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Charles Nelson has legit upside even if he isn't really needed in the return game anymore. He can always fill in on returns as needed and has the potential to be a pretty good starting receiver. Bringing him back is a no-brainer especially if the XFL is having a material impact on the quality of rookies that are available to CFL teams.

No.. Im fine with Hall. I do think that most of the changes that helped the defense to thrive came while Hall was away and were implemented by Glenn Young. I'm confident that Hall can continue the momentum the defense built last year. I'm just looking at a situation where Hall may very well be looking at retiring soon so I would have preferred to go with the younger Glenn Young who I have the utmost confidence in.

Based on what I've seen from the guy I'd say he's already a much more capable passer than Streveler. He has serious upside to be a starting QB in this league. When you have a guy like that you need to elevate them and give them opportunities.

Its a shame but we've lost Glenn Young to the Argos. I would have preferred to see Ritchie Hall retire and give the job to Glenn Young.

We never actually had Durant though. And we survived the situation. Believe me there is no doubt in my mind that Winnipeg would have an Alex Ross level of guy (at the very least) in camp to compete with McGuire. I just don't seeing that type of guy beating McGuire out for the job. A guy like Brandon Bridge would actually have some value as he is somewhat serviceable as a stop gap and can get onto the roster as a Canadian and he's a pending free agent. With the new changes coming to CFL rosters I could really see Canadian QB's who can be described as being "somewhat serviceable" as having value. They can easily fit on the roster and allow teams to develop a younger American QB with upside. If you're looking for an Alex Ross type guy to have in camp there are plenty at or above that level. David Watford, Dakota Prukop, Logan Kilgore, and Danny O'Brien come to mind.

It would be unsettling due to the injury history of Zach (assuming he's the guy). However, it's not really that abnormal. He's got the same amount of CFL experience in terms of being in the league for a year as Dane Evans and Nick Arbuckle had going into last season. You can't always have two proven winners. The teams that will remain competitive long term will be able to identify who can be a solid replacement at QB even if they haven't proven it on the field yet. If there is an opportunity to sign an experienced backup such as MBT or Nichols I would take it. But id rather designate the reps to a promising young QB like McGuire then a player that proved they couldn't get it done like Jennings or Franklin. I'm willing to bet there are going to be experienced qb's floating around should an injury arise with many teams likely to go down to two quarterbacks. Or two quarterbacks and a third cheap rookie on the practice roster. Think about it. Two years ago we had Matt Nichols and an unknown rookie backup out of a small school as our backup. In this scenario Winnipeg would have two qb's with grey cup rings and neither of them rookies.

I agree with the decision to focus on Collaros. Neither of these options are a pillar of health. However, Collaros is hands down the more gifted of the two. He's a risk to get another injury or a concussion again but he showed that with all his injuries in the past he's still very physically gifted when healthy. And he won the Grey Cup. Nichols has IMO lost some zip on his passes and has zero mobility at this point in his career. I would consider looking at MBT as a backup should he be available.

My understand was that he didn't want to be camp fodder which he would have been. His agent encouraged him to come up to the CFL and work his way towards a future shot at the NFL. You can bet that if there's a team who seriously wants gimmick QB like the Saints have in Hill and were offering a decent bonus to Streveler to compete for that role he'd be interested.

If start with "Mu" and ends with "mba" we should pass!

Possibly the kind of guy who will still be drafted as a potential player to pay off down the road once his NFL opportunities are gone. So there is a guy like that who's heading to the NFL now. But when you look at the France lineup you've got 3 guys who went to the NFL already and a now in a position to try the CFL. I also keep hearing that the Mexican calibre of play is getting pretty good but I've yet to see an intriguing mexican prospect. Hopefully there are some gem's this year.

Yeah.. It truely has mostly to do with trying to increase revenues and interest in the CFL more than it has to do with upgrading talent. They could always add more americans if the only motivation is talent. The only place where I see it being more about upgrading talent is at the Canadian College level. Less Canadians are playing football and eventually that is going to downgrade the Canadian product. So they are allowing for global players to come up to Canadian College and eventually count as a Canadian.

Seems strange to me that a guy who was a Senior in 2018 and only recorded 1 sack would be going to the NFL in 2020.

I was happy to read Walter's comments on how much work the Global Scouting is. I mean its too bad its so much extra work but I'm happy that he doesn't view the work as optional. There was a time before Walters took over where Winnipeg wasn't even willing to turn over every stone to find a helpful Canadian player. I remember talking to a CFL agent at that time when Winnipeg had serious snapping problems and they weren't even willing to go an look at a decent young snapper who was living in Winnipeg who ended up signing with a different team. Like they wouldn't even put in the effort. Now Winnipeg is clearly of the mindset that if there is going to be global roster spots they will do whatever it takes to maximize the talent they will be bringing in for those roles. Its refreshing and no wonder Winnipeg ended up with the best global player from last year.

