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I agree... he's a guy I wouldn't mind moving on from... but nothing wrong with bringing back a reliable vet and special teams ace... as long as he never sees the field on D

Well doesn't that mean he has to sign here first?

he is, you can do worse for end of the roster canadians. That said I think it’ll be a battle in camp, they like ball and kelly too. One things for sure, we don’t need teams playing back up canadians. we need rotational guys.

Woodmansey got $300k per year from Elks.

Boo

we put paddy at T over the past two years, including atleast two starts. We’ve also seen teams push dts into play at T. Shepley was playing rt in the nfl and will likely be starting at t for the argos this year. In this era, the gap to playing T isn’t huge like it was in the early 2ks. For one, you get away with murder in terms of holding now. For two, teams will pinch a wr or back to force an end into an under performing T and take away the looping rush lane. for 3, ol across the board are far more athletic. Canadian and american, the guys who aren’t on their last leg can move. For 4, we haven’t had any dominant elite edge rushers for a long while. It’s about disruption today not hits and sacks. 3t is a bigger danger to the qb than de most of the time. We just don’t get those fringe nfl edge rushers any more. The majority of the monster size linemen we see (canadians) are raw as hell. So they get slipped in at g. With the guys coming into the league now, we could easily be seeing more canadian Ts. The league is just stagnant in terms of innovation. No one thinks it’s worth the risk to break the mold.

Was excited for Kelly but he's one of those guys I think that needs to take the next step or he'll be on the outside looking in.

Can't even call him Mayor Mc Cheese. Right now, he's more like Council Member, Mc Cheese.

100 percent would take a flyer on him. If he is even 80 percent of the player he was before our receiving core looks dangerous.

Its sad to see. Chains are often mediocre and non chains are often excellent.

Was just about to post this. Totally agree. I don’t ever want to see him take a defensive snap.

Hamilton and Ottawa just collecting a lot of junk, not a lot of impact players. As per usual.

Good move by Hamilton.

CFL.caTicats sign receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. to two-year con...The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced on Thursday the signing of National wide receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. to a two-year contract.

UFL contracts mean nothing. They are optional by the player. According to 3DN he's waiting for the CFL phone to ring.

Neuf was also originally a T. If any thing playing T after a career at G is going to be harder, especially when mobility has been such an issue for neuf the past few years. Usports kids didn’t get shots at many positions, until they started to. Now some positions are normalized that used to be ratio breakers

He gets pushed off his routes quite a bit, if he can make some hay winning more within the first 5 yards of scrimmage he could be a 1000 guy.

Neufeld was a veteran with many years of starts behind him so I'm sure while the transition was still difficult for him, he had that experience to fall back on. He's not a rookie out of U Sport or a kid with a couple of years experience & he struggled as a right tackle at time as wel. The young guys playing in U Sport don't play tackle in the CFL after they're drafted very much.

blind side tackle isn’t what it used to be, and was not as big a deal in the cfl with 5 ol and no te. Plus, with the massive prominence of pistol and shotgun up here over the past 20-25 years, you haven’t been able to sneak up on and burry the qb from behind. From the pistol/gun you have equal view of the ends through out the whole play. Down south, especially in the past, they played a massive amount of passing snaps from under the gun, and once you turned to throwing position and took a step back you turned your back to the rusher on the lt side. Because of that, in the nfl, they heavily pressed the end on the offensive left side to be a premier rusher. but that passed down there 10-15 years ago. The Rt side was often the run side and so has the te a lot of the time on his shoulder, which helped as well.

I believe Walby also played inside, at some point

But would you say a Canadian guard makes as much as a top notch American tackle? I think the good OL would cost about the same

JBR will be happy.

Don't mind that. Solid foot soldier.

Crum to Maier is a high-cost downgrade. cold!

Call me a hater but I think Maier is extremely mediocre. He Didn’t even look good in Saskatchewan with a stacked offense.

