yada yada. What they didn't mention was the lowering of the end zone wall..at the request of Jermarcus Hardrick. #needtobeabletojumpupthere..

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League (CFL) is once again hosting a series of season preview conference calls this year to give media access to each team ahead of the kickoff for the 2017 CFL season.

Tomorrow Wade Miller, Kyle Walters, Mike O’Shea and Matt Nichols from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be available at 1:00pm ET.

Later tomorrow at 4:00pm ET Brock Sunderland, Jason Maas and Mike Reilly from the Edmonton Eskimos will host a call for the media.

Abubakarr Conteh - They took the hometown boy...I'M A BLUE BOMBER!!! God had a plan all along...the work starts now! Thank everybody for the love and support.

Justin Dunk - Trio of #CFLDraft picks attending #NYGiants rookie mini-camp 3downnation.com/2017/05/09/tri… #CFL #NFL

Edmonton Eskimos - The following players have been released: DB Donnie Baggs, DB Mike Dubuisson, LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis, and DE Jabari Hunt.

?‍?Now this is funny..

"I think Kavis Reed did a real good job with this draft." - @TSN_Marsh says #AlsMTL were winner of 2017 #CFLDraft. #CFL via @TattiAndMarsh

 

[Mike]

Marshall Ferguson continues to show he knows very little about the CFL Draft

 

His mock (two days before the draft!) was awful. Some highlights:

Ankou @ 2 to SSK, Augustine @ 15 to WPG, Herdman @ 16 to BC, Boateng @ 19, Luke @ 25 to CGY, McGough @ 30 to SSK, Johnson @ 36 to TOR, Colling @ 63 to TOR

It's one thing for an amateur blogger to put together a pretty far-out mock draft, but for the "resident draft guru" to be off in some cases by 5 or 6 rounds when they should have their hand on the pulse of the league and have access to infinitely more information than any of us? Sad. He got 1 pick in the first round right and it was the one that was known beforehand (Ekakitie) and on top of that, 5 of his selections not only weren't in the right slot, they weren't even in the right round.

[Atomic]

15 minutes ago, Mike said:

Marshall Ferguson continues to show he knows very little about the CFL Draft

 

His mock (two days before the draft!) was awful. Some highlights:

Ankou @ 2 to SSK, Augustine @ 15 to WPG, Herdman @ 16 to BC, Boateng @ 19, Luke @ 25 to CGY, McGough @ 30 to SSK, Johnson @ 36 to TOR, Colling @ 63 to TOR

It's one thing for an amateur blogger to put together a pretty far-out mock draft, but for the "resident draft guru" to be off in some cases by 5 or 6 rounds when they should have their hand on the pulse of the league and have access to infinitely more information than any of us? Sad. He got 1 pick in the first round right and it was the one that was known beforehand (Ekakitie) and on top of that, 5 of his selections not only weren't in the right slot, they weren't even in the right round.

Where's the accountability from the CFL?  I demand blood!

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Atomic said:

Where's the accountability from the CFL?  I demand blood!

I agree. Livestream a strong reprimanding!

[bearpants]

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

By the way, remember who had the #Bombers taking Ekakitie two months ago? Oh yeah -- @JDunk12. #CFL

 

Is this a tweet from Dunk pumping his own tires... or someone else giving him credit?

[Stickem]

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Marshall Ferguson continues to show he knows very little about the CFL Draft

 

His mock (two days before the draft!) was awful. Some highlights:

Ankou @ 2 to SSK, Augustine @ 15 to WPG, Herdman @ 16 to BC, Boateng @ 19, Luke @ 25 to CGY, McGough @ 30 to SSK, Johnson @ 36 to TOR, Colling @ 63 to TOR

It's one thing for an amateur blogger to put together a pretty far-out mock draft, but for the "resident draft guru" to be off in some cases by 5 or 6 rounds when they should have their hand on the pulse of the league and have access to infinitely more information than any of us? Sad. He got 1 pick in the first round right and it was the one that was known beforehand (Ekakitie) and on top of that, 5 of his selections not only weren't in the right slot, they weren't even in the right round.

