TORONTO -- The Calgary Stampeders will defend their Grey Cup championship with two of their mainstays atop the TSN Top 50 Players list as Bo Levi Mitchell (1) and Jon Cornish (2) kickoff the annual ranking.
TSN football experts, together with CFL sports writers from across the country, ranked the League's best players during the Network's fifth installment of the coutdown.
Here is the entire list 1-through-50:*
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1. Bo Levi Mitchell, QB, Calgary
2. Jon Cornish, RB, Calgary*
3. Solomon Elimimien, LB, BC*
4. Adarius Bowman, SB, Edmonton
5. Ricky Ray, QB, Toronto
6. John Chick, DE, Saskatchewan*
7. Darian Durant, QB, Saskatchewan
8. Mike Reilly, QB, Edmonton
9. Chad Owens, SB, Toronto*
10. Brandon Banks, WR, Hamilton
11. Zach Collaros, QB, Hamilton
12. Brenden LaBatte, OL, Saskatchewan
13. Bear Woods, LB, Montreal
14. Odell Willis, DE, Edmonton
15. Andrew Harris, RB, BC
16. Adam Bighill, LB, BC
17. S.J. Green, SB, Montreal
18. Jovon Olafioye, OL, BC
19. Stanley Bryant, OL, Winnipeg
20. Chip Cox, LB, Montreal
21. Clarence Denmark, SB, Winnipeg
22. Dexter McCoil, LB, Edmonton
23. Tyron Brackenridge, S, Saskatchewan
24. Drew Willy, QB, Winnipeg
25. Eric Norwood, DE, Hamilton
26. Jamar Wall, DB, Calgary
27. Weston Dressler, WR, Saskatchewan
28. Chris Williams, WR, Redblacks
29. Almondo Sewell, DT, Edmonton
30. Swayze Waters, K/P, Toronto
31. Josh Bourke, OL, Montreal
32. Manny Arceneaux, WR, BC
33. Chris Van Zeyl, OL. Toronto
34. John White, RB, Edmonton
35. Keon Raymond, DB, Calgary
36. Charleston Hughes, DL, Calgary
37. Ted Laurent, DT, Hamilton
38. Simoni Lawrence, LB, Hamilton
39. Pat Watkins, DB, Edmonton
40. Anthony Allen, RB, Saskatchewan
41. Marquay McDaniel, SB,
42. Brandon Smith, DB, Calgary
43. Jeff Perrett, OL, Montreal
44. John Bowman, DE, Montreal
45. Henry Burris, QB, Ottawa
46. Luke Tasker, WR, Hamilton
47. Antoine Pruneau, DB, Ottawa
48. Tristan Okapalaugo, DL, Toronto
49. Maurice Leggett, DB, Winnipeg
50. Terrious George, DL, Saskatchewan
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I don't understand how Mitchell gets the nod to be number 1, he wouldn't make my top 10, but nor would Ray at this stage of his career. Nice to see Bighill get some attention, he deserves it.
5 Lions on the list, and I can't think of any other Lion that should be on the list.
5 Lions on the list, and I can't think of any other Lion that should be on the list.
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What, no Dean Valli ?
Not sure why they bothered including John White on this list since he's out for the season having torn his Achilles in camp two weeks ago. Or was the list drawn up before that?
Sports can be a peculiar thing. When partaking in fiction, like a book or movie, we adopt a "Willing Suspension of Disbelief" for enjoyment's sake. There's a similar force at work in sports: "Willing Suspension of Rationality". If you doubt this, listen to any conversation between rival team fans. You even see it among fans of the same team. Fans argue over who's the better QB or goalie, and selectively cite stats that support their views while ignoring those that don't.
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Where's Andre Proulx?
I'm sure he would consider himself by far the most important "player" on the field whenever he's out there.
The fans paid to come see him do his work, didn't they?
I'm sure he would consider himself by far the most important "player" on the field whenever he's out there.
The fans paid to come see him do his work, didn't they?
Messam sure got some attention with his calling out of the Top 50 after his TD run. Just want to point out to him, that he wasn't the best RB in the game, but maybe he meant that Cotton should have been in the CFL's Top 50. Cotton was able to bust initial contact and then he just made defenders miss by a ton in confined running spaces.
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An attitude and ego like that kind of explains why he's bounced around the league as much as he has.Rammer wrote:Messam sure got some attention with his calling out of the Top 50 after his TD run. Just want to point out to him, that he wasn't the best RB in the game, but maybe he meant that Cotton should have been in the CFL's Top 50. Cotton was able to bust initial contact and then he just made defenders miss by a ton in confined running spaces.
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