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I'd look forward to the competition. Note however, that you'd have to deal with a guy who plays to the echo of the whistle and who thinks like Ty Jones, so I will own you. Plus you are immune to nut-punching... Your continued fascination with my nuts is way creepy.

I'd look forward to the competition. Note however, that you'd have to deal with a guy who plays to the echo of the whistle and who thinks like Ty Jones, so I will own you.

Expectation... Make the playoffs and be competitive when we get there.

Hopefully it's a better pick than Kito Poblah was.

Trade Greaves? Huh? SMS? I'd expect an NI starter in return for Greaves so the salary difference wouldn't be that much. To start a rookie guard? We don't have any idea if Chungh is ready to start or not in the CFL. Because we have 5 NI's fighting for one spot? We are only going to have to cut one. As it stands, Neufeld or Goosen is penciled in as a starter or 6th O lineman. Chungh on the 46. Everett or Griffiths on the PR.

I went with sceptical. Love the Chungh pick. Don't like our 2nd and 3rd picks. Don't know enough about the rest to make an informed comment.

Love the Chungh pick. Better receivers were still available when we picked Richards (I'd have taken Durant). Bunch of better players than Morgan available. No idea what Walters was thinking in the second round.

Gotta say I prefer this format over the chat room too. I don't expect Walters to trade away our #2 overall, but stranger things have happened and he has to look at every deal that comes his way. I'm expecting an O lineman at #2 because Walters said something about Demski being a good choice for some team. In my mind that means he won't use the #2 pick on Demski and he doesn't expect Demski to still be around at #11. One of Waud, Demski, or Durant should drop to #11. I'd go with a receiver if 2 of the three make it that far.

I love the way Sears plays the game except for the stupid penalties, but he's injured too often to be worth big bucks IMHO. Good luck to him in Hammy.

Gave us a 2nd round pick and a NI receiver for Watson and a 3rd round pick then traded him and a 2nd round pick for a 3rd round pick in less deep draft to get a long snapper? I don't usually LOL at Taman like a bunch of you, but what a horrible trade for the Riders.

When Westerman's on, Hurl doesn't need to be. Another reason I like the signing.

Great signing. Passport + NFL Experience. What more could you ask for? IMHO Waud be a good choice as his backup to change the ratio.

Surprise cut.... Neufeld or Dile. One of them won't make the club from the tub.

Man.... I move to Alberta and the go NDP? Should be an interesting few years.

I've seen both play and Hurl is no Mike O'Shea. In fact, he's not even close.

I thought our DB's were the strength of our defense last year. Based on the number of new ones being brought in though, I'd say that Hall is looking for something different than Etch in his DB's.

Giants minicamp May 8-9. Hopefully we'll all know more about signings before the CFL draft May 12. Demski not getting an NFL shot? Better for us so we take him #2 or does he drop because he didn't get the NFL shot that a dozen other top NI's got?

He was also on Montreal in 2012 and the Patriots let him go in Aug 2013. He's a big guy with 7 CFL receptions hoping the 3rd teams the charm in the CFL.

Most of the top talent is getting their NFL shots. Used to push guys down a lot, but is is better to pick a guy high that you really want assuming he won't stick this year? For the first time this year Demski seems like a good choice to me.

According to Drew Edwards, Burris is making $450K per year. The others look about right to me.

With the limited knowledge we have at the moment. My wild ass guess is: West: 1. Calgary - Still the best team in the league 2. Edmonton - Close to Calgary 3. Saskatchewan - Durant makes a huge difference, but that O line ain't the same anymore. 4. BC - I trust Wally, but don't think Lulay will play enough games to move them up the standings. 5. Winnipeg - Better O line won't make enough difference to our standings. (1 and 2 are the class of the league. 3 through 5 could go in any order) East: 1. Hamilton - Looked great in the second half of '14 but will miss some of the already injured players. 2. Montreal - Great D, O does just enough to get the wins. Could flipflop with Hamilton 3. Toronto - Ray doesn't look to be ready at the beginning of the year will put them behind the eight ball. 4. Ottawa - Burris + Receivers = Offensive prowess. Could easily leapfrog Toronto for the last play off spot.

Is that $150K bonus part of the 250K he's going to make this year or in addition to? Big difference to the cap hit.

I hope this one's true. Gives Willy a chance to prove it or get cut if he's not worth the $400K.Which is, sort of... exactly what we were trying to tell you earlier. So are you now going to argue with yourself? That would be fun to watch!He's getting a bonus this year in addition to his base salary, as part of the extension.My guess is this is how the contract works: 2015: $250k base + $100k bonus (new money as part of extension 2016: $400k base 2017: $400k base Give or take 2016 & 2017 with some performance bonuses tied in there. Not sure that makes sense. $100K signing bonus is all cap hit and Walters said that the cap hit this year wouldn't be all that different. I'd guess they converted a lot of bonuses into base salary and gave him a smaller signing bonus than $100K, but it's all conjecture at this point.

I hope this one's true. Gives Willy a chance to prove it or get cut if he's not worth the $400K. Which is, sort of... exactly what we were trying to tell you earlier. So are you now going to argue with yourself? That would be fun to watch! Actually you were telling me that it was worthwhile to pay Willie 400K this year, but don't let the facts get in the way.

I hope this one's true. Gives Willy a chance to prove it or get cut if he's not worth the $400K.