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justin dunk has the salaries different, but goes more in depth in terms of whats base and whats bonus. If the 2nd sentence you see i say his tweets were part of that article. But the article it self wasnt by him. And doesnt go off his numbers. By no means would i consider him a good source of league wide coverage/information. Not like dunk.

i dont put much faith in lawless reporting salaries, but then he also reported lower salaries in the post. do you think they doubled collaros salary in the middle of the season when he was hurt and locked up?

He was never even a great defender, he was a great arm with decent range before he started to decline. Last year he was border line a liability with the great arm. Its beyond dumb to intend to run him out every day at rf.

http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-sign-qb-reilly-to-contract-extension-1.471943 only one on that list making more is mike reily. (drew willy re negotiated recently). More then jennings, lulay, blm, collaros, slightly more then harris, more then ricky ray.

bryan ahyat was around for ages too. doesnt mean he can step in and contribute. Well they gave nichols elite pay, and as base. Really wish we had given him good starter money with bonuses to pay him elite money if he produced at an elite level. its sooo much money for a guy who struggles with deep balls, and leaves us kicking a record number of field goals. And in a market where no one else is probable to give him that kind of money.

one thing is for sure, we cant be as bad at getting pressure and stopping the run in the front 7 next year.

that first part is a whole lot of truth. I wouldnt take under performances in mtl too seriously. Stafford while nichols was with edm played 7 games (out of 23 for the season+gc run), had 31 catches (51 for the season with play offs) 410 yards (832) 5 tds(10 for the season) 4 games with back to back tds. So his production was much great with nichols. Itll be interesting to see if that chemistry still exists. Wrs seem to tend to flock together. Rather then a this is my team kind of mentality. But who knows its all up in the air right now. Im hoping he is back.

^ smith for montreals 12th straight up would be robbery. What pick does toronto have left?

he was. and he is. But, old hitters who still have fast hands can still rake. Bautista's problem isnt that he has lost that trigger speed or ability to turn on a pitch. which is why there is reason to hope that he can still mash. No one was willing to give him the long term mega bucks deal. hes old. the jays are willing to give him that. he started out way too high and the market passed him by. Doesnt mean he isnt a guy more then worth having around for 1-3 years. age yes, wear and tear isnt as bad as most sluggers his age. Strained shoulder/knee/toe arent the type of thing that shuts down a hitter for multiple years. And the shoulder was furthest back now. This is still a guy who hit over .800 ops last year. and well into the 900s over the previous 6. If he plays most of the season chances of him coming in .750 (which is still really good) and 30/100 are tiny. Hes perfect to have protecting josh donaldson. Hes 36 frank thomas was 38, hit .857 ops 26hr 95 rbi in 155g. Bautista hit .817 22/69 in 116g. The jays cant be done yet. But this is still a good pick up/bring back.

last year was an uncharacteristic awful year. You arent paying him for last year, you are paying him for the potential MVP he could be. That said i really hope they move him to DH and morales to 1b.

Im all for gambling with depth picks. Especially with how deep we are at NI. Hindsight is 20/20 of course but look back at last year after loffler was about that time. If we can identify the drop off spot well enough and it isnt pushed down by sliding prospects some futures picks are good to have. But out high picks we certainly need to continue to try to get guys who will be on the roster for this years TC. That development time for young NIs is massive. Im not ready to sell the farm or much on franklin. If we miss out on glenn, or another similar vet who can step in to back up the most id want to give up is spot swapping. like our first for a 2-3 franklin and a future 2-3. Which has about a .00000000000000001% chance of happening.

no joke. When you factor in money I dont know how you could take him over stafford or gurley. Especially when those guys can bring a change of pace to our WR core. I really hope denmark is back. Id rank our wrs like this Dressler>>denmark>darvin adams>>>gurley/smith/stafford.

aside from his last game against BC, id say he was awful. His health could be a question. Did he come back while still banged up and not recover till late? Small guys allways concern people more when hurt. but playing 35 games over 3 seasons doesnt help that complexion. Is he just a really poor fit for what we do offensively? He isnt arland bruce, the shake n bake cut back make things happen after the catch in traffic type. Hes more the catch and run or break free and make a big down field catch guy. And our offense doesnt do the deep pass much, or well. With our system and his health at best i have trouble seeing him out produce guys like stafford, or gurley. And I dont think he has a chance at denmark, dressler, or darvin adams. So i wouldnt take him over those top 3, and paying him top dollar to hope he can be no 4 when we allready are as tight to the cap as we have been in recent years seems like a poor choice. especially when stafford/gurley will/would be cheaper hands down. Id rather see that money sunk into a DE or LBer. At his age, im sure he isnt done or close to it. And his best football could well be a head of him (if it isnt no football maybe ahead of him very quickly) but I dont like the risk/reward of that here.

