Blueandgold

I hope Ottawa takes Sandro from us.

DeMarco is junk, I would've taken Tanner Marsh as my developmental QB IMO. Losing Miles kind of sucks, but I'm more concerned about what Canucks we lose. I'm hoping we keep all our receivers intact.

After listening, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that Swiston wasn't protected. My thought as well. I've been thinking they protected Henoc, Watson, Greaves, Neufeld, Pencer and Swiston but now suspect it may have been Kolhert instead of Swiston. Precisely what I was thinking as well.

If true, it means they won't lose Rob Maver. Probably the best directional punter in the league. Ottawa could always pick Maver then try to sign Burris or trade for Tate(I Imagine Cal would want to keep Glenn).

I'd protect Anderson over Miles and Griggs myself, I also wouldn't rush to protect Swiston but I guess with Kohlert and Etienne due to be free agents we can afford too.

This is as big of a loss as you can get from losing a role player.

I wonder if this increases the chances of a Buck and/or Elliot return next year. I figured they'd both be goners.

Cauchy was only slightly better for the Lions in 2012 than he was for us this year. He has no business being a starter for any decent team, although I would be happy to have him back at a reduced salary in a backup role.

Glenn from 2005-2007 was better than Burris currently is.

Not really sure what the fascination with Higgins is.

Look at how Edmonton performed in 2011 compared to 2012/13. I'm quite a bit happier with Stubler rather than Baron Miles.

I'd be okay with Burris only if we get someone like Willy as well. But I'd still prefer Collaros.

Did he say that? I don't recall hearing it. We asked for permission to speak to him, like Dave Dickenson he said he was sticking in Calgary.

Interesting that Campbell had interest in Ottawa yet didn't want anything to do with Winnipeg.

Wow when was the last time we had a reason to be optimistic? I'm loving this off season thus far.

Khari? Cortez? O'Shea? Marcel? This should be interesting.

I don't particularly want Cortez, and I definitely don't want Bellefuille.

LeFevour is just another version of Justin Goltz... Well….a better version of JG, he will be their protected QB, according to Drew Edwards's mock protected list: •QB (1) •Dan LeFevour: With Henry Burris set to become a free agent, there's no reason to protect him in the draft. LeFevour now has two years of backup experience and played a bigger role this season. - Marcellus Bowman should be protected and may end up playing MLB - the CFL has decided not to make the protected lists public. http://scratchingpost.thespec.com/ This, to me, is where the CFL always fails... why not make the lists public? CFL needs fans, stats/info/anything helps fans get hooked. If it was me, I'd have neg lists, contracts, etc all accessible to fans - that and I'd pay more stats guys even before we pay the refs, ha. I also think that a few teams are going to get 'busted' by leaving FAs unprotected... if Burris was left open, why not sign him and use the next two months to sign him. The lists aren't being made public for good reason. For the respect of the players, it does little good, and much more potential harm. How would you feel if you, as a player, knew you were unprotected, didn't get picked by Ottawa, and the had to report to your current team for training camp the next season? Players and management sometimes have fragile relationships to begin with so why add another element of friction to the problem., It would also create a media frenzy. Reporters would be drilling GMs/coaches ad nauseum, "Why did you protect this guy? Why didn't you protect that guy?" Who wants to hear all that? Does a GM need to be defending each and every decision he makes? Bottom line is, it could create unnecessary conflict between many teams, and that's not something the league would be prepared to deal with on the grand scale. I'm quite sure the players are going to find out if they were protected or not.

I imagine that the Cats would go after Drew Willy or another available QB. I definitely can't see LeFevour as a starting QB next year.

Good hire. A step in the right direction for sure.

He won't last much longer than Buchko did here.

Dressler would never leave the Riders anyways. If we can get Collaros and Andrew Harris along with retaining Muamba and Matthews I'll be happy.

Khari never overly impressed as an OC in Hamilton. That being said, with slim picking I'd be willing to give it a chance.

I have no issues with it, I prefer Walters to Higgins thats for sure.

McManus is being looked at as Assistant GM, that's a ways down the totem pole to decide on the starting Quarterback. Besides, who would seriously prefer Brian Brohm or Masoli or any of the Ticat Quarterbacks to Collaros?