Jesse

He was drafted less than 1 year ago and then spent all of preseason with the NFL up until final cuts about 7 months ago. I understand people want him to make the commitment to the CFL, but until May, he hasn't really missed any unexpected time at all. In his mind, he is trying to parlay some UFL time into another NFL camp and that process hasn't played through yet. And until it does, any expectation that he's just going to pack it in is nonsensical.

I expect us to bring in a retread with experience. Retread vs. Perkins to be our #2 and SY guy. The other 3 will compete for the chance to join the PR. I would not be surprised if one of Wilson and/or Artopeous didn't even make it to camp.

I just don't see the 7 or 8 failed attempts. I think he didn't succeed on plan A and is on plan B. The guy has been told since he picked up a football that he can't make the pros. And then he came within a single roster spot of an NFL roster, so he's gone on to the next step, which requires him to wait for the UFL season.

No one. The most likely outcome is that he doesn't receive another NFL offer. But in his mind, this is the path to the NFL. He's addressing what he was told was his shortcoming by getting experience in the 4 down game. He believes that he can earn a spot and impress some scouts.

This is his exact plan. He was told by the Green Bay HC that the biggest knock against him was that he never played the 4-down game. He's obviously going to play in the UFL this year and hope that parlays him into another NFL tryout.

Was there talent available to this extent?

Wanna take a wild guess at when Phillip Rivers threw his first pass in his rookie season?

It would be an anomaly for this particular preseason to have been used to evaluate a player. It seems more likely that Mitchell was determined very early to be the starter and Chris Smith and all the other were just filling up reps.

A bit, yeah. Thats why a lot of the garbage thrown his way is misplaced. Commissioners are just mouthpieces for the league they represent.

Anyone watching on TV and get a replay of the missed pass in the end zone? Was it dropped or did it get tipped?

I personally loved the Canada Day starts because I’m a teacher and it was just the best way to start the summer. Last day of school, CFL starts, it was a good time.

That's great, but it sounds like it's outside of his purview.

I love smacking Randy when he’s down as much as the next guy, but there’s not much he can do here and he’s been very vocal that he doesn’t think Lemon should be able to play.

This is a union thing?

Wasn’t Brady #2?