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That sounds like him to the furthest extent. If he straightened out I would honestly take him back in an instant. That guy was wildly talented. Hes still waiting for the NFL to come call.

Yeah its tough to make that huge jump in year 1. But also if he is willing to wait it out and pay his dues if he doesnt become an instant starter this guy in year 2 could light the league on fire. And having the cfl experience is huge for the guys here. Bailey and lawler are poised for big years. Grant and Nelson are guys to really watch too. I think grant could be as good as the best of what we saw from lucky last year. Cam actually reminds me a lot of darvin adams too.

Thats 100% of who I thought of lol. He was soo slick. Those routes and hands, such polish. Too bad he coulda been a star.

It's hard for rookie wrs to excel in the cfl. But he has tremendous size amazing athletic ability and produced really well in the NFL. He's about as blue chip as an imp wr gets.

And it is exceedingly rare to find that true all downs back now, especially as an NI. A guy who blocks well, and can make gains in the passing game is huge. If you get a true no1 back from a top us school they will be able to atleast do 1 of these things. But even finding Imps who are the complete package these days is hard. You can hope to develop a skill in a guy with good coaching. And virtually all guys will come into the CFL needing that. Do you invest that time and work in a guy who is also an elite athlete and or has ratio breaking star potential or do you put it into a guy who has to be the greatest over achiever in the league to be an every game starter. His time here has been a small sample size. But he got turned inside out a bunch on pass rush. Its unlikely that he got the reps as a blocker needed prior to being a pro. This is the team to coach a guy up to block well and cover kicks though.

They have the tools the raw tools to excel at the position. Oliveira has a pretty good pedigree vs good competition as well. He and borsa have sought after rare combinations of experience and athleticism in a NI rb. If you cant understand why they have hype Idk if any explanation will do much for you. Augustine is a fairly weak pass blocker, un tested as a pass catcher, he doesnt have any experience filling a STs role, and he is with out any real strength. Hes about as slow as any rb who has carried the ball in the cfl in the past couple years. The guy has 45 carries as a pro, Idk how any one can see that as a huge edge over borsa and oliveira. 2 tcs here is his biggest advantage. But he is not by any means a known commodity. A big portion of his carries and production came late in a game after it was in hand and he busted a big run. Hes a scrappy, hard working over achiever and is a guy that can be coached up to be more versatile and useful in a back up role. But he is the definition of a replacement level NI rb. Every team in camp has a guy who is like him and we could pick up a guy with the same talent and skill at just about any point in time.

Honestly I look at his sitting a year as a blessing. He has been carrying a tremendous work load the last few years. A year off from being hit will only be good imo. I have 0 concerns about him staying in shape and being sharp. Truth. And that is a TON of insurance behind harris. You almost never have 3 guys of depth behind a canadian starter like that. Oliviera and borsa are athletic studs too. We also have demski. In the event of a harris injury or collapse we would likely see a RB by committee for a bit where demski took half of the reps and another guy took the other half. While maybe a dynamic threat like borsa would be worked in. I have reservations about augustine, but he has not been a guy who under performs. Hes an over achiever no question. I think he will end up 3rd on that back up list but hes a scrappy guy. You cant ask to be in better shape for backing up your franchise NI ratio breaker. And yeah we could always move the ratio around and bring in an Imp rb where itd be easy to make up production if all 4 of those guys failed, and harris was an issue. I think positions like qb and wr have far more pressing concern. In his time here demski has ran for 400 ish yards at a 6.5 ish yard per carry average. Borsa, oliveira and augustine are on top of that. I could see borsa working in some, he would bring another dynamic to our offense. Oliveira might bring more power but other wise I dont see us forcing either of those guys into too many carries.

100%. the 2 articles on 3dn about labatte retiring (he would be 37 and out of football for 2 years next, thats what this is) seem to have only the mildest concern for them replacing half their OL. They dont even have a lot of league back up experience. Hardrick and couture probably have more combined cfl games then their entire roster of OL. I wouldnt be surprised if neuf and gray or desjarlais combined for more too. Or if bryant alone was close to matching their entire unit. Fajardo has a big step to make going from a first year starter to succeeding consistently after other teams have a good amount of film on him in the cfl. 1 spin move and 1 pattern created a TON of their success last year. That has to grow exponentially to continue succeeding. That was their primary limiting factor before they lost half their OL. At one point in time, Rick mirer was touted by no less than bill walsh as the next joe montana. He had a better rookie year than drew bledsoe, despite taking a TON more sacks. And in that rookie year he also had at most 5 passing plays, almost never checked down, and had a gigantic split for favored side of the field. In year 2 bledsoe smashed mirers production on an epic level as mirer was never able to adapt to more than he could execute in his first year. He became a huge draft bust with 26 more picks than tds and 20+ loses more than wins. Fajardo has to over come what mirer didnt. And with out a stable OL.

