Jesse

Yeah, he got injured in 2019, hence bringing in Zach and re-signing him as opposed to Nichols.

Yes. There is so much movement and trade offs in our back end. And it sounds like there's going to be more of it going into this season the way guys are already lining up. The rookies are going to have to prove in the film room first, I think.

"possible interest for 2027" sounds like a way to get a guy out of your office without making a scene.

Literally nothing was said in the “day one wrapped” article.

Dunigan and others would also get you 20 INTs a season. Today's QBs don't get to gunsling like they used to.

But what do you mean by "turn a profit"? Are you only referring to what the team makes through ticket sales, food, merch? Or are you including TV deal, gambling and league advertising revenue? No, the new moves will not improve attendance. But they will inject new moey into the league which is distributed to teams regardless of high or low attendance.

Attendance is not the only factor anymore. Play-off games have double the TV audience, Ad revenues sold by the league instead of the teams, additional gambling revenue (which is where all the new money is coming from). All of this will affect the TV deal which is currently being negotiated. I don't think the league cares if people buy tickets or not for the additional games. It's not why these moves are being made.

The idea would be to have more summer dates which already do successfully recruit more fans.

If anyone listened to the conference call and heard the plan for the kid and why they drafted him, it really makes you excited to see the possibilities. I think Mike mentioned that Condell drafted a similar player while in Hamilton and was 100% the impetus behind drafting Daniels as well.

There are a lot of people criticizing the new play-off structure without understanding how it works. 1v2 in week 1 are the divisional showdowns. But the other games are not confined to the west/East. It's #5v8 and #6v7. In round two, the match-ups are reseeded. And in round three they are reseeded again. It's one of the reasons teams wont be able to "clinch" and rest their starters. You're not just in a season long battle to be in the top 2 in your division, you also are trying to have a better record than the two top teams in the other division. Your record will dictate your match-up in each round of the play-offs. Problems this is solving: People complaining that weaker East teams are getting home play-off dates ahead of more deserving West teams A 1st place team only needing one win to make the Grey Cup Revenue More play-off games when negotiating the new TV deal = even more revenue Players Union negotiated a bunch more money out of this deal 8/9 teams makes people believe the opposite, but this format actually increases the stakes for most teams later into the season Trade offs: More games and money necessitated more teams to compete

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?