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a certain coaches wife… shoot if we fed mos a couple beers the show would actually be worth listening to, guarantee it’d get entertaining.

I DO have some very valuable inside, privy-type info. When going to the privy, doing so inside is waaaay better than outside. You may find that controversial, but it is entirely true. In general, I don't like that insider info type of thing. 99% of the time, it's BS. 1-2 people on here do get some, but the nature of football is that you might get it, and it might be true. Then, 2 weeks later, it changes. If it's a week-old bit of info, it could go south very fast. Because I'm not involved in the follow ups, I generally disregard inside info. People would be surprised by some of the types who lurk on here, or the relationships a few posters have with players, coaches, etc. I can speak to that from personal experience, and for an absolute fact. What people tell them with those relationships, I can't speak to.

He's one of those guys every team in the league should consider. It's like when we basically got Biggie by default after his NFL stint. Everyone else didn't have money or a spot, so we offered a princely deal on a real up-and-comer team, but the competition for him was beyond light. That was a brutal mistake by the rest of the league, as he came back and was one of the very best defensive players for a couple of years. His versatility was a keystone to our D, just like BA going to S later on. Ever team should kick the tires on him.

probably. If we carry a di it’ll probably be an ol lol.

Its going to be hard that is for sure. Unless we shift kramdi and start woodbey. Or move on from ayers. Dead on with the DIs.

One of those rare times I agree with Farhan. Dedicated QB sneak guy is dumb. Now, having a dynamic running threat that can run a package and a simplified playbook does make a lot of sense. And that type of guy is automatically going to be solid at keepers if he stays low. We saw it in the 19-playoff run with Strev. Going, hurry up from the heavy set after a 1st down conversion was deadly. The thing about run first qbs is 1, they need to be quick rather than fast, 2, they need to be just physical enough to push the tackle spot forward rather than fall back (but not a brute), and 3, they need to be quick to move on from them. It's a sad reality, but the shelf life of run-first or even dual threat qbs is very, very short. And the supply is extremely high. Strev made it work as a brute who was more top-end fast than twitchy quick, but it ended the way it did in part because of how he ran. Especially in this era where the elite QBs are virtually gone, the league will need to diversify and evolve. And the easiest way to do that is to spread the field, then have a dynamic running QB play 2-man games with coverage and run for first downs.

Vanterpool* is drastically better at guard than Randolph. Vanterpool is a G that we tried to shoehorn into T. Randolph is a T. At the point of rando at G you may as well just be going with 3 NIs. If we used a naturalized imp or di on the OL, we could use Randolph on the outside shoulder of big stan. Randolph's primary college use was as a 6th ol in heavy sets, both passing and running. You could na bryant and still have him play most of the reps with Rando in on heavy passing downs. Or you could DI rando. Unless Bryant has a resurgence like Hardrick did, though, Rando is the better pass blocker. He was all of last year. Imo, with Rando and Broxton, we have the 2 best pass blocking Ts in the league. With Rando a small margin over Yoshi, though Yoshi was the best run blocking ol in the whole league again last year. Broxton was one of the best run blockers, too. He's just a freakin beast. Does seem from last year that they want to move Kramdi to S. I could see it being a package /base for pass d. Griffin at Sam, Kramdi at S, maybe even in a 2 high we showed some last year with 1 Canadian, and Woodbey at Wil.

