Ah, yes, but some players the Lions could have picked in the 3rd round (or later) going back to those days - Eric Lapointe, Kevin Eiben, Andre Talbot, Scott Coe, Dave Stala, Jon Ryan, Brett Ralph, Obed Cetoute, Dominic Picard - all these guys have made/started and been signifigant contributors to CF...

Your history is suspect. 1996 was NOT one of the most prosperous times in CFL history; it was a time that Joe Paopao was charging players' rooms to his own credit card, because the BC Lions weren't paying their bills. After 20 years of bad ownership, worse management (Joanne Polack, anyone?) and ev...

Speaking of names What's the significance of a Rough Rider in Canada? Other than Teddy Roosevelts ,who were Americans and unwelcome guests in Cuba, who has ever heard of them? Why was it such a good name that two Canadian teams used it? What's a Blue Bomber? Does it have anything to do with the mid...

Giguere's testing numbers were pretty dominant there - maybe the best set of testing results for a receiver at the CFL Combine in a long time (ever?) - think he may be a top 1-3 pick? Some other good numbers too: Tim St.Pierre's bench number was awesome (better than any LB at the NFL Combine i heard...

Interesting move. McCallum set as the dual kicker again? - some vet kickers can go on for a very long career?; but - nice to have insurance for TC or the roster (is Anderson coming back again?) Moving up in the draft a bit could work out nicely, especially if neither Clovis or Pikula were going to f...

Wally's always seemed to like at least one quick, smaller rush end on a lot of his defences; maybe Foley impresses in TC, but more likely IMO, they go with a new import DE. Could still go with a 3-4 in some situations; a smart football team IMO, does not get locked into one basic formation - on eith...

Chris Ciezki RB released too. Anyone else a little surprised by this? I didn't expect the UBC grad to start, but to be cut after Day 2 of the main camp was a bit of a shock. I thought at the very least he may have been assigned to special teams for the exhibition season. DH 8) I'm not surprised in ...

Interestin' that draft pick Kirkwood - an OT i believe with the GGs - is listed at C (his team-mate Kevin Kelly was a 2 time CIS all-star C and went undrafted)? Ciezki and Sadeghian look to be in tough - could they afford to carry Smith with Smart as the back-up tailback, plus Green and Bwenge at FB...

IF the CFL wants to be really safe - here's an idea - there should be concern about the situation in Montreal - sure the Als sell out but it's just too small a stadium with only slight improvements adding a few seats getting done and no brand new stadium on the horizon. Also, the owner - Bobby Wet-a...

bottom-line foolishness combined with a vengeful vendetta aimed at Ottawa for past problems. That sounds like a load of doggy do, if I've ever heard it. Could be "do" - but I honestly believe some of the BOG (not naming any names) are very PO'd at what's happened with Ottawa - folding twi...

Fans look at franchise fees the wrong way. They look at it as money grabbing when it is anything but. As OS99 says it separates the pretenders from the contenders. But there's much more to it. Undervaluing the franchise fee in turn serves to devalue the worth of incumbent franchises. It can also le...

Who do you think will be the big surprise in terms of a potential cut this 2007 season? There is usually one big surprise at training camp with a vet losing his position. Right now I don't see anyone on the horizon. At defensive back Phillips, Clovis, Knowlton, Paine are all going to be competing f...

tend to disagree with your notions about aging D-backs - unless the guy has lost more like 3 or 4 steps, vet DBs can often make up for losing a step with smarts; the Esks won a couple of GCs lately with the likes of Malcolm Frank and Shannon Garrett in the D-backfield. And sorry - Miles is not the ...

wonder if Crawford could show enough in TC to be able to start at S and allow Miles to go back to D-half - where IMO he was better in the CFL than he has been as a safety (and Washingtion might then make a very good nickel back)? I wanted the Leos to move Washington to nickel back last season but t...

I think that you find that Miles may not be as affective as teams in the CFL avoid throwing downfield unless they have an outside shoulder to throw to for their receiver. Miles is going to be difficult for us to depart with when the time comes, he is very capable of snuffing out a play all by himse...