May 8, 20178 yr comment_261487 3 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said: curious about this pic, is Ekakitie going to be playing as #1 or is that in relevance to where he was drafted over all (I always thought draft jerseys had the year on it vs selection) im sure thats cus he went 1st over all.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261488 1 minute ago, Taynted_Fayth said: you had basketball season and football season overlap? i thought football was more summer/fall and basketball was more winter/spring if you play at a high level basketball hardly has down time.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261489 9 minutes ago, Blueandgold said: It would've been nice to go after Vandervoort, and I feel like picking Gray in the first was still a bit of a reach. I'm not overly impressed by the Conteh pick in the third round - he's nothing like Loffler, a guy who lives and breathes football. Having played with Abu, although I'm sure he's changed since, he was never a guy who was really committed to football. He used to skip football games to avoid being banged up for basketball games. I can't say that I feel like we did very good today, it was a sadly predictable draft, but that isn't a good thing this time. So you're evaluating his commitment to football based on personal experiences from 5 years ago? Since he went down to North Dakota School of Science and then Grambling, I'd bet his attitude has changed.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261490 48 minutes ago, Taynted_Fayth said: curious about this pic, is Ekakitie going to be playing as #1 or is that in relevance to where he was drafted over all (I always thought draft jerseys had the year on it vs selection) He's been a Bomber 1 day ...
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261491 2 minutes ago, IC Khari said: He's been a Bomber 1 day ... lol ok ok was just askin, i see i could have just googled our last #1 pick for the answer
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261492 I'm no expert like some folks pretend to be but couple DL. Couple OL. Couple WR. And a guy Justin Dunk had as his number 1 DB and a kicker who Rob Maver said was the best punter taken in years sounds good to me.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261494 Well, Goalie, Duane Forde agrees with you (and so do I): http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/which-team-improved-the-most-on-draft-night~1117582 Edited May 8, 20178 yr by Fred C Dobbs
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261495 12 minutes ago, Goalie said: I'm no expert like some folks pretend to be but couple DL. Couple OL. Couple WR. And a guy Justin Dunk had as his number 1 DB and a kicker who Rob Maver said was the best punter taken in years sounds good to me. I thought we did real well today couple of real good solid picks, some hopefuls and some wait and see.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261496 9 minutes ago, Fred C Dobbs said: Well, Goalie, Duane Forde agrees with you: http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/which-team-improved-the-most-on-draft-night~1117582 pretty spot on analysis and good case for each of their points. Given the fact we pretty much had our 7 starting NI's already pencilled in, this draft was exactly what Forde said, stock piling weapons in the closet. I suppose were still in a wait see period with these current draftees but overall I really like what Walters has done with our Can-con during his time here. Might have to start calling him the Anti-Taman Edited May 8, 20178 yr by Taynted_Fayth
May 8, 20178 yr Author comment_261498 So to be clear, Vandevoort would have been the worst first overall pick in CFL history. Good, we're all in agreement then.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261499 this is an interesting story... at least this part; http://www.riderville.com/2017/05/07/cfl-draft-riders-confident-can-land-cameron-judge/ Quote His possible journey to the CFL started after he was contacted by a representative of one of the league’s nine teams. “He was down checking out one of my teammates, (defensive lineman) Eli Ankou, and my coaches had told (the team official) that I was Canadian,” Judge said. “He told me I should enter the CFL draft. I just had to get all my stuff together to send in.” Now I know for a fact up until about a month ago the bombers had high interest in Ankou, and I believe it was Dunk who broke the Judge eligibility story prior to the draft today (with game changer in the title). Since it seems to be widely accepted that Walters feeds Dunk a lot of info, i'm going to go on a limb here and say this team official was a bomber employee. As such, as a thank you, the sassachwon roughriders should send us over Demski and take neufeld off our hands. Edited May 8, 20178 yr by Taynted_Fayth
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261500 A Riders connection is how Colling got his eligibility ... what goes around comes around
May 8, 20178 yr Author comment_261501 Marouf has UGuelph connection and Thera-Plam is long snapper... picks have some more context now
