It is amazing that other teams will be picking through our cast-offs this year.
You are right, we must cut some quality guys.
I could see Beveridge, Gauthier, MM, Fleming, Filice.
I still think Auggie is a super special teamer, and Roger is needed depth for the 2 starting non-import D-Lineman.
i think our interior starting linemen will be Hudson at LG, Hage at C and Felice at RG. He played pretty well last year when Smith & Hudson went down. I have my suspicians that Gagne-Marcoux will sign on with an NFL team as a later draft pick or free agent. Dont count on him bringing his game to camp this year
Gagne-Marcoux is too small for the NFL. He will be in Hamilton.
Dyakowski, on the other hand, is a giant. Expect him to be given a chance down south based on his size.
Our D-Line may have a few more potential Canadian starters that haven’t been mentioned. Jermaine Reid, a draft pick from 2006 who spent another year in school, and J.P. Bekasiak, a strong young gun who the Ticats could very well take with the #1 overall pick in the 2007 draft.
Gagne-Marcoux is listed at 6-2, 297 on an NFL draft info site I looked at - maybe they are wrong with that info; but FYI - here's 3 of the 4 NFL Pro Bowl centers this past season: Olin Kreutz, Bears, 6-2, 292; Nick Hardwick, Chargers, 6-4, 295; Jeff Saturday, Colts, 6-2, 295. So - hard to see how Gagne-Marcoux is "too small for the NFL"?
And even if Gagne-Marcoux is more like 280-something, I bet he could add a few pounds to compete in an NFL camp; C is one position on NFL O-lines where you still find plenty of guys under 300 - they're not all huge there.
Gagne-Marcoux's NFL chances will probably be, IMO, more affected by him playing at not a big name program and wether he put up good testing numbers; I tend to agree though he may not get a real serious NFL look and could quite well end up with the Ticats for TC.
So are you saying that you think our backfield will work on a platoon system? Presumably you’re picking Holmes & Radlein to be the starters? Then sometimes you’ll have Holmes & Lumsden and occasionally Lumsden & Radlein?
In 2nd & long passing situations, do you put Holmes out there alone to block? This is not his strong suit. Lumsden is much better in this role.
I don’t know if Holmes is durable enough to carry the load of a typical starting running back. He is explosive, obviously, but I don’t see him being able to play big minutes game in and game out.
I don’t know how they’ll use the talent they have in the backfield, but it will be interesting.
And to answer the original question, if Lumsden is the starting RB, then you’re going to have to start 8 non-imports. He can’t be one of the 7 in case there is an injury - we don’t have any backup NI RBs.