I would liek to know the success ratio of CFL plaeyrs who opt to try out for the NFL.
I am tired of seeing stars North of the broder travel down South only to be sent back eventually.
Okay, I know why they do it...there's that remote chance they can make the team, and make some big bucks, BUT it doesn't happen that often.
Sure, there are the odd exceptions....Warren Moon - the best example of all, but he did at least wait 6 years and not bolt after 1 or 2 good seasons....Jon Ryan has made it this year, formeer cat Nick Harper is in Indy, Lawrence Tynnes in K-C, and some others....BUT most come back immediately - some after a year or two.
I say, if you don't start your career with an NFL team, the chances of going down there and making it are slim. If you try once and don't make it, forget it the second time - hello JESSE - with so many teams and all of their great scouts, you have to think that if your NFL calibre you would be snapped up. You don't see too many former NFLers who end up coming north, going back down south again for another tryout - BECAUSE they have accepted they've had their one shot and they couldn't last.
It sounds like Printers might stick this year, but who knows about next year.....Burris toiled for 3 years on the bench, Dickenson didn't do much...Ray didn't get a shot.
I respect players more who know their own abiltiies and can accept reality.
I have no problems with guys trying to make 10 times more than they would make here. Football is a business and guys are lucky to last five years without injuries curtailling their careers.
American players will always try to play down in the States if they think they have a decent shot at it. In the case of Jesse, he has a dream to play south of the border. If he fails to stick in Washington, he may find it more beneficial to play here for at least a few years, establish a reputation as a good playmaker, and then give it one more shot.
Mike Sellers of the Redskins is an example of a guy who took his chance to be an established starter in Winnipeg and parlayed it into a starting gig down there. Jesse may find he has to take a similar path.
the nfl pr to have the Best and only the best players and coaches, SO it fits the marketing plan to cut stars from other league!!! this fan does not buy it but> alot of people do, As for Lumsden he proved himself in the one game he was in, scored a td and has a better yd avg, than other,s ahead on chart.POLITICS
politic??? one runneth does not a nfler make. dont get me wrong a good run is great but it is against equal competition not nfl starters and again it is only one play. let this thing play out the nfl wants the very best players and they go to great pains to find them. politic arguement is a cop out. you dont climb the depth chart because of one run in a scrimmage these coaches have the opportunity to see these guys day in day out and will make a decision accordingly. lets not start making excuses for the guy already.
Mike Sellers, for instance, was black-balled by the NFL after an off-season drug arrest a few years back, came to Winnipeg for the 2001 and '02 seasons and rejuvenated his career. He's still in the NFL, and that's great.
But, by the time he was 27, he had given it all away. He was back in the CFL, spiraling professionally and personally, an NFL pariah after facing felony drug charges during his tenure in Cleveland. Two trouble-free seasons in Winnipeg helped repair his image, the drug charges were dropped, and NFL scouts rediscovered an athlete who could still play the game.
Yes, ExPat, I understand that history. That is why I used the verb "parlayed." He had to get his career on track, establish some positive accomplishments as a starter in the CFL, and then have the chance to try to get back to the NFL -- to end the "blackballing," as it were.
In Jesse's case, he has an uphill fight on his hands at the moment. He may very well have to have an extended run here in Canada to get the attention south of the border to land a NFL spot down the road.
I can think of two Tiger-Cats who have made it in the last ten years: Mac Cody, who played about four years with the Cardinals, and Nick Harper, who is still with the Colts. Lumsden would be in good company if he sticks.
Lawrence Tynes made it in KC. He's there starting kicker and he kicked for the Renagades when ottawa came back into the CFL a few years ago. That might have already been said but meh. John Avery tried the NFL So did Tim Cheatwood But then again Robert Baker, Jason Goss, Rj Soward (who was kinda a draft bust taken 29th overall I believe). Anthony Davis was a Colts Draft pick, Bobby Brooks played in the NFL & NFL Europe. Damion Cook, Even James Cotton was a draft choice by the Chicago bears. So it goes both ways. CFL losses players but so does the NFL.
