2023 CFL Draft Discussion

[Noeller]

Thanks, as always to Our Man @EdTait for all his work, desperately needed through a painfully long offseason! 

 

[Tracker]

14 hours ago, Noeller said:

Thanks, as always to Our Man @EdTait for all his work, desperately needed through a painfully long offseason! 

 

I don't worry about how Walters and Co. manage the draft- they have done an exceptional job and will continue to do so. As always, I will follow the draft with interest, not dread as in the previous regimes.

[rebusrankin]

Excited for tomorrow to see who we land.

[Geebrr]

https://3downnation.com/2023/04/30/2023-cfl-draft-profiles-combine-acl-tear-puts-damper-on-draft-day-for-saskatchewan-db-charlie-ringland/

[wbbfan]

21 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

The Bombers have done well at the draft under Walters but it's interesting to note that the team has the second lowest amount of draft picks from the last 6 years still on the team.

 

It’s not too surprising to me when you look at the guys who’ve been big fa pick ups for other teams and gone to the nfl. I’d like to see the stats for drafted by that team and 1 on a cfl roster and 2 a starter in the cfl. We’d move up on that list fast. 
 

 

[bigg jay]

https://3downnation.com/2023/05/01/former-florida-international-defensive-lineman-noah-curtis-added-to-the-2023-cfl-draft/

 

[Colin Unger]

Nice to add a talented player like that last minute especially with all the talent heading south of the border.  

[wbbfan]

Some pretty interesting dl prospects this year. Be great to get a rotational depth piece to fill out the roster. 

[Colin Unger]

There's no way of actually knowing but it would be interesting to know how many talented players are out there who could have qualified as a Canadian in the CFL but nobody discovered them.  In this guy's case sounds like it never would have been discovered had it not been for him showing up at an Elks open try out.    

Not expecting much from the bombers from the Global draft this year. There isn't an advantage to dressing more than two globals. Going to be very difficult for someone to crack the roster this year because they will essentially need to be good enough to beat out a Canadian. Wouldn't mind drafting a global kicker/punter if there is someone of high quality on the board. It would give us one more option out of training camp.

[Mike]

This isn’t really a hot take but this draft is terrible

I have the lowest of expectations for anybody making an impact on our roster

[17to85]

Honestly if walters can dig up a good special teams guy or two call it a win. That was an aspect of the team I felt needed some help.

[rebusrankin]

I want to be the first to say that I can't believe that (insert player's name) fell to #8. We got a steal right there.

[CrazyCanuck89]

7 hours ago, Mike said:

This isn’t really a hot take but this draft is terrible

I have the lowest of expectations for anybody making an impact on our roster

The draft isn't terrible.  Plenty of quality players.

[TrueBlue4ever]

Today’s the day. 

 

[wbbfan]

7 hours ago, Mike said:

This isn’t really a hot take but this draft is terrible

I have the lowest of expectations for anybody making an impact on our roster

Certainly not as a starter. Not unless we hit a lotto on an nfl guy. But I think this draft has more teams guys than most, and we could very much use a restock on kick cover. 

[Mike]

49 minutes ago, CrazyCanuck89 said:

The draft isn't terrible.  Plenty of quality players.

I never said there aren’t quality players. Of course there are quality players. Overall, it’s a very weak draft class. 

[JohnnyAbonny]

Anyone know anything about Noah Curtis? 
Clearly he’s lacking something, otherwise he’d be NFL-bound. 
Still, that kind of size in the interior… As long as he doesn’t Ekkakitie himself he’d be rotational at worst. 

[bearpants]

29 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Anyone know anything about Noah Curtis? 
Clearly he’s lacking something, otherwise he’d be NFL-bound. 
Still, that kind of size in the interior… As long as he doesn’t Ekkakitie himself he’d be rotational at worst. 

doesn't necessarily mean there's anything "wrong" with him... he's probably just not that good... based on that 3DN quick write up, it definitely sounds like he has some promise. 

[Colin Unger]

As i was hoping the bombers took a Punter in the Global Draft just now.

Jamieson Sheahan - Australia

Averaged around 45.1 per punt last year for the California Bears.  I think he can potentially be an option if he performs well in camp. 

Edited May 2, 2023 by Colin Unger

[bigg jay]

2 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

As i was hoping the bombers took a Punter in the Global Draft just now.

Jamieson Sheahan - Australia

https://calbears.com/sports/football/roster/jamieson-sheahan/21267

 

 

 

[Geebrr]

Took another kicker in round 2 

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Geebrr said:

Took another kicker in round 2 

And in case you’re wondering how seriously the CFL teams take the draft, the guy we took in the second round is 35

Not even the oldest guy in the draft though … Elks took a 36 year old kicker 2nd overall 

[Wideleft]

1 minute ago, Mike said:

And in case you’re wondering how seriously the CFL teams take the draft, the guy we took in the second round is 35

Bob Cameron was just rounding into form at 35.

[Colin Unger]

Karl Schmitz bounced around the NFL after being spotted on Youtube kicking a 70 yard field goal. His age isn't that big a deal to me for this season. What else do we expect from a low second round global pick. The fact that we got someone who might help us in some way at that slot is notable. I was thinking maybe we would snag an NFL bound global at that pick.

[Bigblue204]

The Aussie punter we signed played for Essendon in Austrailia...I don't think he made it to the top level. But the Essendon club is also known as The Bombers!