Santos-Knox

[Tecno]

Not like they couldn't have brought him back anytime as he has been a frequent FA over his career, he's gone  from Wpg. to Edm. to Hammie to Ottawa back to Wpg.

Ya, but until now his ask was too high.  He was one of the guys that left when we started seeing success to a much bigger FA $$.

Now he's older, and clearly reached something approaching his ceiling, and has his stock reduced simply by being on losing teams for eons, he's affordable again.

[Blue In BC]

Ya, but until now his ask was too high.  He was one of the guys that left when we started seeing success to a much bigger FA $$.

Now he's older, and clearly reached something approaching his ceiling, and has his stock reduced simply by being on losing teams for eons, he's affordable again.

The issue is which LB's get on the AR. We already had an issue with the ratio with the other LB's. Not only in ratio but where do they all line up?

T.Jones, Griffin, Woodbey, Wilson, Santos-Knox. It may be that we don't see 3 import DL on the AR and replace that spot with a LB. I'm not sure I like that idea and was already wanting another DT specifically on the AR as a DI.

I like Santos-Knox and you never know what injuries happen during TC. The final roster cut down always has some injuries. Trades or out right releases is never out of the question.

[Pete]

I think we are a stronger team with Knox, but would it have been better to invest those dollars into a receiver or dt? It is also a worry that we don't develop our young cdn linebackers such as Shay and Wilson (similar to what Edn has done with Dublanko and Mtrl with Arku who to me have similar attributes

[Sir Blue and Gold]

After spending the off-season reviewing tape, JY has decided that the three man no longer works and we'll be playing a two man, five linebacker base defense this year. 

[TBURGESS]

Oh boy! Another old dude on the back side of his career. Another LB that we don't need.

[kkc60]

Because we didn't know JSK was going to be available?  We could have eyed JSK the whole time but thought OTT would re-up him (late) or another team would out-bid us in FA.

We got our lucky wish that JSK made it to FA and probably had no/few other offers so we could right-price him.

So now what do you do with Wilson? If everyone is healthy, you can't keep everyone. Ayers has done nothing defensively but is important on STs, Woodbey shows so much promise and there are other young guys (both Canadian and American) coming to TC as well.

[kkc60]

Would JSK qualify as a "nationalized american"? If so, would that make this signing make more sense?

[Blue In BC]

Would JSK qualify as a "nationalized american"? If so, would that make this signing make more sense?

I'm not sure what the designation actually means. I thought it just meant an import could sub for a Canadian for a certain amount of reps. I wasn't under the impression that would allow an extra import on the AR.

So I don't think that makes this signing makes it more sense. K. Wilson could qualify for the same designation as well.

[Jesse]

Would JSK qualify as a "nationalized american"? If so, would that make this signing make more sense?

We can still only have so many LBs on the field at the same time.

[BLUEBOMBER]

Our defence is still weak compared to Grey Cup winning calibre...

[Blueforlife]

Fantastic signing

People just don't seam to understand that our LBs are the heart of the club and this brings a little swag back

Excited for this one!

Our D will be good this year