25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[M.O.A.B.]

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/08/hamilton-tiger-cats-release-all-east-division-defender-casey-sayles/

 

[Goalie]

1 hour ago, M.O.A.B. said:

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/08/hamilton-tiger-cats-release-all-east-division-defender-casey-sayles/

 

If he’s willing to come cheap ok but I’d suspect he was let go cuz not living up to contract. I think I’d give some rookies a shot and spend my FA cash elsewhere. 

Edited Friday at 01:15 AM by Goalie

[Booch]

3 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Tamarick Vanover. 

But his situation was a bit different as the Bombers were compensated for releasing him after he was drafted by the Chiefs.

yeah thats the guy.....thanks....and yeah I recall the circumstances of him up here were a bit outside the norm

 

[Noeller]

Not sure if it's been posted but the Argos brought in Ka'Deem Carey as RB coach...

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, Noeller said:

Not sure if it's been posted but the Argos brought in Ka'Deem Carey as RB coach...

At his age that leg injury was devastating & a career ender. Let's see what he brings to the table as a coach. 

[Goalie]

4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

At his age that leg injury was devastating & a career ender. Let's see what he brings to the table as a coach. 

What if his name was Jake Thomas. 

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, Goalie said:

What if his name was Jake Thomas. 

Same as Thomas. I've told you I don't agree with more & more inexperienced players coaching at the pro level when you have coaches at U Sport who have more experience that don't. It's done because of the coaching cap. Teams can hire them for cheap. 

[wbbfan]

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/09/cfl-to-discuss-replay-centre-awards-format-three-minute-clock-rules-and-more-at-winter-meetings/

 

Cfl tone deaf af, last thing we need is more changes. We have too many big changes coming already. It’ll be impossible to tune the change planned if they keep compiling changes on top of that. 

[SpeedFlex27]

4 hours ago, wbbfan said:

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/09/cfl-to-discuss-replay-centre-awards-format-three-minute-clock-rules-and-more-at-winter-meetings/

 

Cfl tone deaf af, last thing we need is more changes. We have too many big changes coming already. It’ll be impossible to tune the change planned if they keep compiling changes on top of that. 

An American Draft is something I like. I.ve been saying that for years. The Neg List is a throwback to another time. Leave qb sneaks & the last 3 minuts for each half ALONE. 

[17to85]

Neg list is far superior to an American draft IMO. It rewards your scouting as opposed to a draft which is voodoo when guys may never have an interest in coming north. 

Draft is an event they can market I am sure is the logic but it doesn't help the game.

[HardCoreBlue]

30 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Neg list is far superior to an American draft IMO. It rewards your scouting as opposed to a draft which is voodoo when guys may never have an interest in coming north. 

Draft is an event they can market I am sure is the logic but it doesn't help the game.

As a CFL scout, my negotiation list would be the top 10 NFL prospects I ‘researched’ on the internets, turn it into my boss and let them know any questions let me know I’ll be ‘working’ from home. What a gig.

[bigg jay]

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

Neg list is far superior to an American draft IMO. It rewards your scouting as opposed to a draft which is voodoo when guys may never have an interest in coming north. 

Draft is an event they can market I am sure is the logic but it doesn't help the game.

This is the thing for me with an American draft and (imo) one of the reasons why there is so much turn over on the neg lists.  If these guys get drafted and then say no thanks to playing in the CFL, what was the point of drafting them?  As it is now, if the team holding neg list rights gets told the player has zero interest in the CFL, they can just drop him and add someone else.

[SpeedFlex27]

8 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Neg list is far superior to an American draft IMO. It rewards your scouting as opposed to a draft which is voodoo when guys may never have an interest in coming north. 

Draft is an event they can market I am sure is the logic but it doesn't help the game.

Guys on Neg Lists may have no interest, either. It's a throwback to a league that was run like a Mom & Pop organization in 1967.

[Booch]

19 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

An American Draft is something I like. I.ve been saying that for years. The Neg List is a throwback to another time. Leave qb sneaks & the last 3 minuts for each half ALONE. 

as have I....That be one of the more smarter things they could do reallly

10 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Neg list is far superior to an American draft IMO. It rewards your scouting as opposed to a draft which is voodoo when guys may never have an interest in coming north. 

Draft is an event they can market I am sure is the logic but it doesn't help the game.

and your scouting would be key for a draft...just like the CDN draft, and probably more often than not most guys on a Neg. list have no interest either, and at times nary a clue they even on a teams neg list...At lest f a draft is published potential guys would see it and pique their interest...It would also pique interest in guys who didnt get drafted by any league but wanted to play, to possibly get an agent to contacy yeams in Canada

I know first hand tons of players I work with,  who were declined NCAA opp's for grades..conduct...etc and go the JUCO route who could play up here and have no clue at all about the C.F.L....And same can be said too with a lot of the NCAA guys 

[17to85]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Guys on Neg Lists may have no interest, either. It's a throwback to a league that was run like a Mom & Pop organization in 1967.

So then you remove the guy and move on to the next one.

[SpeedFlex27]

4 hours ago, 17to85 said:

So then you remove the guy and move on to the next one.

This isn't a hill I prefer to die on. If the Gm's want it, it'll get changed. 

Edited 19 minutes ago by SpeedFlex27