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TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: Denver Broncos Camp

September 1, 2023 | Cyril Penn
As the busiest month of the year for Canadian Football League scouts rolls along, I step away from the NFL preseason film for a moment here to give Blue Bombers fans an inside look at what a day ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: Scouting NFL Training Camps

August 1, 2023 | Cyril Penn
While many talented Canadian Football League players enter our league straight from college, the primary source for American talent comes in the form of players who have fallen out of the ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: 6 Things Every Scout Needs on the Road

June 29, 2023 | Cyril Penn
With the Blue Bombers’ organization peeling back the curtain on scouting in the CFL, here we look at the most vital items that help us do our job on the road. Aside from basic essentials such as ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL – Celestin Haba

June 13, 2023 | Cyril Penn
The football industry is truly a people business. In scouting in particular, establishing reliable connections with others around the industry is of prime importance. Scouts work to obtain as ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: Behind Enemy Lines

June 5, 2023 | Cyril Penn
One of the key ingredients of a successful CFL organization that cannot be overlooked is pro scouting, including self-evaluation and the evaluation of other teams around the league. To get the ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: Training Camp

May 19, 2023 | Cyril Penn
The Blue Bombers scouting department is spread out across North America for most of the year, but during training camp we all fly into Winnipeg for the month to put our heads together and help ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: Chicago Tryouts

May 13, 2023 | Cyril Penn
One of the important team-building avenues in the Canadian Football League are open tryouts held across the USA. With thousands of football players across North America looking for work in the ...

TALES FROM THE SCOUTING TRAIL: Barrington Wade

May 9, 2023 | Cyril Penn
When surveying our roster after the culmination of the 2022 season, the linebacker room was one of the position groups of which we were most confident. With all-star Adam Bighill back, Kyrie ...

Tales from the Scouting Trail: Manasseh Bailey

April 27, 2023 | Cyril Penn
There’s a phrase often used in sporting vernacular attributed to the late, great Al Davis: “Speed kills.” As a scouting intern for the Blue Bombers back in August of 2021 and in just my third ...

Tales from the Scouting Trail: O’Bryan Goodson

April 17, 2023 | Cyril Penn
With 2022 starting defensive tackle Casey Sayles departing in free agency to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats this offseason, O’Bryan Goodson is one of the American defensive tackles being brought in to ...
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