So what's left for us this offseason? The biggest need is on the DL. We got about 13 guys, fairly evenly split between inside and out. We for sure need a few more pass rushers, an import nose or two, and some Canadian talent inside or out. I expect that to be filled by rookies and draft picks. On OL, we got 18 guys already, which is crazy, especially when we already have more starters than spots. We have a ton of imp Ts who are actual tackles for once as well. Even though tackle is our deepest position now. We still need to draft some OL talent, as you basically always need to. And add Centre depth. At Back, another Canadian FB who is a natural blocking type would be good. Even better if they are an H back/te. Another Canadian RB would be good for camp, though it's a low priority and low chance to make the team. At WR, we have about 18 guys. We only have 3 guys, 6'2 or bigger, and one of them is 180lbs lol. I expect we will add around 5+ more. Need more young Canadians as always, and some big down field possesion guys. I expect that to be all rookies as well. Would love to see us get a big down field guy who kicked around the NFL a while and is further along. QB, I don't think what we need is going to be available for a backup. So just the best of a bad fa group. Lber, we got 14 + guys, and both the starters and AR are going to be impossible to take spots from, unless we see a huge rash of injuries. DB, we have 21 guys and only 2 are 30+. It's pretty good, also with a deep core of starting options. A couple more bodies are likely for the rookie camp. I'd love to see a couple more modern Sams who are bigger db/lber tweeners and a bit more true cover-corner types. On teams, someone to push the punter and take reps off both him and Sergio in camp would be good. Doesn't hurt to audition kickers in this league either. No matter who you have. Vaval is pretty locked in if healthy, but we really need some KR depth. We need guys to eat up reps in TC, and an insurance policy for Vaval. Our kick cover team is in a great spot. More versatile guys with size who excel in blocking would be ideal. Maybe a project type to develop. (Canadian H-back would be clutch) All in all, the roster is in a pretty great spot for this time of year. Definitely in the top group competing to win the off-season. Going into camp, that is the best move and line-up imo. Though the Ts have to win their spot, and so do Paddy and Eli. Vanterpool, I think, would be damn hard to beat at G. That or, like was discussed fully previously, you slide big stan inside.

think he lists 5’6-5’8, which is as close to accurate as blink being 5’7-5’8 lol. It’s an odd move, really a bring in talent and let em work it out. jj is 28, so in his prime. Got some minor burn over a good period of time. Which for a tiny power back is crazy in the nfl. especially then. I don’t see any fit, other than a highly talented lotto ticket. Much better than bringing in tcf. But we need to develop mci and peterson. Singer is interesting. Don’t love the double transfer and consistently dropping production, or the slight build. Love the quicks, could be great in the slot, tremendous hands and arm length. Plays the game very similar to lawler. Good guy to have pushing in camp.

in that case it would be tremendous value for ott. he hasn’t, but he should be in the 200k range in this market. 150k a year for 2 years is peanuts for that guy.

nah he’s locked up sadly nil money is no joke. Very very few will retire on that money, but it certainly slows down the flow of guys here. And leaves them far more comfortable sitting and waiting for chances at a pr spot. Cfl qb money for the young guys has to go up. It also hurts that a guy like rourke put up a huge season and barely got a sniff. It’s been a long time since the days of the cfl prouducing qbs like garcia flutie etc for the nfl. Or the nfl taking long looks at guys like dickie and burris.

Yeeeeeppp

whole league sure needs it. But with the pay and the nfls pr size/pay we don’t stand much of a chance. It’s not that they cant find the kids who can play, we can’t get the ones who can. So we try to find the guys who can develop in the bargain bin. We went from finding guys like ricky ray driving a fritos truck to shopping for never have been guys at dollar general.

oof yeah that’s ugly. Idk that you can be a lot worse than what we did with strevy but yeah. Shiltz retired too. Masoli is probably just a formality. The rest is a coin toss of, experience but not success and neither experience or success but they’ve been around.

looks to me like almost 300k per year. We will have to see when the semi official numbers come out. I’m curious to see what allen got from ott too. yeah would’ve loved him. very happy with what we got though and looks like mad money. Dru brown should be really happy.

it’s true, but I don’t think broxton or ceresna will back out. Broxton is leapfrogging every single ni ol in the league to be the highest paid. which is huge for an imp especially one who is 32, about to turn 33. Ceresna is getting 125k up front, which is huge, and basically 500k over 2 years which again is 31 turning 32 and off an injury. even though it’s minor and not really a concern for us, that’s scary as a player that age going into fa. Tremendous value for both, and they get to play in front of massive crowds on what is shaping up to be a contender again. This is pretty much best case scenario for both. it’s odd that now houston has all this attention when he was out of football for a good chunk of last year

and ford gone to hamilton

damn that’s a big pay day love that guy, crazy pay for him though. crraazyyy that’s a real good pick up

