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No way Paddy could play OT for anything more than an emergency now. He bulked up to play in the interior, then he bulked up some more when he discovered Tim Horton's lol.

If we wanna roll the dice, Mauldin is still out there. Looked like crap in Calgary, and either isn't getting much interest or is overvaluing himself, but if he is willing to take a prove it contract with little up front I would bring him to camp.

Neuf was also originally a T. If any thing playing T after a career at G is going to be harder, especially when mobility has been such an issue for neuf the past few years. Usports kids didn’t get shots at many positions, until they started to. Now some positions are normalized that used to be ratio breakers

good news for those that have nostalgia for 2000s Disney

Walby played in a different era.

He gets pushed off his routes quite a bit, if he can make some hay winning more within the first 5 yards of scrimmage he could be a 1000 guy.

Yea I get that, it wasn't his usage in a 30 that I was disagreeing with. Just the notion that we wouldn't run a 30.

Neufeld was a veteran with many years of starts behind him so I'm sure while the transition was still difficult for him, he had that experience to fall back on. He's not a rookie out of U Sport or a kid with a couple of years experience & he struggled as a right tackle at time as wel. The young guys playing in U Sport don't play tackle in the CFL after they're drafted very much.

we put paddy at T over the past two years, including atleast two starts. We’ve also seen teams push dts into play at T. Shepley was playing rt in the nfl and will likely be starting at t for the argos this year. In this era, the gap to playing T isn’t huge like it was in the early 2ks. For one, you get away with murder in terms of holding now. For two, teams will pinch a wr or back to force an end into an under performing T and take away the looping rush lane. for 3, ol across the board are far more athletic. Canadian and american, the guys who aren’t on their last leg can move. For 4, we haven’t had any dominant elite edge rushers for a long while. It’s about disruption today not hits and sacks. 3t is a bigger danger to the qb than de most of the time. We just don’t get those fringe nfl edge rushers any more. The majority of the monster size linemen we see (canadians) are raw as hell. So they get slipped in at g. With the guys coming into the league now, we could easily be seeing more canadian Ts. The league is just stagnant in terms of innovation. No one thinks it’s worth the risk to break the mold.

blind side tackle isn’t what it used to be, and was not as big a deal in the cfl with 5 ol and no te. Plus, with the massive prominence of pistol and shotgun up here over the past 20-25 years, you haven’t been able to sneak up on and burry the qb from behind. From the pistol/gun you have equal view of the ends through out the whole play. Down south, especially in the past, they played a massive amount of passing snaps from under the gun, and once you turned to throwing position and took a step back you turned your back to the rusher on the lt side. Because of that, in the nfl, they heavily pressed the end on the offensive left side to be a premier rusher. but that passed down there 10-15 years ago. The Rt side was often the run side and so has the te a lot of the time on his shoulder, which helped as well.

same and I agree with that.

Was excited for Kelly but he's one of those guys I think that needs to take the next step or he'll be on the outside looking in.

Not sure where he ranked last year, just that he was the best Canadian OL available in free agency. Supply and demand. So he picks up a big salary, but is he that good? While Broxton is American, he ranked the best Lineman, period...and plays the most important position on offense outside of the QB. Gotta love it

It's part of my justification that Stan is the greatest OL of all time. He's the blindside... One of the toughest positions to play in pro sports.... And Walby, bless him, was just a RT. I've always said Walby was the best ever, hands down, but with all things considered... I don't know how you say anyone other than Stan The Boy.

I believe Walby also played inside, at some point

I assume Left... But for the longest time I thought Walby was Left and he was not....

Hmmmmmm, what was Gorell then?

Walby was a Right Tackle fwiw...

Huh? Wasnt Walby Canadian?

But would you say a Canadian guard makes as much as a top notch American tackle? I think the good OL would cost about the same

No CFL head coach dares put a Canadian Tackle on the left side of the OL. They aren't strong enough, quick enough or have the technique down to stop a fast American DE. They can't function on an island where'd they'd be out there. They only can play the interior of the OL. Overpaid to say the least.

he is, you can do worse for end of the roster canadians. That said I think it’ll be a battle in camp, they like ball and kelly too. One things for sure, we don’t need teams playing back up canadians. we need rotational guys.

malik carney highest paid none qb imp in the cap era. that’s a yikes

Just watch, it's balancing itself out as we speak. 3 and even 4 Americans on the OL are no longer uncommon I think we'll see more Canadian talents like Brady O, and more quality Americans on the OL Does anyone even start a Canadian OT anymore? I believe the last one for the Big Blue was Gauthier, a good 15 years ago.

Pisses me off that teams continue to pay Canadian OL this much money. Some fatty comes out of Canadian college unable to block at the CFL level & they still get paid or have long careers when they suck year in & year out. Guys like david Foucault come to mind. Koala as well. Finally they begin to figure things out at age 28. That's why I believe their salaries would go way down if there was no ratio. It's artificially inflated because of it.