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There might be for Matthews. There aren't many guys in the league that are his size who can move, his hands kind of suck. Montreal is dying at both IMP and NI receiver.

Parenteau is a plug. If he's still on our roster next season, that would be a concern. Woodson is kind of in that not good enough to be a running back at this level and not good enough to play receiver area. He's done well on special teams, but Volny is a pretty good player, a guy who can carry the ball and block, and we have enough receivers. Flipping Woodson and a 5th for a 3rd would have been a fine trade, getting Parenteau to finish the season is a bonus.

It's the hockey mentality.

Even Suitor thought that was a questionable penalty iirc since Durant didn't really telegraph that he was going to slide. Suitor thinks a lot of things, also thought Burke didn't have to challenge the Denmark catch in the endzone because it was a scoring play. Muamba had more than a full stride to let up and if a QB goes down with his feet in front of his head, he's dead and the ball isn't advancing. He doesn't have to put out a tweet saying he's done running.

The only thing Cauchy Muamba does well is blitz. That penalty on a hook sliding Durant was about the dumbest I've seen in my life, particularly from a guy who rarely hits anyone downhill as a safety.

Thing about Marsh is, he's basically be thrown in as a rookie pro, and he's going toe to toe with the defending Grey Cup champs D. He makes some pretty savvy decisions, but he's rough around the edges and turns it over sometimes too. Clearly has the arm needed, not a gun like Burris, but good enough, and can scramble.

Based on what?

The gold should be a 3rd or 4th jersey.

If I had #1 pick in a draft of all the players in the league right now, I'd take Mitchell. In terms of the younger QBs, Reilly would be #2 for me, then Marsh, then Willy. Those four are the ones that have shown potential (make reads and throws from the pocket) to be long-term answers soon IMO. Collaros has a nasty release, if you keep him in the pocket he's screwed. Montreal lost the game by blitzing too much today, make Collaros beat you with his arm. He can make plays with his legs though. He's a little bit more refined version of Goltz but with a windup like Brink. I don't see him turning into a long-term answer for anyone. LeFevour hasn't run an actual offense in the regular season, he runs Hamilton's short-yardage/wildcat package. We have no idea if he can make reads and throw from the pocket. Hall doesn't have a good enough arm to be a pure pocket passer. Goltz isn't a passer at all.

We've hardly seen Watson at 100% since his rookie season. He has a good game every now and then and is a tough football player, he blocks well, but really he probably doesn't have much left in the tank as a solid contributor, although Ottawa coming in will help extend his career. If we can get a NI better than what we've got at another position or a high draft pick (top 2 rounds) for him I'd take it no questions asked.

Or Watson. Very possibly. I'd hate to lose him but ... if you can shore up the OL, he IS getting older. He only plays half a season. If we could get anything useful for him that would be great.

Or Watson.

Is Kyle Walters the guy who turned a paper clip into a house?

That was Anderson, who mouthed off Creehan after he took that bullshit 15 yard penalty for "roughing", which was a joke. Goltz reminded me today of Tom Burgess. Not great. But got us enough points to win the game, letting the D just do the main job to win the game. Tom Burgess could pass. Goltz gives you a chance to win because the defense always has to respect his running ability, and he can make plays. Officiating let too much go for way too long, and it got out of hand between the whistles in the 2nd half. Should have put their feet down when McElveen went after Goltz when he scored his first TD.

The guy hasn't played a NFL game since 2009 (equivalent to 3 head coaches in Bomber time), hasn't been under contract to a NFL team since first cuts in 2010 training camp, hasn't played a professional football game for 2 seasons. For him to come to the CFL and all of a sudden have NFL teams interested the same week seems dubious to me.

Why should that be a consideration? Why would a player leave after junior year if it wasn't to play in the pros? Seriously asking. I don't really understand your question. People get kicked out of school, people decide to leave for any number of reasons. In the NFL, players are eligible for the draft 3 years after their high school class graduates. When they want to enter the draft at or beyond that point, they declare for the draft. I don't know why the CFL is sticking to the X number of years after they first enroll at a CIS or NCAA school marker, which has caused this problem they are trying to address. Also thought they were going to address the disparity in access to junior players by making them draft eligible.

Probably thought he'd play right away.

Why not just ask players to declare? So if a guy decides to leave his NCAA school after his junior year, he has to sit and wait a whole season before he's eligible?

Your logic makes no sense. Why would they build a stadium in Hamilton for the Toronto Pan Am Games? Maybe because they have a CFL team to use it? They could have built it at any number of locations in the region and used it for amateur sport. The new Hamilton stadium IS being built exclusively due to the Pan Am games. Yeah, I thought everyone knew that. Guess I was wrong. There'd be no new stadium for the Ti Cats if it wasn't for those games. So, for Edwards to talk about our barn is comical. BTW, JBR the facility is being built for soccer at the Pan Am Games. Ya, that's how they got government funding. They are building a football stadium in Hamilton for Toronto's Pan Am Games. Connect the dots.

Which two? At Montreal and 2 weeks ago vs Saskatchewan. Although they managed the clock very poorly in Montreal.

Your logic makes no sense. Why would they build a stadium in Hamilton for the Toronto Pan Am Games? Maybe because they have a CFL team to use it? They could have built it at any number of locations in the region and used it for amateur sport. The new Hamilton stadium IS being built exclusively due to the Pan Am games. No kidding. It is Toronto's Pan Am Games. They could have built it at Downsview, they could have built it in Mississauga, Markham, any number of locations or cities in the region. They could have chosen to build a temporary facility to hold the soccer games that didn't fit at BMO. I wonder why they chose Hamilton, and to build it up to CFL football specifications. Why?

The province didn't take over until Asper had the plans laid out. He insisted on the local architect who had zero experience with this type of facility, likely why the building is more form over function for football fans and flawed with obstructed views and tiny concourses. The construction went to a company that is pretty prominent throughout Canada, as did most of the sub work.

Your logic makes no sense. Why would they build a stadium in Hamilton for the Toronto Pan Am Games? Maybe because they have a CFL team to use it? They could have built it at any number of locations in the region and used it for amateur sport.

Since when are Kyle Walters and Wade Miller buddies? They work together. if he hires him because "he likes him a lot" they're buddies. If no due dilligence is done how else can you describe it? Too many assumptions, just shoving the next iron in the fire. Miller isn't even anything more than interim yet. I don't know where buddies comes from, are you assuming all ready that Miller is unprofessional? We don't even know that Miller is making that decision. Walters is still contracted for next season as assistant general manager, perhaps Miller is just referring to Walters as being left in the personnel department as this transition takes place?

Didn't Buchko say that before the new TV deal was signed? I heard Buchko say it on the radio about 2 weeks before he got fired. That was the break even point with football operations at their current spending and servicing the debt. Of course they need to pay back a separate $10 million loan that covered some items they added before they start paying the province. No one but the higher ups at SOD know what the final tally is. There was a lot of extra work that had to be done to get occupancy, not to mention costs associated with the delay. We probably won't know everything until the suit and countersuit between SOD and the steel subcontractor hit the court. SOD took a huge loss on the project, hopefully they don't try to recover the loss by suing anyone but their steel contractor.