Hamiltons piece reads as though he glanced over the cliff notes from the 2019 season for 5 minutes before writing said article.

100%. Even most of the hold outs I know have been switching to stuff like prime with subscribed channels. Cable may well die before printed new media.

^ that plus teams have 2 off seasons worth of stock piled imports. The scrimmage wouldve been a good idea.

FINALLY ITS HAPPENING ITS REALLY HAPPENING!

44/67 467 yards 0 tds 3 picks and 5 rushing yards. I wonder if they would take WJ, hardrick, and 7 first round picks for this clearly superior qb prospect. Im also seeing a LOT of cats fans pining for masoli to start. Dane was not ready for our defense in the GC, and thats a lot to ask of any qb little on one with his lack of experience. But I would be ride or die with dane evans. That kid is crazy talented and I wouldnt be surprised if he is in the nfl when his deal is up. Masoli wouldve gotten slapped every bit as bad vs our D in the gc imo. Look at BLMs play off record and look at what he did vs us. Iirc globals and draft year players dont count against that right? We basically have 2 years worth of off season pick ups on DL, DB, WR and OL. I imagine the mafia are waiting to see if any of those guys call it quits before they go and make the bottom off each group. I also wouldnt be tremendously surprised to see both imp rbs cut to make room. Both are talented versatile guys, but with borsa, augustine, and brady behind harris Its tough to see any imp having any chance. The shortened TC/PS window is really going to hurt. Especially positions like WR and OL that are frequently slower to learn and perform at for pure rookies.

ARgos get mccoil too. Dang are they gonna field a team of all LBers? Their cut down day is gonna be a free agent frenzy 2.0 for the rest of the league as they mash down to get under the cap.

Truth. And that those guys are worth way more then our guys. In fact they'd be doing us a favor if they traded one of their back ups for desjarlais, eli, and gray. 😉 If some how we had to change our OL whole sale over night from the anchors weve had Id have no concern with the talent level. But it would take a good while before that group played well as a unit consistently. Year 2 would be closer to the performance we expect this year. For the riders that OL looks 2 years away from being 2 years away. Our DL must be drooling looking at that OL.

I know people who streamed the games on tsn.ca internationally in the past. And if it messes with our TV deal its our problem too. Seems like a big risk. They can but doesnt every one have a VPN to watch American and other countries netflix? That also reduces the TSN streaming value mid contract. Idk about it being the Canadian equivalent of Seinfeld. Id say its more like a Canadian version of Fraser.

QFT. That ol has been ravaged in this off season. Seriously who do they have left? I wouldnt be surprised if they sign our best TC OL cut and or sniff around our PR guys.

Kinda seems that way doesnt it. Hope fully its just the PR spot.

Honestly the over the top claims make it seem far less credible to me. If some thing seems too good to be true it probably is. How would netflix and streaming even work with our TSN deal? Smells fishy af to me.

That would be nice.

I dont think we are gonna see any regular guy other than medlock call it.

I dont see harris calling it yet. My dark horse would be darvin adams. Hes had a lot of ups and downs, fought a bunch of injuries and the nfl window is closed. Hes a very physical blocker, and that takes a lot out of you. The big thing thatll push guys to retirement though is their home life. Guys who got great jobs in the missing season and may not be able to return to it.

Physical, tight cover and makes a lot of plays thats a good score.

QFT. You sum it up pretty well. Im about as comfortable with mcguire as our back up as I can be in any qb with that amount of experience. I would love to have a guy who can step in and win games right away on the bench. Especially behind collaros. But right now those guys are few and far between. And we can use that cap money in better ways. If streveler becomes a real option Id be happy to have him back, but tbh im not sure if he is that guy either. He can bring a lot, and a worst case scenario of a 2 man show with him and mcguire couold be pretty good. But idk if at this point in his development if he is ready to step in and win games on his arm alone. It takes dual threat qbs longer to come around like that.

It's a tremendous pick up for the coaching staff. We are loaded with front 7 talent that can benefit from his wealth of knowledge and coaching