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Too bad he didn’t even get a pre season look but like others have said we have a massive crop of rookie imp talent that is bound to be cheaper.

Aaa baseball is every bit as major league as the cfl. Any league with a ratio isn’t a top tier league. The Japanese baseball league is easily 10x bigger than the cfl. They post players to mlb every year and make more than the entire leagues salary cap with singular players. The top level of European basketball is even higher up than the npb. Man the league went into this like a lion and is going out like a lamb. Such a joke that they tried to strong arm and hardball the players instead of just negotiating in good faith. 1 naturalized Canadian is a good start.

Almost all minor league and unaffiliated baseball leagues have ratio rules too. European basketball and japans baseball league used to have an imp ratio as well. It’s a more common concept than one would think. the cfl revenue tracking even team to team is very suspicious at best. They won’t fully open the books unless they are forced to.

I feel like if you are cut at this point of camp it’s a between the ears or work ethic problem. They’ve Never been hesitant to cut qbs who don’t have what they are looking for. Crazy though that brown has stuck and seen a bunch of guys go. I’d expect an air lift soon. Only 3 qbs under contract in camp with 3 qbs back on the roaster I’d expect 2 more at least. They’ve tapped soo many college rookies I wouldn’t be surprised if they dig up a retread to go with a rook. Could be a good sign too might mean some one they really want came available.

I feel like this off season the fans have been extremely united on a lot of the controversial issues. Old or young province to province all I see or hear is fans on the same page. Don’t screw the players don’t remove the ratio don’t get rid of 3 downs get the deal done let guys compete for starting jobs etc. the league needs to do a better job of taping into the pulse of the fan base. Its not hard to see what needs to be done.

I’m not worried about the ability to find and replace dbs. Sucks for mercy and for us did he’s awesome. But the next man up will perform very well I have no doubt.

Bitterly disappointed. I can’t imagine the next offer being any better. I hope this scrap the 49 percent thing is all it takes and it gets done. I also hope the cfl doesn’t get all ham fisted over this. at this point no one has leverage. Every one is about to lose a bunch of money and hurt the league.

No kidding that’s awful. Poor guy hope it’s nothing serious but no weight is scary.

Yep. And on a horrible ol thinking he alone would fix their issues.

A few predictions for TC / Pre season. Mourtada wins the starting kicking job and hackett the punting job. Legs hits the PR. We start to see guys like Richmond start to raise eye brows as back up imp ol. Prukop becomes the pre season mop and wins heir apparent title. Dru brown in the first pass of cuts. Augustine takes the starting job from Brady, but we still run a platoon. Augustine took a huge step forward prior to last year and can really hit the home run out of the back field. He's almost turning 29 soon and peaking physically. Brady will turn 25 this year and augustine has very little wear and tear on his body. I still have brady as slightly better, and better suited to being a no1 rb, but Augustine as the now guy makes the most sense. And I can see him coming into camp with an all time high level of motivation. The starting job is finally in his grasp. WR is the battle of camp. Grant takes some ones starting job and we platoon returners for a while with him. Namely Ford. Muckelvene is this years Mcknight/sheed Coaches favorite, and maybe an overachiever at wr as a rook. Lots of WR bodies stick around on the PR. Simmons, schoen, whop, and blake jackson make for a tough decision. A wr with cfl games played gets cut. (Feels like forever since we did that in TC. The back up DL continue to look great but get stuck behind the starters. Mack and Moala especially.

A million times this. He didn't really come to fruition but Cody speller too. Also Travis bond. The way the mafia toiled away taking the OL from bad, to good, to great, and then from 3 imp to 2 imp, and built a sustained level of depth. That's the back bone of this Dynasty. A lot of other great teams have fallen to ruin with far less loss on the OL. Then they've also done the exact same thing in the defensive backfield. From bad, to anchored by guys like Mo and Randle to replacing 2 vets with 2 rookies last year and still having the best performing secondary of the era. And in general with the draft the mafia have done a tremendous job of weighing the risk of guys with NFL interest or who are returning to school with the probability that they end up back here. We've taken a LOT of future picks, but lost out on very little. I can't think of one dead pick that never came up actually. Guys like rene, borsa, dobson, Legs, Kongbo, and Gray either go back to college or have NFL interest but the bombers seem to estimate that risk and win the gamble nearly every time. But while also taking those up side future guys they manage to refill the depth with guys like the Hallets, exume, eli, corney, couture, loffler, gauthier, cadwaller and more. And yet still have upside assets left in guys like kramdi and Orange. The cfl draft is still as much a crap shoot as ever and you get Faiths, griffiths, etc, but despite frequently having the fewest and latest picks in the draft the Mafia continue to crank out tremendous draft classes. And we see off cuts like simonise, petey etc filling out spots around the league.

Yeah it's a great read. What I find interesting is he looks much more svelte then he was at texas state. When he went viral for his athleticism at maine he was 344lbs. Dunking, diving one handed catches, a ridiculously fast shuttle time etc. When he went to Texas he lost 14 lbs and was playing at 330. He is now listed as 314. If he has dropped 20-30 lbs from his maine weight, his mobility is going to be un real. I mean he was already a generational big athlete at 340 for the US. For a Canadian in the CFL at 325-320 or under its going to be crazy.

A small one yes. In recent years the league has not done a good job of reigning in unfair edges like this.

Doesn’t throw with the high velocity in short to mid range, lots of years in college not great production, and didn’t play against great competition. With out a singular amazing tool it’s hard to get that interest. For the nfl he’s a high floor low ceiling guy. Though I think his balanced skill set athleticism and high football iq make up for not being a 5 star recruit with offers from all the big schools. I think strevy got the same level of interest.

