Is this ever a guy we should take a run at? I really like Pokey as a receiver but not sure he's a 1A Superstar guy... Would you ever take a run at Hatcher as your #1 and then have Pokey and Demski as 2/3?

 

 

1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

Just watch, it's balancing itself out as we speak. 3 and even 4 Americans on the OL are no longer uncommon

I think we'll see more Canadian talents like Brady O, and more quality Americans on the OL

Does anyone even start a Canadian OT anymore? I believe the last one for the Big Blue was Gauthier, a good 15 years ago.

No CFL head coach dares put a Canadian Tackle on the left side of the OL. They aren't strong enough, quick enough or have the technique down to stop a fast American DE. They can't function on an island where'd they'd be out there. They only can play the interior of the OL. Overpaid to say the least.

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13 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No CFL head coach dares put a Canadian Tackle on the left side of the OL. They aren't strong enough, quick enough or have the technique down to stop a fast American DE. They can't function on an island where'd they'd be out there. They only can play the interior of the OL. Overpaid to say the least.

But would you say a Canadian guard makes as much as a top notch American tackle? I think the good OL would cost about the same

25 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No CFL head coach dares put a Canadian Tackle on the left side of the OL. They aren't strong enough, quick enough or have the technique down to stop a fast American DE. They can't function on an island where'd they'd be out there. They only can play the interior of the OL. Overpaid to say the least.

Huh? Wasnt Walby Canadian?

9 minutes ago, Piggy 1 said:

Huh? Wasnt Walby Canadian?

Walby was a Right Tackle fwiw...

47 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Walby was a Right Tackle fwiw...

Hmmmmmm, what was Gorell then?

1 hour ago, Piggy 1 said:

Hmmmmmm, what was Gorell then?

I assume Left... But for the longest time I thought Walby was Left and he was not....

8 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I assume Left... But for the longest time I thought Walby was Left and he was not....

I believe Walby also played inside, at some point

It's part of my justification that Stan is the greatest OL of all time. He's the blindside... One of the toughest positions to play in pro sports.... And Walby, bless him, was just a RT. I've always said Walby was the best ever, hands down, but with all things considered... I don't know how you say anyone other than Stan The Boy.

6 hours ago, sweep the leg said:

Woodmansey got $300k per year from Elks.

Not sure where he ranked last year, just that he was the best Canadian OL available in free agency. Supply and demand. So he picks up a big salary, but is he that good?

While Broxton is American, he ranked the best Lineman, period...and plays the most important position on offense outside of the QB. Gotta love it

57 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It's part of my justification that Stan is the greatest OL of all time. He's the blindside... One of the toughest positions to play in pro sports.... And Walby, bless him, was just a RT. I've always said Walby was the best ever, hands down, but with all things considered... I don't know how you say anyone other than Stan The Boy.

blind side tackle isn’t what it used to be, and was not as big a deal in the cfl with 5 ol and no te.

Plus, with the massive prominence of pistol and shotgun up here over the past 20-25 years, you haven’t been able to sneak up on and burry the qb from behind. From the pistol/gun you have equal view of the ends through out the whole play.

Down south, especially in the past, they played a massive amount of passing snaps from under the gun, and once you turned to throwing position and took a step back you turned your back to the rusher on the lt side. Because of that, in the nfl, they heavily pressed the end on the offensive left side to be a premier rusher. but that passed down there 10-15 years ago.

The Rt side was often the run side and so has the te a lot of the time on his shoulder, which helped as well.

5 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No CFL head coach dares put a Canadian Tackle on the left side of the OL. They aren't strong enough, quick enough or have the technique down to stop a fast American DE. They can't function on an island where'd they'd be out there. They only can play the interior of the OL. Overpaid to say the least.

we put paddy at T over the past two years, including atleast two starts. We’ve also seen teams push dts into play at T. Shepley was playing rt in the nfl and will likely be starting at t for the argos this year.

In this era, the gap to playing T isn’t huge like it was in the early 2ks. For one, you get away with murder in terms of holding now. For two, teams will pinch a wr or back to force an end into an under performing T and take away the looping rush lane. for 3, ol across the board are far more athletic. Canadian and american, the guys who aren’t on their last leg can move. For 4, we haven’t had any dominant elite edge rushers for a long while. It’s about disruption today not hits and sacks. 3t is a bigger danger to the qb than de most of the time. We just don’t get those fringe nfl edge rushers any more.

The majority of the monster size linemen we see (canadians) are raw as hell. So they get slipped in at g.

With the guys coming into the league now, we could easily be seeing more canadian Ts. The league is just stagnant in terms of innovation. No one thinks it’s worth the risk to break the mold.