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Why? He's a decent receiver...just drafted a round or two earlier than he should have been, and not really his fault. LOL ok fine by me JBR. I always liked Jade. I just don't want to read 100 pages of moaning if we do sign him again. You weren't much of a Jade fan IIRC. I wasn't a fan of drafting him 4th overall or using a roster spot on him for almost a full season when he didn't cross the sideline once and mostly held Brink's helmet until he needed it to run in for a QB sneak. As a 3rd Canadian receiver in 2014, we could do worse.

Why? He's a decent receiver...just drafted a round or two earlier than he should have been, and not really his fault.

Not saying Glenn had to play in front of Willy in order to deprive BC of his services, backup would have be fine and that would have given the Bombers a much stronger QB tandem than they have now. Bombers had months to work a deal before the draft but were obviously not negotiating with Ottawa. In hind sight could have offered Watson or Pencer, Renaud and any number of replaceable starting imports they planned to cut anyway. No one can say what it would have taken to get Glenn out of Ottawa prior to the draft but the result could have been Joey Elliot taking snaps for the Lions yesterday in place of Kevin Glenn. So you would burn a draft pick, delay the development of our own young guys, potentially create a QB controversy all to spite BC? seems reasonable... Not saying Glenn had to play in front of Willy in order to deprive BC of his services, backup would have be fine and that would have given the Bombers a much stronger QB tandem than they have now. Bombers had months to work a deal before the draft but were obviously not negotiating with Ottawa. In hind sight could have offered Watson or Pencer, Renaud and any number of replaceable starting imports they planned to cut anyway. No one can say what it would have taken to get Glenn out of Ottawa prior to the draft but the result could have been Joey Elliot taking snaps for the Lions yesterday in place of Kevin Glenn. So you would burn a draft pick, delay the development of our own young guys, potentially create a QB controversy all to spite BC? seems reasonable... No, never said that. I'd offer up the kitchen sink before a draft pick though. Bombers have around 30 new players this year so in the off-season they had plenty of expendable capital to work with. As it does not seem that Ottawa was getting any offers for Glenn's services I believe they would have accepted less if a deal would have been made well in advance of draft day. I don't believe Walters bothered to try and that's the rub. BTW Lions just beat Calgary handily with their backup QB....think about it. Now that is some classic sports message board logic. Wish real-life was that simple.

My prediction...Ottawa's gonna be all over the NI receivers.

Regimbald and Webster too. Webster has CFL safety written all over him, but probably heading back to Queen's, offer him a PR spot and see if he takes it. Riders might have already.

Jade, Anthony, Bastien. All better than who we have as depth outside of our active roster at receiver (literally nobody). We can basically add a handful of mid-round 2014 picks if we want to.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced the following transactions: RELEASE National receiver Alex Anthony National receiver Kristopher Bastien International defensive lineman Jeremy Beal National linebacker Travis Bent International receiver Dan DePalma International defensive lineman Robert Eddins National receiver Jade Etienne International linebacker Brandon Isaac International linebacker Mortty Ivy National fullback Andre Lalonde National kicker John Mark International defensive back Greg McCoy National offensive lineman Kyle Paterson National linebacker Kevin Regimbald International receiver DeMarco Sampson National receiver Jordan Sisco International defensive back Troy Stoudermire International defensive lineman Richard Sumlin International receiver Isaiah Sweeney International running back Jermaine Thomas International offensive lineman Devin Tyler National offensive lineman Matt Vonk International quarterback Adam Weber National defensive back Matt Webster National defensive lineman Ryan Wellman International defensive lineman Markus White MOVED TO ONE GAME INJURY LIST National offensive lineman Corey Watman MOVED TO 6-GAME INJURY LIST International linebacker Chad Kilgore International defensive back Carlos Thomas The team will announce the practice roster prior to Tuesday’s practice.

I don't think there is any waiver priority involved. You can't simply claim players off practice rosters either, you can offer them an active roster spot and if they accept, their current team can match that offer to keep the player and place them on the active roster, or let the player walk.

I'd buy three tickets to Winnipeg from Edmonton, for Hartmann, Alexandre and Dadzie. Don't understand why Edmonton would cut 3 of their 5 2014 picks (Hartmann, Dadzie and Medeiros), they aren't exactly flush with Canadians. Morin-Plante from Calgary wouldn't be a bad pickup either, and I'd look hard at plucking Billy Peach. How 'bout both of them? Wait Hartmann is a draftee by Esks, is it possible he's returning back to school? Possible, although I'm not sure where he'd return to, he hasn't played CIS in awhile. Can still claim him off waivers.

Carrier is a pretty good returner too, think we'll see him surface somewhere else at some point.

