I believe Newman is injured at the moment.
Hurl is probably getting a pass because he's a lock to make the 46, whereas the imports playing tonight are not. The Bombers are going to start their best 7 NIs but they still need to evaluate the LB jobs as if they are going all import there. Who knows, that might be what happens.
Yantz likely has a PR spot waiting for him if he wants it. Portis, on the other hand, won't be guaranteed that luxury.
I would say the battle is in the #3 QB spot between Marve and Portis. Ed Tait made a good argument on that in the Big Show this morning.
Marve is carrying the benefit of the experience being the short yardage guy last year and the hype from the fans. Problem is he openly said that he will pursue NFL after this season.
If Portis can show that he can show that he can perform the #3 QB's duties and more, Marve will probably release or get traded.
I think your right. Though i dont like brohm and would rahter have marve and portis personally. But then if marve doesnt play much this year, whats his chance of getting an nfl deal? He looks amazing in practise, but are nfl teams going to be falling over them self to work out a guy whose a 2 year back up in the cfl with 3 major knee surgerys and age quickly creeping up on him? Thats assuming a season of willy at no1 with some brohm tme and marve being short yardage / #3.