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The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the following transactions: RELEASE National receiver Alex Anthony National receiver Kristopher Bastien International defensive lineman Jeremy Beal National linebacker Travis Bent International receiver Dan DePalma International defensive lineman Robert Eddins National receiver Jade Etienne International linebacker Brandon Isaac International linebacker Mortty Ivy National fullback Andre Lalonde National kicker John Mark International defensive back Greg McCoy National offensive lineman Kyle Paterson National linebacker Kevin Regimbald International receiver DeMarco Sampson National receiver Jordan Sisco International defensive back Troy Stoudermire International defensive lineman Richard Sumlin International receiver Isaiah Sweeney International running back Jermaine Thomas International offensive lineman Devin Tyler National offensive lineman Matt Vonk International quarterback Adam Weber National defensive back Matt Webster National defensive lineman Ryan Wellman International defensive lineman Markus White MOVED TO ONE GAME INJURY LIST National offensive lineman Corey Watman MOVED TO 6-GAME INJURY LIST International linebacker Chad Kilgore International defensive back Carlos Thomas The team will announce the practice roster prior to Tuesday’s practice.

I don't think there is any waiver priority involved. You can't simply claim players off practice rosters either, you can offer them an active roster spot and if they accept, their current team can match that offer to keep the player and place them on the active roster, or let the player walk.

I'd buy three tickets to Winnipeg from Edmonton, for Hartmann, Alexandre and Dadzie. Don't understand why Edmonton would cut 3 of their 5 2014 picks (Hartmann, Dadzie and Medeiros), they aren't exactly flush with Canadians. Morin-Plante from Calgary wouldn't be a bad pickup either, and I'd look hard at plucking Billy Peach. How 'bout both of them? Wait Hartmann is a draftee by Esks, is it possible he's returning back to school? Possible, although I'm not sure where he'd return to, he hasn't played CIS in awhile. Can still claim him off waivers.

Carrier is a pretty good returner too, think we'll see him surface somewhere else at some point.

Not saying Glenn had to play in front of Willy in order to deprive BC of his services, backup would have be fine and that would have given the Bombers a much stronger QB tandem than they have now. Bombers had months to work a deal before the draft but were obviously not negotiating with Ottawa. In hind sight could have offered Watson or Pencer, Renaud and any number of replaceable starting imports they planned to cut anyway. No one can say what it would have taken to get Glenn out of Ottawa prior to the draft but the result could have been Joey Elliot taking snaps for the Lions yesterday in place of Kevin Glenn. Pretty safe to say the cost was a first round pick, what they asked for from the beginning and what the cost ended up being. Not sure why it is always assumed you can dump your cuts on someone else for a player or other considerations with value.

I'm kinda interested in K/P Shott and LB Spoletini. Shott was kind of disappointing for me this pre-season, he's gotten a lot of hype the last few years as a guy BC was grooming to take over for McCallum. I'm guessing that plan has been scrapped to some degree. Looks like Anthony Daley made the Lions. He's a Winnipeg kid who played a couple years of junior in BC, 21 years old interior offensive lineman, was going to play for U of M this season if he didn't make the Lions. I hate that the Lions can claim any BCJFL player as their own, wish that the territorial rights went to the province where the player played midget/high school.

I really like Nichols and both Toronto backups, but it can be a little hard to judge with Toronto because they keep it really simple for the QB's, they count on their receivers to get a lot of YAC based off of misdirection. It's kind of funny to me that Popp went with 2 QB's who just chuck the ball after years of having a very controlled, smart QB in Calvillo who got the ball out quick and didn't take a lot of chances. Masoli got a lot of press hype for that game at Varsity, but I don't think many CFL fans got to see it, would have liked to see it so we could tell if it was deserved.

I'm assuming Bourassa is going back to Laval. The other guys are marginal prospects at best, they aren't going to do anything for a CFL team this season.

You don't think there's a competitive disadvantage when you have a staff of 7 or 8 coaches when most other teams have 11-12-13 or more? What would you say if the Bombers dressed 38 players instead of 44? The more information and time you have, the better decisions you can make and the better prepared you can be generally, and there are only 24 hours a day, I'm assuming most coaches sleep for at least 3 or 4. Of course there are individual coaches that are duds, but those guys exist on staffs of all sizes.

Spoletini is one of those hybrid LB types, probably isn't big or fast enough to play D in any situation but desperation, but he can play special teams.

Beck is another dancing QB out of BYU. What's with the fadeaway throws? He leans back when he's throwing half the time, and he's not really under pressure. Not a lot of encouraging new CFL QB prospects this year so far.

If it were affiliated with the NFL and they were willing to take a big loss for several years but help them find good venues and put the games on television it would have a shot. The problem is that the minor league for football and basketball in the US is the NCAA, and nothing can ever really compete. In both sports there have been loads of minor leagues and teams come and go with none really having any longevity, other than arena football.

What's "experimental football?"

I wonder if they'll dress Carrier and Taylor. Taylor has looked pretty bad, putting balls on the turf too.

The classic preseason downing of a punt by a clueless American rookie.

Doesn't help when his receivers don't finish their routes.

