bigg jay

https://calbears.com/sports/football/roster/jamieson-sheahan/21267

Lions sign Patrice Rene. Guess they're hoping his knee will hold up for more than a game or two.

https://3downnation.com/2023/05/01/former-florida-international-defensive-lineman-noah-curtis-added-to-the-2023-cfl-draft/

A Canadian player (Robbie Smith) also got the Argos their GC win. That coach needs to go have a cup of STFU.

The defending champions and the Presidents Trophy winners both get bounced.

https://people.com/music/bachman-turner-overdrives-tim-bachman-dead-at-age-71/

Yeah we talked about this when Ferguson first posted that. Not only is it inaccurate (Eli had already re-signed by that time) but choosing 6 years of data is pretty random and arbitrary. If he uses 5 years, the stats are way different.

The hit on Cogliano, from his former teammate Jordan Eberle. Only got a two minute penalty. ☹️

NFL draft is done, now to see if anyone gets picked up as a free agent.

Nope. They may have in theatre food/drink service one day (it was advertised as a feature when it was announced) but it's not a thing yet. Landmark now has "premiere" seating which has the heated seats and stuff. Checking out Dungeons and Dragons there tomorrow, and will be in those seats so we'll see how they are.

Chase Brown breaks the record, going in the 5th round, 163rd overall to the Bengals.

Yeah Chase Brown and Jared Wayne have a good chance of getting picked today. Sucks for the CFL but good for Canadians playing football.

Tavius Robinson, 4th round, 124th overall to Baltimore.

Sidy Sow goes to the Pats in the 4th round, 117th overall.

Sydney Brown next. 3rd round, 66th overall by the Eagles.

First Canadian prospect off to the NFL: Matthew Bergeron, 2nd round, 38th overall by Atlanta.

Some more reading material for the upcoming draft. Barker gives out a couple backhanded compliments that made me chuckle like saying one guy is "a solid USPORTS LB with no special qualities". One receiver doesn't run very well but hey he catches everything... well except 50/50 balls anyway. 😂 https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/2023-cfl-draft-barker-s-top-5-prospects-at-each-position-1.1952787

https://3downnation.com/2023/04/27/cbs-sports-network-to-air-34-cfl-games-as-new-american-broadcast-partner/

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jerry-springer-dead-tv-host-1235596610/

Video has surfaced. Wab definitely holds on to the handshake but there is zero shove. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/obby-khan-wab-kinew-shove-1.6823953

Huge loss for the team and fans. Riley always put out great stuff. Maybe the team looks at stealing Nik Kowalski back from the Lions? IIRC he kinda studied under Riley while he worked for the Bisons and he has been putting out some nice stuff on the left coast.

Yeah, looking through that series of articles and comparing what each team is doing (at least as it relates to the highest paid players), Walters has us paying out the least in bonuses (about $125k) but still being middle of the pack when it comes to how much hard money has been paid out ($2.53 million). Obviously it's not a complete picture of a teams total payroll but here are some numbers for those interested: Least hard money paid out: BC - $2.32 million Most hard money: Hamilton - $3.11 million Average Hard Money: $2.61 million Most bonus money: Montreal - $539k Least bonus money: Winnipeg: $125k Average bonus money: $295k Weirdest salary spending: Montreal has the most number of players listed (20) in that series of articles so they are spending a lot but I'm not sure they're seeing a lot of value. They have 5 of the top 20 highest paid RB/FB's which seems pretty excessive to me but I guess when you have Faj as your QB, the passing game probably won't be your strong suit!