Beerfish Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Most people on here could care less but a few of the Canadian fans will be paying attention this evening to the CFL draft. (It's like second breakfast for hobbitts) Some CFL draft info: 8 rounds, there are 9 CFL times currently (hopefully 10 soon) The draft is for Canadian players only (or those classified as such, in some cases you do not have to be born in Canada but live there for a certain period of time.) There is no draft for the American players that play up here. It is a combination of plain old free agents, first to sign em gets em. And also each team has a 'negotiation list' of about 20 American players that you have exclusive rights to. CFL rosters are made up of 46 players: 2 QBs, 20 American players, 21 Canadian players, 2 global players. There are also rules as to how many Canadian players have to be starters (or on the field at one time) Due to the mandated roster make ups the Canadian draft is very important to a teams success. If you have poor Canadian content it is tough to win consistently. What occurs in the draft is not always are the best players taken the highest. Why is this you ask? Because some of those players end up in the NFL and you may never see them play in the CFL, for instance this year we have Chase Claypool and Neville Gallimore as a couple of the highest rated players but of course they have both jut been chosen relatively high in the NFL draft. Thus it often makes more sense to not draft these guys the highest and look for the best players who you think will be in the CFL sooner than later. The best guys will get picked at some point in time but only when the risk meets the pick value. Traditionally some position groups dominate the draft (offensive line defensive line or edge, Wide receivers) There is big value on Canadian players that can play a position traditionally manned by an America such as a Cornerback or high end running back. There is your primer in the CFL for anyone that cares. ? 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENBEAN Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 11:35 AM, Beerfish said: (It's like second breakfast for hobbitts) Ok, so it's now official. I like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philc1 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 The Rock played for the Edmonton Eskimoes that is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crimson King Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Second breakfast, verrrry nice so what is the elevensies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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