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I was not there for the first half of practice and I will admit that on the level of the players it's sometimes hard to tell who throws which ball when there are multiple balls being thrown but at least in the drills, Willy was not as sharp as expected. All I'm saying.

This is such a strong argument. Especially without any examples.

I was super impressed with Adams today. Moore and Denmark looked very good as well. Tuinei was very good in the drills and as previously mentioned, knocked the crap out of Teague when he tried to jam him. Childs did not look as good as these four I thought but someone I really liked, especially in the drills was Mike Willie. Really good technique and also blew up Unamba on a jam, though less heralded and admittedly less powerful than Tuinei's. They didn't go to him a ton in the scrimmage but loved what I saw early on. I don't anticipate a lot of success from Millington but today he made a few really nice grabs. One of the sideline against Randle was especially nice. 
 
To be honest, I only saw a few drops all day. Childs had one and Reeves had one but at the very least this is a FAR better group of receivers than last year, when I was getting excited about an admittedly average looking Mario Urrutia. 
 
I mostly watched DBs, QBs and receivers for obvious reasons but I would like to show Cam Marshall some love. He looks to have the tools of a RB1. Loved what Cotton brought last year but hope Marshall gives him all he can handle.
 
Johnny Adams deserves the love he's been getting so I don't need to give any additional details on him. Seems like the real deal but super early. Still, as good as Adams looked, Shaq Richardson was probably even better. He also looks a ton like Johnny Sears wearing number 0 and having a similar hairstyle. He blanketed everyone he was covering. I noticed Dominique Franks and Dominique Wright with nice coverage as well as Derek Jones.
 
Stoudemire got beat BAD deep a few times by I believe Jhomo Gordon, who is very under the radar but looks very impressive as well. This is a very deep crop of receivers. I am not sold on Stoudemire as anything other than a returner but that's just fine with me if he continues to shine in that position. 

Randle has such amazing closing speed it's a treat to watch. He got beat off the line by JFG who went deep on a post. When the ball was thrown, Randle was a good 7 yards behind him and he still made a play to break it up. 
 
Unamba was by far the worst DB out there today, to me at least. Aside from being knocked over by Willie, on a separate 1-on-1, Willie juked him out of his shorts. Was never a huge fan of Unamba aside from on teams and this was a rough day for him.
 
The QBs were hot and cold. Brohm was likely the worst and Willy certainly did not look great out there. Both had quite a few overthrows. 
 
I know Portis is judged on a different scale than Willy but love the zip on his throws. He absolutely fired one to a RB (didn't catch the number) about 4 yards in front of him and there was just no touch on it whatsoever. On the other hand, he was dropping long bombs placed beautifully all morning. I remember at least one to Gordon, one to Denmark and one to Veltung which was dropped. The thing I like most about Portis is while he seems like the prototypical CFL project QB, I believe this is now his third year in the league so he's had an appropriate amount of seasoning. Wouldn't mind seeing him on the roster.
 
It is a pleasure to watch Robert Marve throw the football. I don't have much more to say about him other than that but no one can deny the ability of his arm. 
 
Also, as expected Yantz did not look out of place. 

I was super impressed with Adams today. Moore and Denmark looked very good as well. Tuinei was very good in the drills and as previously mentioned, knocked the crap out of Teague when he tried to jam him. Childs did not look as good as these four I thought but someone I really liked, especially in the drills was Mike Willie. Really good technique and also blew up Unamba on a jam, though less heralded and admittedly less powerful than Tuinei's. They didn't go to him a ton in the scrimmage but loved what I saw early on. I don't anticipate a lot of success from Millington but today he made a few really nice grabs. One of the sideline against Randle was especially nice. 
 
To be honest, I only saw a few drops all day. Childs had one and Reeves had one but at the very least this is a FAR better group of receivers than last year, when I was getting excited about an admittedly average looking Mario Urrutia. 
 
I mostly watched DBs, QBs and receivers for obvious reasons but I would like to show Cam Marshall some love. He looks to have the tools of a RB1. Loved what Cotton brought last year but hope Marshall gives him all he can handle.
 
Johnny Adams deserves the love he's been getting so I don't need to give any additional details on him. Seems like the real deal but super early. Still, as good as Adams looked, Shaq Richardson was probably even better. He also looks a ton like Johnny Sears wearing number 0 and having a similar hairstyle. He blanketed everyone he was covering. I noticed Dominique Franks and Dominique Wright with nice coverage as well as Derek Jones.
 
Stoudemire got beat BAD deep a few times by I believe Jhomo Gordon, who is very under the radar but looks very impressive as well. This is a very deep crop of receivers. I am not sold on Stoudemire as anything other than a returner but that's just fine with me if he continues to shine in that position. 

Randle has such amazing closing speed it's a treat to watch. He got beat off the line by JFG who went deep on a post. When the ball was thrown, Randle was a good 7 yards behind him and he still made a play to break it up. 
 