A lot to like about the guy. He throws 50 yard moon shots to his wr over the shoulder hitting them in stride. Great down field arm strength touch and accuracy. But when he's throwing short to intermediate he isn't trying to murder his wrs. The ability to take some velocity off his passes in that range is a big indicator of high level touch, and football IQ. He hits some crazy tight window passes in all ranges. And he does it both in the pocket and on the run. He puts the balls into good positions for his wrs to catch 50/50 balls more than 50% of the time, but also hit them in stride. For a dual threat qb, the ability to throw on the run, run the option, and keep the pass option open as long as possible when scrambling by keeping their eyes down field is huge. You don't often see a guy who is a real running threat, who can throw on the run, and doesn't turn off the passers brain when scrambling. Very much a streveler clone in how tough he runs, and the top speed. When at stride he looks like a wr running not a qb. And he doesn't have a glaring weakness. Quick release and strong arm, great touch and accuracy great head on his shoulders.

I suspect that its because the riders are set up to play the last pre season game of the year, where as the first game of week 2 in the preseason is our last game. I don't agree with it, giving un fair edges to teams is bad for every one. Like us not playing ott at all last year. But I don't expect much better.

I think they will do that until either the wheels fall off one or Bryant gets bored of being the best ol in cfl history. the right vs left side pass rush isn’t nearly the big difference it used to be. Especially in the cfl with out a te and with qbs in the pistol or shot gun for 85 or 90 % of snaps. He is a bit of an odd duck. Struggled at guard but excelled at rt. We also have a couple really good imp tackles right now. I imagine they will try to keep one or two on the pr but that only lasts soo long.

Not in polish certainly but Dobson is far better suited and built for inside play and gray for out side. I wouldn’t be surprised to see goal line package at the start of the year feature dobson at grays guard spot as gray moves outside of yoshi to the 6th ol spot.

I know it does but people who sub for stuff like that and stay subbed are few and far between. that league has existed in Canada for basketball soccer and baseball since the 90s and some are just the worst quality. It exists in stock car racing and more too with out the top down sponsorship. The idea of a catch net recirculating talent is not aimed at just one type of drop out. Some times flunk outs and guys who didn’t even get a chance to flunk out to from bagging groceries to nfl mvps or driving delivery trucks to grey cup mops. Walby was a failed dl and Cameron a failed qb. Talent and athleticism is far better now especially at the bottom end.

Like I said speed does not a cover corner make.

If disney + will have live games it could be good. Though I don't see a ton of over lap between people who get disney plus and the core demographic who will buy gear and go to games. If its games after they've been played I think it'll be dead in the water. The market for full length games after they've been played is about as good as day old egg salad that hasn't been in the fridge. I'm not saying for fans. It would be like what the NFL E ended up. Purely a cost for the league to recirculate and develop canadian talent. While also possibly allowing pro coaches and scouts to work with grass roots level team runners and coaches to develop them. You'd be surprised just how much pro coaches actually talk to grass roots guys and aid in development. Coaches clinics are a huge industry for pro coaches, and provide a tremendous resource for pro coaches to find new guys to get info from and eventually bring into low level roles across franchises.

https://3downnation.com/2022/05/20/riders-roster-cutdown-deadline-set-three-days-later-than-any-other-team-following-cfl-schedule-change/ Riders get a later cut down date than any one. I would rather see every one get a pushed back cut down day out side of alberta. But honestly we don't hesitate to make cuts just announce them. And the riders will just hide 100 guys on the IR and suspended list any way.

Then how far off is oconner behind him though? I think they only have 3 qbs under contract right now and from what I heard teams are going back to a 3 qb roster. Of all the questionable positions teams have league wide, bc's qb spot is the biggest question mark. And thats the last position you want a ?

I couldn't be bothered to again necro the post about the XFL and if it's folded yet again, but with a bit of news coming out thought a new thread might be good. The XFL version 3.0 has signed a TV deal with disney/espn/abc. On the surface this seems like a huge win for them. But in further examination, It seems as though no money is going to the XFL for tv rights yet again. It seems like another in exchange for infrastructure and vested interest in the league. Oh, but it gets worse still. Every thing I've seen so far seems to say that the XFL v 3.0 will have most of their games played on the online platforms. With a few games possibly being aired on abc or the ocho. I know money isnt a concern for the owners of the XFL, but this model has failed all the fledgling leagues that have attempted it before. Its basically no risk high reward for the rights holders. Meanwhile the USFL TV ratings have been in pretty steady decline. They managed 2 decent ratings on 2 ideal team match ups but even at that the comparable games played earlier this season did much better on TV. How long can the USFL last with no sustained merch sales, tv income, or in stadium revenue? And will desperation possibly push them to the XFL v3.0s door for merger talks like they had with the CFL in the lost year. Right now the USFL is further a head in development than the XFL 3.0 despite the brain trust, money and recent history of the XFL. But with their trajectory it seems like they are just closer to death than the XFL. As an aside, probably an idea that would get no fan support, but I would actually love to see a canadian spring league. Some thing to act as a catch net for NI players who run out of CFL chances, or guys who don't get looks for various reasons. Maybe even like an arizona fall league set up with current league developmental guys and back ups playing a few games in the off season. I've always wished the league would get into running canadian based Free agent try out camps to drum up some extra prospects like in the us. Play in University towns, host games on line at TSN.ca and cfl.ca, involve league scouts and coaches, help drive the grass roots of football.

100%. Though Idk how well he would survive behind their ol, that would be a huge get for them.