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F..... I knew I missed someone, and I certainly agree. I'd put him at 9 and bump Franklin to 10.

I`ll give it a go... according to who I would want at QB right now, based on what I think their current value is... Zach Collaros <-- I thought scrambling QBs were super easy to defend Bo Levi Mitchell <-- 25 yo, undeniably good Mike Reilly <-- a winner, I like how he plays, guts galore Trevor Harris <-- IMO he has shown and accomplished more than Willy in half the time (career TD/INT ratio, YPA, making the playoffs, staying healthy... take your pick). Drew Willy <-- he's not bad. Mr Perfect will probably still tell you he's simply amazing, but I ask you this: has anyone ever seen them both in the same room at the same time??? dun-dun-DUNNNNNN! </dramatic music> Jonathon Jennings <-- could be the real deal and is only 23 years old... of all the young backups and prospect QBs, he looks to me like the best Ricky Ray <-- how many years left? Hank <-- how many years left? Great value Fantas-eh pick, though James Franklin <-- 25 yo and looked efficient in his rookie year Travis Lulay <-- potentially one hit away, but then isn't everybody? Darian Durant <-- maybe deserves more but his recent injury, poor play, and 'general ****-headedness' pushes him out of the top 10 Matt Nichols <-- has shown competence and has lots of CFL experience. He's not the QB I had hoped he was back when he and Reilly were competing for the starters gig in EDM, but he's better than a lot of backups out there. Kevin Glenn <-- not an auspicious number at all in the CFL... perfect spot for Glenn. Rakeem Cato <-- had a hard time fitting Cato in... young athletic guy, can run and heave the ball... can he be coached up to elevate his game? Jeff Matthews <-- is he any good without Luke Tasker on the field? Seriously though, spread the ball around. Jeremiah Masoli <-- I was a fan and was eager to see him play... flashes of good, streaks of bad Jordan Lynch <-- hasn't had an opportunity to screw up yet. Good short yardage guy apparently. Thomas DeMarco <-- might never get to play if robo-Hank keeps it up Brett Smith <-- is there something there? was he just late to the party on a bad team in the midst of a failed season? Better than Tino, anyways. 20. through 30. A bunch of other guys including the allegedly promising Dom Davis, the awful Dan LeFevour, and AFL super star Adrian McPherson 31. A broken JUGS machine 32. My infant niece 33. Chicken salad on rye 34. Casey Printers 35. Brian Brohm Marve and Beck don't really make the list as retired QB's aren't worth much on the field.

Those who can't do, teach. And those who can't teach... teach gym.

If this was a ploy to make me spend time with my family I'll have you know it failed. Nice try, Rich.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah... and above all else... have a very Happy Festivus! Enjoy airing your grievances and performing feats of strength everyone!

Looks great. Will take a little getting used to but overall I dig what I'm seeing.

Figured this belongs here: http://3downnation.com/2015/12/19/the-cfl-guide-to-the-college-football-bowl-season/ A quick glance at players from each CFL team's neg-list that will be playing in bowl games.

Spent the extra money designing super hero themed Bomber T-Shirts?

Given our RB struggles, we can and have done worse than Allen... but I don't expect he would come cheap enough. I also liked Terrell Maze but we can probably find younger talent as he'd be 32 by the start of next season.

I want to go back to wearing rapiers on our belts. En garde, *******.

The one guy looks like Tom Mulcair to me

We can each easily cherry pick shootings throughout the years to illustrate our points. It would be a sad depressing endeavor that would leave us with a great sense of despair for humanity I'm sure. It's especially sad to me that I can type the words mall shooting into Google and a dozen suggestions of different cities and states pop up. Same with school shooting. I think about all we are going to part ways agreeing on is that no citizen should own or have access to an assault rifle. Whether you think foreign terrorists, Islamic or otherwise, are a greater threat to you and the people you know and care for than home grown nut jobs are... that's up to you. I actually did get to endure a real life bomb threat at my high school in the year following columbine. It felt pretty real and had zero to do with religious extremism. A real life non-anecdotal reason to believe domestic threats are present and tangible. I could justify my fear of domestic threats, if I chose to fear them. I wonder how many people can justify their fear of foreign terrorists beyond scary images on TV.