Unamba was by far the worst DB out there today, to me at least. Aside from being knocked over by Willie, on a separate 1-on-1, Willie juked him out of his shorts. Was never a huge fan of Unamba aside from on teams and this was a rough day for him.
 
The QBs were hot and cold. Brohm was likely the worst and Willy certainly did not look great out there. Both had quite a few overthrows. 
 
I know Portis is judged on a different scale than Willy but love the zip on his throws. He absolutely fired one to a RB (didn't catch the number) about 4 yards in front of him and there was just no touch on it whatsoever. On the other hand, he was dropping long bombs placed beautifully all morning. I remember at least one to Gordon, one to Denmark and one to Veltung which was dropped. The thing I like most about Portis is while he seems like the prototypical CFL project QB, I believe this is now his third year in the league so he's had an appropriate amount of seasoning. Wouldn't mind seeing him on the roster.
 
It is a pleasure to watch Robert Marve throw the football. I don't have much more to say about him other than that but no one can deny the ability of his arm. 
 
Also, as expected Yantz did not look out of place. 

I was super impressed with Adams today. Moore and Denmark looked very good as well. Tuinei was very good in the drills and as previously mentioned, knocked the crap out of Teague when he tried to jam him. Childs did not look as good as these four I thought but someone I really liked, especially in the drills was Mike Willie. Really good technique and also blew up Unamba on a jam, though less heralded and admittedly less powerful than Tuinei's. They didn't go to him a ton in the scrimmage but loved what I saw early on. I don't anticipate a lot of success from Millington but today he made a few really nice grabs. One of the sideline against Randle was especially nice. 
 
To be honest, I only saw a few drops all day. Childs had one and Reeves had one but at the very least this is a FAR better group of receivers than last year, when I was getting excited about an admittedly average looking Mario Urrutia. 
 
I mostly watched DBs, QBs and receivers for obvious reasons but I would like to show Cam Marshall some love. He looks to have the tools of a RB1. Loved what Cotton brought last year but hope Marshall gives him all he can handle.
 
Johnny Adams deserves the love he's been getting so I don't need to give any additional details on him. Seems like the real deal but super early. Still, as good as Adams looked, Shaq Richardson was probably even better. He also looks a ton like Johnny Sears wearing number 0 and having a similar hairstyle. He blanketed everyone he was covering. I noticed Dominique Franks and Dominique Wright with nice coverage as well as Derek Jones.
 
Stoudemire got beat BAD deep a few times by I believe Jhomo Gordon, who is very under the radar but looks very impressive as well. This is a very deep crop of receivers. I am not sold on Stoudemire as anything other than a returner but that's just fine with me if he continues to shine in that position. 

Randle has such amazing closing speed it's a treat to watch. He got beat off the line by JFG who went deep on a post. When the ball was thrown, Randle was a good 7 yards behind him and he still made a play to break it up. 
 
Unamba was by far the worst DB out there today, to me at least. Aside from being knocked over by Willie, on a separate 1-on-1, Willie juked him out of his shorts. Was never a huge fan of Unamba aside from on teams and this was a rough day for him.
 
The QBs were hot and cold. Brohm was likely the worst and Willy certainly did not look great out there. Both had quite a few overthrows. 
 
I know Portis is judged on a different scale than Willy but love the zip on his throws. He absolutely fired one to a RB (didn't catch the number) about 4 yards in front of him and there was just no touch on it whatsoever. On the other hand, he was dropping long bombs placed beautifully all morning. I remember at least one to Gordon, one to Denmark and one to Veltung which was dropped. The thing I like most about Portis is while he seems like the prototypical CFL project QB, I believe this is now his third year in the league so he's had an appropriate amount of seasoning. Wouldn't mind seeing him on the roster.
 
It is a pleasure to watch Robert Marve throw the football. I don't have much more to say about him other than that but no one can deny the ability of his arm. 
 
Also, as expected Yantz did not look out of place. 

All this comaring this guy to Poblah is driving me nuts. The similarities end with them both being supplemental draft picks. Why compare a LB to a WR drafted 4 years apart by different regimes? May as well compare Waggoner to Jeremy O'Day and Noel Prefontaine while we're at it.
 
I am afraid of giving up first round picks because of the stigma attached with it but it isn't as if we just gave the pick away. This guy has the potential to be something special and even if we crap the bed and end up with a top 2-3 pick but this guy is even a halfway decent NI starter at WIL, I'll be more than content.

I guess I fail to see the connection beyond them being supplemental picks which is a stretch. A first round pick is a first round pick. We just ended up having two this year instead of one this year and one next year.

All this comaring this guy to Poblah is driving me nuts. The similarities end with them both being supplemental draft picks. Why compare a LB to a WR drafted 4 years apart by different regimes? May as well compare Waggoner to Jeremy O'Day and Noel Prefontaine while we're at it.
 
