As of 22:00 hours ET tomorrow, CFL teams will be required to reduce their roster of players to 46 active players +players on injured lists. Presently and based on information we have, the Als have 78 players-48 Imports and 33 Non-Imports- on roster; I expect the Als to reduce to roughly 58 players today-we should know by 14:00 hours- I include the players that I expect will be on roster,by end of today; roster will be finalized tomorrow.
Imports:
Delbert Alvarado K
John Bowman DE
Arland Bruce SB
Kendric Burney CB Rookie
Michael Campbell WR Rookie. Should be on 1 game injured list.
Alan-Michael Cash DT
Chip Cox LB
Noel Devine RB/KR
Ed Gainey DB
S.J. Green SB
Kyries Hebert LB
Chris Jennings RB/KR
Brandon London WR
Tanner Marsh QB Rookie. Should be on 1 game injured list.
Josh Neiwander QB
Michael Ola T
Billy Parker DB
Byron Parker CB
Quinton Porter QB
Jamel Richardson SB
Tyrell Sutton RB Should be on 1 game injured list.
Geoff Tisdale CB
Winston Venable LB/S/DB Rookie,although not for CFL purposes since he played in NFL.
Jamaan WebbDB Rookie. Should be on 1 game injured list
1 or 2 amongst defensive ends: Aaron Lavarias, Mike Lockley and Cyril Obiozor,rookie.
1 or 2 amongst defensive tackles: Scooter Berry, Moton Hopkins and Scott Paxson.
1 or 2 amongst wide receivers: Tyron Carrier,Duron Carter and Wallace Wright.
Non-Imports:
BO Adebayo DE/DT
Anthony Barrette G Should be on 1 game injured list.
Martin Bedard LS
Ryan Bomben G
Nicolas Boulay LB Rookie.
Josh Bourke T
Luc Brodeur-Jourdain C
Marc Olivier-Brouillette LB/S
Michael Carter CB
Eric Deslauriers WR
Dahrran Diedrick FB
Mike Edem S Rookie.
Shea Emry LB
Scott Flory G
Michael Klassen DL Rookie.
Steven Lumbala RB Rookie.
Kristiam Matte G
Lance Milton CB
Ameet Pall DE
Jeff Perrett T
DAryl Townsend S
Sean Whyte P/K
Andrew Woodruff
1 or 2 amongst linebackers: Bryn Roy and Jordan Verdone.
For the first game on the season, I expect the Als to have no less than 6 and as many as 8 players on 1 game injured list.
The active roster should consist of 25 Imports and 21 Non-Imports or 24 Imports and 22 Non-imports.
À mon sens, ces chandails seront retirés lorsque ces joueurs seront admis au Temple de la renommée.
J’estime que le 68 de Brian Chiu devrait être retiré également. Peu de joueurs de centre ont pu jouer avec autant de brio année après année, et ce serait un scandale que Chiu ne soit pas admis au Temple de la renommée à sa première éligibilité.
Elle met en perspective les principaux points d'interrogation :
cette ligne défensive sera-t-elle capable de donner avec constance un pression adéquate sur le quart?
est-ce que Chris Jennings pourra vraiment tirer son épingle du jeu considrant son accélération limitée et la "lenteur" de ses mouvements latéraux?
est-ce que l'équipe se dotera d'une marge de manoeuvre suffisante sur le ratio de joueurs canadiens, ce qui à mon sens commanderait la présence de 22 canadiens?
Quinton Porter a-t-il vraiment mis le grappin sur le poste de quart #2?
est-ce que les Alouettes pourront garder autant de receveurs qu'ils ne l'espèreraient, considérant qu'il est probable que d'autres équipes tentent de piger parmi ceux qui seront libérés?
Sean Whyte gardera-t-il son poste même pour les seuls bottés de placement?
est-ce que les entraîneurs sauront mettre à profit tout le talent qu'on retrouve sur cette équipe? (car le talent ne manque pas)
For me it's between Obiozor and Lockley, the second-year man. Lockley has more CFL experience, but Obiozor seems to have had a strong preseason and his extra height (6'4'' to Lockley's 6'2'') may help him deal with one-on-one matchups against offensive tackles.
Le nouveau n'a pas encore vraiment joué contre des unités partantes. Un match préparatoire est plutôt mince pour juger de la valeur d'un joueur, mais les entraîneurs ont vu les gars à l'oeuvre beaucoup plus que nous.
True, but you’re not going to start an inferior player at defensive end, one of the most important positions on the team, just because he brings more as an ST player than the other guy. We absolutely need a good bookend to John Bowman and we need the best player available. Regardless of who wins the spot, I want the best DE to win.
Nothing really surprising here. I feel bad for Lockley, and I hope he catches on somewhere else, but Obiozor outplayed him in preseason and he's bigger to boot. Hopkins, Berry, and Cash should be a very solid trio of DTs with Adebayo as the NI backup.
Edit: Actually, it's surprising to see Klassen make it. Kudos to that young man for bringing it in camp!
Can’t see Kuale staying since they don’t seem to have any plans to play him at LB and we’re not going to carry four import DEs on the roster. That’s assuming they don’t cut Obiozor of course.
Good move. He showed well in the first preseason game and he gives us a different type of option from our trio of bigger receivers (London, Green, Richardson).
We absolutely need a good bookend to John Bowman and we need the best player available. Regardless of who wins the spot, I want the best DE to win.