I'm not sure if these off season deals are a bonus for the prior year OR as IIRC Hambone suggested once (correct me if I get this wrong) that it's sort an advance on the upcoming season. The CFL SMS is based on entirely on player payments during the calendar year. Contracts are paid out in equal in...

Lions' rookies were joined by quarterbacks Vernon Adams, Jake Dolegala, Dakota Prukop and Chase Brice for the first full practice of mini-camp Thursday morning at sunny Hillside Stadium in Kamloops. Other returnees from last year's training camp included receivers Ayden Eberhardt and Bryson Daughtry...

Looks like rookie camp starts with walkthru Wednesday night at 5pm. I guess the main purpose of rookie camp is cut 15 of 50 guys before vets report. I’ve seen the odd player excel in rookie camp and immediately take first-team reps at the start of main camp. Barring injuries, I doubt that we’ll see...

That’s a huge suspension but well warranted, given the league’s strong stance against gender-based violence. Kelly has had a history of off-field troubles. It will be interesting to see if he can come back from this one. https://3downnation.com/2024/05/07/cfl-suspends-toronto-argonauts-qb-chad-kelly...

There are plenty of bad GMs and bad contracts in all sports. I much prefer to see teams be able to flush mistakes than to have to pay millions of dollars a year to overpaid, underperforming players with no-movement clauses in other sports. It's a two-way street. Players have the NFL tryout window, w...

I don't know if there's something going on with Riley Pickett but BC just signed long-time veteran NFL LS Kyle Nelson. Maybe it's just a favour for Kyle's old man Mark who was on Campbell's staff in Ottawa from 2014 thru 2019 and guest coached in Kamloops in 2022. https://3downnation.com/2024/05/02...

During an interview with Donny and Dhali, Covington said his weight ranged between 305 and 315 in recent years in the NFL. He said he trimmed down to 280 to prepare for the speed of the Canadian game.

Neil McEvoy admitted to J.J. Adams today that Menard was a cap casualty due to the signing of Covington. He said Stove Richardson approached the Lions about a month ago and said he didn’t think he was ready to return, so he retired “for now.” It sounds like the door is still open to him, as well as ...

Wow! The Lions have also released David Menard. One step forward with the signing of Covington and two steps back with the release of Richardson and Menard. I suspect these moves are cap related.

This is a huge signing, and I’m not referring to Covington’s size and strength. As others have said, he and Stove Richardson can be difference-makers in the middle if they’re healthy and in game shape. Having national status as a local product from Vancouver College bolsters the CFL’s deepest nation...

It's going to be an uber-competitive camp with some very talented NAT players not making the 46 or PR. Training camp injuries of course can change things. Perhaps we will see some trades to clear some of the log jams? True, but I don’t expect the Lions to send any very talented NAT players packing....

John Hodge of 3downnation.com analyzes every pick in the draft.

https://3downnation.com/2024/04/30/anal ... cfl-draft/

The Lions took defensive players with their fourth, fifth and sixth and seventh picks before taking a flyer on TE Theo Johnson with their final pick in the 8th round.

https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/

The Lions finally got a receiver, Ezechiel Tieide of Concordia, with the 19th overall pick

With 3 WRs and RB Michael Chris-Ike off the board, the Lions took a hometown gamble on Theo Benedet with the 15th pick.