May 8, 20178 yr Author comment_261502 Draft rankings 1. Bombers 2. Edmonton 3. BC 4. Calgary 5. Saskatchewan 6. Montreal 7. Ottawa 8. Toronto 9. Hamilton
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261504 4 hours ago, Noeller said: 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... 4) An import
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261505 1 hour ago, Mr. Perfect said: 4) An import that was also a free pick though, for moving down from 6 to 8 and they still got grey. 2 hours ago, Floyd said: Draft rankings 1. Bombers 2. Edmonton 3. BC 4. Calgary 5. Saskatchewan 6. Montreal 7. Ottawa 8. Toronto 9. Hamilton Agree with the teams in the top 6 for sure. Walters sure was on the money with saying most teams were gonna have boards very different from each other, and most would come away saying they got their guys. Montreal and TO left them self in tough spots with their trades. Still got some interesting picks though. Montreal i think actually pulled out a nice draft considering that. Id put Edm 1 Their top 3 could easily all be on the roster and have varying impact as rookies. bc 2, they had holes, they filled holes. With top tier talent in those positions. buono gonna buono. wpg 3. Top to bottom good picks that could have an impact. Expert manipulation to trade down, get their guy and still add value. If gray signs at some point, its hard to imagine our draft being any thing but no1 down the road. ssk 4 Judge and bladek are big pick ups for them. Auclair gives them futures. Picton gives em a good local developmental wr. Stocked up on big bodies which for them ran short the previous year. Auclair and judge are gambles. If judge sticks even for a year or two it cripples their value from this draft. Riders need ni help right away. Auclair is a gamble on a gamble too with his fit. Calgary 5. I like colling and i like his fit in calgary. Same with litre. Litre backing up messam is scary. laurensse with a late pick is a steal. Montreal 6. Shot them self in the foot trading away their first but got a nice volume of good young talent with up side. ^ I think all those teams won at the draft. Some will look a lot better or worse a year or three down the road. But what they had, what was available, and what they got is b+ stuff at worst. Didnt really like ottawas draft, though i did like the gamble on ankou. Hamm went off the board early but still got schram and scarfone. Like woodson and foster for TO, thought they went too soon on woods, especially over bladek and spooner.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261506 I think Walters should get bonus points for getting Ekakitie signed before the draft was over.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261507 30 minutes ago, Jacquie said: I think Walters should get bonus points for getting Ekakitie signed before the draft was over. before the draft started, lol.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261508 32 minutes ago, Jacquie said: I think Walters should get bonus points for getting Ekakitie signed before the draft was over. jones and co could really take a lesson from that one lol.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261509 Yeah, Ekakitie signing was announced before the Riders had picked Judge......never mind before the end of the draft.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261510 I still want to know if the Riders have plans for Eddie Meredith (Spelling?) cause Ford said he retired from football. Has anyone seen anything stating otherwise?
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261511 I really like our top 4 picks - Ekakitie, Gray, Spooner and Conteh. Ekakitie - best player "available", and fills a need, with him signed for 3 years is great for us. Gray - Winnipeg boy - 2nd ranked OL in this class - who knows Kyle Walters & Ted Thompson has arrangement in place - that's just my conspiracy theory Spooner - Sukh Chungh-lite, Im thinking he's be sent back to school after TC to develop more just like what we did with Inztandt, right now we dont have a spot in the OL Conteh - he could be Loffler's backup that Walter's is looking for - and a Winnipeg boy too The bottom 4, not so much, I feel like we could do better
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261512 5 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said: I still want to know if the Riders have plans for Eddie Meredith (Spelling?) cause Ford said he retired from football. Has anyone seen anything stating otherwise? Oh you should have posted this yesterday before the draft. Jones get his information in this board. He will only knew that guy retired when he read your post. Edited May 8, 20178 yr by M.O.A.B.
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261513 Still, wondering why Augustine went undrafted. Maybe there's an issue with him? Attitude perhaps? Maybe agent?
May 8, 20178 yr comment_261514 6 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said: Oh you should have posted this yesterday before the draft. Jones get his information in this board. He will only knew that guy retired when he read your post. WTF are you talking about?
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