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I think Bighill will be really easy to move on from and honestly will probably be a matter of the defensive coaches being less comfortable using him. Like last season it was pretty clear he was 4 yards away from the guy he needed to be 2 yards away from on pass plays and he was always tipping his blitzes because he couldn't get to the gap fast enough off the ball. When that gets even a slight bit worse he will be unplayable. The guys on the line are a little tougher. Like Hardrick last season. You could still see the little spark on runs but his pass pro was awful...but the spark was there and he'd truck guys if he moved his feet. I worry a lot about Jefferson without Jeffcoat....and our overall pass rush. To me Jefferson has basically lost all burst off the line the past couple years. He wants to stand up, look around and decide if he can chase someone. He's long so he can be disruptive in that way but if I'm an OT he's a pretty easy night these days. Not sure he'll be too active if the guy on the other side isn't in the backfield all night.

I think he's playing for a practice roster job. I can't see much changing on depth chart out of preseason with a regular season game 2 practices away.

It would be completely fine if they pulled the random interviews with people not even involved with the draft along with the 15 minutes of dead air at the start. Start the clock on the 1st overall pick 5 minutes before they go to air.

Must be shocking for him to have a QB hit him in stride. The throws on that tape are god awful

It's a league problem though too. Be interesting to see how games look first little while. Used to have basically a full week after preseason #2 with cuts then a full game week. Bombers will probably have team in place Sunday-Monday....season opener Thursday. The timelines are silly. Kind of US spring league-esque.

Johnny Petrishen Just think...one week from today they'll be in a game prep practice. And between now and then they need to cut like 30 players.

They'll probably have a couple guys on practice roster plus a couple Canadians. Probably would want one guy who is a Lawler body type on PR. I don't see a ton of value to have a vertical for the sake of being vertical guy receiver on the roster like Lapolice always tried to force in...but especially with our core group, doesn't fit.

It's not like any other professional leagues have figured out how to televise a draft.....

Honestly would rather have a well-rounded guy. Lawler, Demski and Schoen are vertical threats. There's not going to be much use for another. Saw that even with someone like Agudosi. Limited usefulness down the route tree and can't make a team. If they want speed it better be a guy who can be useful in intermediate and do something after the catch.

Guarantee O'Shea saying same thing on 30 of these guys. These camps are way too big. Have a goddamn rookie camp and then have an actual camp where you build your team from 65-70 guys to play in the season.

My understanding is that Rosery isn't getting reps in the backfield at all. He's playing receiver.

Crazy when you think Bombers will have to make 35-40 cuts at once.

I hope we give up on using the wedge in short-yardage. Streveler is very dangerous but very bad at the wedge play.

A player would never sign that unless you guaranteed money each season.

It's hard to call what the CFL offers "streaming." It's more like "watch on potato quality video through a browser."

Don't think it's an issue. There's been over 50 cuts and replacements across the league since they started camps. They are paying costs to bring guys here, send them home, bring in next guy. Bring them all in for a week ahead of main camp.

I think they should expand the rookie camp to 7-10 days and expand the roster size by 20 for that. Have a significant cut down when vets report and then have a cut down between the two exhibition games.

Still think it's kind of crazy how we're using the entire camp as basically an extended rookie camp. I think these late entry guys just coming out of NFL mini camp almost have to have a leg up to make the team given how short the evaluation will be. Kind of like Haba last year. But why not cut a bunch of guys? How can you truly evaluate anyone when you're giving 5 groups reps?

I think Barriere is in the mushy middle with like 100 other QB's who come out every year or so. Yeah he has some highlights. He played for a school that is a powerhouse. But they had some pretty bad playoff losses when they played actual competition in his time. They run a spread with a lot of RPO stuff...so he's reading off a playaction and then it's one read BOOM pass out to a screen or a flat or a slant. Not a whole lot of hit this window from the pocket or throw through zones. Doesn't look like he has the arm to play at this level IMO. Could you build an offense around him? Probably not, he's gotta be able to beat people by making tough throws in that 10-20 yard area. That's how you win in this league. NFL now too. So we see these guys who run the spread stuff or some gunslinger types with big arms (Dolegala is a recent example) come in and really struggle to be consistent because they can't make those throws accurately and on time.

Upshaw is 6'5 275. Not sure he's an end here, might be kind of a combo guy.

Lawrence was awful for us. Darby was terrible last season. It's not that hard to see when a guy has 200 yards of passing go right through him in a game. I have no qualms with our current staff and their ability to evaluate DB's. The only guys I think they were too soft on were Rose and Alexander. They both haven't been good players at all since the 21 Grey Cup. Not sure why Alexander was brought back.

I don't think Dukes can pass. Like most backup QB's we somehow landed on playing soft coverage instead of challenging his accuracy.

Gotta think they will be making some cuts this weekend to narrow the battles down and give the guys a real shot in the 2nd preseason game. Hard to really prep guys to play a game when there's 5 full sets of guys getting reps.

Could go either way on Collaros. Think he wants lots of reps so might go a series or two into 3rd Q. Probably smarter to give him like 3-4 series, Streveler about the same then Wilson and maybe a series or two for Barriere. I don't think MOS views playing Collaros as much as he wants as a risk like most of us probably do.

I’d be sad if they cut Wilson though. Have rarely seen a guy show up as a CFL rookie who looks to have legit potential as a passer..not a thrower or scrambler.