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Does anyone who actually knows how to evaluate O-linemen... and saw them play... have any thoughts on what makes Griffith better than Everett??

That's funny... cuz I asked Bauming about him and Gibson on twitter and Bauming said neither were back at practice... I guess he wasn't paying too much attention... then again, I guess they could both be right... maybe Johnson is back in town but didn't practice today...

A guy with his physical traits and background never gets to BC, let alone here, without red flags. I had low expectations. Please exfoliate further on that comment? I have no idea if this was a typo, auto-correct, or some weird internet joke that I don't understand... but either way, it made me laugh...

If Thad Gibson and Derrell Johnson are back I don't think that's necessarily the case... however having both those guys on "personal leave" does make me a little nervous... I don't see it as a fail..We gained Westerman with Ivan Brown rotating in as Canadian which is an up grade over having Thomas and Richardson as a constant rotation and on the field. Thadius Gibson is better than what we had last year, and I think is being under estimated and really being away for birth of a child is hardly concerning. Johnson will be back and is gonna be a stud and We also have Fraser who is a year older, wiser and better and come off the edge..I not too worried especially seeing as we are playing a normal defence and guys who seemed sub par or were looking to be in decline will bounce right back I'm not saying I don't think they'll be back... just "personal leave" means they are gone for some reason that we don't know and we don't know when they'll be back.. that's the reason it makes me a little nervous... when those two are back practising (hopefully this week and in the game Friday) then I'll feel better... I have no issue starting Peach to start the season... but I'd like to know one or both of those guys are around ready to play... Gibson's personal leave was for his girlfriend giving birth. Yeah I heard that... no disrespect to the person who first posted it (possibly you)... but I usually take info found here as rumour over fact...

If Thad Gibson and Derrell Johnson are back I don't think that's necessarily the case... however having both those guys on "personal leave" does make me a little nervous... I don't see it as a fail..We gained Westerman with Ivan Brown rotating in as Canadian which is an up grade over having Thomas and Richardson as a constant rotation and on the field. Thadius Gibson is better than what we had last year, and I think is being under estimated and really being away for birth of a child is hardly concerning. Johnson will be back and is gonna be a stud and We also have Fraser who is a year older, wiser and better and come off the edge..I not too worried especially seeing as we are playing a normal defence and guys who seemed sub par or were looking to be in decline will bounce right back I'm not saying I don't think they'll be back... just "personal leave" means they are gone for some reason that we don't know and we don't know when they'll be back.. that's the reason it makes me a little nervous... when those two are back practising (hopefully this week and in the game Friday) then I'll feel better... I have no issue starting Peach to start the season... but I'd like to know one or both of those guys are around ready to play...

If Thad Gibson and Derrell Johnson are back I don't think that's necessarily the case... however having both those guys on "personal leave" does make me a little nervous...

Agree, those two are a little "shocking"... of course I'm basing that on info I've read and a little bit of TC watching... not actual film watching and this crazy thing called analysis... Also worth noting... sounds like Montreal and Ottawa just made their announcements this morning...

Such stupid logic. The cubs havent won the WS in over 100 years, so no one cheer for them. Aaannd theyd be gone. Basically every pro sports team would have folded by some point in time if people followed that kind of logic. As for what an american thinks? I dont give half a crap. I follow the cfl because i love the game and i love the blue. Not because it might get bigger or other may come to love it. As much as i want the league to succeed and make money and get better talent, i dont want to see a 15 or 20 team league, or american expansion again. If it stays the way its been the last few years ill be very happy. You took this article waaaaaaay to seriously

Last year in Winnipeg on grey cup day it was very cold... probably somewhere in the -20 to -25 range.... then a week later, early December, it was closer to 0... incredibly hit or miss, especially in the prairies...

Gord Hinse is a stud OL according to Rider fans. Non issue. Watched a bit of that game last night... with Hinse at LG and some guy (Phillips I think?) at LT that line was absolutely brutal... if Clark can fill in at either guard spot they'll be OK for 1 injury, otherwise they're SOL...

Yes exactly. I was impressed with your ability to read the future...not so much anymore

Your post is at 9:36am and you say Jim Toth arrived at 10... that's some impressive future telling

Never re-signed here, I guess that makes him a free agent...

Rids shows up out of no where to win the thread!

Those two names sound familiar for some reason... the latter being injured rings a bell also...

Suggesting Marve will be cut b/c he might not be here next year is one of the craziest things we've argued about recently... I guess it's still better than "which terrible QB might have a chance at leading us to a close game, Goltz or Hall" arguments... Fitzgerald getting cut is not a huge surprise... we have at least 2 players who LS better and at least 2 or 3 guys who are better FBs... but of luck to him

I sat there for about a minute trying to think of a Titans player... The only one to come to mind was Cortland Finnegan... who hasn't played there in 4 or 5 years... clearly I'm not in mid-season form...

Not the impression I got from the couple practices I watched... he was very vocal and seemed to be constantly encouraging guys... sure seemed like he enjoyed being part of this team...

Pretty funny article... this had to be my favourite line: "Despite a very long history, the Riders have only won the Grey Cup 4 times, so mathematically you might want to root elsewhere, even if they did win pretty recently (2013)"

I know it was probably a polarizing look but I really like the Alouettes signature uniforms...

So any feedback from the guys who watched the game? ... sounds like Adams, Richardson, and Allen were good on d... Marve, Goossen, Anderson on o... just basing this on twitter/listening for a bit... some additional feedback would be great

I don't have anything against him... he kinda burnt some bridges on his way out... and I'd much rather have any of the guys on our roster than an almost 30-year-old back with serious injury history...

Which Randle? Bradley is playing and I'm not really sure what Chris has to prove in the first pre-season game...

I don't really care what happens... I just hope we NEVER have to see those "signature" uniforms again...

Just for the sake of discussion... here's a list of the players not in Toronto tonight (and my thoughts on why) 1. Stoudamire (injured... brilliant insight, I know) 3. Newman (thought he should be playing, maybe he's impressed enough to get the first one off) 7. Washington (lock, or at least gets the vet benefit of getting a free pass on first cuts) 8. Randle (lock to start) 10. Hurl (would've like to see him play, maybe also gets the vet pass) 17. Moore (lock to start) 18. Yantz (might be in trouble, thought this would be a good game for him to play in 25. Johnson (definitely not a lock, I'll go with vet free pass) 31. Leggett (lock to start) 33. West (bit of a mystery he hasn't been at camp at all) 38. Lattanzio (not sure why he's not playing, possibly injury related) 39. Pontbriand (probably still a lock to start at FB and on teams) 44. Anderson (lock to make the 46) 46. Rempel (lock to start at LS, guessing Fitz and Cronk will LS in this game) 47. Bass (bit of a surprise, maybe injury related?) 50. Warden (not sure what the deal is with him) 51. Dile (injury) 53. Neufeld (injury) 55. Westerman (lock to start, or at least be on the 46) 66. Bryant (lock to start) 68. Picard (lock to start) 70. Hijrullahu (lock to start) 83. JFG (lock to make the 46) 86. Richards (injury) 87. Kohlert (lock to make the 46) 89. Denmark (lock to start) 90. Peach (should be a lock on the 46) 92. Turner (lock to start) 95. Thomas (should be on the 46, would have like to see him in this game) 98. Collins (not sure how he got a pass, has he impressed that much in camp?) Sorry if I made any mistakes... feel free to weigh in...