2026 CFL Draft - Blue Bomber Selections

[Blueforlife]

Top cnd lb does not equal best lb on the team for that position. He doesn't make the impact plays you want out of a Sam. He at times struggles in  coverage especially in man. Hes a good tackler and at safety would be and was great against the run. We have 2 lbs from Last years draft, 1 of which could step in at Sam (or safety for that matter). And griffin who imo is much more suited to the sam spot.

Kramdi didnt have to drop back to safety last year, he did because thats where hes best suited.

I disagree with most of what you have stated but agree on the positive qualities of his game.

Kramdi is an excellent LB.  He is not a safety full stop.

He won't play safety this year unless its an emergency, paying 2 to 1 one odds I'm right.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Well Walters seems enthusiastic especially with Daniels.

[bunker]

Well Walters seems enthusiastic especially with Daniels.

Yeah but he was enthusiastic about Bennett and Etakitie also. Daniels floor seems to be a bust, and his ceiling seems to be an occasional contributor on offense like Eli and the Navy Seal. Walters has forgotten more about football than I'll even know, so I'm hoping I'm wrong.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

I'm not sure about the pick but I'm all for the strategy of big, physical football players who are going to be hard to play against. And realistically I've got no real issues taking a big swing on a prospect that has the size and body type. The CFL draft more than any other is just a series dart throws more or less anyway.

[Jesse]

Yeah but he was enthusiastic about Bennett and Etakitie also. Daniels floor seems to be a bust, and his ceiling seems to be an occasional contributor on offense like Eli and the Navy Seal. Walters has forgotten more about football than I'll even know, so I'm hoping I'm wrong.

I don't really remember him being super enthusiastic about either guy. They were picks from weak drafts that we ultimately got stuck with.

Walters seems really enthused about this, brought up the specific vision that the team and Condell has for him. I'm really intrigued.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Walters said he wants Dante Daniels to lose 10-15 lbs (6'-6", 272 lbs) and become a true TE pass catching option in addition to replacing the 6th man on the O-line.  Tweaks some interesting questions, I don't think they need 3 tough Natl. receivers in Nield, Clercius and Daniels who can block on the roster, so I expect they will revert to 3 Import starting receivers.  Wallace is too valuable to be sidelined in his contract year, if Daniels becomes the the 6th man, than Wallace is the starting LG.

[bunker]

I don't really remember him being super enthusiastic about either guy. They were picks from weak drafts that we ultimately got stuck with.

Walters seems really enthused about this, brought up the specific vision that the team and Condell has for him. I'm really intrigued.

Walter's took Ekakatie first overall. Hard to argue he wasn't enthusiastic about him as a prospect. He called Bennett "a polished pass rusher" and likened him to Jefferson
Walters talks up his draft picks every year. We'll see what Daniels turns out to be.

[Pete]

Walter's took Ekakatie first overall. Hard to argue he wasn't enthusiastic about him as a prospect. He called Bennett "a polished pass rusher" and likened him to Jefferson
Walters talks up his draft picks every year. We'll see what Daniels turns out to be.

you'd expect him to say that any one of his draft picks is a dud? Its all about potential, and the ability of the player and the team to develop it. Im not sure that the team has done as good a job as it should in the past

[Pigskin]

Walter's took Ekakatie first overall. Hard to argue he wasn't enthusiastic about him as a prospect. He called Bennett "a polished pass rusher" and likened him to Jefferson
Walters talks up his draft picks every year. We'll see what Daniels turns out to be.

Walters made a couple of big mistakes in 2025. Shay at #6, Calgary takes Fortin at #8 and he ends up to be Calgary's starting C. We took Smith at #15, BC takes Findlay at #16 he ends up to be there starting S. 

[Tecno]

Walters made a couple of big mistakes in 2025. Shay at #6, Calgary takes Fortin at #8 and he ends up to be Calgary's starting C.

Well, it can all work out if this season Shay is moved up to legit backup to MLB (or WILL?) who sees 1/4 to 1/3 the snaps a game.  Then he starts in '27.  If he can be even 3/4 as good as Singleton then it's a win.

If Shay's turns into a bust, then we really Shay-t the bed.

[Tecno]

Walters said he wants Dante Daniels to lose 10-15 lbs (6'-6", 272 lbs) and become a true TE pass catching option in addition to replacing the 6th man on the O-line.   (...)  if Daniels becomes the the 6th man, than Wallace is the starting LG.

For the past long while we've had used 2 guys, the 6th hoggie or the FB.  Problem with that is we are showing our hand just by who trots out.  If we can have one dude who is both 6th and FB/TE then our set tells the D nothing.

And we can still trot out the backup NAT OL as 7th in Condell's (in?)famous max-pro.

Makes it a tough sell to dress Ike now though.  He may become backup FB sitting on PR.

But I don't see how Daniels being 6th dictates anything at LG.  Could still be an IMP, or Wallace or ??.  Daniels would take Ike's spot, or even some rando ST-only guy's AR spot.

[Tecno]

Yeah but he was enthusiastic about Bennett and Etakitie also. Daniels floor seems to be a bust, and his ceiling seems to be an occasional contributor on offense like Eli and the Navy Seal

No, he'd be double that because he'd be both positions in one guy.  And you're underestimating how much we run a 6th, TE or FB set -- when the game is going the way we plan (we're ahead and in max clock-grinding mode) we run some sort of jumbo / "bigger pro mode" at least 1/3 of snaps.

If the dude can act like even half a McInnis-style REC (i.e. his hands work), I could see the dude on field for ~ half the snaps.

[Tecno]

We could see up to 5 teams start DEs this year.  BC(Betts), Toronto(Kongbo), Montreal(Adeyemi-Bergland and Uguak)

Kongbo didn't see the field much and almost never started?  My hunch is he's on the outs and is just used for cheap/free ratio/spelling help.  He never did reach the level anyone wanted out of him.

[Tecno]

I'm not sure how Vaccaro would fit, as he'd be a first year starter.

He was training to snap at one of the schools.  So could slot in as C.  Or easily replace still-iffy Wallace at LG.  Lots of ways to use him.  It's not set in stone yet that he's a solid OT yet, though OTT might use him there simply because they have no one else.

There's also a pretty good chance one of Neuf or Stan gets IR at some point this season.  It would be great to have more options.

[Tecno]

Just thinking that the word was that we could have traded our # 4 and # 13 to get the 1st pick from Ottawa. Instead we used that # 13 to trade up @ # 10 for Daniels and gave up our 2nd rounder in 2027. We used our # 4 to get Gatkouth so it's not a black and white win or loss.

3down says OTT was a flat no on us getting #1 overall.  They wanted Vacaro no matter what.  So we tried to get the hometown boy, but couldn't pull it off.