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Came here to comment on this. Freaking ooof 164k for kongbo this year. I’d love him back on a team friendly deal. Bet he gets moved one way or another this off season.

Damn right they were. I don’t think any other cfl expansion team was given such a windfall. I don’t follow the nhl but it seems they did the same with Vegas. Other wise I don’t think any other na league has done that.

And I’m equally sure Brady won’t be. Though I really have no idea what to expect for other teams offers to him.

The depth of quality for ni WRs in the league has really exploded of late. We used to see one or two guys like cotoy or woli at a time. Now we see several. It might become the new norm to start 2-3 ni WRs at this rate. Things have come a long way from the days of the token Canadian pass catcher no one covers because he can’t out run any one. The thing that separates woli is jbr said, he’s basically an h back and a wr at the same time. Dude is a menace blocking out there. But he’s also an elite ni possession wr with tremendous physicality who isn’t a slug. He could start in this league with out the pass port.

I’ll also add that the Ontario teams really seem to cycle ol between each other a lot. He could end up in ott or ham as well as ssk. But I’m sure ssk will offer the most money lol.

Gray is a liability in pass pro who can play guard and edge in goal line set. He should be a tackle long term but needs polish. Woli resigns for 2 years. Nice to have Strevys room mate locked up.

The east west game is about creating a showcase for guys who need the opportunity and haven’t gotten the visibility their talent deserves.

https://3downnation.com/2024/01/19/east-west-shrine-bowl-will-not-invite-u-sports-prospect-for-first-time-since-1985/ Kinda sad news, the east west bowl is no longer inviting cis players. The writing was on the wall going down from 2 - 1 which was nonsensical enough.

That’s interesting. I’d love to see some thing like that and maybe the same for globals on the roster in general beyond 1.

I don’t think we bring in any vet ni ol from fa. Rookies for depth beyond what we keep. I’d actually take bladek over kola, the only guy with less mobility than kola is Thomas. That said, Dobson Eli and gray would be miles ahead of bladek. I respect kola for his effort and toughness, he over achieved a lot and was enabled by our ol and the sheer fact he was a centre. He’s the worst ol we’ve had in a long long time.

Argos cut bladek ahead of free agency. Some one wake up the riders and their fan base time for them to get all hyped sign him to a big deal and anoint him the starter and cure all to their ol.

I think a lot of people league wide forget that this Argos team started out building its resources especially ni talent by over paying to corner the market on lbers.

100%. The offence can evolve a lot in terms of useage for both them and Demski with route concepts and packages. The chiefs and dolphins do a great job of using guys like that.

The difference between have one guy like lawler/schoen and having 2 is gigantic. Lawler and schoen both worked off each other really well last year. Lawler came in and played like his hair was on fire then teams shifted to him and schoen took over with all those tds and yards before getting hurt.

True that’s a part of it as well. Maybe Ellingson? Clement’s? Idk. I wonder if with the rookie salary floor going up, we price into Bailey. If the difference between Bailey, and a rookie is like 15-20k or less I can’t see moving on from Bailey.

No doubt. It’s kind of sad it took the league this long. If happily take him to camp on a league min deal.

It already has been over. Largely due to only having bargain bin money in free agency, but we’ve lost far more in fa than we’ve gained every year since 21 maybe 19. Bc has taken more from us in that time than we’ve gotten out of league free agency.

Idk I remember seeing ott in that discussion a lot. I don’t think many people league wide though blm would be back maybe even mbt and Harris. I for sure thought we’d see some guys dip after last year but we just haven’t. It’s rare for the qb market in the cfl to shrink. and I mean if you want to talk receipts, Brady vs Augustine, every one vs fajardo, people bad mouthing Eli before he came back, an awful lot of such receipts can be called due and every poster would all the crow to eat my self included.

If mbt doesn’t come back I think brown goes to Edmonton. It wasn’t always gonna shake down like this, but ott was the heavy favorite and best fit for both parties. I get excited to see them in camp. Some guy just don’t show well and it takes some time for guys to get looks etc. I am very interested to see what the qb depth chart looks like in camp. I’m hoping we get strevy, and maybe bring in one more rook qb for rookie camp.

Man if ott takes schoen this year and desjarlais last year we should get all their first round picks for about 100 years lol.

Barriere has incredible tools that match his nutty college numbers almost 14k passing yards, 121tds 29 ints, almost 1600 rush yards and 22 rush tds. (Broke Nichols passing yards record). First video was a pretty viral performance 600 yards 8tds. 4.7 40 but he’s faster than his time, and 38 inch vert while tossing 70+ yard bombs. His accuracy on deep balls is better than you’d expect with those raw tools too. The catch, decision making, and size. He’s really more like 5’10 190. Yep. I wouldn’t hesitate to take a fine and lose a draft pick if it mean keeping schoen. Front load his deal and anticipate paying it.

With deferrals and the popularity of bringing Canadians into nfl camps the draft could be any till the end of nfl priority rookie free agency at the earliest. Please no more pure teams cover guys. Please. The cap also doesn’t apply till you announce your final roster. The cfl cap is one of the more simple, easily manipulated and fixable in all of sports. And the punishments are light.

Wasn’t their ol banged up too? Green qb hurts too. I would not be surprised if their ol performs better this year. 5th round pick is free lunch. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes for brown in ott. from his first appearances where he looked like he didn’t belong in any organized football, frantic out of place and panicky. Dru slowly matured into a guy with poise and talent, stepping in when we needed him and performing very well. Great guy and prospect wish him well. Next man up time to find another. And maybe sign strevy.

I’m not surprised tbh. Gambling on and shaving points in your own games will get you black listed.

Ol market is crazy. Riders love to over pay vets to try and save their line, but all kinds of teams lose their mind paying top guys. Any thing is possible, the east division runner ups for most of Bryant’s reign were over the hill gang guys too.