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We def force throws to him. That’s zach, but he’s also the best 50/50 guy in the league. He’s a great route runner but he’s not a monster athlete. He requires well timed and placed passes and throwing him open. As do most of our WRs tbh. That’s our type. Big and marginal speed.

I’d prefer that. But I mean how many spots can we drop ni for imp?

Instant fix to our kr position, with a guy in Dillon who can back up/ be the 2nd returner. I love it even more because he’s a bonafide offensive weapon. As a rb and as a pass catcher. I love his style. Short but stocky back who is tough as nails, runs north south, and doesn’t let tacklers square up. Creates a lot of bounce off tackler plays and minimizes wear. He’s not quick like blink (no one is) but he’s a great balance of break away speed and acceleration. Very smooth runner who makes it look easy. Now, we have to use him right. We’ve not done a good job of using dis/multiple backs in ages. We’ve got to fix that but I love what this builds towards. Also reduces the need for the last imp wr to be top notch. I feel like the longer we wait the more likely it is we go with a familiar guy like lapo. Who has effectively ran a 2 back offence with out starving his rb1, and has familiarity with zach. That’s an odd one. Maybe Kramdi can play some s? Would we be trying to move stubblefield to corner or double shift holm to corner and him to half?

Wrong side of 30 plus came back from a torn Achilles and wasn’t 100%. If we lose lawler, he’d still need to be on a team friendly deal imo.

We need to find another under sized athletic nasty piece of work C to develop

I don’t think Samson will get much of any chance. Lawson, plus we are married to Thomas and schmekel. He should get a good shot to be the back up but that’s not how we roll. mci big Kev and Wallace are exiting for sure.

Parker is a Sam but maybe could kick out that said he’s not a guy we can bank on or pencil into the line up with his injury history.

Not surprised how long do you give Lofton? Hardrick was instantly better when he slid out to tackle. Lofton is going into his 3rd year as a starter. He was still badly green for the first half of last year. While he got better, he hasn’t flashed being more than a replacement level starting tackle in the cfl. I think Lofton is better than average at G though. Id like to see Lofton slide inside (assuming Dobson leaves) and Randolph go in at RT. Otherwise, if Wallace takes the step forward he flashed last year, him in place of Dobson would be good. We need a few more imp T guys that can push Randolph though. Couture back would be fantastic. But I’m even less hopeful that happens. But Bryant neuf couture Lofton randolph with Wallace/eli as back ups would be good.

I’m not sold on Sherritt as their dc. I don’t see that unit having instant success.

Idk, we aren’t getting instant help out of the draft this year. It basically leaves us hoping to hit a grand slam with rookie imps to fix our issues from last year and what we’ve lost. 230? Haha wow. Seems like every year free agency is the expansion draft for the elk and lions. And yet still some how they can’t live up lol

We can’t lose more than we gain again from free agency this year can we?

Ted says thank you very much. I’m gonna be pissed if it’s a team friendly deal over there. I never really thought he’d play for another team. It’s extremely disappointing.

Seemed like he didn’t make the grade. Could probably do worse than bringing him back but at that point I’d just go with a rookie who has upside.

I don’t think he’s injury prone, far less than zach. He just had one freak injury and one dirty shot. I do think a lot of the value in him is as a guy to help groom the young guys and as a future coach. But I also think a healthy masoli off the bench gives us an excellent chance to win if zach goes down. Strev is a FA and hasn’t been resigned. If he doesn’t come back I think we add another guy. Hes wanting to see the fa market. Duke and arbuckle aren’t worth a hill of beans. Masoli gives us way more. Though duke is atleast maybe worth developing. Dole doesn’t offer us more than much of any one though.

I wonder if we kick the tires on Masoli.

Apparently fox tweeted out some thing cryptic about thanking the fans and franchise here. Sounds like he might be moving on one way or another. Love the talent, but woods passed him easily for sure plus with Lawson back this year it makes sense. A guy like ceresna you make room for, though I don’t think we will be in on him. I think it’s gonna be Thomas (groan) and Lawson in one spot with woods, hopefully adams plus a crop of young guys, plus vaughters taking some inside reps plus the 30 front base reps. Then Willy vaughters and Garbutt going into camp on top of the edge reps with a crop of rookies. I think our penny pinching for FA spending will mostly be more bargain oriented guys like Mitchell.

I think we all want a satisfactory answer to that question, but I don’t think there is one. yep and to be fair, 300k for a wr in the cfl today you need to be like 2k every year.

That’s a good point. Zach and this offence offers a lot of assets, but not a lot of flexibility. You’ve gotta run heavy in an inside zone scheme, and you have to cater deep ball stuff for zach. And you better succeed instantly. If that was the case with Miller and Jackson, I’d get a pass game co to work with Marty and make him the oc.

100%. no woli will make it harder too. Pretty much all we can do till some thing actually happens

Yeah that makes sense. I can’t think of many reasons. Maybe trying to play two guys against each other to get the cheapest deal possible.

He needs a crew cut on that salary. I’m sure he sees it coming. 200-220 is the top imo on him. If schoen isn’t gonna be healthy to start the year though, we are in a poor position as we will need a guy like lawler. But I’d try FA if he doesn’t want a team friendly deal. The ratio of money he’s made since he hit FA compared to the production is the most lopsided in league history.

Should. But I’m not holding my breath.

Lawler won’t get tippy top dollar but Demski is locked up under crazy money.

Regret yes, blame no. It is too bad this didn’t happen before things got crazy.

The savings we could see on lawler and schoen are significant. which makes me look at Demskis deal in an even worse light. He would be on track to be the highest paid wr in the league at this point. I love Demski and I’d like him to be back. But not to the tune of 225k+. In a choice between Demski and ceresna I’d like ceresna. I’d rather pay ford to stay than give Demski that kind of money. I’d rather have kept woli and let Demski go while saving 100k+