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It could be argued that game play is the greatest indicator for assessing a player. Therefore, you gotta play the new guys. You have two opportunities each offseason to evaluate players, and to evaluate how they fit within your system. Leaving them at home makes little sense. There are obviously a high number of positions on the Depth Chart that are still in play, therefore, the vets stay home. Pretty simple really. If we were the Stampeders, we might have the luxury of a veteran laden pre-season roster in game one. We are not. We need to swing the axe next week, leave the guys who we know are going to be here for the 2nd game at home and dress the rest and take the best of that bunch into game 2.

The point is that when he looked good the book wasn't out on Printers yet and teams didn't play to just keep him in the pocket. Once he came back and people knew what he was about they took away his legs and he couldn't beat them with his arm. We simply don't know if Marve can do that yet. Being able to scramble and run is a good asset for a qb to have, but they still need to be able to pass from the pocket first and foremost. Agree to disagree. There's more than one way to be a good QB. If you're a Ricky Ray type, that's from the pocket. If you're a Flutie or Reilly type then it's from moving the pocket around and using your legs when needed. Printers had a great year, went to the NFL, wasn't the same when he came back. He turned out to be a one trick pony. His biggest problem wasn't throwing from the pocket, it was that he wasn't the brightest bulb in the box and his team wouldn't go the extra mile for him. Marve's had less than 60 minutes of playing time behind a horrid O line. Of course we don't know if he can pass from the pocket yet. Being a pocket passer is a good asset to have, but it's not the be all and end all of playing QB. You still fail to grasp the point. Flutie and Reilly could and also can pass from the pocket so keeping them there really doesn't limit how effective they can be. That's what makes them so dangerous, they can hurt you any which way you like. Same deal with Burris or Durant currently. Can you name a qb that was effective who wasn't able to pass from the pocket but could run? They usually have a good stretch and then get figured out. There is more than one way to be a qb, but a qb that can't pass from the spot where qbs spend most of their time is a guy that won't be any good. What in the less than a game of playing time behind a horrid O line makes you think that Marve's one dimensional and can't throw from the pocket? I think Marve will be more than capable of passing from the pocket. However, after watching both his performances and reviewing them a couple nights ago, it became pretty clear that he missed reads and had happy feet at times. When a QB never sets his feet on drop back, it is a pretty clear indicator he is not comfortable with one of two things....contact or his knowledge of the offence. Go back watch the film. It's there. The proof is in the pudding. No one is criticizing him for the play breakdowns where it was on the offensive line. However, one thing after reviewing his performances became abundantly clear, he went into scramble mode at times he was well protected in the pocket. I have no doubt that IF he can learn to set his feet, feel comfortable in the pocket, and make his reads that he could be a very good QB in this league. I, also, have no doubt that if he doesn't he will never have success. Scramble ability is a great asset for a QB to have but alone a QB can't have success. This isn't sandlot football. The more broken plays that happen, the more chance for turnover and the less chance for success. Might as well throw the playbook out the window if a QB is going to go sandlot every 2nd play.

Yet Banks partner in all of this is some guy I've never heard of that had a cup of coffee in the CFL. Calls himself "the flea" or "the tick" or something like that. Banks is trying to make this a class action for players all the way back to the 60's. The 60's? They were only a couple years off from leather helmets for gods sake. I, also, find it pretty hard to fathom that Korey Banks...a player that only retired last year....suddenly found out that multiple concussion could have serious consequences. Either he was living under a rock, or missed the media blitz in Canada about concussions since Eric Lindros took his ball and went home. He would have to be the stupidest, or most ignorant guy on the planet to not know any of this stuff. Conspiracy to hide it from him? What....does he need it tattooed on his damn forehead? Since I was 4 years old, long before concussion protocol came around, I knew...and everyone I know knew that repeated blows to the head would eventually turn your brain to mush. End of rant. Sorry guys for the multiple posts but I can't stand the way everyone wants to run for lawyers and blame someone else for the choices they made in life.

Yet Banks partner in all of this is some guy I've never heard of that had a cup of coffee in the CFL. Calls himself "the flea" or "the tick" or something like that. Banks is trying to make this a class action for players all the way back to the 60's. The 60's? They were only a couple years off from leather helmets for gods sake.

There is no judge in the world that will fold a league on a class action lawsuit. Asking for 200 million is more than the worth of all CFL teams combined. Banks and his buddy are idiots. Maybe there is a kernel of legitimacy to their claims but the dollar amount is completely ridiculous. Where does Kory Banks think the CFL is going to get 200m. IDIOT. I hope he never graces us with his presence on this side of the border again. Just an ass clown.

Or at the very least wants to explore his options before re-upping. I think we will get a deal done with him. There just is no urgency to it right now.

Is Tuinei falling down the depth chart? I don't know about falling down, more like getting pushed down.

Can't take them unless we release them. By the time our season ends this guy will have viewed another 1000 guys. Unless, we have someone who is going to be a pending FA that they absolutely love, I'm not sure much will come from his visit. It will do more good for the Bombers than it will do harm. I admit I don't really know the finer points of a situation like this, but I'm curious as to why you think it will do good for the Bombers? Your post has made me calm down though so I have to thank you for that. Americans often don't want to give up on their NFL dream, and view signing in the CFL as the end of it. If Walters can say we had scouts from 30 of the 32 NFL teams at practises last year, then point to a guy like Ian Wild or Enoch Muamba, that can be all it takes for a reluctant neg-lister to look at the Bombers as his path to the NFL rather than away from it. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!! HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS. LOL

Not going to get into the whole ratio and roster management angle of this. I will just say this. Wally can be a pretty classless guy when it comes to parting ways with veteran multi-year Lions.

