Jesse

Kongbo coming in hot!

I have not heard/seen one reference to Schoen this whole TC. Could have not shown up for all I know.

DT said he was suited up.

#1 was used in short order (I didn't like it at the time - huge Charlie fan). #85 should be out of use - that's a best player of all time player. I personally don't care if they use #33. I think I'd feel differently if he was with us for his whole career.

We likely can't afford the contract. Might be an opportunity for a deadline deal tho....

Haba may be that guy and I'll spend the rest of the year singing his praises. And I'm the biggest Kyrie fan in the world. Thought he'd be DPOY last year. Incredibly disappointed that he's not ready yet.

I think we've mostly been complaining about the recruiting effort, however. I don't really care about adding Sankey if Bighill gets hurt. I would have enjoyed seeing a young player on a minimum deal pushing Clements of the roster or rotating in with the Jeff's.

WHAT

Fair. Limited roster space is what it is. I still think that over the last two seasons (From last years TC to this one), there should have been more DE and LB prospects...

100% It's something we did not do last season. And we certainly don't have a ton of bodies along the DL on the roster right now.

Can't wait for this game. On paper, Hammy looks good. I don't think Bo can be what he was over the course of a full season, but the East is so bad, they will finish first if he can just be average most of the time. Anyone know who their RB is? I personally really hate resting starters as much as we do, makes me a little worried about rust to start the season, especially against another veteran team. Really looking forward to seeing some practice reports from today. Hopefully DT can give us some live updates.

One thing I'll point out (and I stole this from Doug Brown). In the years we won the Grey Cups, our pass rush was winning at rates over 30%. Last year it had gone back down into the 20% range. So the things that some of us have been asking for, a rotational DE piece, more depth at LB so Bighill isn't out playing safety trying to cover things, could fix issues that were detrimental to our success and won't improve with time.

They let a few guys walk in FA too without signing anyone of note. I think they're all just a little too sure of themselves this year...

Minimum is what now? 70, 75? Augustine making 95 or so isn’t breaking the bank.

Lions or Elks. Calgary’s going to hit a major speed bump.

I don't know. I feel like we could make better use of the practice roster than 3 guys in their 30s. I knew MOS would find a way to keep him around, but not loving the roster management part of some of these decisions.

There's still a couple of moves to be made for the roster to be complete. It'll be interesting to see who's practicing on Monday.

I've been operating under the assumption that Cole would be our MLB if Bighill is missing...so maybe gets in at WIL?

Makes the most sense.

We only have 4 DEs on the roster. The Jeff's are going to be playing way too many snaps again.

Now, one kid that made the roster is Haba, who was only signed on May 30th. They must like him a lot.

We seeing the effects of the other leagues siphoning off talent, perhaps?

No one wants more preseason games. Rookie camp started a month ago. They've seen lots of the kids.

That's the point he's making about this being a recruiting fail.

I'm not predicting the wheels to fall off, for the record. I think we have far and away the best roster in the league. But as guys get older, you want to be able to find guys to come in behind them. Neither Jefferson or Jeffcoat should be playing as many snaps as they did last year, and there's no one coming up behind them. We don't have any linebackers as far as I can see. I'm very happy with our depth in the secondary and our offence is pretty set, but there's some clear planning for the future that needs to happen on D that seems to be being ignored.