East/West Allstars

[Rammer]

2007 East & West Division All-Stars

EAST ..................................................WEST
OFFENCE ..............................................OFFENCE
QB Kevin Glenn WPG.......................QB Kerry Joseph SSK
RB Jesse Lumsden HAM....................... RB Joffrey Reynolds CGY
RB Charles Roberts WPG................... RB Joe Smith BC
R Derick Armstrong WPG................. R Jason Clermont BC
R Ben Cahoon MTL.......................... R D.J. Flick SSK
R Terrence Edwards WPG................ R Nikolas Lewis CGY
R Milt Stegall WPG.......................... R Geroy Simon BC
C Marwan Hage HAM........................ C Jeremy O’Day SSK
G Scott Flory MTL............................. G Kelly Bates BC
G Taylor Robertson TOR................... G Jay McNeil CGY
T Alexandre Gauthier WPG............... T Gene Makowsky SSK
T Dan Goodspeed WPG................... T Rob Murphy BC
DEFENCE ...............................................DEFENCE
DT Adriano Belli TOR......................... DT Aaron Hunt BC
DT Doug Brown WPG...................... DT Tyrone Williams BC
DE Jonathan Brown TOR....................... DE Fred Perry SSK
DE Tom Canada WPG....................... DE Cameron Wake BC
LB Kevin Eiben TOR............................ LB Otis Floyd BC
LB Zeke Moreno HAM........................... LB Reggie Hunt SSK
LB Barrin Simpson WPG.......................... LB Maurice Lloyd SSK
CB Byron Parker TOR........................... CB Lavar Glover BC
CB Jordan Younger TOR......................... CB James Johnson SSK
DB Randee Drew MTL......................... DB Korey Banks BC
DB Kenny Wheaton TOR........................ DB Ryan Phillips BC
S Orlondo Steinauer TOR................... S Barron Miles BC
SPECIAL TEAMS......................................SPECIAL TEAMS
K Nick Setta HAM................................. K Luca Congi SSK
P Damon Duval MTL............................. P Paul McCallum BC
ST Dominique Dorsey TOR.......................ST Ian Smart BC

[Migs]

How long until Stamps fans start whining about having less allstarts than Hamilton?

[Rammer]

I wonder how much the fan vote influenced a couple of selections, like Congi and even Hunt, but hurt the Eskimos without an Allstar selection.

[Blitz]

The choices that stood out for me were:

~Brent Johnson doesn't make the all-star team this season.
~Kelly Bates is a Western All-Star for the first time-great to see
~Angus Reid wasn't selected and I thought he had an all-star season
~Glover makes the all-star team for the first time at corner (and he played both sides this season with Marsh hurt)
~three of our four defensive lineman make the all-star team (Wake, Hunt, Williams)...impressive
~Barrin Miles is the West all-star free safety.....didn't think he would be selected this sesason

[Rammer]

The choices that stood out for me were:

~Brent Johnson doesn't make the all-star team this season.
~Kelly Bates is a Western All-Star for the first time-great to see
~Angus Reid wasn't selected and I thought he had an all-star season
~Glover makes the all-star team for the first time at corner (and he played both sides this season with Marsh hurt)
~three of our four defensive lineman make the all-star team (Wake, Hunt, Williams)...impressive
~Barrin Miles is the West all-star free safety.....didn't think he would be selected this sesason

Bates is a Saskatchewan boy, and while he has been solid, I think that the fan vote has an influence on his selection as well.

[Bosco]

Defensive honours go to 8 Lions, and the Lions grab 15 of 27 slots overall - very impressive, indeed!

As Blitz commented, also nice to see Bates get some recognition.

[Tighthead]

My only gripe is with the system, as it is in the NFL - there should be one RB, one FB. I realize this only drives myself and Paul Zimmerman crazy.

[West Coast Blue Fan]

Jiminez not on the squad is a big surprise to me.

[Rammer]

My only gripe is with the system, as it is in the NFL - there should be one RB, one FB. I realize this only drives myself and Paul Zimmerman crazy.

At least they have eliminated the SB/WO categories and made it a receiver category. As for the RB/FB, I would go with two RB's and a FB, as you can't tell me one FB that deserves an all star consideration above Smith and Reynolds in 07.

[B.C.FAN]

I was worried about the influence of fan voting but the choices pretty much were in line with what I had expected, with two major disappointments:

- Angus Reid has a had an outstanding season at centre. Lowell Ullrich mentioned that Reid had graded out the highest of all the linemen on the season as of last week, and could have been the team's nominee for lineman of the year. He gets too little recognition for the job he does.

- Brent Johnson got beaten by Fred Perry. It's been a somewhat down year for both of them. Johnson leads in sacks but Perry leads in tackles for losses and ranks with Wake and Williams among the league leaders in tackles by linemen. They're both great players but Wake's emergence means that one of last year's allstar ends gets squeezed out.

Kudos to Ryan Phillips, LaVar Glover and Kelly Bates for their well-deserved selections.

I can't recall the last time the Lions had 15 allstars, if ever. This is a special team.

[Power-O-O-O-O]

15 All-Stars. wow!

Deepest team in the league by far.

All Stars by team:
BC - 15
Winnipeg - 10
Sask - 9
Toronto - 9
Montreal - 4
Hamilton - 4
Calgary - 3
Edmonton - 0 8)

Nice to see recognition for the team. The recognition I really want to see is another Grey Cup!

[SammyGreene]

I can't recall the last time the Lions had 15 allstars, if ever. This is a special team.

Fo sure.... I recall as a kid being thrilled when Al Wilson was the Lions only pick on offence.

Congrats to Kelly Bates on his first all-star selection. Good timing too as one of only two starters heading into free agency in the off-season. Kelly is one of the leaders on this team but Wally has a tough decision if he thinks Valli is ready for full-time status or even Hamiester-Ries.

[MacNews]

I'm really happy Williams got the nod...he is still under-rated.

[Soundy]

Full article from cfl.ca:
http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=news ... &nid=21065

[No Ordinary Joe]

I'm really happy Williams got the nod...he is still under-rated.

Agreed, I was very pleased to see his name up there. I'm thrilled with how many of our guys made this team. The fact that we've got so many defenders on that list is just beautiful. Well deserved, boys, congrats! Jiminez should have made the team though.