Been doing a little bit a research on the quality of talent being made available for the global draft. Winnipeg is in a good position because they already have an impact player but next season there will be two players on the roster and 3 more on the practice roster. Given that Winnipeg won the Cup I guess i'm assuming we will be picking 9th overall. I think last year the draft order was random. Clearly that would benefit Winnipeg. However, I'm trying to get a sense for whether or not there will be 9 players of substance available in case we draft 9th overall. Well. Its hard to research but most of the nations have released lists of available players and there is already some pretty good talent I can identify. Finland has 2 players who played American college ball. They are defensive lineman and didn't do a whole lot in college but its still better than nothing. France actually seems to have the best high end talent. They have three players who were good enough to get NFL shots included 2 receivers and 1 6 foot 4 defensive back. The two receivers went back to Germany and played after their NFL cracks didn't pan out and both were highly productive in the the GFL. Germany has a large list of players available. And I feel like German typically has the most talent available out of all the global nations. One of the players on the German list was one of the top runningbacks in the GFL. Maybe he can use that speed and strength to be a pretty good special teams player. Another German League player was one of the best pass rusher's in the league. Maybe he's another Hansen? Mexico has not yet released a list of available players. That could be the real wildcard. But based on the limited amount of research you can do from a keyboard and mouse I do feel like the level of talent available will be much deeper than last year where they basically ended up being one high quality player in Thiadric Hansen. https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/germany-releases-list-of-45-athletes-attending-cfl-germany-combine/ https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/france-announces-23-athletes-for-cfl-france-combine/ https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/italian-federation-announces-cfl-italian-combine-athletes/ https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/great-britain-releases-list-of-athletes-for-cfl-uk-combine/ https://www.americanfootballinternational.com/17-players-to-showcase-their-skills-at-cfl-finland-combine/ WR Anthony Dable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl-aAGcBxTQ

I’m taking a wait and see approach on this one. The problem is he can’t work out for nfl teams. The problem with Streveler playing in the NFL Is how he plays. He takes on contact directly. He’s very fast but doesn’t have finesse moves or presence of mind to get down and avoid contact. If he can’t stay healthy in the cfl with this style imagine how things will go for him against bigger defenders and a smaller field. Taysom Hill rarely throws the ball and is mostly used as a receiver. Last time I checked Streveler wasn’t a high end receiver before switching back to qb and downgraded schools.

O'shea would be saying the same thing even if they were planning on moving on from him.

And with the extra global roster spots teams will be less worried about "burning" a Canadian special teams guy to get an extra american onto the starting lineups. I'm sure teams will be more subtle about it than the scenario i suggested. Could you imagine if Chris Jones was still a head coach with this type of exploit available?

There seems to still be no answer to the concern over faked injuries. You know.. A guy like Thomas Miles is listed as the starter at middle linebacker and Bighill is one of the Nationalised Americans. Miles fakes and injury on the opening kick off and then Bighill replaces him. What im looking for is the specific details on how this will work.

https://3downnation.com/2020/01/08/cflpa-sends-memo-to-players-detailing-changes-to-cba/ Can somebody make sense of the new nationalized American rules. It seems like America vets will be able to qualify as Canadians in the starting ratio. But further down it talks about 10 National starters in total.

This guy is just throwing up a bunch of hail mary's. Last year he got a couple of things spot on but in most cases he was completely off. He projected Wolitarsky to be a cfl all-star for example. Predicting Fajardo to pass for 6000 yards is crazy. He's a game manager type and is sheltered by a good running game. He's not going to all of a sudden be an elite passer beyond anyone else in the league. Also.. Predicting right now that Winnipeg is going to fall and be a cross over team is purely conjecture. Nothing has happened in the real world to make Edmonton and BC a lot better. BC hired a Campbell who is a decent head coach but he struggles when he does not have top notch assistant coaches. BC failed to hire Dinwiddie as the OC and are likely going to be left with mediocre offensive coaching again. Edmonton replaced an offensive co-ordinator (Jason Maas) who should be a head coach with another carbon copy in Scott Milanovich. Nothing has occured to make anyone think these teams won't be just as soft as last season. As of right now there is every realistic expectation Winnipeg will remain competitive and in the top 3 in the West just like the last 3 seasons.

Yeah.. The offseason doesn't begin until the Grey Cup Champs say it begins!

Last year was a disaster. They didn't have a good offensive co-ordinator and Dom Davis was already somebody who had shown that he wasn't good enough. With a good offensive co-ordinator Jennings would have been somewhat ok. Arbuckle has come out of a good system and performed quite well in Bo's absence. You might even say he was better than Bo. Its a smaller sample size no doubt but with Lapo and potentially a good running game there I think Arbuckle will be fine.

Don't know why people are down on MBT. He put up great numbers and is clearly a more gifted passer than Matt Nichols is as this stage of his career. Nichols can't stay healthy.

Potentially both if Streveler signs in the NFL. Im not convinced if I'm Toronto that i would prefer Matt Nichols as my starter over MBT.

Yeah. Maybe Toronto would be willing to trade the farm for him. The 90k they saved on Mitchell's salary isn't really going to reshape the team they have around the quarterback. But if they could save 250k over what they paid to their starter last season they could really pickup a number of pieces to make a difference.