Can't take them unless we release them. By the time our season ends this guy will have viewed another 1000 guys. Unless, we have someone who is going to be a pending FA that they absolutely love, I'm not sure much will come from his visit. It will do more good for the Bombers than it will do harm.

I agree the ability to start 8 legit NIs from the game day roster is much more important than actually doing so.

I really do hope Hurl is legit enough to beat out the IMP competition. That would be so much better than just forcing a NI into the starting lineup so we can make ratio. I liked what Hurl did in Saskatchewan last year. I thought he was playing pretty respectably. The Rider offence is what really let their team down last year. That defence was perpetually on the field and still played well....Hurl included.

I don't think it will be that simple. There will be some kind of rotation in the linebacking corps. I still think we will start two NI receivers. Add in 3 OL, Westerman, and Bucknor, and you don't NEED to start a Canadian at linebacker. My opinion is that it will be a big rotation either way. We will see Hurl, Newman, and likely 2 American linebackers (not including SAM spot) on the roster and they will all play. As for Dile, who knows if he is getting paid like a starter. He has big time injury history, I don't think they would have broken the bank to sign him. I agree. We certainly must have gotten some kind of IMP OL that's barely played the last 2 years discount on him. His market value couldn't have been that great.

I would be happy with that Bryant, Greaves, Picard, Chungh, Daniels (I think it will be DIle but whatever) looks a whole lot better to me than January, Greaves, Morley, Neufeld, Tyler. Actually now that I see last year's primary lineup in print it makes me shudder.

In my best Rider fan voice possible......Durant is the best QB in the CFL bar none. He is a winner that the Riders absolutely must keep and is worth every penny. Greatest Rider QB ever. Believe it or not....these statements are all pretty much copy and pasted out of the pages of Riderfans. For some unknown reason they refuse to acknowledge that Durant has been hot and cold from year to year in his career. That 2013 season made him a god to Rider fans, and as we all know, part of Teflon Taman's long term survival plans are to appease the fans.

Truthfully, Greaves was never going anywhere .. that was just a lot of idle speculation by fans .. Kirk Penton Article ... It never made sense Greaves has been one of our best OL for years, rarely gets beat... Again, it was idle speculation with nothing backing it .. and as dependable (health wise) as Greaves has been ... let's not overstate how effective he is .. he is (has been) part of the problem with the interior of our line. Again, Kirk Penton does not invent stories. If he says Greaves was on the block, then he was. No need to play revisionist. Kirk Penton may not invent stories, but Kirk can get burned just as easily as any other media member by sources he previously trusted. Or are you suggesting Kyle Walters was the one who told him Greaves was on the block?

I honestly don't mind that prospect all that much. Sucks to lose a lineman though.

Says a lot about going with conventional wisdom and drafting an OL at number 2 instead of getting starry eyed for a local boy as well. I get an impending sense of doom from the Bomber fans in the alternate universe in which we picked Demski at number 2.

This site will do one of either two things, it will be well sourced and give us some insight between how a roster balances out cap wise, or it will be sourced primarily through the media and will illustrate how clueless they can be with their guesses in the cap age. Either way, I fully support them.

I was noticing the same thing. Every time anyone talks about Reaves its the same "Looks great out there, maybe in 2023 he'll be good enough to play". ??? I think the hesitation would be that most of the fans here know they don't know enough to know how good a pro Reaves is. Easy to spot a guy who can run fast and jump high and catch the ball and be an athlete, harder to tell if he's a pro and doing what the coaches want and doing it well enough to contribute in a game. In a one on one drill a pure athlete can stand out easy, if he doesn't have all the nuances you need in a game setting doesn't really matter if you're the best athlete out there. Maybe. However, what I saw in day one was after nearly every rep he took he would go directly to the coaches and they would be giving him advice on technique and route running. I think it is understood by the coaching staff and by Reaves that he is a project. He catches the ball well when he beats coverage, and is very fast. However, he was dominated by the DBs in one on ones.

At least with Richards we know it isn't a concussion. He has had hammy problems in the past. Wouldn't surprise me if they are being cautious with him.

I have attended the rookie camp and Day 1 TC. Reaves is not looking entirely out of place, but he has a long way to go before he hits the field as a receiver. He is working hard and is a great athlete but needs a ton of work on route running and gaining position on DBs. He is better than I thought he would be, but he isn't going to win a job as a receiver imo. ALL the NI receivers have looked better than him so far. The glowing reports coming for him are more a matter of lower expectations and people realizing he is a project.

IF they are talking contract with someone, and that's a big IF considering the source, it won't be Henoc, Andy, or Christo. They are all under contract right now and I very highly doubt we would have permission to talk to them from their respective NFL clubs.

Crap...would love to go. Members of my family and a good group of childhood friends own the place. However, I am leaving for Thompson to open up my cottage for the summer. Next time guys. I get deep discounts there.

I thought they released Stewart?