Mike

This is what is baffling to me - They literally did nothing besides sign a flashy coach. I hardly think that warrants a C especially considering where they finished last year. Not to mention the whole Chris Williams fiasco. Fuuny, people are usually complaining HAM getting A's for their usual big offseason moves and now a C is too high. They lost their coach, GM, best player, starting MLB and a number of other players. Their major add was Greg Wojt. (as far as "name brand" goes) How is that a C if we're a D. Maybe a C isn't wrong, but if Hamilton had a better offseason than us, I'm not seeing how.

I didn't see the play, but heard the cheering and saw Kohlert running back from the endzone with the ball. Pierce's first skelly session was much better than his second. I thought the D won the team session near the end of practice. I also forgot to mention that McGee was playing nickel with the starting d today. I'll just add that I didn't see the first one, so that's maybe why I wasn't too impressed.

I still personally thought Hall was the best QB today, but I didn't see much of Buck. What I did see wasn't very impressive as he overthrew a couple receivers, got a ball batted down by Hyde (who absolutely flies off the line) and missed a few targets. Hall hooked up with Kohlert for a beautiful completion in the end zone that had the crowd applauding and he seems to be getting the hang of the far sideline tosses. Zach Anderson and Freddie Harris looked quick in drills today, Marcus Hyde has a ton of speed to burn. First team offense appeared to be Pierce and Simpson in the backfield with Poblah, Watson and Anderson in the slot, Denmark and Matthews on the outside. Aderious Simmons is a BIG dude. Kennedy, Etienne and Kohlert all made nice grabs in the second team offense that Hall/Clement were running. Didn't really notice any particular DB/LB standouts, but I wasn't paying much attention to their numbers to be honest. The only nice play I remember was #31 breaking up a Pierce pass.

I have no idea how Hamilton gets a C.

Poblah moving in to the slot will be a huge move for him, hopefully. His production should really pick up at this point.

So according to media reports, Saskatchewan HAS landed John Chick finally.

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Maybe we don't want to be found.

Not to mention I. Anderson. Whom Buck made the point of singling out coming into camp as a guy he was looking for big things from. It's a fine line between difference maker and "just a guy" and Clarence, in my opinion, is straddling it as we open camp. And on a team that only dresses three import receivers you better be a difference maker. Agreed. Now that Denmark is moving to wideout, his competiton has grown exponentially. He's basically going to become the 5th option which means that the workload would drop. At some point, it might be worth weighing options with a Canadian at that #5 spot.

I think Denmark is going to be in tough, to be honest. Pierce or Etienne coming for him. And yes, I seriously think Etienne has a chance.

Impossible to tell, but probably Kennedy.

Honestly, I won't be surprised if Brett Carter joins our PR as a territorial claim. He's been one of the better (top 3) receivers in this three day camp.

Last day of rookie camp ... I'll start off with a few predictions. If there are cuts before main camp, I'm guessing McCree and Pavlopoulos could be two of them. Pav isn't bad but Hutchinson and especially Cameron look to be so far ahead at this point. Other things ... -- Best QB today was again Max Hall and that was WITH Buck Pierce participating. Worst was once again Clement. -- Tons of dropped balls, obviously the weather is playing a part. -- Guys that stood out to me on offense: 71, 72, 83 and 80. -- Guys that stood out to me on defense: 31, 36 and in a bad way ... 41 and 35. They just look like they're maybe a gear behind everyone else. -- They're REALLY investing a lot of effort into Carl Fitzgerald. He's getting coached personally almost all the time. One thing I find interesting is that with the amount of DL they've brought in, there are HUGE differences between the size of some of these guys. Considering they're mostly all listed as ends, I swear they must range from 230 to 280. Marcus Hyde looks fast as hell and Zach Anderson just seems to never quit moving no matter what's going on.

I'm sure I can guess what you're implying. But no. And yes, they're different. Not by much, but they are.

While I don't disagree with you.. Brown is a recognizable face at this point.. alot of new fans won't know who Richard Harris was or Tyrone Jones.. You have to consider all the angles.. and its not like Brown was some rag player who doesn't deserve the recognition.. He was arguably 1-2 of the best interior defensive line men (and canadian to boot) that we have seen... I have to be honest, I just don't really care for Doug Brown. lol

I can think of about 6 or 7 people I'd pick before Doug Brown, honestly. Milt, Ploen, Walby, Poplawski, Cal Murphy, Tyrone Jones, Richard Harris, Cameron ... ok, 8.

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I know I'm going to take heat for this but I would not have chosen Doug Brown.

... MBB 50/50 pool?

Totally not worth a new thread but I thought it was kind of interesting anyways. When I checked out the stadium yesterday, they had the 50/50 booths set up. Same thing as the Jets games now where you go to a booth and they print you off a ticket. Looks like they're going to follow the same prices as the Jets games too, 1 for $5, 3 for $10 and 10 for $25. But then I saw the last option. 50 tickets for $50 I had to laugh. What a waste to buy just one nowadays. Get to know your row and split the cost of 50 or hell, instead of buying 1 a game for 9 or 10 games, just buy 50 once all year and quintuple your odds.

-- Didn't see Pierce do anything while I was there, but Hall/Goltz clearly a level above Clement. Hall puts really good touch on his passes. Wasn't paying much attention to the end result because obviously the whole point is to force throws and go through reps, but it was annoying to see Clement pulling the ball down and running with it in a PASSING drill. One coach gave him **** for it too. -- The only receiver that I didn't see drop at least one pass was Brett Carter from the Rifles, although I also didn't notice anyone throw a single pass to Wallace Miles so I won't comment on him. Massey is tiny and man, is he ever tricky once he gets the ball. Whoever 70 is, he looks like a horribly sloppy route runner. -- Fitzgerald is SLOW. But he looks like a manbeast. -- I didn't have a roster but I noticed 20, 38, 40 and 41 making plays on defense in coverage. It's really hard to try and pick out defenders who DON'T look good, but those guys each broke up a few passes. -- Trevor Kennedy dropped a couple but he made one beautiful cut on a defender and in a game, he would've been gone for as long as he had to be. -- Didn't watch the punters or the DL/OL ... I saw the punters carrying around a ball that wasn't a football (rugby ball, I think?) so I just didn't even bother.

What I don't get is that I thought Taman was unreal at finding defensive ends. He's done horrible in Saskatchewan with that, yet he's pulling defensive backs out of his rear left and right and when he was here, the best he could find us was Okeydokey Imgonnagetcha

Very solid MS Paint logo. A+ effort, Ottawa. Then again, our logo is a god damn giant W so I guess I shouldn't throw stones.

I'm going to try and make it to the second session today.

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