Thats true and doesnt ott have a bunch of FA wrs? It is a deep wr fa group though. He could be a knee jerk day, we didnt get any one and we gotta fill this spot signing. For some one like montreal. I dont think any one would give us more then a very low pick / neg lister for smith.

gurley and stafford are pretty interchangeable imop. Id love to see a deep veteran core of wrs brought into camp to fight for spots. If its a fight, smith/stafford would be fighting for spots. not denmark, if he is brought back. Stafford, smith, and gurley are guys who have shown flashes but not sustained it. Little on taking the next step forward. denmark showed the ability to take the next step forward last year and in his career year. Mcduffie showed some flashes at wr and returner certainly hope hes back, so long as hes reasonably priced. It would be expensive, but going into camp with dressler, denmark, adams, smith, gurley, stafford, and mcduffie would be amazing. That said a ton of money could be saved on smith and probably gurley too.

this is a done deal now?! In pro football especially in the front office, you dont get relax time. Certainly not in the off season. If nichols is signed then he still needs to get a vet that can start in as back up. Be that glenn or some one else. If we go into next year with nichols and the usual suspects backing him up thats a bad situation. When thats done we are in a great spot. Tons of scouting down south and the draft to be done, cfl fa etc. Assuming nichols is signed i think priorities looks some thing like #1 back up qb #2 draft scouting / pick trade talks #3 Scouting/signing down south for guys this year and beyond #4 Re signing our guys. #5 cfl fa (dont see us having a lot of money to make much of a splash) I think a big thing is taking a long hard look at guys like ryan smith, keeping, and neufeld. A lot of money tied up in guys with little on the field production. Smith is probably our 4/5th best imp wr if we bring back gurley and denmark. If every one in the wr core plays their best i still dont think hes better then no. 3-4. Keeping and neufeld would have to be considered long shots to come out of camp next year with a big role. And one kinda pushes out the other. internal moves like that are probably the hardest but most important.

no joke. The riders couldnt be further off what we have right now. They are in the same position we held LAST year. Only they dont have the NI depth. and we know they dont have a qb. Or a Defense. The riders arent close to what montreal has.

If he comes cheap probably. If denmark isnt brought back his chances are better. but id rather have denmark. I would love to have denmark gurley adams and dressler next year.

great to have darvin adams back in blue. hope he can stay healthy this year and pick up where he left off.

our ol finally turns around and hes gone xD. poor poor bastard. But he did turn around the raiders ol when they were browns esq bad.

you mean the part where he lost his starter job? His play when harris got hurt was awful. Especially the blow out loss to mtl and the loss to TO. Then also against the green riders in another game ott loss to the other cellar dweller in the cfl in 2016. He had a bad year up and down till the play offs. How many times again did he lose the starter job last year? 3? Certainly nothing even close to his 30 esq year his first back in calgary as the starter.

jennings had the reigns pulled back on him in that first half. He couldnt hit the broad side of a barn reliably. And in the games before and after. Those runs especially the one late in the half stole the game. Not jennings. And even then we had them on the ropes on the last drive. BC would be a dark horse, but i dont see them standing pat. Idk another season like last and hamilton might give up on austin imop. He doesnt seem the type who internalizes loss. either. and they dont have any one behind him able to step in and win. xD yeah other activities rubbing off i guess lol. I dont think it was about being able to afford him as much as glenn wanting starter money and the bombers wanting to save as much as possible. Sending him to FA early and unexpectedly could be a move to shock him into the reality of the market place. did hank leave ssk on bad terms previously? I vaguely remember it being a rough departure. And hank seems the burn the bridge type. That would have been a long time ago now mind you. Ssk would be the last team in the league i would want to sign with if im a QB. that ol is horrible. The fan base is about ready to lynch jones. and they have little to no D behind you.

yeah he says that. Hard to imagine him turning down a starting spot on a contender with the money that goes with it though. assuming durant signs in montreal (if i was him i would want no part of that gong show) assuming To stands pat and sask as you say isnt gonna be an option (and i agree with that) it leaves here or another movement to make it happen. Is ottawa going to guarantee he is the starter with harris' age, early season performance and some of hanks play time last year? Idk. If i am hamilton id be looking to make a move for sure. They have to feel like they could reach out and take the east this year better QB play. And if ott no longer beleives that harris is the future they could be in a position to strike as well. Both those teams are deep and in a spot to contend. But qbs are big question marks. Id be surprised if they dont theory craft situations around changing to durant/nichols. Bc could be a sleeper too. With how terrible jennings was late in the season and in the play offs, and you know wally doesnt sit on his laurels when it comes to qbs. I really dont think much is cemented for QBs next year in the cfl. BLM and reilly are the only guys on that list i see as 100% to start camps this year as the no1 qb.

it was about 30 years.

Yeah. Anakin allways had a chip on his shoulder. Luke has desire, but tempered with reason and responsibility. The clone wars series did anakin soo much better then the prequels. I pretend the prequels are the quality equivalent of how lucas arts treats the EU. It s extra, its there but its not the steak or even the potatos. And yeah thats a great era of stories for star wars. TOR - clone wars is probably the deepest as far as story telling and characters. I heard some one is working on a clone wars era game like Kotor/tor it has a pretty good look. Its alluded to in the EU several times that some place beyond the chartered universe lies a great source of evil. Post return of the jedi luke even said it was soo great he alone wouldnt stand a chance against it. plageuis vaguely mentioned it as well. Could also have to do with the Ones of mortis. There were fragmented periods under the sith in which other sects could have been set up. Bane manipulated the universe from behind the scenes for years with out any one knowing of his existence. Darth vitiate set up a new sith empire out of the way on dromund kaas, etc. Given the content of vader comics/books in recent years and how it paints him I dont see them splitting him into 2 force ghosts. But they could say a portion of vader was imprinted on the helm from before his turning back in return. Kind of like the mass shadow generator or the thought bomb. So you would have the force ghost of anakin and a splinter of dark side power embedded in vaders helm. It could also be a trick by snoke. Or another dark force.