Jesse

I get what you're saying. I'm going to disagree because it seems like we're going to be seeing quite a shift in the roster this year. We are going to see some vets either walk away of be moved on form and we're going to see a lot of younger guys (or FAs) come in to replace those guys. The shift is happening. So having Jake in the room at a lower salary. I don't think that's going to get in anyone's way. He'll have his leadership/locker room vet hat on. MOS will undoubtedly use him to to talk about the way things used to be and how far we've come. His NAT status keeps him out of the way of any young import we may have coming in, and Lawson has already assumed the mantle of the other starter. Thomas has nothing to do with us reaching out to the Canadian DE's like Bennett and Kongbo.

That was Cole Adamson, who isn't on the roster anymore. Not sure if he went back to school or was just cut?

lol, yeah, what does he mean "early"? This is as late as it gets.

He was already transitioning to a back up last season. Lawson is going to play ahead up Thomas. But it's DL, so there's lots of reps to go around. We also have two returning NI DT's along with anyone who's drafted to come in and compete for time.

We can't just put rookies in every depth position either. There still need to be vets with experience scattered around.

100%

Love Milt, but an insider he is not. Guaranteed the only reason he said that is because BC does not have a running game and Brady is the best RB on the market.

Can’t imagine Schoen is any faster either.

Got some size

I’m pretty sure Pederson hates him too.

He's yet to prove that. We're banking on potential.

There are a lot of reasons to move on. Injuries, decreasing impact plays, age/projection, But that's why you should have had 6 new DE's in camp LAST year. If we're losing him now it's kind of too late. We better hope Haba takes a couple big leaps forward.

And that's probably it. We're too far apart on salary and Jackson probably took the hit for a couple years to keep the band together but know he's only got so many seasons left in him.

And I can understand why you feel that way, but he's a difference maker that we don't have a replacement for right now. That said, if you can find a difference maker on a rookie deal - that's a big deal (likely for next season though as DE's take a minute to percolate).

I bought a Collaros jersey after Harris moved on and then won a Bighill jersey that same year. So riding those until they retire and will then make a move. I figured Brady would be the easy choice but we will see.

Go get him, Walters. Maybe that's why they're not signing Ouellete? But TO signing Brady would surprise me.

I honestly expected him to hit Free agency a couple of years ago, when Willie and Darrin went down to Texas to convince him to stay. Was super surprised when he re-sign then, but now I'm kind of surprised to see him looking elsewhere. We're a different defence when he's not on the field. Would be a huge hit.

With the amount of guys unsigned, it's hard to see the team vision right now. Hopefully it all comes together. It's a long way to TC.

I'm not calling you out, but given the fact that he's hardly played and OL is almost impossible to judge from a fan perspective, what are you basing your opinion on?

Man, I kind of doubt it.

I hate it

I doubt all of these professional talent evaluators are unaware of JUCO; it’s probably simply the viewpoint that to get to that point they’ve, for a multitude of reasons, have burned through all of their chances. It makes them long shots so resources are mostly spent elsewhere. Even if you look at our off season recruitment from this off season. Several look to have come from juco, but they fixed what they needed to and transferred to other colleges. It sounds like you get to know some of these guys personally and know their stories so you have a more intimate view of them. But that doesn’t enter the black and white of a scouting report, I guess.

Well, this all sounds like a massive undertaking and I'm not surprised it hasn't happened, tbh.

I didn't believe it, but I think I'm starting too. Still a lot of unsigned names. Walters either thinks there's a chance he can still sign the big two, or is going to be bringing a lot of new faces to camp (or both).

Walker replaced with Fox and a bunch of new recruits brought into training camp.