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In O'Sheas presser it sounded like Schoen and Lawson are likely ready to start the season but they are being smart about it by not rushing them into practice

Any other news from practice? Wasn't able to make it out today and I've deleted my twitter account.

Love Parker. Hopefully he can bounce back nicely from injury. I'd have to imagine they want a vet playing safety to quarterback the secondary. Can't think of a better fit from our roster

Definitely would not have expected LB, LB, QB with ours picks. But personally I like the commitment to ST, getting a couple LBs that could end up starting one day. Elgersma I have no idea.

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It sounds more like he doesn't fit an immediate need. Or a perceived need. Thought they said Barker had him at like 5 or something.

Can Jaylen Smith play safety? They mentioned he had experience playing in the secondary.

Seems reasonable. Our rookies (minus a few who just seem to get it out of TC) haven't been effective at all.

Gotta hope (and there are signs of it) that this year will be back to having competition in TC and not just extended practice before the season starts. Wallace, Eli, Randolph should be gunning for those inside spots.

The only player we've lost this offseason that will most assuredly result in a downgrade is Lawler. But we were without Schoen last year so I kind of see it as a push (assuming Schoen can be who we know he can be).

Apparently. And apparently not Dukes. Someone is getting banned.

Will they actually use him this year? Given the apparent commitment to our run game, this might work out.

Looking like theres the possibility we are going with more Americans on the field on offense given this signing. I'm also seeing a lot of weapons that can be used in a lot of ways. I don't really see the jump ball big body type of guy. But to be honest I don't really think that's a game Collaros excels in anyways. I can see many of these receivers purely getting open in different parts of the field. Get the ball out of zachs hands quickly and have teams keeping pace with us and having to tackle in space.

After signing Logan I'm fully expecting Lawler to be gone. It really looks like we're going in another direction with our offense. And quite frankly - I'm pretty excited.

Given our defensive schemes last year this sounds like he would fit in quite well. A guy that will steadily collapse the pocket. And like you said, if we can get a Cersena to play at the DT position, that pocket will collapse quickly.

It does seem weird to me. The only thing I can think of is that his injury isn't progressing and that Clercius has taken his spot. Dollars-wise it seems like a fine deal.

Salary wise it's going to be a bigger spend but I think Mitchell is a bit more dynamic. Underrated kick returner IMO. Really like this.

From a certain point in the season and onward he was very solid from my vantage point. I think without him we'd be filling a gigantic hole.

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I often think about how great of a player he was and was crucial in our 2019 run.

I don't see a problem with this. If they're good they're good. And some continue to get better.

Would love to make a couple impact signings in the trenches (both sides) and maybe Jalen Philpot who I think is set to emerge.

Collaros has been pretty similar in all of the years he's been here IMO. The biggest problem is that every year we've given more money to our top guys, including himself, and not getting the return on the investment. Collaros is a good QB but he needs a great team around him if we're going to win it all (just like any QB). We've lost the last 3 Grey Cups to MBT/green Kelly, Fajardo, and Nick Arbuckle. Goes to show you, you don't need elite QB play to win a championship.

Zach has proven that he can put up a lot of numbers when the defenses aren't up to the task. Things tighten up in Grey Cup and he has thus far not been able to execute. He has always been the best when we can run a balanced attack. We can win Grey Cups with him but we need a much better supporting cast. And that could include a coaching change.

I'd normally say bring in competition but if we sign Castillo back you know he will be the guy given the track record of our head coach.