bigg jay

You keep saying this but it's not really true. I went back and looked at the draft history since 2015 and we are above the league average when it comes to retaining our OL draft picks beyond their rookie deals. I only looked at the first 2 rounds so the numbers could be better or worse overall but I was looking at the top rated OL (excluding guys who fell due to NFL interest). It was surprising how few actually last past 3 years with their original team. BC - 6 OL drafted, only one stayed past their rookie deal (Godber). EDM - 5 OL drafted, only one stayed past their rookie deal (Beard). CAL - 3 OL drafted and 2 have stayed past their rookie deal (Sceviour & Bell). I was a bit surprised at how few high draft picks the Stamps have used on OL. SSK - 5 OL drafted, only one stayed past their rookie deal (Fry). WPG - 6 OL drafted, 3 stayed past their rookie deals (Chungh, Couture, Gray). Dobson, Desjarlais & Spooner are the ones who didn't play at least 4 seasons with us. HAM - 5 OL drafted & 2 have stayed beyond rookie deal (Revenberg & Woodmansey). TOR - 9 OL drafter with 5 staying past their rookie deal (McEwen, Sackey, Hunter, Richards, Nicastro). They also still have Doxtater that they drafted in 2021 but he bounced around down south so he's only in year 2 with them. OTT - 7 OL drafted with 3 staying past their rookie deal (Mateas, Lauzon-Seguin, Pelehos). MTL - 6 drafted, only 1 has stayed past their rookie deal (Lestage).

Rankin

Yup. Eli may not be the answer at C but he has other uses. We're on year 4 of Kolo now & you can't convince me that he's the best we could have done in all that time. I don't know if it's complacency or what but they seem to be ok being mediocre at certain positions. Not out of football, he's on his 3rd CFL team this year and is on BC's AR right now. Anthony Bennett - CFL.ca TE TEAM ACTION STATUS 2025-08-15 BC ADD FROM PRACTICE ROSTER Active Roster 2025-08-11 BC ADD Practice Roster 2025-07-16 OTT DEL Practice Roster 2025-07-11 OTT TRF TO PRACTICE ROSTER Practice Roster 2025-06-28 OTT ADD FROM PRACTICE ROSTER Active Roster 2025-06-17 OTT ADD Practice Roster 2025-05-10 MTL DEL Active Roster 2025-02-18 MTL ADD Active Roster

NFL experience now counts against their CFL rookie deal so if they spend enough time down there, they don't need to sign a rookie contract. "Among the miscellaneous items of interest to fans, Canadian players returning from the NFL with more than three years of experience will no longer be required to sign slotted rookie contracts. Each year of NFL service will count towards one season of their CFL rookie deal." https://3downnation.com/2022/05/26/details-of-the-cfls-new-cba-salary-cap-increases-ratio-changes-and-guaranteed-contracts/

How does any of that excuse his play calling? And it's not like other people haven't been getting s**t on for those things. Walters has taken heat for the roster make-up, MOS has taken heat for our roster management and coaching decisions and Hogan is taking heat for play calling. The blame is going to the proper people IMO- Buck got it last year because he is responsible for our backup QB being hobbled but yeah lets create a false narrative that it's all on the OC.

No deal for STH - just got an email, it's been automatically added at the same rate as any other game but we have the option to opt out of that one game: Additional Home Game added in 2026 against the Argos! The Blue Bombers’ scheduled away game in Toronto for the 2026 season will instead be played at Princess Auto Stadium, as BMO Field will be unavailable while hosting the FIFA World Cup. If you wish to opt out of this game please contact your Fan Services representative by January 31. If you have a parking pass or park & ride pass, the additional pass has been added for the game.  

Yeah, the trend is if your offensive gameplan is s**t, GTFO.

Home Game - singular and in name only. It's one game in each city but still against the host team. Argos, Lions to play select home games away from BMO Field, BC Place Stadium in 2026 - CFL.ca

Agreed but **** rolls downhill so Hogan should be the first to go.

And MOS needs to take Hogan out back to be shot.

Why. Just why?

What in the actual **** are we doing?

Makes me wonder if Mitchell was having trouble grasping the playbook because it was written in crayon? Kept looking at it going WTF is this supposed to be?

It's not a full time job by any means but per game they don't do too bad. Some other sports pay much less. They restarted an old program - it's not a new thing.

Still an improvement for Kolo.

TBF, hard for Pickett to jump with the entire TSN crew hanging from his nuts tonight.

Lol how do you get out jumped by a 5'7 receiver?

Schmekel about to get that "random" drug test.

Yup and I expect him to be given his position with the club. Just meant that he could very well be referring to people here since he has an account and very likely knows the opinions being shared.

He does have an account here..

James Butler

He was on our list previously. He was only taken off a few days ago.

We = Hogan & MOS. Mike O’Shea liked the decision to throw it deep, saying he wanted to take a two-touchdown lead. “I like the call,” said O’Shea. “We’re putting a nail in the coffin.”