Floyd Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Montreal Wow, Edem starting - wow. I'm kind of torn - I really wanted us to take him but sure would be nice to light him up. Wouldn't at all be surprised if Hebert ends up back at S and Brouillette at SAM though... Parker and Tisdale both question marks for me... And, yeah, its weird not seeing Whitaker there. Wpg Dunn scares me WIll be nice to see what Denmark can do and Etiennne but I still say Kohlert ends up taking back his spot Guess we'll find out if Buck can actually check down his receivers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueandgold Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I would imagine Markett, Douglas, Anderson and the backup center are the guys who sit. Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacquie Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Also, any ideas why their suspended list is so long? I asked the Als' expert at the CFL website (Richard) about that and here's his response: Two of these players,i.e. Rafael Priest and Ventrell Jenkins were suspended last season. Priest did leave early in 2012 training camp and was suspended by the Als. Jenkins had off-field issues. By suspending these players,who may never play again, the Als retain their rights.This season, Deon Goggins did leave the training camp and he was suspended. The Als retain his rights. You all know about Kyle Quinlan. At the last moment, he told the Als that he would not be coming to training camp. Suspended and the Als keep his rights. Simon Legare and Jake Piotrowski are both returning to school. By suspending them-techicality- the Als keep their rights. Suspensions could be lifted during the season. Delbert Alvarado kicked well for the Als during last pre-season game. The Als are interested in him. After the game,he decided to leave for Edmonton,to meet his wife/girlfriend. He was suspended. Jim Popp told Pierre Durocher of Journal de Mtl that he will most likely be added to practice roster soon. Being suspended,the Als retain his rights. You may recall Jenkins was the player arrested last year for beating up his girlfriend to the point she was unrecognizable. Surprised he's only been suspended and not released but then the Als kept playing Diedrick when he was(is?) facing charges of sexual assault with a weapon. I don't really see the reason for them suspending Legare and Piotrowski unless they think they would sign with other teams instead of going back to school since they can neg list later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousBIG Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Let's find out and send Edwards on the patented Milt Stegall post route. Sure, but who's going to get the ball to him? Our O-Line is still as suspect as ever. That shoulda been priority #1B this off-season, after figuring out our QB mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Khari Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 oh man did they change the game to tonight? Crap! Oops, well at least now I can say tonight Pretty excited for the start of the season ... maybe overly so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Sure, but who's going to get the ball to him? Our O-Line is still as suspect as ever. That shoulda been priority #1B this off-season, after figuring out our QB mess. Our O-Line is going to surprise a lot of people this year. If they build off what they had goin on at the end of the year they should be a top 3 unit in the league. Swiston, Pencer, and Douglas as depth is pretty fantastic as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR. CFL Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 By suspending CIS players, they retain their rights, they don't waste neg list spots in Dec. and if Montreal failed to make the playoffs another team still playing couldn't sign them before the end of the season. Montreal has been know to send guys home, not cut them and then suspend them to hold their rights. While legal it is still one of the marvelous ways bends the rules and slaps the league in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 If we can get to Calvio it will have to be Turner and Gilmore UP the middle. I think they will prove to be the top DT duo in the league and they are both super fast Tackles. Aging Flory and overated Woodruf are all that stands in their way... And I don't think it will be enough to stop our 2 Man Beasts. Bourke and Perrett will probably shut down Hall and Mainor. Henoc is a million times more athletic than Labbe, so they wont be killing us with swing outs tonight. Parker is a good overall LBer, but his mental game does worry me a bit. Dunn is the spot that scares the hell outa me. Calvio is not a QB you want to have to break in a rookie SAM against. Our DB's verses their Recievers will be an interesting battle. On offence, were going to need to run the ball... With our O-line and their D-line, I see this as a non issue, we'll be able to run all day on them. Simpson will dominate Emry as well. Hebert sucks against the run. Hopefully Dickenson has the ST's all worked out. With them having such a killer passing attack, we dont need to be giving up extra points on ST's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I asked the Als' expert at the CFL website (Richard) about that and here's his response: You may recall Jenkins was the player arrested last year for beating up his girlfriend to the point she was unrecognizable. Surprised he's only been suspended and not released but then the Als kept playing Diedrick when he was(is?) facing charges of sexual assault with a weapon. I don't really see the reason for them suspending Legare and Piotrowski unless they think they would sign with other teams instead of going back to school since they can neg list later. I appreciate you looking into that. Its interesting, similiar situations have happened in WPG (not all at the same time) and people treat it like a real black mark on a poorley run organization. Stuff happens everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valderan_CA Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 By suspending CIS players, they retain their rights, they don't waste neg list spots in Dec. and if Montreal failed to make the playoffs another team still playing couldn't sign them before the end of the season. Montreal has been know to send guys home, not cut them and then suspend them to hold their rights. While legal it is still one of the marvelous ways bends the rules and slaps the league in the face. I'm guessing those guys could appeal their suspensions to the league if they thought they had a chance at finding another team and didn't want to be sat down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR. CFL Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 As soon as a player returns and makes himself available for practice a team is obligated to remove him from the suspended list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valderan_CA Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Our O-Line is going to surprise a lot of people this year. If they build off what they had goin on at the end of the year they should be a top 3 unit in the league. Swiston, Pencer, and Douglas as depth is pretty fantastic as well. I was going to say... Yeh at the start of the year our O-line was a complete mess (new center, rookie tackles, Greaves starting for the first time) By the end of the year with people healthy and with a touch more time under their belts that same line was pushing people around pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milt Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 http://instagram.com/p/bE5zMIhnbK/ Seems Mathews will be playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 that's pretty awesome news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Good good... Without Matthews the receivers definitely lose a lot of size and I always like to have that aspect in the lineup somewhere just to give you more options. Speed is great, but size is a different beast entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 nice looking gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpan85 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Matthews is in!!!! The heavens parted and the angles started to sing!!!!! Matthews is in!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northof60 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I can't believe how excited I am for this game tonight, the addition of Matthews makes it all the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northof60 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I can't believe how excited I am for this game tonight, the addition of Matthews makes it all the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I'll just leave this here: http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/60105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 I am so erect right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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