Colin Unger

I'm thinking somewhere around 500k?

SirVincent Rogers and Larry Dean have signed in Edmonton. Man they're really spending those Reilly bucks.

My hope on that is that Nichols isn't playing on a bum knee all year this season. If not I would like to see even more of a two qb system than we had last season.

There was at least a decade until the last few season where an offensive line of Bryant, Gray, Couture, Nuefeld, and Hardrick would have been viewed as a massive upgrade. I think we will be fine so long as our depth guys are adequate.

I'm not concerned about that either.. I think he's got more ability than Chung. I was just hoping that chung would replace Nuefeld. Think we also need to use one of our picks on an offensive lineman now. Someone who can fill in for Nuefeld if he gets injured and who can replace Gray when he potentially moves to tackle down the road.

Riders have signed Williams Powell to a two year deal as per 3downnation.com

I think their plan is to load up on offense and hope Claybrooks can make chicken soup out of chicken sh** on defense.

Adams, Wolitarsky, Holley, Posey, and Petermann/Simonise... I like the sounds of that. If its Simonise and not Peterman man we'd have a tall receiving core. The shortest guy would be 6'2 with two of them being 6'4 and higher.

Ryan Rishad is reporting that Chung to BC is likely to get done.

Worth it. JSK would have been a key player for us if Bighill didn't come back.. Would have likely been our starting middle linebacker.

Not wrong. I see Ellingson as a guy that will probably get 165k in free agency. But not north of 200k.

Wouldn't bother me so long as he's not the most high profile receiver they add.

Sounds like Winnipeg really needed to go in another direction there. Either a league minimum type of player like Wilson or a Canadian and go with a cheaper import safety.

It will hurt a bit but aside from this season (when they literally had to fill the entire league with new players) the number of players entering the AAF and sticking there will be relatively low compared with how many players NFL teams cut in training camp each year. When you think of it how many QB's does the CFL take off the available market each season? Maybe 5 qb's who come up here and stick on the roster? CFL teams either pass on entirely or cut kinds of talent and the AAF will be no different. The cfl famously passed on Kurt Warner for example. Except for a select few players who actually make one of these pro leagues there won't be much of a decrease in the available talent. For example, if you're you've identified a player who you'd like to sign in November he might want to give the AAF a try. But if he fails to make the roster that same player will most certainly be interested in the CFL come February or March. There are certain qualities that separate a talented player from a guy who actually makes it in the CFL and I don't think those same qualities will necessarily translate to them having an impact in the AAF. To me it's really a crap shoot. You bring a bunch of talent to CFL camp and its difficult to predict which players will stick and which will not. I don't expect that the level of training camp talent brought in will be largely affected by the AAF.

This is why you stockpile them and sign free agent Canadians when you have the chance.

Does anyone know what happened to Mark Chapman? I don't see him on the Stallions roster.

https://edmontonsun.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/edmonton-eskimos-locker-room-isnt-the-only-place-mike-reilly-would-be-missed Reports are starting to emerge that Reilly is indeed BC bound.

This is bad television.

He's not worth the same amount of money but teams are desperate so he should get a big payout. Certainly an upgrade over what sask had last season.

The best part about picking up Jefferson if it happens is to avoid Nichols having to face him again!

I though Harris took 175k??

Yeah that would make a lot more sense. I just don't see how he makes more as a police officer than in the CFL right now. Based on Google after 3 years a police officer will make 86k. Id be inclined to think that he would make in the 180k range in the CFL this season if he continued playing.

Im kind of surprised this if this was a financial decision. The guy played 3 years for peanuts compared to what he could get in the open market this season in the CFL. Just seems strange unless its health related.

Then we are looking at Gray and Couture/Speller starting and we have boat loads of money to target receivers and other areas of need. Of coarse, we draft an offensive lineman in the first round. Maybe trade up to get a guy who can factor in immediately.

This is why you keep drafting Canadian offensive lineman. We really need Chung back now. Winnipeg will have plenty of options in terms of finding a replacement on roster already. I would imagine Couture would be a candidate as well as somebody else moving over to center like Nuefeld for example. As well Cody Speller might factor into the conversation as well. I imagine we draft a lineman again with one of our first round picks.