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<\/p>\nEDMONTON \u2014 Kyle Walters and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers draft gurus came to the Canadian Football League Combine this week seeking some answers to some compelling questions.<\/p>\n
They got that and then some. Yet now the real homework begins in the weeks ahead in advance of the CFL Draft on April 28th.<\/p>\n
With that in mind \u2014 and as the CFL Combine wrapped up early Sunday afternoon \u2014 here are some key takeaways from Walters, the Blue Bombers GM\u2026<\/p>\n
-HOW THE CFL COMBINE IMPACTS THE DRAFT BOARD<\/p>\n
Not all of the CFL\u2019s top 2026 Draft prospects were gathered in Edmonton. The list of the missing includes those bound for the NFL and those who relied on the Pro Days at their own colleges. The NFL Draft goes April 23-25th and what happens then \u2014 plus in the free-agent signing frenzy that follows which sees players signed for camps \u2014 clearly impacts what CFL teams will do with their draft a couple days later.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can argue that this clears it up, but it could also be said it makes the logjam murkier, too. There\u2019s a lot of information and that\u2019s all this is \u2014 you gather the information and then you take a deep breath. There\u2019s another month to sort through everything.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou watch the combine film, dig up all the information on the guys that are NFL slam dunks or maybe those that you\u2019re not sure will stick there,\u201d Walters offered. \u201cThen it\u2019s about ranking the players within their groups and ranking the defensive players, the offensive players and then the overall group. This week was a really good information-gathering session, for sure.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome players certainly helped themselves this weekend. Some players that you see of film that were pretty good football players you go, yeah, the numbers here confirm that. Then there are others who for whatever reasons didn\u2019t have success statistically and then you see them and say, \u2018Huh, that player looks like a CFL player\u2019 and it forces you to go dig a little bit deeper to ask about what happened in university. It\u2019s an interesting process sifting through that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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-CLARITY AT PICK #4 OR\u2026<\/p>\n
Winnipeg has the fourth overall selection after Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton. The Blue Bombers will then pick 13th, 20th, 24th, 33rd, 42nd, 51st, 60th and 69th.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you look at your roster you have a plan as to who you think might be there at #4,\u201d said Walters. \u201cThere\u2019s positions that you might be thinking about, but then it\u2019s, \u2018Well, which players are going to be there at #4 and do they match the position?\u2019 That\u2019s the thought process right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never want to grab a guy at #4 just because it\u2019s a position need \u2014 that\u2019s a dangerous road to go down. We\u2019re just going to have to wait until all the NFL interest shakes down and we\u2019re really not going to know this until 48 hours before our draft.\u201d<\/p>\n
-THE WINNIPEG PRODUCTS<\/p>\n