Blueandgold

I would’ve been fine with six, as the talent will be too diluted if we get a tenth team. Five is just too low of a number though, it appears they want to take the “Canadian” out of the “Canadian Football League”.

So we would basically be able to claim a guy like Geoff Gray, Nic Demski or Anthony Coombs one per year without having to draft them?

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If the XFL is smart, they'll pay arena league level salaries and position themselves as the third tier novelty league they should be.

Why would we trade for the Solo contract? He's going to have to take a paycut wherever he goes and he'll ultimately be released.

I would rather have Bridge with a competent OC.

If the AAF was smart, they would let guys play in the CFL and double up when their season concludes. Yes there’s a risk of injuries, but it would also make the league more appealing. Kind of like how Robert Gordon and Micheal bishop would play in the arena league.

250M is insane, I imagine it’ll keep the league afloat for a year or two but they’ll still be toast afterwards.

I mean, considering the level of quarterbacking they’ve had lately that might be considered a good year for the riders.

I agree with you, but we offered Walker and Ellington good money but they chose to go elsewhere. There’s nothing we can do about that and paying an import reciever 300K is asinine. I think we’re keeping money available for one of those NFL guys to come back.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but guys like Chung, Goossen, Loffler and JSK were all on rookie contracts. They wouldn’t have been getting a ton of money, I’m also sure guys Lankford, Fogg and Wild weren’t getting a ton of money either.

As badly as I want us to get a big play reciever, at this point I’d be happy if we saved our cash for when Matthews is done waiting for the NFL or better yet if a Zylstra becomes available. I don’t want us to blow our load on a player like Manny, honestly I’d just sign Dressler cheap and go with three Canadian receivers to start the year if we can’t recruit an effective one. A guy like Simonise could end up being exactly what we need and he’s already on the team.

Nick Moore, and even Ryan Smith to an extent can be considered high profile..

I would've loved Walker, but I'd still be thrilled with Matthews. I'm not really interested in Manny/Rosey, those guys to me are Bowman like signings.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence we lost every game that he missed last year.

I love Dressler. I would still like to have him back as our third import reciever on an incentive laden or team friendly deal.

This is kind of a strange comment, I feel like the CFL got better last year in terms of penalizing DB's compared to 2017.

Has to be Medlock. I'm happy to see that Troy has a goose egg.

Is it a lack of targets or a lack of being open? Depending on your opinion of Demski, I'd say Thompkins was our worst starting receiver last year. I would definitely prefer to have someone better than a middling 31 year old import.

Kawhi Leonard is out so I like our chances!

I want to say that we have a better chance at playoff money, but the East is so bad that the Argos have the opportunity to go just as far as we can. I don't see any appeal in playing for the Riders (of course I never will).

I don’t have a compliant about us signing our own guys, but an impact reciever is still a necessity (and has been for years).

Jones is a good player and far better in coverage than Loffler.. I don’t understand the hate towards him, maybe because he doesn’t have the big hits and highlight plays that Loffler does.

Jennings is a Hail Mary QB... he was never going to become a star.

If we’re considering guys like Rosey and Manny, why wouldn’t we just bring back Dressler? He’d likely come cheaper and has already played here.