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Which is why I said, you basically said it. I know you didn't say those exact things. But you'd be dishonest to say you weren't using that number as a slight on him.

fair enough. I'll say he was on a DL with the league leader in sacks as well. My point about sacks being subjective is that as a player you can rack them up, and that could be a result of another player bringing a lot of pressure.

Agreed. My point was...so are sacks. I don't think saying basically "he only got 6 sacks" and then following it up with basically "Highest amount of QB pressures in league isnt as important because pressures are subjective" is an effective argument. Especially when we basically all sat here saying the opposite about Jefferson last year.

Orimolade is a very very good DE. Will he be worth the money...? I'm betting yes honestly. And I'm sorry but you can't "6 sack player + a subjective stat like pressures" As if sacks themselves aren't also subjective. Pressures can be just as good if not better than a sack. It's absolutely an important stat and I'll remind everyone that we talked about Jefferson's ability to get pressure on the QB and that it was used as a reason why it was ok he wasn't piling up the stats last year. As in, "He's not getting the sacks, but he's moving the pocket, getting in their face" etc etc. Right now, I'd have a hard time ignoring a straight up DL for DL trade with the argos.

I get the concern about the age, I'm not entirely sold on it being valid. I suppose time will tell. If they had gone 10-8 and just gotten into the playoffs. I'd probably feel the same. But we saw the best win record in team history last year. That should leave reason for optimism in and of itself. To the bolded part - I think a lot of people really don't understand what that team was. I fully believe had a full season been played they would hold the best record in franchise history. Anyone who expects that type of team AGAIN...will forever be disappointed. I fully believe that team (especially the Defence) was a once in a lifetime thing. The Bombers and the CFL won't see something like that for decades. I'm obviously a homer...but the stats speak for themselves. There isn't a team right now that will even come close to doing what that Defence did. So if being better than arguably the best defence of all time is your metric, I can understand why you're disappointed.

Impossible!!!

Looks like Ryhmes got what he wanted out of BC. Just announced an extension.

Rhymes to the Riders then?

no no, instead they made CFL mix tapes stop producing highlight reels. Cause why let a young person help your brand grow? Their core fans are approaching retirement age, they don't need no kids liking the CFL!!!!

Was so frustrating listening to him fawn over Rourke last year. Especially his inability to understand that half a season of work isn't more impressive than a full season of work.

Sankey turned the latest rider offer down. Would have made him 2nd highest imp LB in the league

Seeing reports that Stove is going to hang em up, on Twitter. That'd be a blow to the Lions and the CFL in general. Hope it's just a rumor. Love watching that guy play football.

But it's still not officially the team. The only announcements I've seen from an actual team are the ones when they're re-signing their own players.

Are teams announcing this? I've seen 3down and other media people, but I can't recall a team actually doing it. The agreements are not binding at all, like not even a little. Any player can change their mind at any point until the contract is signed. The tampering window was only made a thing officially, because everyone knew it was happening unofficially. CFL made it a thing, which is smart imo, as we're talking about the CFL for the past 6 days or so AND we will be talking about the CFL once FA starts. Basically added another week of mostly positive CFL news.

Oh really? I also assumed he was CND. Does TO come to WPG this year?

I swear I thought he was a FA

Good for Harris, one more crack at it. Wonder how this impacts AJ Oullette(spelling?) future with the Argos. If it's one or the other...kinda hard to roll with Harris...

Yeah I read after I read that quote I just assumed that guy doesn't know about Eli.

Yeah I've said it before that I think he has everything you need to be a successful CFL qb.

Had a solid year for sure. But I think the knock on him is his Inability to stay healthy.

I don't understand why anyone thinks we're bringing in a QB for the backup role. We already have that. Brown is and will be the #2 qb again this year. Maybe we bring back Prukop...but other than that I see us getting a rookie/young guy to develop on an entry level contract. Dane Evans will not be in blue and gold this year.

From what I understand, throughout their History the 1st year of any war is always a total **** show for the Russians. They're known to just throw bodies at the problem and eventually wear down their opponent. These reports of Russia failing should be taken with a big grain of salt. They aren't going to turn and run for years (some think decades).

Yes...it will all be rescued by the all knowing and all loving Private Sector!!

I actually thought the riders would get him back. He's the 1 rec that would actually work well with Harris. He is basically only a YAC guy. But no, they go get a guy who is only a deep ball threat...lol.

I didn't want to go find it. But it's a quote from a real tweet by PP.