25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[rebusrankin]

Some interesting Olineman on that list (Broxton and Allen for example). Emilus, Philpot and AJ Allen are all exciting but likely pipe dreams. Anybody want to name an under the radar target?

[GCn20]

4 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Ryan is insane

Fixed it for you

[sweep the leg]

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Some interesting Olineman on that list (Broxton and Allen for example). Emilus, Philpot and AJ Allen are all exciting but likely pipe dreams. Anybody want to name an under the radar target?

He’s not under the radar, although 3Down only had him ranked 33rd on their fa list, but I’d love to see Keesean Johnson here. Decent size and is always open. 1,900 yards in 28 CFL games. 

Clarke Barnes is another receiver I’d like. Would be a big upgrade as our 2nd Cdn rec.

[bearpants]

6 hours ago, bigg jay said:

https://3downnation.com/2025/11/26/3downnations-top-50-pending-2026-cfl-free-agents/

Anyone got KW's email?  Need to send him this so he can start a shopping list. 😂

definitely a lot of interesting players on this list... but I won't get too excited about anyone until we see what the actual list is going to look like in Feb... 75% of these guys will be resigned or have NFL opportunities... 

[SpeedFlex27]

17 hours ago, Mark H. said:

There isn't a lot of CFL opinion that's worth reading. Tait is good, although only for one team. Costabile on cfl.ca is decent, but the rest of that site is slim pickings. The only other writer who comes to mind is Zurkowsky in Montreal. 

On X, Bob Irving practically begged Herb Zurkowsky to get to the Grey Cup. He said he needed to "find a way", I believe. Also, Ed Tait posted that Herb could stay with him for free. Just get to the Grey Cup. Zurkowski declined. The Montreal Gazette refused to send him to the Grey Cup even though he's the beat writer for the Alouettes. 

Edited November 27, 2025 by SpeedFlex27

[wbbfan]

6 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Some interesting Olineman on that list (Broxton and Allen for example). Emilus, Philpot and AJ Allen are all exciting but likely pipe dreams. Anybody want to name an under the radar target?

I posted a few guys on the other thread, woodmansey at C would be a huge help to the ol too. It’s a great fa crop, but we will see how many actually hit the market. 

For under the radar guys, we went after moncrief hard a couple times in the past. Giving sanders a chance to start and make bigger bucks could be a sleeper move for us too. Could play in 30/40 alignments and has been very good rotationally. We don’t need him, but darkangelo is the most mos guy in free agency. Not based on any thing, but I think we go after tim white at wr. A reclamation project at dl like barlow or wakefield would be a solid value move too. 

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

On X, Bob Irving practically begged Herb Zurkowsky to get to the Grey Cup. He said he needed to "find a way", I believe. I believe Ed Tait said Herb could stay with him for free. Just get to the Grey Cup. Zurkowski declined. The Montreal Gazette refused to send him to the Grey Cup even though he's the beat writer for the Alouettes. 

If this is indeed true, very bush league.

[SpeedFlex27]

5 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

If this is indeed true, very bush league.

It's true. Oh, it's true. Postmedia doesn't send any beat writers for the Stamps on the road. I believe that's the same for every CFL team Postmedia covers. I've cancelled my subscription to the Calgary Herald. They don't want to spend any coin on the CFL well **** them. There isn't one story about the Stamps the day after when they publish when the Stamps have a road game.  Postmedia has destroyed journalism in this country. I refuse to spend any money on that fraudeulent media company. 

[Tracker]

16 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

If this is indeed true, very bush league.

The league could have sponsored him, like the Eskimos paid other teams to come to Edmonton for playoff games.

[HardCoreBlue]

6 minutes ago, Tracker said:

The league could have sponsored him, like the Eskimos paid other teams to come to Edmonton for playoff games.

Yea exactly, oh Mr. Commissioner here's an easy fix to help grow the league ffs. The more professionally prepared people reporting on our game the better.

[Mark H.]

23 minutes ago, Tracker said:

The league could have sponsored him, like the Eskimos paid other teams to come to Edmonton for playoff games.

15 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Yea exactly, oh Mr. Commissioner here's an easy fix to help grow the league ffs. The more professionally prepared people reporting on our game the better.

