It's a golden opportunity for Norman if playing CFL football is his goal. But the door that seems wide open today could shut in a hurry next month if Valli, Newman and Hameister-Ries return to the lineup. One of them would be fighting with Kabongo, Baboulas and Norman for likely two backup O-line sp...

Lowell Ullrich weighs in on the O-line injuries and options: There were a few names being tossed around by important people with the Lions in the wake of the latest injury, but it was only to fashion debate. The problem with importing another Patrick Kabongo is that there a few others like him, an u...

Mike Beamish has more on the string of injuries to JHR and others on the offensive line: Gator golf carts have become an essential mode of transport at Lions training camp as O-linemen continue to drop like stones. Jon Hameister-Ries became the latest to go down with a knee injury in Saturday’s firs...

The Lions may be looking for another Kabongo soon, or an import, which would really mess up their ratio. According to LU, the oft-injured JHR is the latest guard to go down. I've seen no word on the nature or severity of the injury. Lowell Ullrich ‏@FifthQtr OK, if you're the #bclions, this is not f...

Yes, BCFAN, although, my reading of it indicates that the CIS would have to agree and cooperate ... True, but if the CIS refused to cooperate the CFL could unilaterally ban the drafting of players with remaining CIS eligibility, requiring them to complete their final year and thus closing the windo...

Players have been playing the league and turning their backs on teams that draft them. One solution would be to require players to declare for the draft after four years, forfeiting their fifth year of CIS elibibility, or not declare and complete their fifth year of CIS ball. Similarly, players with...

If you have seen Doege in person like you have said you might have not realized that this young man has a body fat percentage in the low single digits. Throw some meat on those muscled bones and he could easily be 260 in a year or two. Give him time, let's not forget he is only 21 and must have sho...

A more recent reading had his weight at 260. From what I have read he seems OK physically, just lacking the skills one gets from playing top level talent and getting top level coaching. Yes, STs is a stretch, although Stubler did mention it. PR is more likely, or do the Andrew Harris shuffle. The o...

The Lions are showing a lot of patience with Doege, knowing that he has a lot to learn. Physically, he looks like a boy among men on the defensive line. He's listed at 237, which is light. Without size or technique, they can't expect him to contribute on defence this year. I see him as a long-term p...

I would actually expect them to bring in Casey Therriault now. It seems to me he brings a more impressive resume than either Leonard or DeMarco. As I indicated earlier I think with the amazing talent we have fighting it out on the D Line, and even at linebacker, I think Taylor, Smith, A Leonard and...

Confirmed by Mike Beamish: Mike Beamish ‏@sixbeamers B.C. Lions slipping a couple of releases under the radar as the sun sinks slowly in the west: QB Corey Leonard and WR Darnell Jenkins. I'm not surprised by either move. There aren't enough QB reps to go around, and Leonard looked lost in the pocke...

Did the axe just fall on QB Corey Leonard? Read his tweet below:

Corey Leonard ‏@cleonard811
It was fun BC, good luck to all the guys in 2012..... CHUUUCH!!!!!

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BCFAN, who is coaching the linebackers? I would guess it is Rich Stubler. On the staff list there is no one named for LB coach that I can see. Stubler of course is the DC, and I am guessing also the LB coach. And of course that was Benny's role when he was DC. He was also the LB coach. Yes, Stubler...

Avon Cobourne is back with the Cats, with a similar contract to the one he had before, which made thim the highest-paid running back in the league, according to Dave Naylor. David William Naylor ‏@TSNDaveNaylor It is believed Cobourne received a similar deal to the one he was released from in Feb. M...