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Receiver battle shaping up to be the one to watch. Think they are looking for a slot to replace Bailey, another rangy wideout type and a returner/gadget guy out of the Americans. Interesting how many guys we have signed at receiver who played some QB in college too. Almost too many to be a coincidence.

He's not on criminal trial here but he's been convicted twice criminally in the US. So technically calling him a criminal is truthful.

Other thing is if guys haven't really been playing for awhile or even trying out they might not be anywhere near the kind of shape they need to be in to come in and compete. But they should have had eyes on and worked these guys out recently.

It's a civil case. The court is testing if the plaintiff was harmed, if the respondent(s) are liable for that harm, what the damages are and how those damages will be covered.

The week of the East Final. It's all in there. East Final was Nov 11 so the major escalation of events was that week. Remember the game was on Saturday.

Not in a civil case re the burden of proof. Criminal yes. Civil complainints need to prove damages.

There could be some pretty big damages in a civil case like this in Canada. Say judge finds that the Argos handling of this situation impairs her ability to be a S&C coach in pro sports. That's what, 20 years of earnings she could be after? That's a few million bucks.

Pinball is old boys club through and through. The Argos had a load of scumbags in his time as a coach. When we hired O'Shea one of my main concerns is he'd bring that stink in here but he seems to have some human-level accountability.

It always has been a soft cap. There's consequences for spending over the limit. In hard capped leagues they literally start waiving players off the roster to make the team compliant if they are over (like the NHL).

Jefferson needs to play about 2/3 of snaps. His impact plays don't increase if he plays more. He has more plays with his hands on his hips watching guys run by him, big negative plays, drives where the D can't get off the field. Grab one of the Global DL, grab a couple Canadian guys that can be role players. Roll with 8 DL.

You've got your games mixed up. Jeffcoat played Game 1 vs Hamilton. As did Haba. He was out June 16, 22 and Sept 16 plus the final game. You might be confused because Jeffcoat didn't record any stats so you won't see him on the CFL.CA game log. Here's the depth chart: https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/HAMILTON-AT-WINNIPEG_JUNE-9-UPDATED.pdf

There's nobody anyone is worried about 1 on 1 in there. Maybe Bane. KSB has some YAC ability but is pretty limited in terms of creating space for himself. Him and Lenius are also constantly banged up. No one in there that's much of a vertical threat.

Not too sure about O either. Harris has to make it back. Don't see a #1 receiver there.

Riders have nice depth. And still have picks. Fry is kind of a Gray type, less raw talent, came through better system in U Sports for developing zone blockers. Hardrick is kind of an odd fit there honestly. If I'm them I'd spend that money on a receiver. Think they are looking at Hardrick as kind of a culture builder...but they are basically forced to use him even if he keeps trending toward bad.

I mean there's tons of Americans who have come up and played right away. Hamilton has started rookie Americans in Grey Cups against us. The one guy from BYU.

In 2023 Willie had 0 sacks in the games Jeffcoat was out that he played. Willie missed a game too. June 16, June 22, Sept 16 were the 3 games he played without Jeffcoat. 0 sacks. 11 sacks in his 14 games played with Jeffcoat. Haba had 3 of his 4 sacks in those 3 games.

Bailey should be eminently replaceable. It kind of worked out good for him with Lawler missing almost half a season. But for the most part he didn't have a great role, and didn't often take advantage of opportunities to take a step over the years to be more than the 4th option. Kind of exciting to see some new playmakers. Notice some teams going more in that direction of guys who are kind of like Demski, even bigger and more of a tight end/H back type blocker too who can carry and catch too. Wouldn't mind a guy or two in camp like that. Like the Rutgers guy who did a lot of work as a receiver, back and returner in college.

I don't think Richmond showed a whole lot tbh. People were hopeful for continuity sake and because he went to a school most fans of football recognize. The willingness to sit and wait for YEARS by American players is always kind of a bad sign for talent and ability. Not many guys who sit and wait like that who turn out to be anything. Guys who can play, want to play whether that's somewhere else up here, in spring leagues, even arena leagues. Get a bit of that continuity with Lofton and working in this offense. He's gained more game experience and reps as a starter which is huuuge for OL in this era of minimal contact practice. Bond would be the last rookie OL they really played from the start. You'd need a guy that jumps off the page like that. He played guard though. Chungh started right away at guard too. Desjarlais was 6th guy and jumped in at guard with next injury after that which forced Speller to C in year Neufeld missed most of.

Why would Lofton have stayed here though? He wanted to play. He went to Sask...and played. He wasn't going to sign here again to sit on PR.

Since blocking is so easy it's crazy that every play isn't a touchdown. 🤣

Arm is exceptional. Accuracy isn't there, pocket presence isn't there. Not a guy you mind standing on the sideline because he can win games running a normal offense. But I don't see anyone being more than .500 with him starting.

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I think you need 7-8 guys who can play really. Dobson and Eli we’re hopeful for. They haven’t had a ton of reps and a ton in different situations. I’d really count them as one of five right now. Other one is your spare. Americans we’re not really sure of aside from Bryant, if he stays healthy. Injuries become the issue. Last year was pretty good on that front, but we’ve had years where starters are missing for significant period. Risk of that rises with age of course.

I don't think you have high awareness of the roster. They've lost tons of vets, starters and special teamers.

This is the depth chart of guys under contract with significant CFL reps. Going to be a big transition year. QB- Collaros, Streveler RB- OLIVIERA WR- Lawler SB- SB- DEMSKI SB- Schoen WR- WOLITARSKY RT- RG- NEUFELD C- KOLANKOWSKI LG- DOBSON/ELI LT- Bryant DE- Jefferson DT- LAWSON/THOMAS DT- DE- WLB- Wilson, Cole MLB- Bighill, GAUTHIER SAM- KRAMDI CB- Parker HB- Holm S- Alexander, HALLETT HB- Nichols CB- I mean they obviously don't have money to throw around. Need to get value out of any signings with the high end guys. Not going to pay high six figures for average players.