Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Sask., May 30, 2025

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Not according to MOS, he's mentioned a few times not to read anything into the order listed. I believe under the rules of the league, the first player listed is required to take the first snap of the game.  It doesn't show who is ranked a step ahead at that position, as MOS said earlier this week, grading is not done till all evidence has been submitted this weekend. 

You would have to be a special kind of naive to look either depth charts that have been published and not deduce that there is logic and a general pecking order in the rankings by position. For the QB chart this week, it may just be the order that we're planning to play them. But last week's was the 1 through 4 order my 7 year old could have drawn up. Streveler then Artopheous and Wilson to close tomorrow to give him end of game management experience makes sense to me. But for some of them - it matters. Demski and Mitchell are ahead of Cobb and Adair. No one is shocked.

If it truly didn't matter you would list them alphabetically or numerically. They didn't.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Three American O line. As I have hoped for.

What will happen with Ayers?

he always seems to be around the ball, and is a good tackler.

Is Jones just better?

Or do they want to have two Joneses  the field at once, for laughs?

Could bring in Chris Jones as a consultant for the trifecta.

Moss has a great sense of humour!

Edit..... I just read that some US  college teams have a salary cap of 20,000,000.00

Nuts.

Will be interesting to see. We're also fielding a pretty well All American defense and on offense I can't imagine Demski or Clercius playing for too long. So it's possible we have about 3 Canadians on both sides combined at any given time.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

O'Shea says he's not worried but he was holding his groin and was visually frustrated at the end of practice when it happened. My guess is he'll be fine. That type of injury can be stubborn and linger though. The fact that Griffin is staying home is interesting in that context.

I'd like to see the official IR lists for this game, anyone know where those can be found?

[Pigskin]

I am wondering at one point in this game will we see, Shay WLB, Novak MLB, and Smith SLB play at the same time.

Right now I think Corcoran has the edge on Gass/Cobb.

Vibert probably to the PR.

Novak has quietly had an excellent camp.

Ball could make the rooster with our current injuries to Kelly, Makonzo, and Hagerty. 

[Sir Blue and Gold]

I'd like to see the official IR lists for this game, anyone know where those can be found?

You'll find out who hits the one-game IR and six-game IR on cutdown day Saturday. If it was an in-season roster week you'd see the corresponding moves to the 1-game and sometimes 6-game IR at the same time the depth chart comes out (and PR backfill if applicable) but they don't have to do any of that now because they're in line with the oversized training camp totals overall.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

You'll find out who hits the one-game IR and six-game IR on cutdown day Saturday. If it was an in-season roster week you'd see the corresponding moves to the 1-game and sometimes 6-game IR at the same time the depth chart comes out (and PR backfill if applicable) but they don't have to do any of that now because they're in line with the oversized training camp totals overall.

That's not the point, I want to know who's not participating in PS#2 strictly due to injury, shouldn't have to guess.

[Blue In BC]

I am wondering at one point in this game will we see, Shay WLB, Novak MLB, and Smith SLB play at the same time.

Right now I think Corcoran has the edge on Gass/Cobb.

Vibert probably to the PR.

Novak has quietly had an excellent camp.

Ball could make the rooster with our current injuries to Kelly, Makonzo, and Hagerty.

Ball doesn't show on the depth chart. Is he injured?

[BomberFan73]

You would have to be a special kind of naive to look either depth charts that have been published and not deduce that there is logic and a general pecking order in the rankings by position. For the QB chart this week, it may just be the order that we're planning to play them. But last week's was the 1 through 4 order my 7 year old could have drawn up. Streveler then Artopheous and Wilson to close tomorrow to give him end of game management experience makes sense to me. But for some of them - it matters. Demski and Mitchell are ahead of Cobb and Adair. No one is shocked.

If it truly didn't matter you would list them alphabetically or numerically. They didn't.

The biggest standout against your theory is Ayers. He's listed last with a few LBs at home. He did a great job as a backup, and even better job on special teams.  There is literally no way that Novak is ahead of him at this point in their development. Is it possible though that Ayers is cut?  No one would have thought that a month ago.

[GOLDMEMBER]

The biggest standout against your theory is Ayers. He's listed last with a few LBs at home. He did a great job as a backup, and even better job on special teams.  There is literally no way that Novak is ahead of him at this point in their development. Is it possible though that Ayers is cut?  No one would have thought that a month ago.

If they cut Ayers it would be a mistake.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

The biggest standout against your theory is Ayers. He's listed last with a few LBs at home. He did a great job as a backup, and even better job on special teams.  There is literally no way that Novak is ahead of him at this point in their development. Is it possible though that Ayers is cut?  No one would have thought that a month ago.

I like Ayers and he was a fantastic special teams player last year but where does he fit with all of the new linebackers including Jonathan Jones and then the first year Canadians. Can they play those specials as well as he did? Does he get squeezed if we end up rostering an American left guard? I would say it's a much harder roster for him to make compared to last year -- not sure how it could possibly be denied. How many American linebackers can we roster? Wilson seems safe and Jones and Jones are probably locks.

[Blueforlife]

Gotta keep Ayers

[Sir Blue and Gold]

That's not the point, I want to know who's not participating in PS#2 strictly due to injury, shouldn't have to guess.

I guess the point is the CFL really doesn't care if you know who is not playing due to injury for the pre-season game or they would structure the rules differently. Just because you feel you're entitled to know doesn't mean you are.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I guess the point is the CFL really doesn't care if you know who is not playing due to injury for the pre-season game or they would structure the rules differently. Just because you feel you're entitled to know doesn't mean you are.

I have to ask, what line of work are you in? You have a bizarre attitude towards customer service.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Gotta keep Ayers

I agree but it's going to be tough. If you go through depth charts from last year we usually dress four American linebackers and not sure we've ever dressed five.

We've got:

Kyrie Wilson, Tony Jones, Jonathan Jones as your traditional run stoppers playing MLB and WILL.

You've got Griffin backing up at SAM for Kramdi.

That's four. Can you fit Ayers too if he's really a depth WILL and special teams player? Going to be tough. If you pull Griffin and use your 5th defensive back to also cover that spot maybe but is the trade off worth it? Of course there's a lot of other things you could do to make it happen but it is worth asking if he's the fourth best run stopping American can he realistically be rostered?

[TecnoGenius]

I guess the point is the CFL really doesn't care if you know who is not playing due to injury for the pre-season game or they would structure the rules differently. Just because you feel you're entitled to know doesn't mean you are.

Does Junkie have 2 accounts?  Muh secret CFL documents.

Ya, it's freakin' rosters, positions, designations, and IRs... if it helps get more uberfans engaged, why not release this "super serial secret" information.  I bet the NFL does.

My son memorized every single pokemon and stat in the blasted 800 page book.  Some people thrive on more information, if the cost is near zero, why would you withhold it?  Why anger fans and lose the info nerds?

Either it's plain laziness (CFL isn't very organized at the best of times getting timely info out), OR the truly entitled ones here are the league/teams.