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Except when the rookies have to play...

As has been said many times by many people.... I would just as soon take our chances with an unknown or Wilson/Arto than go with one of the available retreads talking to their ancestors. Let's just see how camp shakes out.....

I believe that when MBT was released by us, someone in the press said an insider had informed them it wasn't due to his football ability. Take that for what you will as to what it means, but after a couple years elsewhere I formed a theory that many share.

mbt, I think evans, couple guys in the same tier. I think it comes down to who takes a cheap deal first. That whole tier is a mixed bag with comparable value imo. Mbt is whacko, and I think his propensity to speak controversially to the media would hurt his chances here. Plus the fact we had him at his youngest and washed him out quickly. Tbh, I expect mbt to retire or maybe go to the ufl. But any one of the meh tier veterans would be fine by me.

Elgersma is up against two far superior 4 down QBs. He literally has zero chance in the UFL of starting. Makes no sense either way other than getting a paycheque while waiting for this mythical NFL interest to come around.

According to a post on X by some NFL insider he said that Elgersma is under contract to Birmingham. He has his Visa & will report to them after his tenure with the NFL Combine is over. Still though, if he wants to earn playing time WTF is he dicking around throwing to college receivers this weekend? I just don't get the logic. The other 2 qbs, especially QB2 are getting more reps with Birmingham & diving into the playbook in qb meetings. Elgersma's missing out by throwing to NFL hotshot wannabees. His priorities seem all messed up.

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I don't know league wide, but Liam Dobson did the full tour including wanting to play in the USFL before finally arriving here. We had the exact same conversations regarding his want to be here prior to him finally signing as we are having now with Elgersma. I believe we waited a full year before he finally signed. Had the USFL been able to get him a PVisa to play, we likely wouldn't have seen him in 2022 either. I am not sure the UFL is better at getting these visas for NATs now, and that is likely the reason we have not seen Elgersma in the UFL. Dobson had signed a 2 year contract with the USFL that was nullified when they couldn't secure him a PVisa. At the time the USFL contracts only allowed outs to the NFL. That's how close we came to losing a 3rd overall pick. The reason cited for choosing the USFL was that it was only 9k less than the NAT draftee rookie contract but had half the number of games, and wrapped up before NFL TCs. This is the biggest notable draftee I can think of off hand, but I am sure there are others who have taken a similar approach prior to the CFL. Sage Doxtater and Paris Shand are other notable high picks that kicked around the spring leagues prior to the CFL. In Shand's case he just signed his first CFL contract recently.

Have their been any other NAT drafted players who have flirted with the UFL/XFL? AFAIK with Elgersma the only link is that they drafted him, I haven't seen any indication that that is where he is going to end up either.

I get the league's want for cost certainty but it is ridiculous for that quest to be attached to coaching, and NAT draftees. NAT draftees, quality ones, are an issue in this league and having reduced capacity for quality coaching and recruitment just waters down our league's talent base as well. We increased our overall salary cap, yet we can't find a proper wage scale for valuable commodities like coaching and NAT draftees. It's, as you put it, bush. You don't have to compete with the NFL salary wise, but you can't pigeon hole a NAT draftee for 3 years of his career either. Guys will go to the UFL instead or take flyers on weak NFL interest. We've seen it, we are seeing it, it's a problem. It's not imaginary. The top of our draft classes are choosing to chase the NFL despite very weak interest in them. Elgersma is not the first high draft pick we've waited to go through NFL interest then the UFL before coming here.

#NHLJets Scott Arniel: Vlad Namestnikov is week-to-week. Could be faster than that, but will be looked at again in Winnipeg. Scheifele was maintenance, at this point it looks like he’ll play against SJS. Nino Niederreiter had a lower-body surgery. He’s week-to-week.

Yes it is frustrating when the fanbase is dumb. Go to a Lions game in Vancouver some time.

I assume you were repping our colors. :)

Pretty classic game for the Jets this season… and why they’re on the outside looking in. But without 2 of their top D men, it certainly wasn’t a bad showing against a good team. I was at the game and it was pretty hilarious how ignorant that fan base is. Not shocking, but still…. I’ve never heard so many ‘refs you suck’ chants. After some really obvious calls/non calls. They really have no idea what the rules are. And the constant ‘USA’ chants were pretty damn annoying too.

Of course but improving, enhancing CFL caps might better attract/entice NFL fringe players (prospect and existing) who want a decent wage and be playing. Better talent in the CFL draws revenue increases cap. Easy peasy said no one ever when talking the CFL.

I think Morgan would be worth a look.....but like you say he needs some polish....The trouble with him just being an arm out there, I believe MBT is still available and with the CFL experience he has, I would say a club might go there first

shame I was away from my computer for the Schenn fight let's see how the Shall we Dance gif will work, well at least it's from the movie

Blew a 3-1 lead ... Had to score in the last 2 minutes... And then eventually lost in overtime. Our gold medal goalie was lit up for five goals last night.

No matter what the cap is, or exemptions there is no way a cfl team can compete with the nfl financially. It would just drive up payrolls

well today I finished the Marvelous Mrs Maisel...that should have gotten more Emmys (yeah I know it got Emmy love in it's first season but then Fleabag came along) Alex Borstein was the real star of the show, my favourite Susie quote is actually from the first episode of the series when she said that Dr Salk should have created a vaccine for Morons

So you’re saying there’s a chance? :)

12 points back of the wild card. Jets need to win every game and the wild card teams need to lose.

als cut james morgan right before his 30th birthday. if he wants it he will probably get another cfl camp from some one as the last arm/ extra arm. Hes got a great arm, decent release and he’s still got tons of upside. Almost no chance of fulfilling it though. He’s more of a pitcher than a qb. And qbs who get to the pros with out any touch or accuracy basically never pan out. Maybe a team thinks their qb coach can finally fix his mechanics and bring finesse into his game. Or maybe a team will just want that wild, raw arm talent in camp for depth defenders and wrs to work with/against.

There needs to be options with the caap for rookies being so low like naming a player who can opt out of it. Something to get a promising player on the roster. The way it's set up now is stupid. Teams have no way of enticing younger players up here like Elgersma.

Don Duguid was one of the curling greats Manitoba had ever produce. A prolific shotmaker & a natural leader, Don won (I believe) 3 Briers for Manitoba. Two as a skip & one in 1970 & 71 & one as third for Terry Braunstein in 1965. Duguid's third during those 2 years was the glue of those Brier teams. Rod Hunter was guy who was laser straight on the broom everytime he threw a rock. Could make every shot there was as a third making Don's shotmaking a lot easier. Just a great player who lost his life ten years ago in a slip & fall. Rod was a HOF curler. Back in the day, 60 years ago, the ice was swingy & heavy. Inferior ice making machines as well as temperature swings outdoors as well as humidity played havoc with the ice sometimes. Ice could vary from sheet to sheet. Heavy & swingy outside to straight & true inside. Then there was the debris from the corn flying off the brooms when rocks were being swept. Through all of that, Hunter was an exceptional shotmaker. Perhaps the best third of his generation. In today's game, it really makes you wonder just how much better he would have been? I believe, he'd have been a Brier, World & Olympic champion skip multiple times. The Arrow as he was called was phenomenal during his era. I think he would have been the same today if he was in his prime.