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If you're going to use an american kicker they better be able to do both jobs.
Sounds like he can...just not very well.
2012: Beyond Sports Network All-America Third Team ... First Team All-UAA ... Broke the school's season record with 12 field goals on 18 attempts ... Booted 11 punts that traveled at least 50 yards ... Averaged 42.2 yards on 42 punts overall ... Kicked four field goals versus Concordia-Chicago, including a career-best 42-yarder (9/8) ... Converted two field goals with four punts for 191 yards against Beloit (9/1) ... Season-high 324 yards on seven punts against Allegheny (10/6).
http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/fball/2012-13/bios/sauer_jeff_jido
Yeah, I don't really get how two teams could be interested in this guy. He was a fourth team selection in D3 college ball. How good can he be?
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Our d-line promises to be mediocre to above average.
Our o-line promises to be horrid to mediocre.
Thus, Lavertu is a no-brainer if he`s available.
Remember, Smith rolled guys at the drills but CFL d-line work isn`t a drill. Often you`re inserted into a system and can`t bull-rush every play. Often, you can defeat your primary blocking opponent but a second guy picks you up and nullifies your rush.
Neufeld better be a C+ to B starter cuz we don`t have a 2nd round pick and if we did we`d be picking 2nd and 12th overall.
Could take a risk Lavertu doesn`t catch on and do a Joe-pick on him at 12....
What?
In the NFL....I think the bombers have learned their lesson about selecting NFL bound guys with their first picks.
Of course, we've also drafted a few dogs with first round picks, too - going off the board to avoid NFL-destined guys.
What does that have to do with Lavertu though ... he's one of the top guys who has had no NFL interest as of yet.
Probably meant Foucault - Tardif is pretty much off everyone's charts - might have a team burn a 4th to 6th rounder on him.
lol what do you mean probably? Aren't you the one who said it? Shouldn't you know what you meant?
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Don't see the advantage of Ottawa picking Smith... they have Shologan and Evans - DT is already a secure NI spot for them - and Connor Williams in the system...
Then again, its is Desjardins... he could go with Bailey first overall...
Most people aren't projecting Smith as a defensive lineman. They're projecting him as a guy who is going to transition to offensive line. His footwork seems to have scouts believing he can be a legit force on the interior line.
Hypothetically, you COULD go with two non-imports at DT and rotate Smith, Shologan and Evans while you slowly transition Smith to the OL.
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Our d-line promises to be mediocre to above average.
Our o-line promises to be horrid to mediocre.
Thus, Lavertu is a no-brainer if he`s available.
Remember, Smith rolled guys at the drills but CFL d-line work isn`t a drill. Often you`re inserted into a system and can`t bull-rush every play. Often, you can defeat your primary blocking opponent but a second guy picks you up and nullifies your rush.
Neufeld better be a C+ to B starter cuz we don`t have a 2nd round pick and if we did we`d be picking 2nd and 12th overall.
Could take a risk Lavertu doesn`t catch on and do a Joe-pick on him at 12....
What?
In the NFL....I think the bombers have learned their lesson about selecting NFL bound guys with their first picks.
Of course, we've also drafted a few dogs with first round picks, too - going off the board to avoid NFL-destined guys.
What does that have to do with Lavertu though ... he's one of the top guys who has had no NFL interest as of yet.
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Our d-line promises to be mediocre to above average.
Our o-line promises to be horrid to mediocre.
Thus, Lavertu is a no-brainer if he`s available.
Remember, Smith rolled guys at the drills but CFL d-line work isn`t a drill. Often you`re inserted into a system and can`t bull-rush every play. Often, you can defeat your primary blocking opponent but a second guy picks you up and nullifies your rush.
Neufeld better be a C+ to B starter cuz we don`t have a 2nd round pick and if we did we`d be picking 2nd and 12th overall.
Could take a risk Lavertu doesn`t catch on and do a Joe-pick on him at 12....
What?
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Smith at 1 Lavertu at 2 would be music to my ears
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Import punter Jeff Sauer. University of Chicago.
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So the girls that appear at community events get paid nothing? That's not what I heard...Cheerleaders make their money appearing at special events.
Not in the CFL.
Not only do they get paid nothing, they have to complete a minimum amount of hours per season.
That must have changed in recent years then.
Maybe. It's been that way for at least 3 years. They used to have their mileage covered when they traveled out of town for rural community events and stuff but they don't even have that anymore.
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Cheerleaders make their money appearing at special events.
Not in the CFL.
So the girls that appear at community events get paid nothing? That's not what I heard...
Not only do they get paid nothing, they have to complete a minimum amount of hours per season.
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Cheerleaders make their money appearing at special events.
Not in the CFL.
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Mike, what are predictions at this point for the Bombers in the draft as far as what you'd do, what you think they will do and what you think they might do if their guy isnt available?
What I'd do ... pick Foucault
What I think they'll do ... pick Foucault or Smith
If Lavertu is available, pick him 100%
If neither Foucault or Lavertu are available, pick Smith
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If you want to use a comparison on Quinn Smith to get an idea of what you can expect, I would compare him to Jabar Westerman on the BC Lions. Westerman started five games in his rookie season, contributed 14 tackles, 4 sacks. Was also selected second overall.