I don't think Dinwiddie is either. I could see a trade where Brown goes to the Argos for Kelly. And Nick Arbuckle is on the Argo roster as well. being a backup again can't be sitting too well with him, either. Could there still be a 3 way trade with the Bombers, Argos & RedBlacks as 3DN suggested earlier this off season?

Overall it's probably not too bad for their QB room - they got Dru to take a paycut so they had room to be aggressive in FA. I also don't think Dinwiddie is 100% sold on Dru yet so he wanted to make sure they had the best possible back-up they could get. He's been saying good things about Dru & has declared him their starter but also said they would be exploring all options.

Daaaammmmnnnnn.gif I like Allen. I think that is a pretty good move. Maier is a drastic overpay, but I get it. They have an injury concern with Brown, and we don't have good back-ups available. They overpaid for what they thought was the best option at the most important position. I wonder how much Greg Bell is making; that seems questionable to me. I'd rather put that money into OL and not overpay at RB. I like the talent he brings, but in 2 seasons, he has 2 100-yard plus games and 2 20 carry or more games. He hasn't hit 200 or 190 carries in a year either. He's a grinder and not a home run hitter, who hasn't shown he can sustain the grind. Similar to Oullette, but a better pass catcher for sure. If I am going to break the paradigm of pay for RBs, it's gotta either be a Canadian or a game-changing home run hitter.

I would have paid any amount for Allen I think. He's an unreal player, Canadian or not.

100% worth a shot. Even if we are going to 3 ni wrs, still an excellent guy to bring into camp. Now that we have the majority of the holes filled in the roster its time to add in camp gambles like that.

Now here's a question as a flier who could be had on a very affordable deal, and if not showing former ability easily cut Malik Henry...still young at 29...was just coming into his own and should be totally healed now from the Achilles (2 yrs post surgery looked good on Hatcher) and the patellar injury isn't a career ender by any means.....is a legit returner as well. Taking a flier on him could be a huge win, on a legit big play guy, and if he looks damaged still.....you cut him...

BUT....who was chucking to him...and who was drawing up scheme?...he did put up 655 yards in a neutered offence...on 16 games...a couple of which we threw the ball what less than 15 times?...and had horrible QB play all darn yr.....I can see him getting 1000 in the Hammer And who took any of their game to next level last yr in our offence?...he was a yr 2 player....not like he been languishing around for yrs

If he improves a bit he could be a 1000 yard guy, but its hard to imagine him doing that on a good team/passing offence imo.

That'd be right up there with the Rod Black drinking game.

I like Walter's work this yr, and he is kinda setting the table and taking away some of the past inefficiencies...that being said, until shown different from Osh....I just cant trust yet in him doing the right thing...let alone the smartest, and you nailed it and if JSK has to take a back seat to any one of Jones and Wilson....then Osh should get and deserve all the crticism possible I think we may see a lot of variations of the 30...Ceresna can handle "some" nose but not ideal...so hopefully we unearth a body mover/consumer Cersena tho in a legit 30 would be a really nice piece on one end for reps, and if we have the legit nose will thrive in that part of his role...he did before already Gonna be interesting what JY cooks up as our kind of defensive identity/base...We seem to be piling up a glut of larger bodied LB's for this camp and how they all shake out and who/what is kept is gonna be interesting

Oakwood Cafe will be closing down the first week of March, non chain restaurants are are a dying breed and in these economic times with razor sharp margins and a smaller customer base expect many more closing down in the future

This maybe should be in the Grim Reaper thread but since it's CFL related, I thought I'd post it here. Former CFL player Barry Wilburn died yesterday in Memphis in a house fire. Wilburn was 62 years of age. Wilburn played for 3 CFL teams during his time in canada. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, BC Lions & Winnipeg Blue Bombers (in 1999). He also played for Washington & the Philadelphia Eagles. What a horrible way to go. Condolences to his family, friends & former teammtes.