I have a feeling Jake Thomas will hang up the cleats for good this year.

1 hour ago, Geebrr said:

I have a feeling Jake Thomas will hang up the cleats for good this year.

I think you may be right. It would be too bad, as that guy still has what it takes...

10 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I think you may be right. It would be too bad, as that guy still has what it takes...

Yup.

But, gets to go out on his own terms, seemingly healthy, and as a winner.

Pretty cool.

As far as finding a rotational player with Kongbo if Thomas retires ... we already have one. Hansen.

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

As far as finding a rotational player with Kongbo if Thomas retires ... we already have one. Hansen.

Pretty incredible how quickly he has developed 

Argos re-signed LB Bear Woods for 2 years. 

What's old is new again. 😁

43 minutes ago, Mike said:

As far as finding a rotational player with Kongbo if Thomas retires ... we already have one. Hansen.

Can't the Globals only rotate with Americans?

4 hours ago, Mike said:

As far as finding a rotational player with Kongbo if Thomas retires ... we already have one. Hansen.

Hansen doesn't count as a non-import - I asked that mid-season

6 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Hansen doesn't count as a non-import - I asked that mid-season

The global players can sub in for nationals.

24 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

The global players can sub in for nationals.

They can as long as there are still 7 other NI's on the field. In other words, they aren't counted as NI's for ratio purposes.

John White and Brandon Rutley signed... these guys must be making league minimum...

8 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

They can as long as there are still 7 other NI's on the field. In other words, they aren't counted as NI's for ratio purposes.

 On the depth chart they can't replace a national but in reality during the game they can and Hansen did on many snaps for us this season.

13 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

 On the depth chart they can't replace a national but in reality during the game they can and Hansen did on many snaps for us this season.

So we could roster Kongbo as a starter with only Hansen on the line as his backup and carry the rest as internationals?  Seems strange.

44 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

They can as long as there are still 7 other NI's on the field. In other words, they aren't counted as NI's for ratio purposes.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Global players are basically an extra DI and needs to replace an American unless the team started more than 7 Canadians.

15 hours ago, Floyd said:

So we could roster Kongbo as a starter with only Hansen on the line as his backup and carry the rest as internationals?  Seems strange.

Only if Kongbo is the 8th NI.

21 hours ago, Mike said:

As far as finding a rotational player with Kongbo if Thomas retires ... we already have one. Hansen.

Let's see what Kyle finds in the draft this year....hopefully there's a young Jake Thomas out there in the CIS just waiting to be drafted....

1 minute ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Let's see what Kyle finds in the draft this year....hopefully there's a young Jake Thomas out there in the CIS just waiting to be drafted....

yeah his name is Connor Griffith...plays for the Bombers lol

42 minutes ago, Booch said:

yeah his name is Connor Griffith...plays for the Bombers lol

Wait... are you saying Kyle drafted with the intent of replacing an existing player on the team who was approaching retirement approximately a year in advance so that the player would be ready to replace the retiring player and the team could move on from that retirement smoothly.... wow sounds like a GM with a plan

1 hour ago, Booch said:

yeah his name is Connor Griffith...plays for the Bombers lol

https://www.bluebombers.com/players/connor-griffiths/164883/

21 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

https://www.bluebombers.com/players/connor-griffiths/164883/

Unless this lad can keep up with the big boys in the weight room  he's not taking reps. away from the other DT's.

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Unless this lad can keep up with the big boys in the weight room  he's not taking reps. away from the other DT's.

I imagine 281 at draft time last year is < than today's playing weight after a year of training at pro level. 

35 minutes ago, Fan Boy said:

I imagine 281 at draft time last year is < than today's playing weight after a year of training at pro level. 

Who knows, Ekakitie didn't put in the work needed, Walters has drafted well in the last couple of years but not every draft pick is golden.  If Griffiths can earn some reps. next season he may be in position to replace Jake the following year.....that is if Jake chooses to retire.

Drew Desjarlais deserves more attention than he's received, not since Suhk Chungh has a CIS rookie stepped in and played so well on the O-line, an accomplishment even the highly touted Qadr Spooner failed to achieve.

 

Edited December 5, 20196 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

On 2019-12-04 at 12:34 PM, Jesse said:

Can't the Globals only rotate with Americans?

 

On 2019-12-04 at 4:23 PM, Floyd said:

Hansen doesn't count as a non-import - I asked that mid-season

 

On 2019-12-04 at 4:56 PM, TBURGESS said:

They can as long as there are still 7 other NI's on the field. In other words, they aren't counted as NI's for ratio purposes.

 

On 2019-12-04 at 4:30 PM, JuranBoldenRules said:

The global players can sub in for nationals.

Unless something has changed in the rules, I'm not sure why they wouldn't count. You actually don't need to start a certain amount of Canadians as per rule. The rule has always been written that you can only start a maximum amount of Americans, not that you must start a minimum amount of Canadians so since Hansen is not an American, he should count the same way as a Canadian.

On 2019-12-06 at 12:37 PM, Mike said:

 

 

 

Unless something has changed in the rules, I'm not sure why they wouldn't count. You actually don't need to start a certain amount of Canadians as per rule. The rule has always been written that you can only start a maximum amount of Americans, not that you must start a minimum amount of Canadians so since Hansen is not an American, he should count the same way as a Canadian.

nice... just goes to show you that you can't overlook those adjectives and nouns when determining rule application...

Isn’t there also caveat that as long as the player hasn’t played Highschool football in the States...?