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I'm expecting we have an import DB as a DI. We're bringing a boatload of rookie DB's to TC. I get your comment about pass pro but it depends on the quality of the Canadians not the quantity of OL. It's the quality of the Canadian OL that is the question over the quality of a change to an import. It's a 50/50 question at the moment. I don't think we can say anything more than Randolph has an edge over the other imports, but that could change quickly with many rookies in camp.

You lost me with the comment about Logan. He'll be a DI so he can only come in replacing an import on any down. That means a receiver coming off. That will be true whether we have 5 Canadians on offence or 6. I like Makonzo and the new Canadian LB's. Shay will be a little late to TC but yes these guys will be taking reps away from DI's etc. Overall just hoping we don't lose some guys to injury in TC like last year. Lawson back should be a great improvement too. A marginal concern about how recovery from injury Parker, Lawson, Makonzo and Schoen returning after significant injury in 2024. I wonder if any posters will be at the rookie camp over the next couple of days.

Turns out Stanley has a UBI I didn't even notice til I saw the projected lineup Kupari has been moved to probably scratch

3 starting imp ol with 6 ol on the ar makes us soo much better on the field than 2 starting imp and 7 ol. Success in football largely boils down to protecting your passer, and disrupting the opposition passer. Las year we disrupted the other teams passer with the back end of our coverage. Our primary limiting factor last year and this year will be pass pro. And to best way to support our pass pro, is starting an IMP g in all likelihood, and instead of going an extra blocker on the line going with a guy like MCI in a 2 back set so we have an extra layer of protection on either side of zach. I'm hopeful schoen will return to form. We need mitchell/white/sterns and or a rookie to pan out really well. We have a margin for error with the number of bodies we have, but we don't have a margin for underachieving. Some one or maybe 2 wrs needs to step up big for us. Makonzo and the NI lbers are going to be huge for our ratio. If we can use Makonzo as our dime pack will instead of an imp that gives us a ton of help shaping up the roster. The hard part is going to be limiting our imp lber commitments.

Thats why I hope we are able to only designate 5 for offence and then Logan can come in freely...even with BO on the field Ace in hole in my opinion is Makonzo...legit National Talent, as well as Jaylen Smith and Shay now...all 3 are gonna be able to come in and take reps where we used a DA last yr....so it's gonna give us a lot of rotational flexability....even more so if Bailey is legit...so designating 2 Nationals on defence should be a slam dunk and if we choose to go 3 import on Oline then BO...Demski...Clercius and 2 oline guys have that easily covered but with Eli..Wallace in house I cant see us having to go that route...Camp gonna be interesting as how they work things

It sounds good on paper and you may be right. I don't much about him. I don't get the Nationalized player designation at all. If Bryant gets injured we'll still be replacing him with an import the following week. I'm not directly concerned with BO getting injured, he's pretty reliable. However, in game if something happens, Logan going in means an import receiver comes out. That's just the nature of the ratio. Peterson might be a better alternative depending on how well he shows. All bets are off until the main TC begins. There going to be many players thinned out very quickly.

we prob win 5 cups with what you said that I bolded and replace OL with coaching Bailey was actually persued by several teams before he was found out to be an eligible Global...so that trade up for him was a wise move and he will add more value most likely than any Canadian at bottom of roster. Pass protection wasn't necessarily our demise...poor scheme and coaching and playing with crippled players had more impact. With that Peterson we traded for along with Logan...we more than capable of backing BO up especially if we only designate 5 Nationals need to be used on Offence as opposed to 6...as well if we actually designate and use a Nationlized American on offence....with the amount of guys we now have to switch in and out on defence....going 2 nationals on defence and designating Stanley as the Nationalized player makes uber sense

Sure but college stats and highlight videos are a dime a dozen. Many of our import rookies sound great too and most will disappear quickly at the pro level. I get that it may be necessary to change to a 3 import OL,. It would have less of an issue if we didn't lose Ford as a starting Canadian. We were playing 9 starting Canadians and we may be down to 7 this year. That loss of flexibility is always a concern. In addition it's not clear whether our Canadian depth overall has taken a step backwards. I've yet to be impressed by any global player. Let him prove me wrong. Regardless, a 2nd global even a good one comes at the cost of another Canadian on the roster. I'm not a pro ratio guy but still going to lean towards wanting an extra Canadian rather than that global player. With the 6 2025 draft choices ( currently signed ) and 25 other Canadians on the roster means we can't keep them all. Bailey might be better than our Canadian choices to rotate at DE but is he better than our import choices? I always have the feeling that a given global wins a roster spot by default. Aside from Sheehan who makes the AR we only have 3 other global players in any sort of competition to make the AR. and PR rosters. The 3rd global is the punter we signed in the 2nd round and at best he's just a PR guy barring injury. I doubt he even makes the PR.

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A couple things.... What makes the roster weakest is not being able to pass protect. If they need 3 imports on the OL to be sure of that, they need to do it. We probably win 5 straight Grey Cups with a consistent B+ OL instead of a C- OL trying to round into form/get healthy at the end of the season, 2023-24 especially. That's priority over any other spot. You figure the other spots out, build the OL you need to win first. The biggest roster issue on O is how you back up Oliviera with 5 O starters. Need another Canadian tailback to show they can handle some work, or another Canadian receiver to step up. Alternative is being able to flip to another Canadian on D but that would not be possible during a game. I think we are likely to be disappointed again with our American playmakers on O if there aren't a couple rookies ready to step in and step up. Bailey started all 12 games last year at Weber State and was named to the FCS Central All-American Third Team and All-Big Sky second team honours after adding 18.5 tackles for a loss and nine sacks. We'd be pretty happy to have an American prospect coming in off a season like that.

I don't agree or disagree. It's just a problem with the ratio and eliminates a Canadian we might want to keep on the AR. I don't have much faith in any global past or present so I can't assume Bailey is going to be worth keeping. Perhaps he turns out to be a good player. I can't believe any of our Canadian DE's is better either, so all the competition will be interesting during TC. It's start with whether we have to start 3 import OL which I also think makes the overall roster weaker. If we find a solution for that, then we many have that extra import DL choice instead of a global. Overall I'm not a fan of a 2nd global on the AR. I guess we'll see if he is approached by the team. I'm surprised the Elks released him and the reasoning behind that decision.

Maybe he can be our next Paddy Nuefeld.

Don't laugh. I read somewhere a long time ago that he approached the CFL & made an offer to buy the CFL. Vince McMahon would have been the sole owner of all 9 teams. The BOG's turned him down & Vince went ahead to form the XFL.

Osh replace Jake? Even with Schmeck??? Ain't never, never, never, never going to happen.

I'd be more interested in these space satellites being spun to test artificial gravity.

I fully expect that Ehlers will suffer a playoff ending second round injury before Game 1 when a full bottle of hair shampoo slips out of his hands while in the shower & breaks his big toe.

Wah wah I am the Lindbergh Baby!!

https://www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-scheifele-morrissey-stanley-injury-playing-status-for-game-1-against-dallas

Fence sitter.

Dost thou dream or blaspheme?