You're right, most people would immediately envision a perpetrator with the Jafar beard and some bushy eyebrows, but the actual reality is that here... today in the place that we live, our wacko neighbour's are more dangerous than the 1 in 25000 or so Muslims that turn out to be terrorists. If that's not a point you care to discuss that's fine, but I reiterate that some people here are suggesting that our boogeyman has a face (and probably a beard...) and I'm saying if you want to live in fear you don't need boogeyman, you already have neighbour's.

So nobody here suggested that Muslim terrorists are the only ones killing people - and by extension are the only thing we need to be afraid of? Maybe to a critical thinker like you who has already examined the situation from a few angles I'm being simplistic or obtuse... but there are still a lot of people, neighbour's and coworkers, who are quick to blame foreigners for all our ills and ignore the fact we grow our own sickos right here at home. The point you're discussing is... radical Islam is scary? I agree. So are homophobes and prolifers and the 40% of American Christians who believe we are living in the end times. Ignore me if you don't like my contribution to his noise.

Nice grab in the end zone, damn.

The benefit of having a GM who is 'in tune' with the CIS? In tune with what, exactly? Walters draft record isn't any worse or better than Joe Mack so far. Oh ISO haven't you heard? Kyle Walters has an impeccable eye for Canadian talent. Nothing sneaks past him.

Boston bombers... were 'self-radicalized' nutjobs. Not funded or trained by any terrorist group. Just a couple kids who had some real messed up beliefs that resulted on the tragic killing and maiming of innocents. But they were also kids from an Arabic nation so they were practically painted as card carrying members of Al quaeda, motivated by a hatred of western beliefs and religious zealotry. If these guys were religiously motivated then so are yor lone nut jobs that 'aren't Christian no matter what they say'Let's forget the motivations for a sec. How about gun violence in general. How many lives are lost to gun violence in the states every day? Compared to lives lost to acts of domestic or international terrorism? There have been 300 mass shootings in the US in 2015 alone. There have been over 900 mass shootings in the US since Sandy Hook. I don't claim to know the motivation behind every last one of these shootings, but I sincerely doubt they are all random. So I ask you guys, are these mass killers terrorists? Or only the ones named Faruq?

Not at all what I'm saying. Not sure how you came to that conclusion. Someone on here suggested that 'we know what they mean' when we hear 'terrorism' ( that being radical islam) and that 'radical islam is doing all the killing'. Maybe if you're terrified of anyone from Arabic nations and you ignore all the other reprehensible acts of politically or religiously motivated violence that takes place literally every day in the US then you might have a point.

Looking outside our own back yard, who can forget in 2011 when Anders Breivik killed 69 people in cold blood. While not considering himself a devout follower, he identified as a 'cultural Christian' and his attacks were motivated by hatred for followers of Islam. His manifesto borrowed excerpts from America's home grown domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski. He praised political leaders who pledged to wage war on Islam or were seen to discriminate against people from Arab nations. Worst loss of life in a single day in Norway since WW2. He was definitely a terrorist. Robert Dear killed 3 people and wounded 9 others in his attack on a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Clinic. Politically Conservative, religious enough to read the bible cover to cover, definitely not a radical Muslim. In fact, of the 77 successful arsons, bombings, stabbings, shootings or acid attacks inflicted upon such clinics in the US since 1997, none have been perpetrated by radical Muslims. They've all been terrorists, though.

Edit Wasn't it reported he had personal family issues to attend to?

The benefit of having a GM who is 'in tune' with the CIS?

I think the plural form of elk is still just elk. So when I hear 'welcome the Edmonton Elk to the field' I would half expect a solitary hoofed mammal to exit the tunnel. Not intimidating at all

I guess I'm in the minority on this one but I think the logo is an improvement over the old one. As a tiny thumbnail the CFL is prominent, and 'blown up' in detail the maple leaf is clearly still a maple leaf. I'll consider myself lucky to actually like something that's new. Does that mean I'm not old yet? Hooray!

Is TSN broken? Never mind back up now

I like the new logo and really enjoyed seeing a CFL commercial with legit production value. People didn't see many references to the Bombers? Take a second look. If you miss all the W's, royal blues, and panoramas of IGF then maybe you should ask Santa for Lasik I don't see any one team getting more (or less) attention than any other.