CFL Combine Season Loading + Assistant GM Rob Ralph Interview

About this episode

The episode previews the CFL Combine and Draft season with insights from Assistant GM Rob Ralph and discusses the BC Lions' offensive strategies.

With just over six weeks until all hands are on deck for training camp in Kamloops, Matt and Nik are back to preview this week’s CFL Combine and Draft season with Assistant General Manager Rob Ralph. The boys talk with Rob on what the brass looks for at these events and how the process of evaluating draft prospects continues to evolve. We also begin to preview camp with a deep dive into the offence after last season’s record-breaking campaign. Can Bakes finally be completely stumped in trivia? Find out when we delve into Combine history! TIMESTAMPS: ⁣ 0:00 - intro 3:29 - draft picks & signings 11:51 - BC Lions offence preview 25:05 - Rob Ralph interview 42:16 - Kowalski’s Lions trivia 49:45 - Go for it or Punt

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Nik

Guest: Rob Ralph

Topics covered

• CFL Combine
• Draft season
• BC Lions
• football evaluation
• training camp
• offensive preview

Keywords

• CFL Combine
• Rob Ralph
• BC Lions
• draft prospects
• training camp
• football
• offence
• trivia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BC Lions

Places: Kamloops

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