I think you start with Anderson and Turner, and then Smith works his way in, and starts about 8-12 games. I was a big fan of Westerman in 2012, and I like Smith slightly more, just for the sheer fact that he can move that well for a guy over 300 pounds.
Remember Jason Vega is back with the Bombers this season too. He'll be a mainstay on the DL as well...
Vega is an end.
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My problem with Smith is he's a major project... especially on the O-line... he may be able to start on at DT from the beginning or in a rotation with Lucas and/or Thomas... It seems like Lavertu is the only guy close to a "sure thing" in this draft....
another possibility being thrown around is taking Focault to play RT and converting Neufeld to C.... we seem to have a bunch of project o-linemen but none appear to be centres....
January - Greaves - Neufeld - Penser/Morley/Swiston - Focault ???
January is a B- guy for an import, B if he was Canuck. Greaves is still learning - should be a B+ canuck but in current dismal system he's only a B, Morley is reallly bad (too slow), a C- canadian at best, Pencer & Swiston remain un-graded due to lack of action - if only one of them could be a solid B to B+ starter. Neufeld was seen as a B to B+ guy in waiting in Sask'n but injuries have riddled him. If he's all healed up and top shape lets hope he's better than C+, perhaps B to B+ starter.
Biggest problem for O'Shea - we ain't got no A o-linemen; not even an A- guy.
I can't possibly understand someone being able to give out grades on offensive linemen they've never seen play. You can't expect anyone to believe you're able to form an accurate opinion on an offensive lineman from a television.
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If Petan was 6 feet tall, he would've been a top 10 pick.
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I'm curious to see what comes of this because Kevin Smith is ULTRA talented. But injury issues is putting it lightly. The guy has a reputation for getting hurt by a stiff wind.
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3 weeks ago quinn smith was a nobody nothing, not even ranked on the top 15 list, now he's #4 and everybody wants the guy? based on a strong e camp it appears, but how much does e camp actually mean? how much do the numbers actually mean? can you repeat those numbers? or is it a one off type day or camp of a lifetime where you just show up and dominate but then you go back to normal and dont.
Im curious how much these e camp numbers actually mean to the people in charge of actually making the picks.
As a fan, all i really know is... all year there have been guys who have been ranked in the top 5.. all rankings really, LDT,LAVERTU,FOUCAULT being 3...
and there was a guy who wasnt ranked at all really, but after the e camp he is ranked top 5. I dunno about guys like that to be honest, go with the sure thing like foucault or lavertu, smith could just be some testing freak... i dont know, havent seen him play... but like i said, as a fan all i know is what the rankings have been and i find it strange he wasnt really ranked until after the e camp. perhaps a red flag of sorts.
I just think we need oline help so badly that passing on either of lavertu or foucault (got off the goosen train but still think he's an option)(he becomes probably a bigger one if lavertu and foucault get serious nfl interest), it would be silly. Oline needs help so bad, its vital to our success, put lavertu and foucault with wylie and you got yourself a couple young guys ready to go im sure, pencer too (he has potential still), perhaps wylie gets it out of him. Like the idea of us taking an oline and having wylie coach him up... Think long term, oline is whats needed for this club. Smith? I dunno, not a fan of the testing freaks, see it lots in sports, nhl,nfl,cfl even.. guys who have crazy e camp type things and then proceed to really not do much as a pro.
I guess regarding SMITH, is... based on his play on the field agasint competition, he wasnt ranked at all. Based on what he did at a weekend or so at an evaluation camp, he moves up to 4. I think thats a reach of a pick if there ever was one. Do you take a guy at 4 to groom to become a center just based on a weekend of work? Thats a tough one, excellent numbers but scouts didnt have him ranked at all all year really. Well im sure he was just not so high... at all. LDT Lavertu and Foucault were, if no NFL interest we have a shot at one of those 2 (LDT is nfl bound for sure) who have been ranked high all year. Be crazy to pass on one of them if they didnt get nfl interest.
The thing about Quinn Smith ... and I'm just going off secondhand information ... is that he was always hovering in that 15-20 range of the rankings, it's not like he was off the radar completely. The problem he had is that he was playing on an absolutely awful team.
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^^ agreed
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Only posted my mock draft yesterday and I'm already starting to doubt it.
It could be a giant smokescreen but the interest Ottawa has in Quinn Smith seems to be very real. Could they take him 1st overall?
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Different tangent but with Kyle now situated in as GM, anyone have a guess or 2 as to whom might be on our neg list?
James Franklin and Jamies Winston are two of them.
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I predict that CFL teams will have as many wins as they do losses, the league will have some new faces making an impact, there will certainly be a few guys who get hurt and lots of players will either exceed or fail to live up to expectations.
Other than that, I have no idea.
Bold predictions, better be careful putting yourself out there like that, it's a long fall if you're wrong.
I like to live dangerously.
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It's a different Jason Barnes.
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Ah yes, the much awaited and anticipated drop of Matthias Goossen. I had him at #11. Good to see Antoine Pruneau and David Menard get in there as well.
I don't know what to do with Goossen. I don't like him, but the need for OL prospects has him going high in my mock draft. I wouldn't personally touch him in the first round, but I just can't see him getting by Edmonton or at worst, Hamilton.
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Yep.
Technically, the rule isn't a minimum amount of Canadians. It's just a maximum amount of Americans that leaves you with a balance of 7 spaces to fill with Canadians.