Blueandgold

First of all, I didn't compare Franklin to Harris. Second of all, It's the eye test. Franklin has a lot of supporters in the league and for good reason. He's not a similar player, but he's in the exact same situation Mike Reilly was before he came to Edmonton. By the way, Reilly also threw for under 1000 yards passing before signing in Edmonton.

Letting Harris leave was a mistake and they have to know that, doing it again and passing up on Franklin for the sole purpose of being stubborn would be fallacy.

Those guys are going no where. Funny that Hurl was mentioned though, he is on a decent six figure contract...

I'm not a Willy defender, but he was A LOT better than Nichols last season.

You think an injury prone backup O-lineman is more valuable than a very good back up QB?

Those games are mostly attended by family and friends, you may attract a few more people if you drop the price a little bit, but certainitly not 4x the amount they have which you'll need to make it worth it.

Lots of heresy and speculation in this post. Ray is just about done, the bigger question is whether or not Franklin fits the Milanovich system. Either way, when a good young QB becomes a free agent, unexpected teams will take a seat at the table. Let's not forget when we assumed ZacH Collaros was coming here, due to Winnipeg being the one obvious option.

I don't see why Franklin would go to the Riders if he's offered the same money/opportunity elsewhere. The Argos should also be meintoned as a team potentially interested in him.

Derel Walker

I mean if three of our four best players are out our hands are kind of tied. Obviously the receiving core sucks, but hey its sucked for a couple of weeks now and we've still been winning.

Adams is awful. I don't see anything in him myself. I hope he's the first guy benched once one of our injured trio is ready to return.

I kind of like that move. Plus Fogg can keep returning kicks, with McDuffie occasionally spelling him.

Hopefully Dressler is back for LD.

Man at least the 2009 team was in the playoff race until the final week of the season. Although I do agree that the 2016 Riders are the biggest gong show the CFL has seen since that team.

It's a nice idea in theory but in actuality...

Who's that? The rookie from last year, Jamel Lyles went back to BC to play juniors.

It doesn't matter if Ray is a legend, father time is undefeated. I didn't expect Harris to be nearly this good - I honestly thought Drew Willy was a better QB post 2015. But he was still the easy choice to be the starting QB for the Argos this year, I was SHOCKED when they re-signed Ray.

Sure they did. They could've offered Harris starting money and a starting job. Instead they decided to stick with old broken down Ray.

Burris taking a pay cut doesn't prelude his deal from still being massive which it is.

TSN is scared to bang heads with Burris now. How can that job not go to the easy front runner for MOP?

The Riders have TWO decent Canadian players - Bagg & Labatte. Everyone else including Capicotti is meh.

Fantuz

Is Martin worth a look?

Neufeld is the perfect 6th Olinemen. Couture is no where ready. He'll be stashed once one of keeping or Neufeld is healthy.

Add they really going going to bother inserting Macho and even McDuff back into the lineup?