Sunday, March 8, 2009

CFL Combine

The CFL combine for the top 50 potential draft picks is taking place this week at the Rogers centre. Now last year, The Cats had the first pick as well as the eighth pick due to Montreal's salary cap shenanigans. They didn't work out so well. Dylan Barker broke a bone in a preseason game and never played a down in the regular season. The eighth pick, Sam Giguere from Laval is still hanging around the Indianapolis Colts roster.

This year, the Cats have the first, third and ninth picks. The third pick comes from Winnipeg, via the Moreno deal (who's not even on Winnipeg anymore). Apparently this is a crappy draft year, which is unfortunate for the Cats. A favourite to go number one is olineman Simeon Rottier from Alberta. He's got the added benefit of being from a Canadian university, so he's less likely to head stateside. I would assume the Cats would also want someone to play on the defensive line, plus a receiver. Hopefully the Cat draft picks will work out better than last year.

Also Buck Pierce apparently signed an extension for two years in a deal worth $930,000. That's a lot for someone as injury prone as him. I'd be interested to know what Quinton Porter gets paid this year. With Casey Printers getting the boot, that clears up a lot of salary for the Cats this year. Hopefully that will show up on the field this year.

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