Have to agree Mike....I won't bother reading anything of his in the future...Did a pee poor job...A blind monkey could've put together a better take...I hope he doesn't try and take credit for the Ekakitie pic...that would be the topper  lol

[bigg jay]

40 minutes ago, bearpants said:

Is this a tweet from Dunk pumping his own tires... or someone else giving him credit?

 

Edited May 9, 2017 by bigg jay
Found the tweet

[AKAChip]

Nobody loves Dunk more than BlueBomberTalk. I appreciate having someone who puts out Bomber content but the guy really rubs me the wrong way. 

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

@Dave_CHED

#Eskimos have released the following players: LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis, LB Donnie Baggs, DB Mike Dubuisson, and DL Jabari Hunt. #CFL

 

 

@Dave_CHED

#Eskimos have signed INT. OL Colin Kelly. Played tackle for the REDBLACKS in 2015 and played it well. Was in the NFL last season. #CFL

I thought LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis had great potential when he was with BC a couple of years ago but I believe he's been through two other rosters since  then so he's probably hasn't lived up to his potential.

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, Mike said:

Marshall Ferguson continues to show he knows very little about the CFL Draft

 

His mock (two days before the draft!) was awful. Some highlights:

Ankou @ 2 to SSK, Augustine @ 15 to WPG, Herdman @ 16 to BC, Boateng @ 19, Luke @ 25 to CGY, McGough @ 30 to SSK, Johnson @ 36 to TOR, Colling @ 63 to TOR

It's one thing for an amateur blogger to put together a pretty far-out mock draft, but for the "resident draft guru" to be off in some cases by 5 or 6 rounds when they should have their hand on the pulse of the league and have access to infinitely more information than any of us? Sad. He got 1 pick in the first round right and it was the one that was known beforehand (Ekakitie) and on top of that, 5 of his selections not only weren't in the right slot, they weren't even in the right round.

better then the mock that got taken down which said we needed to draft the eventual successor to nichols. 

[BBlink]

11 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I thought LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis had great potential when he was with BC a couple of years ago but I believe he's been through two other rosters since  then so he's probably hasn't lived up to his potential.

Wow were they ever pumping his tires when he was with BC. It was getting sickening.

[Fatty Liver]

Shakir Bell signs with the ORB's.

[bigg jay]

Just another day in Regina.  They also released a few players including Henoc's brother Kelvin.

[Floyd]

3 hours ago, AKAChip said:

Nobody loves Dunk more than BlueBomberTalk. I appreciate having someone who puts out Bomber content but the guy really rubs me the wrong way. 

Dunk hit 6 of the top 9 picks - player and team...  

[wbbfan]

9 hours ago, Jacquie said:

TSN is reporting that Riders 1st round pick Cameron Judge will be attending the Texans minicamp on a try-out basis.

He agreed to this A few days before the draft iirc. No contract no bonus. 

2 hours ago, Floyd said:

Dunk hit 6 of the top 9 picks - player and team...  

His mock draft was a slam dunk. Ill show my self out.

[Jacquie]

 

[Atomic]

The rumour coming out of Rider land is that Chris Jones forced the local radio station CKRM to fire their decades-long colour broadcaster Carm Carteri because he was not a Jones fan.

Pathetic, really.

[Brandon]

Just now, Atomic said:

The rumour coming out of Rider land is that Chris Jones forced the local radio station CKRM to fire their decades-long colour broadcaster Carm Carteri because he was not a Jones fan.

Pathetic, really.

Is that a joke?

[lyin' guy]

1 hour ago, Atomic said:

The rumour coming out of Rider land is that Chris Jones forced the local radio station CKRM to fire their decades-long colour broadcaster Carm Carteri because he was not a Jones fan.

Pathetic, really.

If true....Trump-like.