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Why would Lofton have stayed here though? He wanted to play. He went to Sask...and played. He wasn't going to sign here again to sit on PR.

Since blocking is so easy it's crazy that every play isn't a touchdown. 🤣

Arm is exceptional. Accuracy isn't there, pocket presence isn't there. Not a guy you mind standing on the sideline because he can win games running a normal offense. But I don't see anyone being more than .500 with him starting.

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I think you need 7-8 guys who can play really. Dobson and Eli we’re hopeful for. They haven’t had a ton of reps and a ton in different situations. I’d really count them as one of five right now. Other one is your spare. Americans we’re not really sure of aside from Bryant, if he stays healthy. Injuries become the issue. Last year was pretty good on that front, but we’ve had years where starters are missing for significant period. Risk of that rises with age of course.

I don't think you have high awareness of the roster. They've lost tons of vets, starters and special teamers.

This is the depth chart of guys under contract with significant CFL reps. Going to be a big transition year. QB- Collaros, Streveler RB- OLIVIERA WR- Lawler SB- SB- DEMSKI SB- Schoen WR- WOLITARSKY RT- RG- NEUFELD C- KOLANKOWSKI LG- DOBSON/ELI LT- Bryant DE- Jefferson DT- LAWSON/THOMAS DT- DE- WLB- Wilson, Cole MLB- Bighill, GAUTHIER SAM- KRAMDI CB- Parker HB- Holm S- Alexander, HALLETT HB- Nichols CB- I mean they obviously don't have money to throw around. Need to get value out of any signings with the high end guys. Not going to pay high six figures for average players.

Always had guys in the pipeline though. Have 7 guys signed right now, 3 Americans, 4 Canadians. Flipping around 2 spots, didn't have any development guys last year. Would be really lucky to get a guy out of draft who can play right away. Top 7-8 OL guys are all NFL prospects. Not always easy to plug American guys in either. Think there will be a few moves in this position group yet.

Problem is NFL

I think Gray is one I would have kept. Draft isn't really there this year. We don't have much depth there at all and will be changing 2 spots for sure. Any injuries could quickly be a disaster. We have two starters in mid to late 30s, another early 30s as well so injury risk is there. We will need bodies.

I honestly don't know why guys like Walker who are likely to be below average salary and don't really have a huge opportunity to ever be more than that would sign up here and not go to UFL.

Holm is in his option year. He has a window for NFL.

He has no window until his contract expires. BC hasn't released him.

We 100% will. Younger if from the Toronto tree which is a lot more Cover 3, 2 high looks. Less match coverage, doubt we'll see any Cover 0, which is basically what Hall ran the enter 4th Q in the last Grey Cup. Halfbacks and SAM will be a lot more of a playmaker role than a cover role I'd bet. Safety will be more defined role, less roving.

It's funny all the hand wringing about cap space here. Look at BC and Ottawa. Total ******* mess.

Pitts is nuts and the PEDs didn't help.

There's the odd case where guys started later or haven't played a lot. Alexander has had all the big injuries. He hasn't really been explosive at all since 2021. Once guys start having the big joint injuries it happens more and more. No one can beat that cycle once they start having knee/hip issues.

They need to seriously think about how many 30+ guys are hanging on here. But if it came down to it, I'd take Jeffcoat every day of the week over Alexander...even if he only played half the season.

I don't think anyone will use him on offense at all. He's shown that he has very limited ability as a receiver. He got to start a run of games here with some injuries and could do nothing. Even McCrae was far better on offense. He's a pure returner. Injuries are going to be the issue with getting paid for him.

Some decent DL available in Global Draft, mostly nose types. Hope we take advantage. If we can grab a guy that can play like 20-25 snaps that would be huge. Canadian Draft a bit sparse this year when you see the guys coming to combine. Everyone else after NFL tryouts. Not many guys in there that will play right away.

They've added several return candidates. In the past few years they haven't.

Hope Alexander was really cheap.

Let's just say if Richmond was such a hot heap of blocking power he wouldn't have been sitting here for 4 years waiting. Think of all the import tackles that have come and gone from the league. Teams using 3-4-5 guys in a season. And you just keep cycling through guys until you find the one.

This might be the biggest overstatement in headline form of the year so far. Guy who never played and more likely than not couldn't play leaves a hole? He's no better than anyone they bring up from US for camp.

UFL camp rosters set on 14th, camp starts on 24th. Think a few guys might be headed that way.