Not saying Glenn had to play in front of Willy in order to deprive BC of his services, backup would have be fine and that would have given the Bombers a much stronger QB tandem than they have now. Bombers had months to work a deal before the draft but were obviously not negotiating with Ottawa. In hind sight could have offered Watson or Pencer, Renaud and any number of replaceable starting imports they planned to cut anyway. No one can say what it would have taken to get Glenn out of Ottawa prior to the draft but the result could have been Joey Elliot taking snaps for the Lions yesterday in place of Kevin Glenn. Pretty safe to say the cost was a first round pick, what they asked for from the beginning and what the cost ended up being. Not sure why it is always assumed you can dump your cuts on someone else for a player or other considerations with value.

I'm kinda interested in K/P Shott and LB Spoletini. Shott was kind of disappointing for me this pre-season, he's gotten a lot of hype the last few years as a guy BC was grooming to take over for McCallum. I'm guessing that plan has been scrapped to some degree. Looks like Anthony Daley made the Lions. He's a Winnipeg kid who played a couple years of junior in BC, 21 years old interior offensive lineman, was going to play for U of M this season if he didn't make the Lions. I hate that the Lions can claim any BCJFL player as their own, wish that the territorial rights went to the province where the player played midget/high school.

I really like Nichols and both Toronto backups, but it can be a little hard to judge with Toronto because they keep it really simple for the QB's, they count on their receivers to get a lot of YAC based off of misdirection. It's kind of funny to me that Popp went with 2 QB's who just chuck the ball after years of having a very controlled, smart QB in Calvillo who got the ball out quick and didn't take a lot of chances. Masoli got a lot of press hype for that game at Varsity, but I don't think many CFL fans got to see it, would have liked to see it so we could tell if it was deserved.

I'm assuming Bourassa is going back to Laval. The other guys are marginal prospects at best, they aren't going to do anything for a CFL team this season.

You don't think there's a competitive disadvantage when you have a staff of 7 or 8 coaches when most other teams have 11-12-13 or more? What would you say if the Bombers dressed 38 players instead of 44? The more information and time you have, the better decisions you can make and the better prepared you can be generally, and there are only 24 hours a day, I'm assuming most coaches sleep for at least 3 or 4. Of course there are individual coaches that are duds, but those guys exist on staffs of all sizes.

Spoletini is one of those hybrid LB types, probably isn't big or fast enough to play D in any situation but desperation, but he can play special teams.

Beck is another dancing QB out of BYU. What's with the fadeaway throws? He leans back when he's throwing half the time, and he's not really under pressure. Not a lot of encouraging new CFL QB prospects this year so far.

If it were affiliated with the NFL and they were willing to take a big loss for several years but help them find good venues and put the games on television it would have a shot. The problem is that the minor league for football and basketball in the US is the NCAA, and nothing can ever really compete. In both sports there have been loads of minor leagues and teams come and go with none really having any longevity, other than arena football.

What's "experimental football?"

I wonder if they'll dress Carrier and Taylor. Taylor has looked pretty bad, putting balls on the turf too.

The classic preseason downing of a punt by a clueless American rookie.

Doesn't help when his receivers don't finish their routes.

Kinda like Chavon Walker. 3 times in this game if he just finishes a run by dropping forward he has Ottawa in 3rd and less than a yard if not 1st and 10, but each time he cut back again to try to get outside and each time they ended up punting. Even when he has a good game he has to drive his coaches insane.

I think he'll last the season. They pushed all the chips into the middle of the table with that scheme, in terms of the players they've recruited and the positional coaches, Martin, McDiarmid and Scheper are Etcheverry's coaching posse. Now that I think for a second, Jackson might be one of Etcheverry's guys too.

I'm not saying success or failure as a whole. I'm just saying as far as the class of rookie imports goes, it's pretty underwhelming. One thing I will say, this is the CFL - a lot of you tend to forget that. Sorry guys, I love the sport, and I love our game, and I love our league. But for the upteenth time, we are not a MAJOR league. We are not viewed that way. I won't call us a 'bush' league, not by a long shot, but we are not the answer to anyones prayers. My point? Mike, the best imports aren't here yet my friend. They're with Henoc, chasing their 'dreams' in the NFL. I think our import talent was fine. I also think come late August/September when the NFL cuts start you'll find more players coming that we can 'upgrade' with. That's just a CFL fact, not bias, not an 'opinion', but fact. Except all those guys who were cut in August the last 3 years are looking for work. It's not as concrete as you present it in terms of how and when guys come north. Besides, how often do we see guys actually step in in September and make an impact? Someone help me out here because I don't remember many. Greg Carr. He's about the only one I can think of. Him too, and IIRC he didn't even get into a NFL main camp the year he signed with the Bombers, same as Hunt. So they weren't really NFL cuts, just guys who were waiting for a call.