I'm trying to find more confirmation of this, but nothing on TSN or the main site. Has he actualyl signed anything? or just "agreed to terms"? Maybe just waiting until the new year to officially sign for cap/tax reasons...
Otis Floyd is not listed on the BC Lions roster. I checked his stats and he is compartively even with J. Armour … If he has signed with the Cats… is this a good move by Obie ??? Your thoughts please.
Having watched and enjoyed his play with BC I'm confident that he will add depth and experience to your woefull 'Cats. Vote: good move by Obie :thup: Merry Christmas Ti-Cat fans.
This is a great signing. I think Ray Mariuz just lost his starting job, which I like. I also think this suggests that the Ticats will be trying to field an all-Canadian O-Line next year. In that vein, look for Obie to sign a vet Canadian tackle, and draft Rottier at #1 to play the other tackle spot.
Good signing, a linebacker was one of our necessities. Now we have 2 more, a stud rush end and offensive tackle. A nice luxury would be a veteran wide out.
Hopefully this is the plan, Tom. Floyd is the one recent castoff that I wanted the Cats to sign, precisely because he remains a solid OLB. I like what I saw from Siskowic late in the season – adding veteran depth around him is needed. The Moreno trade will not make sense by the acquisition of Floyd, but whether Siskowic, Anthony, or a MLB to be gleaned later will emerge next year. Cam has the wheels to be an impact player given the right system and support.
The next priority is to unearth a stud DE pressure rusher come FA time. We need pieces to the defensive puzzle, not just another defensive coordinator to oversee a toothless pass rush!
You don’t mean to insinuate that we are going to be starting an import at OLB, do you?? That’s unpossible.
To your question, Ron, no it doesn’t make up for the Moreno trade unless Floyd is going to play the middle and/or get 100 tackles this year. He had 56 this year and I realize that some of the credit for that low number goes to their D line who had the most sacks in the league.
At 31, many around here would label him as slow or over the hill.
Either way this is good news if it’s true. Still doesn’t help us in the middle though. Siskowic still has a long way to go before he can be relied upon to be a starting MLB. He’s learning.
No chance the Cats will field an All Canadian O-Line.
It might mean that they are willing to look at some sort of combination of Beverage and Barker at free safety.