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Bob O'Billovich coached the Argos for eight seasons (1982-89) before getting fired. Dinwiddie is now in his fifth season.

I might be wrong but I thought the league made a change a few years ago that means years spent in the NFL count as years served in the CFL (for NAT players). So a drafted player who was in the NFL for three years (even if only on practice rosters) would be able to sign the going rate and would not be bound by the CBA rules binding NATs to $75k for their first three years in the league. If this is correct, Elgersma has no particular need to burn a year at this point.

Kudos for doing what many predictors fail to do: have the correct total of games league-wide, i.e. wins and losses both add up to 81. Well done!

Yes, they were far behind for most of the game (and ultimately lost by 20), but Brown torched the Argo defence for more than 400 yards in the Eastern Semifinal. He looked very legit to me.

Have you ever been to BMO? I love Edmonton, used to live there and always enjoyed watching CFL games at Commonwealth. But the only thing "better" about it compared to BMO is the seating capacity (and that's only better if you want to sell as many tickets as possible). BMO is an intimate facility with fantastic sightlines, and a short walk to a thriving nightclub/restaurant district.

Ryan Dinwiddie went straight from position coach (QBs) to head coach.

I'm guessing the "roster size" quoted there is 46 active + 10 PR, without including injured list. So the number is likely closer to 60+ on average over the course of a season.

Players on the one-game injury list and players who serve less than a full six games on the six-game list are also charged against the cap, and I assume practice roster expenses are also charged against the cap. So the average spent per player will be below that amount. I did a study of the Argo roster in 2023 -- they had an average of 5.2 guys on the one-game injury list each game, meaning that they were paying 51.2 guys a game cheque each week. Plus a few of the six-gamed guys got pulled off before six games were up, adding their game cheques to the total as well. If in fact the PR is also part of the cap, it's probably safe to assume that the cap gets divided among about 52-55 players.

As is Brinkman, of course.

If you mean Martez Ivey, he's an INT.

Argos have tweeted out three [pictures of individuals with toothpicks in their mouths. Looks like McManis is not going to free agency.

Jones barely played in 2024, first because of ratio issues and then because Darkangelo grabbed a spot and wouldn't let go of it. Argo brass must believe Darkangelo isn't getting an NFL invite, and it appears they might be going with two NATs at LB anyway. I doubt Jones had a high salary, so not much money to be saved. They've done him a favour by letting him get a jump on free agency.

He is indeed one of a kind, albeit a bit injury-prone. I imagine Argos know they can bring back only one of those two (Brinkman and Ceresna). Both are gonna get paid, just like Hendrix did last year.

I wish that were so but the Argos have developed ONE good INT OT (Allen). Cage is OK but his body is wearing down. There is no team on either side of the border that can easily find good OTs. It's as hard, or harder, than finding good QBs IMO.

Make no mistake, I was thrilled to get Ceresna. But Gittens is a special talent, and a NAT, and signed to a longer deal. Two years from now, the outcome of that trade might look different.