bigg jay

I'd like to say they feel Lapo needs all the experience he can get so he improves faster but it's Bell so you know it's just about saving a buck,

I went back 10 years for historical context and a bigger sample size. Why bring up Neufeld when talking about our players you say we draft & develop for other teams? We didn't draft him so he'd be an example of how this happens for other teams as well - Riders drafted him but only got 2.5 seasons out of him before we traded for him. Just looking at 2021-2022 is harder as many of those players could be or are still under their rookie deals & some haven't come north yet so to increase sample size that I didn't look at just OL drafted in the 1st 2 rounds & their status. Here's what I got. 2021: Hamilton had 3 picks. 2 players (Jake Burt & Nick Cross) are out of football & the 3rd (Deane Leonard) has never come north. 0/3 so far but Leonard is TBD as they still have his rights should he come up from the NFL. Sask had 2 picks (Lokombo & Jana). Lokombo is still there but Jana retired after his rookie season. 1/2 Wpg had 2 (Dobson & Kramdi). 1/2, no explanation needed here. BC had 2 picks (Joseph & Jackson). 0/2 (for now) - Joseph got cut in camp as a rookie & is now with Edmonton. Jackson has been in the NFL so they've got nothing yet but TBD on him. Edm had 2 picks (Nelson & McDonald) & both guys are out of football now. 0/2 - they got 3 seasons from Nelson & 1 season from McDonald. Ott had 2 picks (Stevens & Addae). 1/2 - Addae is still there but Stevens left after his rookie deal (now with Sask). Tor had 2 picks and they are 2/2 for now. Nicastro is still there and so is Doxtater but he's only on year 2 of his rookie deal as he spent time in the NFL, UFL & XFL before coming up. TBD whether or not they keep him past his rookie deal. Cal had 2 picks and is 1/2 at the moment. Ogbongbemiga hasn't come to the CFL yet so they haven't gotten anything from him yet while Bell is still with the team. Mtl only had 1 pick (Lestage) and he's still there so 1/1. 18 drafted players- 5 are out of football, 7 with their original team (1 still on a rookie deal), 3 with other CFL teams & 3 have never come north. 2022 (CFL added the 2 bonus picks for being terrible this year so 20 picks instead of 18): Mtl had 3 picks, 2 (Richards & Philpot) are still there while Brown left after 2 seasons. 2/3 Ott had 3 picks but only has Pelehos playing for them. Hogan-Saindon left after his rookie deal & Luketa has not come north. 1/3 for the moment. BC had 2 picks & is 1/2. Cherry is there but Zerr was gone after 1 season. Edm had 3 picks and is 2/3. Makonzo is gonzo but they have Ford & Plamandon Cal went 1/2 - Philpot is there but Schakel only lasted 1 season. Tor went 0/3. Mackellar & Adebobye left after their rookie deal while Knight got poached of their PR in his 3rd season. Sask is 2/2. Emilus & Fry are both still with the team. Wpg is 0/1 with Ford leaving after his rookie deal Ham is also 0/1 with Federico only lasting 2 seasons with them. 20 players - 9 are with their original team, 10 are with new teams & 1 is in the NFL. It looks pretty even to me - no team is perfect so losing players for whatever reason is just part of the crapshoot that is the CFL draft.

And Gatorade jugs around the league are thankful for that!

Did not expect our secondary to be the group to seal the deal tonight.

Wilson looking like 2019 Strevy on short yardage.

And it's not like Snead is a big (or even average sized) receiver either but he still bounced off the hit easily.

Montreal's answer to the air horn ban.

Dillon Mitchell sighting! I'm glad to see Montreal defends the run like Lawson defends a pass. Brady is going to have to carry this team.

Willie going to be lining up at receiver.

Add Sterns to the injury list. Mitchell might get a target if a couple more guys go down. 😂

FFS Demski is half our offense...

Lawson was so close to finally breaking up a pass but Holm was able to hold on.

Thought Mitchell was trying to take a penalty just to get on the stat sheet but it was Clercius.

Hogan probably sees his deep shots working in practice and thinks it's great play calling... doesn't realize our secondary is just really bad.

I want to hold out hope that he can learn and grow into the role but man the design of a lot of his plays just look doomed to fail even if they are performed perfectly. He's just so far from ready.