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Defense will more or less the same and for the most part the strength of team. Adding Powell is a big plus for us. I don't mind our team, we will do ok

Its football season boys. Cheers.. Good luck to all of you, except against us of course.... Been a few months since any beer was drank in my seats at Mosiac. That malarkey ends today

You can have Lafrance.

I enjoy preseason football. Like to watch the battles to see who makes it and who doesn't. Who wants it more. Just hope there re no injuries either way. Beautiful day here, a bit windy but 29 Celsius.

The salary cap for coaches was BS from day one. This is the reason why

Attendance jokes from a Tiger Cat fan?? That's funny

21 tackles is not good for a DE, pretty good for a rotational/ backup though. Constant pressure is the goal, but the constant pressure should yield results too, which translate into stats. Antigha is a good player, I am not saying he isn't. I think some are exaggerating his contributions in a attempt to doom and gloom the team. I get it, that's what opposing team fans do. As a fan of said team, I am not worried about losing Antigha. Equavon is tough loss, but he got a NFL shot so I wish him the best of luck. Jefferson was replaced before he even left by Johnson. Johnson and Leonard combination offsets the loss of Willie. You got a good player there but it wasn't a major area of need for you to begin with, so the results wont be as noticeable as many are hoping. Having said that, a team should upgrade when it can, so WJ is a upgrade for your team. Gives you a shot at maybe having a top 5 player in sacks. We will have 2 on our team

Total true. Totally agree. But yet many here are so sure Jefferson left first, and left money on the table. That's how people make themselves feel better. From what I hear Jefferson took more money from Bombers than what we offered, and it was directly related to the signing of Johnson. It is possible others offered more than the Bombers, that is likely the money on the table he is referring to.

Antigha was 14th on the team in tackles. Tied for 7th in sacks. I think we will survive without him

Funny, when I look at the Stats, the 2 leaguing players in league with the most sacks are on our roster? One was just signed a few days ago. Curious how you would define replacement? Antigha wasn't even a starter on defense

Looking at the stats/ numbers is where I draw the comparison. Also the fact that neither play in the middle. NOW.... If we lost Sam Hurl for some reason, that would be the same as you losing Bighill, wouldn't you agree?🙄

Johnson signing was announced half hour before the Jefferson signing

Losing Santos-knox is a wash I would say on your end

Why the one year deal then? I don't believe that for a second. Willie was pissy that Micah got more money than him here and that's why he turned down our offer and left. O'day valued Micah more and Willie didn't like it

Only weapon you had is not a fair comment. I should have said the weapon you like to use the most

Willie didn't come cheap, we offered him a contract and he signed for more with you guys

How would I know that? I said I would be glad to sign them

More like Stamps took away the only weapon you had

I'll pass on Jeffcoat and Leonard and go with Jefferson. Hughes is getting old, likely why he faded down the stretch, likely see that again this year, kind of the same as your RB

Can't take it too seriously, there are way too many moving parts for anything to be accurate. I'm a numbers guy so I just projected them all playing 18 games at the pace they were at so there was something for everyone to look at. It doesn't mean anything, just some off season fun. Willie is a great player, I'm sorry to see him go.

Hughes and Leonards numbers over 18 games are 89 tackles and 22 sacks. The Jeff's are 66 tackles and 17 sacks. I can clearly see why you think they are better.

I like Nevis, solid player. Jeffcoat is much better?? Leonard had more than double the tackles in only 5 more games. I'm not AC's biggest fan as he likes to jump offside a lot. But so does Willie so you guys have that now, he is good for at least one a game

I like the extra 20 pounds on Evans also, to plug up the middle and fight off blocks. I do think Thomas plays his part on the team very well. He is from the Maritimes and they all have a lot of heart and grit

They are same age and Thomas has more career games played than Evans, almost a entire season worth,15. Evans has 10 more sacks and 2 grey cups rings. The fact that Thomas is still not a starter is hardly a glowing endorsement of your argument. If Thomas is some well kept secret, maybe you should start him this year. Evans takes a beating in there but has only missed 2 games in the last 5 years since he became a starter

I never said his passport made our line better, I simply quoted stats from last year. I do think our line is as good as anyone else's though