Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on April 25, 2026, 04:35:21 PMPeople seem to constantly equate overspending the salary cap to winning, when has that ever been the case in the CFL?
Quote from: Blueforlife on April 25, 2026, 01:06:35 PMWhen you are as good as Brady, you get 95% of the reps. Sprinkle in the other backs sure but if healthy you run your best horse.
Quote from: Throw Long Bannatyne on April 25, 2026, 04:45:24 PMIt's extremely rare to have a Natl. starting at DB other than at Safety, other than Ty Ford I can't think of any Natl. DB's currently playing. One of the keys to Richie Hall's defence coming together back in 2018 was allowing him to go all import across the board, Jeff Hecht being the last.
Quote from: Blue In BC on April 25, 2026, 03:06:49 AMI don't disagree but I don't know whether any of the DB's available are capable of being starters. If the next T. Ford is out there and available then by all means.
Ford was an exception and there is a greater chance of finding one capable of playing safety.
Quote from: Tecno on April 25, 2026, 06:49:40 AMIf your team isn't at least 1c over the cap then you're doing something wrong. Every dime needs to go to increasing talent level. And like has been pointed out, if you were frugal all season you can still blow to the limit right at Dec 31 with early re-signs.
Quote from: Tecno on April 25, 2026, 06:50:40 AMThis should come off the next season SMS. That would put some teeth into these impotent fines.
Quote from: Tecno on April 25, 2026, 06:50:40 AMThis should come off the next season SMS. That would put some teeth into these impotent fines.That is one of your better suggestions.
Quote from: Tecno on April 25, 2026, 06:59:48 AMWe found out last season (by words, not by seeing) that Vibert can snap. Word is he's the main competition for Eli for C, though I bet they'll give every chance to the IMPs to win the spot. But the NATs have a natural advantage of a) already been here a while, and b) have played 3down before and know the CFL coverages.
But Vibert was a higher/worse-r round DP last year, right? And as such he's just as likely to be cut as be starter. He didn't even win a jumbo AR spot last year, even in the many games we only started 1 spare hoggie.
We haven't drafted a 1RDP hoggie since... Gray? I'm taking hoggies in 1st & 2nd rounds unless by some odd coincidence the great ones are all gone by the time we pick.
Quote from: Blueforlife on April 25, 2026, 01:06:35 PMWhen you are as good as Brady, you get 95% of the reps. Sprinkle in the other backs sure but if healthy you run your best horse.
Quote from: Tecno on April 25, 2026, 07:00:14 AMNo one else?