Imo, this fall would still be too soon. If he’s feeling like his new 100% for next camp i’d say give him an invite

pretty much. Some good guys are gonna get cut. If woodbey, or allen take the sophomore step forward, they will push some one out. Same if Bonds bounces back. Vaval kind of blocks the back up spot, be great if he could take a step forward in coverage and be a super useful di. When ever a kr is also a db, and not great in cover i wish they’d get some practice reps at wr. If you can catch a punt reliably (ish) you can catch enough to run sweeps and screens. much easier to make use of kr dis on offence isn’t that basically done and just waiting to be made official?

damn straight I think it’s a sign that no job is given. Every one needs to win their spot. And we will make the best players work. Also, i’m very happy to hit b.c. hard in free agency, especially at OL. Long overdue comeuppance. player/coach that sits on the ir the whole year would be great. With the only good guy at qb gone to bc, we couldn’t do much better than ford.

The thing that stands out on the roster still, is back up QB. With wilson seemingly expired, and strevy toast, the back ups are ugly.

The starter battles would look something like this QB Zach, Chase, Perkins RB Brady, Peterson, MCI FB MCI WR Clercius, Wilson Depth, Corcoran imp TBD/rookie SB Demski, White, Nield Depth, Cobb, imp TBD/rookie T Broxton, Randolph, Bryant G Vanterpool, Paddy, Wallace C Eli, VIbert Back ups, 1-2 of the 3 none starters. Plus Poncius, Stewart, Elsbury, and Dooley. DE WJ, TBD Jenkins/Jaworski with the inside track DT, Lawson, Ceresna, Schmekel Depth, Bailey will be key imo Wil Kyrie, Woodbey, Ayers, Makonzo? Mac Jones, Smith, Novak, Smith JR Sam Griffin, Shay CB Moxley, Dozier/Bratton, Vaval DHB Nichols, Holm S Kramdi, Allen, Depth, Bonds? Mcghee, Texada, Williams, and Lawson. Thats already a huge list of guys with lots of experience in the league, or who were with us last year and we are high on. Way more than we have open spots. We very literally have taken off the worst starter in the league and added maybe the best. Certainly the best OL last year at the hardest/most key position. That is pretty crazy. With our depth chart, our pre season games are gonna be blow outs in the 2nd half when teams are going against 2nd and 3rd team OL who are still AR worthy guys in this league.

Getting moxey is crazy too. Cant believe how much we spent on the secondary. For the first time in longer than I can remember, we will go into camp with a fully established secondary. Not only that, but we got more bodies than spots by a decent margin. A++ and FA is just beginning, then the draft. He's spent, but this off-season is bulletproof from KW.

A few other random thoughts; Im crazy excited to see lawson and ceresna inside on the DL. We still need a rotational ni inside, and a 2nd de. But I think we will let the rookie crop play for a spot opposite willy. Still need more pass rushing depth though. Very happy to add nield and white to our wr core. Seems sure we are flipping to 3 canadian wrs, probably 3 imps on the OL too. Im not sure we are done. Broxton was some one I didn't even dream of us going after. Broxton and Ceresna are the 2 best free agents in the class. And white was top 5. This is the biggest splash in free agency for us in modern or semi modern history. I agree. He isn't the earth mover that yoshi is, but rando is excellent. Take kola off, and add an imp guard and he should be a monster. Maybe use the naturalized imp on big stan and carry him as the 6th? And worth noting, he says he is allready 100% from it. A fast off season recovery like that could really boost his off season as well. Idk what his is usually like, but a guy that age especially on the line needs to work the whole off season and not go too hard. This slots in very well with that pace and volume imo.