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Taking a better look at things..i would hope we keep our ratio the same now. Sign Westerman and with a game day rotation with Corney and Ekakite and possibly Marouf or some other entry level National we can be very successful. Heath is a luxury yes..but if we get that stud in the middle..and Walker and Alexander improve on a rookie season which I think they will along with vets Clarke and Gaitor coming in I think the loss of Heath if need be is not that dire. Get Bond back on that online for continued consistency and see where Spooner and Couture are at in camp..if ready to roll we could always trade Neuf for a draft pick or something else of need.

Yeah Huff is no fool. He wasn't an SMS casualty by any means...they have no reason to cut salaries at moment.

Well that should be the decision now to give Westerman a bump...lock him down same with Moe If money is available to sign heath after we address our 2 glaring needs..then go hard at him If it means cutting ties with tbomas..jfg..hurl..denmark...it makes us better

But when u got nothing inside kinda negates it Also Hughes being 35 this year may start to show his age

Pretty sure mo is back just not "official"

With Carter i tgink the fact the Winnipeg charge has been kept under wraps till now leads one to believe it possibly a more serious charge/offence and that a) he never told the riders of it or (b) they did find out and they themselves were trying to hide it..which would be a standard grease ball Jones move. Anyway wonder what he was doing here at that date anyway which is kinda curious.. and also wonder if riders knew prior to resigning him if they would have...

Sometimes leopards have to or they will be eaten by a tiger. I think that MLB is going to be our main goal first day and we go hard after the 2 top ones available...seems likely too as most of the MLB have yet to re sign anywhere

Well from all accounts will be some different personnel in the linebacking spot and I think the coordinator is being mandated to switch his system. A defensive system for the most part is pretty basic and generic for a good portion of of what you see in Canadian ball..some deviations but generally everyone runs off the same concepts and all add their tweaks....and also things are done to certain players strong points..this is a major area we have been burned lately as our MLB.. coupled with a bad scheme and their skill set giving them no real strong suits..well we seen the results Halls tweaks have been neutralized and this year is adapt..or die..with Osheas added input...a new mind in Younger and some cohesion/continuity with our dline..and poop and the coat in their second years it is going to be our defensive strong point I think. I have seen Ekakitie around too this winter and the dude looks like he amped his training up and has conditioned himself for Canadian ball..he looks a lot different and I expecting nice contributions from him this year..may be part of reason there has been no Thomas signing as of yet..maybe he will be back on a value contract beneficial to the team and sms

funny how the nov 25th arrest in Winnipeg was kept so under wraps...and no mention of what it was...if something other than pot he may be in a bit of hot water.

Saskatchewan Roughriders star receiver Duron Carter faces drug possession charges in two provinces. Carter, 26, was arrested in Winnipeg on Nov. 25 for possession of a controlled substance. A court spokesperson was unable to reveal what drug Carter allegedly possessed. This news comes after it was revealed earlier Friday that Carter was arrested in Saskatoon on Thursday and charged with marijuana possession. Even more proof to what a dolt he is...wonder what that controlled substance was?....multiple charges don't bode well tho...and bringing it across international borders regardless if legal one place or the other is a big no no

shows how dumb Carter is as well to try and bring that into the country through the airport....just further confirming his lack of intelligence

yeah thank god for that...and a lot of player referrals from former and current guys. Especially since Taman had no real football background whatsoever...never mind having an eye for talent and what to look for. I still laugh of how he claimed Blinks hands wee too small to hold the ball effectively and Walls was just not strong enough to be a successful DE so why waste tc roster spots...sheesh

if it wasn't for Wickman's insistance that they give him a shot we would have had neither

He didn't scout Blink...Blink was refferred to him and he actually didn't want to invite him to camp because he figured he couldn't cut it and it be a waste of TC spot...same with Gavin Walls

I GUESS for the amount we used Normand we could sign Lafrance as his replacement...he can take rotational reps in game and not affect the ratio and saves us using a DI designation for whatever Import running back we choose to dress be it Flanders or Bauman If he fits into the SMS system as a national back-up/rotational piece he would be worth the look

or we do a real big move and roster Randle..Heath..Gaitor and Alexander...or whomever wins the job...which wouldn't be too shabby a backfield...or we go Canadian at the one corner as a ratio fix...

very solid pick-up...nice cover guy with "CFL" experience which is huge I can still see Fogg back...he versatile and can return and would be a nice 6th db option...he can play corner..half and sam if need be

I think the D-line is/was fine and will only be better. I think we led the league in pressures last year?...or were top 2?? the last 3rd of season too the d-line really became a force...thats the least of our concerns I think moving forward. The MLB role/philosophy has to change this year....no question about it as the last 3 years has shown to be a failure in what that position has contributed

that's the easy part...and for the most part athletes now are pretty much conditioned year round...the muscle memory will come back in no time, and aerobic conditioning as well...he was probably doing that type of stuff right away

LIKE I say...he will be back by Training Camp...if you playing basketball then recovery has to be wayyy ahead of sched and going well...man is on a mission

That article too is pushing 8 years old now....technology and recovery has changed...it's different now and different per guy. Like I mentioned before...Sherrit had the same injury/surgery at beginning of last year and by years end was a consideration to be on active roster, and if they made the Grey Cup I bet he would have dressed. From what I've seen and know, and based on my experience with injuries and re-hab Moe will be participating fully for training camp...and have a pretty good feeling it will be in Blue and Gold

EXACTLY

Bridge was not making league minimum last year...he was released from Allouttes for refusing a paycut so obviously was making well over the minimum there, and chose the Riders over the Redblacks when he signed in 2016...so I'm assuming there was a bit of competition salary wise. He is I bet making at least 150k as a base this year..seeing as at the time he was possibly their only real viable option...and he signed prior to free agency, so must of got something he was happy with...to think he is only making a max of 100k as his base is highly unlikely...

Well....no....maybe I should have said they gonna have some serious depth on their 6 game "injury" list lol

they are going to have to do some serious slashing...can't be adding all these bigger contracts without sacrificing elsewhere