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It's no different than any off-season. Ottawa will draft 3 players from each team in December, other than that everything is normal.

Is Simmons still here?

Ankle was why he wasn't drafted early. Pretty common injuries for OL, for 14 year olds to 34 year olds.

Wasn't he Toronto's starting RG for most of last season? He rotated with Eppele and Andrew Jones after Gagne-Marcoux got injured.

Just doesn't make sense. You can't drop a guy in to play centre who hasn't been here all season. Sorensen was bad enough at tackle and guard that BC cut him when they were literally running out of NI's, Wally commented that he can't move his feet well enough to play in the league. Parenteau is brutal at snapping the ball, last thing you need a shaky QB worrying about, and it's not just snapping it on the turf or over his head, putting it too low or too high but into his body throws everything off too. We'd immediately be weaker at two positions.

I don't know why. It's weird to me how everyone bases their impression of the offensive linemen in this league off reputation alone. Guys like Tim O'Neill, Jeff Keeping, Chris Van Zeyl, Justin Sorensen and Marc Parenteau have really stepped their game up and developed themselves into very serviceable players despite a lackluster start to their careers. On the flip side, guys like Dmitri Tsoumpas, Andrew Woodruff and Josh Bourke have seen a pretty decent drop off in play yet they're still treated like gold in the eyes of most fans. How Parenteau fits in that group I don't know. He played more in his early years than he has in his prime. He had multiple opportunities to win a starting job in both Saskatchewan and Toronto and flubbed it. I don't know how anyone can judge him above how he's been judged by coaches, because he rarely plays 2 games in a row. Parenteau's value is that he can play multiple positions at an average level. Sorensen has no ability to move laterally. He was smart enough to learn a new position that can mask his deficiencies. O'Neill has always been a savvy, scrappy interior lineman, not the most talented. Van Zeyl and Keeping are two of the most athletic OL in the league who were coached into players, kind of like what we've been hoping would happen with Greaves, but hasn't likely due to our poor coaching.

I'd like to see Volny start if Simpson is out. IMO he's a better every down back than Ford, and he can block. Ford is a speed guy.

If that was true he wouldn't have just signed Kyle Koch to replace him. He proved he's not a centre in Sask, but he's a serviceable guard. Exactly. The only way he's playing centre is out of desperation. He can't snap the ball consistently.

Couldn't believe he said that on the radio, and right after he said he doesn't want to get fined for talking about refs. Heard of tampering?

What's wrong with his mechanics? He's a little slow on his reads (we don't appear to be doing much pre-snap), but he can make the throws from the pocket and on the move without having to wind-up. He's been making better decisions the last couple weeks in terms of getting rid of the ball too, save for pushing too hard in the 4th quarter in Regina. I'd like to see where he's at after half a season.

Not sure if that would be a concern for me as long as we are addressing the need by way of the draft, free agency or what have you. Rome wasn't built in a day, our o-line won't be revamped in an off-season. Look at it this way. If Parenteau is still on our roster (top 6) next season, that basically means none of our OL prospects panned out. Why couldn't Greaves, Swiston, & Pencer all be on the roster at the same time as Parenteau? We need a starting guard, a RT, and an upgrade at C (likely difficult with Ottawa). Parenteau is a very shaky centre in terms of snapping, Swiston and Pencer should fill the starting RT or G position and 6th OL depending on how we deploy our ratio. That leaves a possible starting guard spot that we'll have to address through trade or free agency if we go with 4 NI's. My assumption is that we'll go with 3 NI's and 2 IMPs with the talent spreading out 9 ways. If Parenteau is starting for us in 2014, we're in trouble, he's a below average player, although many of those will exist on rosters next season with Ottawa coming in, I believe the addition of Parenteau was made to finish this season not for next season.

There are two starting NI LB's in a whole league. Your alternative to Muamba is another NI receiver.

Get some import MLB prospects in during the expanded PR time.

Not sure if that would be a concern for me as long as we are addressing the need by way of the draft, free agency or what have you. Rome wasn't built in a day, our o-line won't be revamped in an off-season. Look at it this way. If Parenteau is still on our roster (top 6) next season, that basically means none of our OL prospects panned out.

Did they plant a money tree as part of the landscaping? If they didn't, they better.

My thought is, Hall started the 2nd Hamilton game because they wanted to see more, but he got hurt. Has Goltz done anything the past 2 weeks to say he is better than Hall, or deserves more of a look? I don't believe that he has. What potential does Hall have though? I think you can work with Goltz to possibly become a passer, because he can make all the throws, and he's a threat with the read option. Hall is going to have the entire defence sitting on the LOS daring him to make throws, his arm isn't great, and we won't be able to run the ball. I don't think Hall has much potential and he limits the offence.

There might be for Matthews. There aren't many guys in the league that are his size who can move, his hands kind of suck. Montreal is dying at both IMP and NI receiver.

Parenteau is a plug. If he's still on our roster next season, that would be a concern. Woodson is kind of in that not good enough to be a running back at this level and not good enough to play receiver area. He's done well on special teams, but Volny is a pretty good player, a guy who can carry the ball and block, and we have enough receivers. Flipping Woodson and a 5th for a 3rd would have been a fine trade, getting Parenteau to finish the season is a bonus.

It's the hockey mentality.

Even Suitor thought that was a questionable penalty iirc since Durant didn't really telegraph that he was going to slide. Suitor thinks a lot of things, also thought Burke didn't have to challenge the Denmark catch in the endzone because it was a scoring play. Muamba had more than a full stride to let up and if a QB goes down with his feet in front of his head, he's dead and the ball isn't advancing. He doesn't have to put out a tweet saying he's done running.

The only thing Cauchy Muamba does well is blitz. That penalty on a hook sliding Durant was about the dumbest I've seen in my life, particularly from a guy who rarely hits anyone downhill as a safety.

Thing about Marsh is, he's basically be thrown in as a rookie pro, and he's going toe to toe with the defending Grey Cup champs D. He makes some pretty savvy decisions, but he's rough around the edges and turns it over sometimes too. Clearly has the arm needed, not a gun like Burris, but good enough, and can scramble.

Based on what?

The gold should be a 3rd or 4th jersey.

If I had #1 pick in a draft of all the players in the league right now, I'd take Mitchell. In terms of the younger QBs, Reilly would be #2 for me, then Marsh, then Willy. Those four are the ones that have shown potential (make reads and throws from the pocket) to be long-term answers soon IMO. Collaros has a nasty release, if you keep him in the pocket he's screwed. Montreal lost the game by blitzing too much today, make Collaros beat you with his arm. He can make plays with his legs though. He's a little bit more refined version of Goltz but with a windup like Brink. I don't see him turning into a long-term answer for anyone. LeFevour hasn't run an actual offense in the regular season, he runs Hamilton's short-yardage/wildcat package. We have no idea if he can make reads and throw from the pocket. Hall doesn't have a good enough arm to be a pure pocket passer. Goltz isn't a passer at all.