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I hope so!!

What you are forgetting is that the Als hold the exclusive rights on him for 2 years from the time he first rejects their offer. This is not a Westerman or FA situation. This is a draft pick/exclusive rights situation and that gives Montreal the leverage. Please tell me what Foucault has proven in the CFL....nothing that I am aware of. He is in the same boat as the Gaydosh's and Greenwood;s etc that came back after failed NFL stints.

The reason first rounders sign initial contracts in that price range isn't a reflection of how good a player they are, it is a reflection on the fact that one team has exclusive rights to them. SHOULD Foucault get more...sure. Should JSJ have gotten more last year, or Sukh gotten more out of his rookie deal etc. etc., of course they should have. They just simply aren't in a bargaining position and therefore that is what the entry level price of a first rounder is. Not saying this isn't on the low end....just that it's not so outrageously low that there would be any grounds for anyone to do anything about it. It would be nearly impossible for the CFLPA or anyone else to prove bad faith in the negotiations. The offer is in line with first round salaries. Like it or not, Foucault has proven absolutely nothing in this league.

Most first rounders sign in the 80-90k range Mike....not sure why this surprises you? Josiah St. John held out for a good portion of the season so that he could get 100k a year over 3 years. It may be perceived as low for Foucault and by fans, but there is little the CFLPA could do about this offer really. They can't say it's unfair because it may be low but not unreasonably so. It's up to Foucault to make them blink....demand a trade...get an agent....make some noise.

You may be right. He predicts Grey Cup nearly every year.

It's too funny LG....forced to defend the incomprehensible.

Pederson also picked them to have 12 wins last year so this is not surprising. In fact, I don't think there has ever been a year where Pederson doesn't predict a great team. I would like to know in what dream world he sees a comparison between Jones and Bellichek?

When you have unlimited resources and are a social and media juggernaut like the CFL you can do stuff like that....Oh wait...I guess there are a couple flaws in my logic after all.

A bad team that enters the next season also being bad is the very definition of underperforming as an organization.

For the majority (that doesn't mean all) of the past 25 years our organization and team has underperformed. There can be no denying that.

What's bullshit is you and Noeller putting words in my mouth so one more time I will state it again and see if you get it right. For the majority of the past 25 years we have not been doing things right. How you guys got Grey Cup or nothing out of that statement is beyond me The only person you are arguing with is the context you guys have added to an otherwise completely accurate statement.

Then maybe you guys need to learn what the term "majority of the time" means before saying a statement is bulls hit.

Jeff Reinbold, Lyle Bauer cheaping out, Joe Mack.....that's not bullshit. That really happened whether you like it or not. You find me some positives to spin in any of that. For clarity, I was talking about on field performance and you would have to be homerific to suggest that we have been successful as an aggregate over the past 25 years. In fact, you would have to be stupid to suggest that but you keep riding the good ship lollipop if you want to Noeller. I am not TBurg that just makes negative comments at every turn, save your indignation for him.

For the vast majority of the past 25 years it's hard to argue we have done things right. Just saying...

Hubris thy name is Chris Jones. I LOVE IT!! The guy is as big a car wreck as Mike Kelly. Get the popcorn and watch as Chris Jones stands on the roof with a fiddle as the Riders burn below him. Every time I think that Jones couldn't make any less sense with his roster moves, he just comes right out and sets the bar of stupidity even higher. Quarterback....we don't need no steenking quarterback.

I think you guys got a little too enamored by one or two games by these guys and put the blinders on in regards to the vast majority of games where they were invisible. That is bound to happen when a team has such a small sample size of good individual performances to choose from. Fans start inflating the average to give themselves hope. Trust an unbiased observer...your team looks awful so far.

Your top end is very good (Carter/Roosevelt) after that it is pretty average. You guys grossly over rate Holley/Collins/Bagg. I definitely think that as a whole our receiving corps is better. You guys have a couple better players but we have the definitive edge overall.

Oh Migs....sometimes you can be so stupid.

Just to get back to the Stafford signing for a minute, there was a report by Dunk yesterday that has been flying under the radar a bit. He stated yesterday that the quartet of Adams, Stafford, Dressler and Smith will make a combined 565k this year. That is an average of 142k per receiver in that group. Let's do the math based on believed current contract values.... Dressler - 170k Smith - 150k Adams - 170k Total: 490k Therefore, if Dunk's 565k number is accurate, we are paying Kenny Stafford 75k this year for his services. If that is correct, I retract my objection to us signing him. He's worth the 75k gamble.

Pretty straight forward. Would be very interested in knowing what the upfront, base, and roster date bonuses are. A contract like that is imperative that Nichols performs or he will be released, so I like that structure better than it all being base. I just hope a high percentage of each year's totals are based on roster dates and that there is not much up front. That way if Nichols regresses this year, we can release him with significant savings.

I don't know about that....Lefors was awful. Kelly's plan was too....but Lefors put an exclamation point on it by skipping balls and throwing passes into row 15.

Why do I picture Jones in a sombrero right now saying " QBS we don't need no stinking QBs"

Yes, Jones doesn't fart around when he build his excuse train. WE HAD NO QB!! DAMN DARIAN!!

That will all depend on cap space. Does Wally hold some SMS back in hopes of his return? Probably, unless theirs a LBer out there in FA he really likes and just decides to move on.

Losing players only hurts a team if you can't replace them. I would imagine all these guys freed up some serious coin to throw at potential replacements. That being said losing them still sucks. Keeping them would have been much easier on old Wally's heart methinks.