I am afraid of giving up first round picks because of the stigma attached with it but it isn't as if we just gave the pick away. This guy has the potential to be something special and even if we crap the bed and end up with a top 2-3 pick but this guy is even a halfway decent NI starter at WIL, I'll be more than content.

All this comaring this guy to Poblah is driving me nuts. The similarities end with them both being supplemental draft picks. Why compare a LB to a WR drafted 4 years apart by different regimes? May as well compare Waggoner to Jeremy O'Day and Noel Prefontaine while we're at it.
 
I am afraid of giving up first round picks because of the stigma attached with it but it isn't as if we just gave the pick away. This guy has the potential to be something special and even if we crap the bed and end up with a top 2-3 pick but this guy is even a halfway decent NI starter at WIL, I'll be more than content.

I guess I fail to see the connection beyond them being supplemental picks which is a stretch. A first round pick is a first round pick. We just ended up having two this year instead of one this year and one next year.

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lol at the thought of Zach Anderson being cut.

It does not depend on who the 5th round pick turns out to be. The value of the pick does not increase/decrease based on who you choose to select with it.

Just to make it interesting, here is some info.
 
The LHD depth on the Habs is Markov-Emelin-Gilbert as it stands now. I love Markov as a player so as it stands now I would rank him pretty handily above Toby but I'd certainly have Toby in that top for over Emelin, who is a physical specimen but not without his glaring flaws. And for those complaining about Toby's point totals, Emelin had 14 points in 68 games. Enstrom is easily a superior player than Tom Gilbert, so I won't even start with that.
 
Chicago's LHD depth is better than the Habs as they have a Norris winner (albeit an undeserving one) in Keith on the first pair. Then you have Nik Hjalmarsson who is a very solid stay at home defenceman who again posted paltry offensive numbers (19 points in 82 games.) He's a player I would love on the Jets but not at the expense of Enstrom who is a much better offensive player at driving the play and likely negligible defensively. Timonen, on their third pair, is done as a hockey player.
 
Then you have St. Louis, who before their playoff exit was a premier team in the league. Their LHD depth is Gunnarsson, Bouwmeester and Jackman. Believe it or not, Jackman was the leading scorer of the three with all of 15 points. Bouwmeester is carrying on in name only as Blues fans are ready to see the end of him. He's still a serviceable player but Enstrom could easily play on the first pair on the Blues. Even if you argue that Bouwmeester is better (at this point, he's not), Gunnarsson and Stuart clone Jackman are nowhere in Enstrom's league.
 
To save time, I'll end with the Ducks, who have the "enviable" LHD depth of Lindholm, Despres and Stoner. Lindholm is a young player that any team would want, maybe at this point he's a superior player to Enstrom, maybe he's not. Even still, Despres is a young, physical player with upside but nowhere near the caliber of Enstrom and Stoner is frankly a joke. 
 
The bottom line is, good LHD are very hard to find. Enstrom would be a top 4 D at least on all of these teams. Enstrom had 23 points in 60 games. No, he did not tear it up but that's a pace of over 30 points, which combined with his defensive play is absolutely top 4 worthy. On essentially any team in the league. You can say all you want that good teams wouldn't want him, but it's frankly a grossly uninformed opinion. 

It's amazing the crap that people say about Toby while people like Stuart and Pardy get praised for physical play. 
 
Enstrom is a great hockey player and literally makes everyone he plays with better. Every other LHD we have save for maybe Chiarot makes everyone they play with worse. 

We don't deserve a player like Enstrom with the way we crap on him.

It's amazing the crap that people say about Toby while people like Stuart and Pardy get praised for physical play. 
 
Enstrom is a great hockey player and literally makes everyone he plays with better. Every other LHD we have save for maybe Chiarot makes everyone they play with worse. 

We don't deserve a player like Enstrom with the way we crap on him.

This is simultaneously the most pointless and least funny post I have ever read on this site. Congrats.

This is simultaneously the most pointless and least funny post I have ever read on this site. Congrats.

I miss the database.

This isn't my issue at all. To me the worst case scenario is that it is more tempting for the coaching staff to out Glenn in than marve or brohm when in the long term it does us no good. We've been here with Glenn before and we've seen this movie the last few years with other teams. I didn't envy the teams with Glenn then, and I certainly don't want to be one of them now. Is Glenn better than marve right now? Yes, almost certainly but he's just good enough to be a threat to play every time willy struggles but not good enough to actually improve this team in any real capacity.

Pass pass for the love of god pass!!!!

Pass pass for the love of god pass!!!!

I disagree. He is the best WILL. Curran is a far more effective mlb.

Curran is better and a true mlb. At the very least he is better at mlb. Peters is far more effective at WILL as a rider.

Curran is better and a true mlb. At the very least he is better at mlb. Peters is far more effective at WILL as a rider.