@DarrinBauming: #Bombers add two Internationals: 6'2" 300lb DL Nate Collins and 6'0" 185lb DB David Van Dyke. Collins spent 2012 & 2013 with Chicago Bears.

Don't think Collins played at all last year but he played in the NFL for several years.. More than just with Chicago at least. He's a big boy, exactly the type of gap filling nose tackle that a lot of people have been clamouring for for awhile.

Someone can wake up Floyd, they added another d lineman today. 

Collins tore his ACL in 2013.

WINNIPEG, MB., April 10, 2015 –The Winnipeg Blue Bombers announce today the club has added International defensive lineman Nate Collins and International defensive back David Van Dyke.

Collins (6-2, 300, Virginia, December 14, 1987, in White Plains, New York) went undrafted in 2010, but then signed with Jacksonville in 2011, playing in 11 games. He went on to play the 2012 and 2013 seasons with the Chicago Bears, and finished his NFL career with 21 tackles, 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Collins played collegiate football at Virginia, where he was an All-ACC in 2009.

Van Dyke (6-0, 185, Tennessee State, March 6, 1991, in Miami, Florida) signed with Kansas City as an undrafted free agent in May of 2014. He attended Tennessee State where he was a second-team all-Ohio Valley Conference selection. He recorded 52 tackles, and two interceptions in his senior season, taking one back 46-yards for a touchdown.

6'2" seems a little small for a DT, no? Or am I just spoiled by 6'8" Doug Brown...?

6'2 300 is fine for a DT...  Torn ACL is fine with me if that's the only reason he's not in the NFL.

Collins is big enough and hefty enough with a low center of gravity to stuff running plays. i look forward to seeing him at TC.

Height is nice but the 300 lbs is nicer in that role

Fair enough!!

Haywood was what 5'10

I do wonder if the DB has the proper beard, though.

Haywood was what 5'10

 

Haywood lived in my building and was 5'7 at best.

 

Haywood was what 5'10

 

Haywood lived in my building and was 5'7 at best.

 

Completely off topic but whenever Haywwod's name comes up I think of the bomber fan who came to a HAM home game in a Haywood sweater and acted like a complete jack-tool the entire time. 

Wouldnt have cared but WPG won so...you know...

Haywood was what 5'10

Haywood lived in my building and was 5'7 at best.

He definitely was shorter then what they billed him as, when I met him he definitely was around 5'7 - 5'8 ish. Super wide guy though, he was like a fire hydrant.

I like what van dyke brings. We need some help back there. Two good signings.

Haywood was billed his entire career at 5'8"

Bombers apparently added another db today according to darrin bauming, undrafted guy from syracuse, got a tryout with the colts last year.. 6'1 195 lbs

 

Keon Lyn.