Ticats make a bunch of roster moves

Hamilton Tiger-Cats
#1

  1. Released four players: national receiver Akeem Haynes, international DBs Keon Lyn and Caleb Duncan as well as international receiver Al Riles.

  2. Five players retired: American defensive backs Dante Blackmon and Justin Rogers, international defensive end Ryan Mueller, American offensive tackle Wil Freeman, Canadian linebacker Geoff Hughes.

3. Signed four American receivers: Andrew Turzilli, Chris Hubert, Bryce Wilkerson and Jarvis Baxter.

More here
http://3downnation.com/2018/05/10/ticats-make-bunch-roster-moves-mean/

Sorry to see Keon Lyn and Geoff Hughes go. :frowning:

#2

Too bad A. Hayes didn't have a chance to compete at training camp.

#3

That puts the roster now at 71 including, I believe, just 1 non-counter (Jack McEwen).
So, I expect we'll see another 5 counters signed over the next 10 days.

#4

Pretty sure Scarfone is a non-counter as well. Players from the previous year's draft who have not played a professional game are non-counters. (SEC 14.02 Paragraph 4. Part c,ii)

#5

I'm pretty sure that, among draft picks from the previous year, only those whonever attended a pro training campwould be non-counters.

#6

Bryce Wilkerson -- appears to be a slightly bigger, about 8-year younger and, maybe, a touch faster -- Speedy Banks. You don't have to watch all 8 minutes to see the resemblance in their play:

#7

Have to agree with you on that . Eerily similar to Speedy B . Almost a younger version in fact . Who knows ? We might just have found our new kick and punt return man . Fingers crossed .

#8

this is still my guy for the return game...Willie Quinn

#9

Lots of competition this year for some key roster spot openings for sure . It's going to make for a very interesting T.Camp and preseason for this team . It's going to be also very interesting to see who makes the final 46 man on opening day . I'm thinking that Jones is going to have to have a pretty sharp knife on hand on final cut down day and more than a few good players will ultimately be released because we can't keep them all unfortunately .

#10

The ones they really like, and numerically can't keep, will get sudden "injuries" out of nowhere. :slight_smile:

#11

Right you are. My bad. Apologies & Kudos OC!

#12

I read somewhere that he just had far too many drops at mini-camp. I guess they figured he wasn't worth developing.

Speed is meaningless if you can't acquire the ball.

#13

Didn’t the “Als” sign a World Class Sprinter once (John Carlos?)? I think he got cut for just the same reason—all the speed in the world can’t help you if you “ain’t got the hands”.

#14

Does the name Giguere ring any bells regarding speed and hands?

#15

I wouldn't say Giguere has bad hands. Satisfactory hands is a better way to say it. Not bad or great hands, just good enough.

He was in the NFL for 3 years, where as a guy like Hayes wouldn't even get an NFL camp invite.

So to sum up... Sam G has "good enough" hands, and guys like Hayes have no hands.

#16

Fair enough, always thought Giguere would have made a great "half back" of the old mold, a guy like Ron Stewart to skirt around the end or run an option play, taking a lateral or pitch out. Still a threat when Montreal used him on the "end around", but less of a threat when using his speed on down field patterns.

Regardless, we all seem to agree that, of the two main attributes in a receiver, the ability to catch the ball is more critical than the ability to run fast.

#17

Yep, and some of the best receivers in CFL history could never be called burners.

ie. Flutie, Fantuz, DiPietro, Elgaard, Evraire, Cahoon etc.