I doubt the league can afford to set that precedence. There'd be half a dozen hats extended, in 2026.

[HardCoreBlue]

13 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I doubt the league can afford to set that precedence. There'd be half a dozen hats extended, in 2026.

Well if that's their mindset that something like this would set a precedence (subsidizing professional beat writers to cover certain games (not everyone, they have to meet certain criteria) that they can't afford versus having the mindset that this would be wise investment to help grow the league is very short sighted.

[bigg jay]

25 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I doubt the league can afford to set that precedence. There'd be half a dozen hats extended, in 2026.

That'd be an improvement since there's usually seven of them.

[GCn20]

19 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

On X, Bob Irving practically begged Herb Zurkowsky to get to the Grey Cup. He said he needed to "find a way", I believe. Also, Ed Tait posted that Herb could stay with him for free. Just get to the Grey Cup. Zurkowski declined. The Montreal Gazette refused to send him to the Grey Cup even though he's the beat writer for the Alouettes. 

That seems crazy to me. The Gazette should just give up the ghost and quit pretending they care about anything but the Habs.

[Booch]

for the league to sponsor 1 beat reporter per team to the Grey Cup...would be a mere pittance and drop in the hat

They should actually do that regardless if not for a major publication, but young up and coming reporters in each city to get a chance to promote both themselves and the league....yearly.

I sure money is not an issue, and really if they approached some corporate businesses and said we looking to do a program as such, would you like to be a part of it and inject some funds...win win all around...positive exposure for all involved and a tax write of for the Company being part of it

The legue has failed on several areas in the 2020's to promote and get exposure with the archaic buffoon's who are running things....They need fresh thinkers and new minds that know what the current landscapes are

[rebusrankin]

CFL Tik Tok needs to be a thing.

[Brandon]

9 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

CFL Tik Tok needs to be a thing.

It was a thing... they had that one Eskimo player who went viral for a while.    

Tik Tok is aimed at pre teens and lonely house wives... it doesn't need to be a CFL thing.      

Print media is also completely dead, same goes with digital news media.    We are in the age that people get their news/opinions primarily by social media influencers.   Unfortunately the CFL is an old white man sport ,  so it's not going to really get any traction on social media as well.    

[bigg jay]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

It was a thing... they had that one Eskimo player who went viral for a while.    

Tik Tok is aimed at pre teens and lonely house wives... it doesn't need to be a CFL thing.      

Print media is also completely dead, same goes with digital news media.    We are in the age that people get their news/opinions primarily by social media influencers.   Unfortunately the CFL is an old white man sport ,  so it's not going to really get any traction on social media as well.    

Shai Ross went viral (twice) on Instagram, not Tik Tok.  He's on both platforms but has a much bigger following on IG (2.5 million vs 140k).

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

CFL Tik Tok needs to be a thing.

that’s like combining matlock and 6-7 “jokes” lol

[Goalie]

3 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

that’s like combining matlock and 6-7 “jokes” lol

Conrad, what time did we get here at? 
I dunno Ben, maybe around 654. 
so we got here at 6 to 7? 6 7 gesture and breaks hip. Yeah. 
 

no doubt. 

[Stickem]

2 hours ago, Brandon said:

   Unfortunately the CFL is an old white man sport ,  so it's not going to really get any traction on social media as well.    

hey....take it easy on the old guys AND my wife is insulted as well (she's a bigger fan than myself) AND she also refers to us as 'older' not old....so there

[rebusrankin]

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

that’s like combining matlock and 6-7 “jokes” lol

[Subzero]

Hope we go after Clarence Hicks

[Mark H.]

Does anyone here know of any pro leagues, that cover reporters' expenses when they're covering games? 

[SpeedFlex27]

5 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Does anyone here know of any pro leagues, that cover reporters' expenses when they're covering games? 

Not that I know of. 

3 hours ago, Brandon said:

It was a thing... they had that one Eskimo player who went viral for a while.    

Tik Tok is aimed at pre teens and lonely house wives... it doesn't need to be a CFL thing.      

Print media is also completely dead, same goes with digital news media.    We are in the age that people get their news/opinions primarily by social media influencers.   Unfortunately the CFL is an old white man sport ,  so it's not going to really get any traction on social media as well.    

How old are you?