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Reminds a bit of kenny lawler. Tremendous hands and ability to catch contested balls win 50/50 and pay the physical price to get big possession catches. He tested a bit better than lawler but i don’t see him running open much. Great body control, positional awareness, and the size to go with it. I love the football iq when his qb breaks the pocket and how he comes back to the ball. How he adapts to our game and if he can get open vs pro dbs are the big questions. Very good prospect for us.

signed peyton thorne. wow its going to be interesting to watch the qbs in camp. Mich state, auburn, played at good schools. Guy has incredible raw talent and athleticism. Easy smooth arm action with a good release. Very capable runner. He’s not really wired for high volume running. Great upside in a young guy.

going jones to sankey is a lateral move, certainly not one worth losing sleep over or spending money on. We have a good group of bigger wils who can actually run/cover ground, and play inside gaps. The only LBers in free agency I would look at is allen, and mcmanis. Who are the top tier of value at wil/mac.

probably not, but he is very lucky to have a job and should be happy for that.

Coaching/teaching at the pro level is no easy task. With out question he could provide value as a coach at some level. if that level is pro or not we won’t know. Other wise we’d be loaded with great position coaches, and we aren’t. your right, that is pretty rare. Usually, the guys who do make that move spend a couple years filling gaps in front office and coaching staffs till earning spots. that’s very interesting agree with most of that. My concern with hogan is he showed some serious red flags with fairly low to moderate pressure.

not all wins are created equal though. When you lose the ship, it’s like being graded on a bell curve and getting a good grade greatly reduced. History has seen plenty of people with winning records get canned. The worst job security in football is being on the wrong side of a great era. When a great team slides down a bit, the seats get real hot real fast. The raptors had multiple great cases like that. Firing the president who brought a ship, the coach who won it, right after firing the coach of the year. Football is more cut throat than most sports for teams who build high expectations. The much shorter season makes each L a bigger deal.

it is for americans. Not really for Canadians but yeah. any one who gets that from the nfl generally takes it. christo bilukidi, boy we had some drafts back then eh lol

almost every qb turned successful hc failed as a player. That’s the single strongest pipeline of coaches/offensive minds. For hogan being back, 🤢. Not super surprised but disappointed. Very happy jake is retiring. For him becoming the dl coach, I see more positives than negatives. On one hand, He isn’t the type of guy i’d go to normally for a dl coach. Interior lunch bucket type guy. But, he has played beside a ton of great dl. And he’s played roles that was supposed to enable them to do their job better. If he’s soaked up the tech from guys like roh, patterson, etc then he will be in a great position. There is an incredible amount of resources to coach the nuances of pass rushing and run stopping. We’ve come a very long way from the days of reading the chapter on dl play from buddy ryan’s book. If jake doesn’t have a lock on that side he can easily get it if he wants to succeed. As a player I never really saw it from him, but he did have a ton of motor (when he could actually move lol. Our dl coaching hasn’t shined in a very long time. The addition by subtraction of jake leaving the field is huge. A change at coaching the position will likely yield at least a bit of an improvement in that area.

salary cap increases of a significant amount is extremely rare. I would not be banking on another increase before the next cba/tv deal. I don’t think other teams have had as high a rate of over paying guys when they resign. We also gamble on guys like kramdi and lawson when it comes to extensions. We do so hoping that we pay a bit more the first year then save money after that and have an easier time on the following contract. Bc is certainly the team who has over paid other teams free agents the most in the doman era. Them and edmonton who are constantly trying to fix bad teams in free agency. Right now, every one seems to be using the increased cap space to front load deals and over pay guys who resign. At this point, I don’t think guys who go to free agency will do early as well as the guys who lock in before the end of this year.

wow fajardos money is not what i expected. Even with them burying almost 200k this year on the cap and 35k in none cap money they gave him the ability to earn almost 450k. https://3downnation.com/2025/12/21/exclusive-cody-fajardo-contract-details-for-2026-cfl-season-with-edmonton-elks/ I would’ve bet they’d go after kelly, but idk with this money.

yeah clout chasing. One of the last guys any one should want to mess with in pitbull.

darvin adams with half the ol too lol. I mean some youtuber just decided to chase clout by messing with andrei arlovski got him and 3 of his security guards jacked up. Pro sports has a weird contingent of nutty fans who like to mess with guys they really shouldn’t.

If he sticks for 4-ish years, even without becoming a regular starter, he could make enough money to retire. IF he is fiscally wise. And if he doesn't have that burning desire to play football. Neither of which is a tremendous chance imo. If he doesn't become a starter down there, I think he will be up here. The only real move could be if he forces a trade, which I think has happened a time or two but it is rare. And as it is, he would be better served coming here if his NFL window closes. Marty is extremely prolific as an OL coach. Over the next couple years he'd have a much better path to playing here, coaching, and mentorship.

100% agree. I mean, the missing all of camp thing is really strange for a guy who was basically the insurance policy at OC, and was a HC not long ago. Must've been some really serious family stuff. Going from that to being away from home for the majority of the season is a lot to deal with. On top of that, we saw flashes of toxic narcissism from Hogan every time he opened his mouth, which was not even frequent or long in length. I shudder to think what he was like to work with. From what I saw, it firmly looked like the play call duty was taken from Hogan and given to Jackson very late. But we never had a proper install or repping to go with the playbook. Certainly, the strangest occurrence during the Mafia era. We took so long that half of our candidates took other jobs. It sure seemed like Jackson was going to be a 1a 1b with Hogan, before camp.

but but he had this big ass trophy! We are still all in shock that they have fans other than bluto. half of us are wondering if we are about to see the cops with bluto in hand cuffs... Most people would be floored at how often big ass football players, boxers, fighters etc get accosted by randos who think they can take them. Like, really, really surprised how freuqently it happens. The intersections around the house of fandom all lead to crazy town.