Fatty Liver

Walters buggered the accountant when he signed Lawler when he already had Schoen in house at 1/3 the price. Years of careful player development walking out the door, starting over from scratch in a few too many positions. Exciting times await!

It's not good, how many holes do they have to fill? Team depth is walking out the door.

Walters said he doesn't expect to sign any CFL free agents in the coming days. "We just don't have any money," he said. "The spots that are available are going to be for training-camp battles for young players, for first-year players. If somebody wants to come in on a minimum contract, we might kick the tires on that."

Blue Bombers released 31-year-old fullback Damian Jackson on Wednesday as per Jeff Hamilton,

Which game was that?

Based on what? Have they ever put Dobson in at Guard? Dobson is a bulldog but I don't know how well he would do in pass protection as he's only 6'2". When Neufeld was out Tui took his place.

BOLO signs with the Ti-Cats who also recently signed Luther Hakunavanhu from the Stamps.

That's the most baffling aspect, kept Kola who plays at the edge of his abilities and lost Gray who has unlimited physical abilities plus versatility.

O-line depth has gone from deep to shallow, I imagine Tui takes over from Gray and Dobson remains the 6th man. More than one critical injury and they're down to using a CFL rookie to protect Zach. I can see Walters addressing this situation later in FA with a cheap if not great pickup like he did with Jeff Keeping, MB. boy Landon Rice is available and is at the tail end of his career.

Link?

Nope, Rhymes asked for his release, it's not a coincidence he landed back it Ottawa where he spends the off-season, owns a house and has a fiance that works for the Feds.

BC has done the best job of protecting their existing roster so far, other than Rhymes who was going home to Ottawa and Betts to the NFL, the only other player they lost was Cooper.

All things considered, having a flush toilet "is a pretty good deal for the Riders".

A meeting with Dickie and grandpa Huff, a quick tour of the facilities and a retreat out the door, concluded with a "**** no" before he got back to his car.

Thought Exume could have done more here if given the chance, terrific athlete and hard hitter could be a good candidate for Safety.

True, I would say for at least half the players coming out of US Colleges, a degree in football is the only thing they graduated with, and they haven't prepared well for any other reality.

I suspect this is the type of player O'Shea and Walters are always looking for, the guys that have a passion for football and love the game, those are the players that eventually step up and become leaders.

Haba was ok, he's quick but doesn't have the size to overpower an OT which might be a problem trying to maintain the edge when containing the QB. He played in 8 games last season with 12 DT's and 4 sacks and missed a few games due to injury, so he has a decent base of experience to build upon.

How the mighty have fallen, Stamps scrounging through garbage bins, trying to patch a roster together.

Not a lot of job openings for Natl. receivers unless they accept a backup role, Nate Behar is probably ahead of BOLO on the waiting list.

I believe the NFL window for Holm and other CFL players under contract closed Feb. 3, so we can assume he'll be back for the start of TC along with Ford. Without a contract Betts can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

I remember Ivy from the pre-seaon games, he looked both slow and clumsy, but perhaps he didn't know what he was supposed to be doing.

That's pretty hard, perhaps they should consider hiring a Director of Player Relations that can handle his job, instead of fumbling the ball whenever the going gets rough.

Bighill was a special case, he was still engaged in finding work in the NFL when he made the decision to come back to the CFL permanently. I think everyone was shocked when the Bombers signed him, especially Sam Hurl. Sorry, I was thinking of Bear Woods, he was woody too.