Mike

Sounds like a recipe to repeat exactly what we've been doing for 20 years.

How is Bert Reed doing?

No the problem isn't "mack made a bad pick".... every GM has done that.... the problem is Mack traded up with the initial condition being that his guy would be available (Jabar Westerman) but when BC traded up to 2, we all knew who they were taking... yet Mack completed the trade anyways.... then he selected a guy we could've easily got at 9 or 10 or wherever we were originally scheduled to pick... and the other problem is he made the exact same mistake prior year with Jade.... I have no problem picking a guy you like but why not trade down, gain more picks, and still get the guy you want.... drafting 101, a class Joe Mack apparently flunked! Little bit of revisionist history, but he still mishandled it a bit. Hamilton and Winnipeg agreed to a conditional trade on the morning of the draft. It was mentioned as a conditional trade on the draft preshow, before they started picking. Then Hamilton suddenly yanked the conditions out from under Winnipeg and made them make a decision to either take the deal now or it was off the table. Mack took it, BC jumped to 2 and the rest was history. People make it seem like Mack just flipped picks for the third overall AFTER Buono jumped to second overall, but that's not really how it went down.

Pretty sad that Pencer got cut before Dale Stevenson, who was a non-import who has bounced between OL and fullback in past years.

Not buying this thing about Cotton being too small. If you can handle the workload, you can handle the workload. Cotton is an athletic specimen and there are other backs his size in this league doing a fine job.

I believe Robertson still has eligibility left. But not sure if that was the purpose behind the release.

Hall got rid of the ball very decisively, not sure what you saw.

Worman to Winnipeg was a rumor way before O'Shea got hired and whether anyone (Goalie) wants to believe it or not, it's true. It was exploratory at best, but Worman had already done some independent scouting for us towards the end of last season as well. As far as sharing sources goes ... you shouldn't expect it. Sourcing something that is FACT, sure. Sourcing something that is pure rumor, I don't think so. You want to be exposed to things that may be construed as "gossip"? You need to be willing to understand that some of it might be second hand information, some of it might not come to fruition, some of it may have been shared via a source that has explicitly requested to not be ID'd and some of it may be total baloney. Put the onus on yourself to filter what you want from it and don't believe it as fact, don't put the onus on people sharing information to identify where it's coming from. If everyone had to identify their gossip, we'd stop getting gossip. This is a grassroots, community oriented league. Everyday regular joes who have no connection to the game can get lucky and develop connections. We don't all have to be Ian Rapoport to have legitimate information.

I really really hate to ask this question, but how well would Bilukidi fit in an Etchevery defence? In my mind I picture his skills/athleticism as similar to Bryant Turner so it seems like there should be some synergy, but I never got to see much of the Raiders (and if I had the opportunity I would probably pass). Immediately? Probably not well. He'd have to adjust physically to the CFL, he's carrying NFL weight in a big way right now. He went from about anywhere between 270-290 in college, playing a stand up rush end spot at times, interior lineman in others. That was probably CFL shape for him. He was flexible in college at that weight, very mobile, very agile. You can see in the picture below, he was a big guy but not much extra weight on him. Not very wide in the middle, just a broad shoulder big fit lineman with some extra weight to carry around. Then he went to the NFL. He's blimped up to about 320 pounds.

Apparently they had a second supplemental draft on May 23rd where Julian Bailey was offered up with no takers. Surprising actually. He was a highly touted receiving prospect a few years ago. Then I found out his 40 time was hovering around 5.00

I know it's preseason and I know Etch doesn't want to tip his hand .. but honestly .. watching the Argos run on us (at will) on Monday night made me cringe .. Agreed. Especially in the flats. Because that's where Owens and Durie (and now probably Coombs) make a living.

There weren't option year clauses to begin with. That option year has been gone a long time. The difference now is that I think guys can sign one year contracts.

How are we piling on? And why is suggesting they could be cut equated to suggesting they may be trash. Good players can be cut too. When you have better players. Do we have better players? And I equate a cut player to traditionally mean he's closer to trash then to treasure, wouldn't you? I guess we'll find out. That's what we were discussing.

Hey Floyd, just out of curiosity, you know Peterson is an import right? Just saying, because the way I've heard you keep talking about him, I just get the sense you may think he's Canadian. ... I remember when I thought Arkee Whitlock was Canadian for like a month.

How are we piling on? And why is suggesting they could be cut equated to suggesting they may be trash. Good players can be cut too. When you have better players.

Is Nick Moore practicing today? Also ... first team REC? I'm assuming Moore (if practicing), Denmark, Kohlert, Feoli-Gudino and Urrutia?

Bilukidi is the one that has the best shot of coming north this year, I'd say. Followed by Matthews.

I don't know ... Suber had a rough go of things out there. But I'm not cutting him after one game either.

What is the point in giving a guy one series to practice? He's not going to learn anything from that.

Tarver, Jaymar, Fraser would all be likely candidates in my mind.

But how was the dental plan?

I try not to read too much into receivers playing well in the preseason. Our leading receivers the last three preseasons have been Trevor Kennedy, Doug Pierce, Perry Floyd and Josh Bishop. It's just what I've seen from the guy in a couple training camp sessions and then at the game (whatever my insights are worth). It was a great play to read the comeback throw on the TD. Agreed. He seems like he's worth keeping around, big turnaround from when I thought he'd be one of the first cuts.

They also managed to make the terrible error with Kim Babij as Kim Back ***** (well, Lady Dog) Apparently we also dressed My Kill Ray Garvin yesterday, according to a buddy of mine.

Another guy that looked rough (which was not what I expected) was Kenny Tate. I expect they'll keep him around because he's got potential and DE is a brand new position for him, but he didn't live up to the hype last night at all.