The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will not have a first-round pick in the CFL draft for the second time in three years — but very few, if any, Bomber fans are complaining.
Toronto acquired that ninth overall pick in the 2020 CFL draft when Winnipeg re-signed quarterback Zach Collaros, whom the Blue Bombers traded for just ahead of the deadline last October.
On Friday, Winnipeg GM Kyle Walters told a media conference call he had, and has no regrets about making that deal. “It is what it is.
When we made that deal the thought was, if we end up re-signing Zach it’s probably because we had a good little playoff run,” said Walters. “And if we’re sitting at the draft next year without a first-round pick and we’ve won the Grey Cup, unanimously we’ll say