Kinda like Chavon Walker. 3 times in this game if he just finishes a run by dropping forward he has Ottawa in 3rd and less than a yard if not 1st and 10, but each time he cut back again to try to get outside and each time they ended up punting. Even when he has a good game he has to drive his coaches insane.

I think he'll last the season. They pushed all the chips into the middle of the table with that scheme, in terms of the players they've recruited and the positional coaches, Martin, McDiarmid and Scheper are Etcheverry's coaching posse. Now that I think for a second, Jackson might be one of Etcheverry's guys too.

I'm not saying success or failure as a whole. I'm just saying as far as the class of rookie imports goes, it's pretty underwhelming. One thing I will say, this is the CFL - a lot of you tend to forget that. Sorry guys, I love the sport, and I love our game, and I love our league. But for the upteenth time, we are not a MAJOR league. We are not viewed that way. I won't call us a 'bush' league, not by a long shot, but we are not the answer to anyones prayers. My point? Mike, the best imports aren't here yet my friend. They're with Henoc, chasing their 'dreams' in the NFL. I think our import talent was fine. I also think come late August/September when the NFL cuts start you'll find more players coming that we can 'upgrade' with. That's just a CFL fact, not bias, not an 'opinion', but fact. Except all those guys who were cut in August the last 3 years are looking for work. It's not as concrete as you present it in terms of how and when guys come north. Besides, how often do we see guys actually step in in September and make an impact? Someone help me out here because I don't remember many. Greg Carr. He's about the only one I can think of. Him too, and IIRC he didn't even get into a NFL main camp the year he signed with the Bombers, same as Hunt. So they weren't really NFL cuts, just guys who were waiting for a call.

I'm not saying success or failure as a whole. I'm just saying as far as the class of rookie imports goes, it's pretty underwhelming. One thing I will say, this is the CFL - a lot of you tend to forget that. Sorry guys, I love the sport, and I love our game, and I love our league. But for the upteenth time, we are not a MAJOR league. We are not viewed that way. I won't call us a 'bush' league, not by a long shot, but we are not the answer to anyones prayers. My point? Mike, the best imports aren't here yet my friend. They're with Henoc, chasing their 'dreams' in the NFL. I think our import talent was fine. I also think come late August/September when the NFL cuts start you'll find more players coming that we can 'upgrade' with. That's just a CFL fact, not bias, not an 'opinion', but fact. Except all those guys who were cut in August the last 3 years are looking for work. It's not as concrete as you present it in terms of how and when guys come north. Besides, how often do we see guys actually step in in September and make an impact? Someone help me out here because I don't remember many. Last guy here would have been Philip Hunt I think.

Jackson has coached special teams in the past too, also with Ottawa in CIS.

I'm not saying success or failure as a whole. I'm just saying as far as the class of rookie imports goes, it's pretty underwhelming. One thing I will say, this is the CFL - a lot of you tend to forget that. Sorry guys, I love the sport, and I love our game, and I love our league. But for the upteenth time, we are not a MAJOR league. We are not viewed that way. I won't call us a 'bush' league, not by a long shot, but we are not the answer to anyones prayers. My point? Mike, the best imports aren't here yet my friend. They're with Henoc, chasing their 'dreams' in the NFL. I think our import talent was fine. I also think come late August/September when the NFL cuts start you'll find more players coming that we can 'upgrade' with. That's just a CFL fact, not bias, not an 'opinion', but fact. Except all those guys who were cut in August the last 3 years are looking for work. It's not as concrete as you present it in terms of how and when guys come north.

No, just expecting to see more quality players. Too many easy cuts IMO.

An edge rusher would have been nice too, to complement Vega. We settled on CFL average players in a couple spots, hopefully they continue auditioning guys throughout the season and aren't too loyal to guys like Peach and Kelly.

Oh good. A 35 year old Korey Banks and an MLB who no one else wanted. what about randle? willy? moore? newman? eventhough he is hurt. Unless a starting qb, starting cb and starting receiver isn't good enough. Can i ask you an honest question? What exactly did you expect from this regime in one off season? for them to completely over haul the team? Cuz i don't think that was likely, our main issue is our lack of non import depth, that can't and won't be fixed any time soon, that will take time through drafting. Do you think Winnipeg was high on the list of free agent destinations? We were the joke of the league last season, it's going to take some time to get rid of that reputation. You don't lose that reputation over a few months, it's going to take a few years. We were 3-15 last season, most free agents in every sport wont sign with a team that Sucked. We sucked. It sucks that we sucked but, before going and writing this new group off, should probably give them a chance first. None of those excuses matter when it comes to import competition, talking rookies, not veteran CFL free agents. 99% of the time they have no say in where they end up in the CFL if they decide to pursue the CFL, they could care less about the history of the Blue Bombers. This is the worst competition among import spots I can remember since Taman ended up running the show solo after Ritchie was fired, basically the only solid competition was at DB, and Maher was a good option too. Import scouting and procurement is something a front office can really control, whereas the non-import issue is a longer term solution of drafting and developing. Hopefully some of the rookie imports who made the team show us a little more when the games count.