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Stallions to play the winner?
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CFL players are smaller because of the field size. A lot of Big NFL players would not make the CFL. The difference between CFL and NFL players is a lot closer then the salaries. More players are getting shots at the NFL more and more every yr. The saints and Seahawks have done well with CFL players . Players like Delvin breaux, Brandon browner, Eric Harris and others and are looking at more.. Smart teams always keep a eye on the CFL. The CFL is growing and getting better each yr, where the NFL seems to get more coverage because of the thugs, rapists, wife beaters and drunk drivers that make the headlines.
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Signed with the ticats today.
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He signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders . Ben Heenan's former team.
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Try as I might, I could not get receiver Duron Carter to give up the goods on the new adidas uniforms the Montreal Alouettes will be sporting this coming CFL season. It was about the only thing he could contain during a conversation about his return to the Als. His enthusiasm was free-ranging, perhaps pumped up in part by having just completed a photo shoot in Toronto; a shoot that featured trying on some new threads.
“Amazing,” was the word Carter used to describe the Alouettes’ new unis. He stopped there other than to declare, with good humour: “Still gotta win. Doesn’t feel good losing even when you look good, I’ll tell you that.”
Carter is talking up a storm when it comes to the topics of loyalty, regrets and of promise. He’s spinning like a top about being back in Montreal on both the football and civic levels, looking forward to living in Old Montreal and to having Nik Lewis as a teammate. Looking forward, as well, to once again playing for Alouettes head coach and general manager Jim Popp. The 2014 CFL All-Star is buzzing with anticipation as training camp pops up on the horizon and he is not giving regret a place to stay in his psyche.
“Montreal gave me my first opportunity to play professional football and I will always remember that,” he says. “You can’t forget your roots.”
“I love the city for real. It’s really progressive and forward and fresh. I love the food, I love the art galleries, the music festival… it’s just a really happening city.”
Carter then extends the compliment to a more national scale. “Everybody’s nice,” he says. “Canadian people. Every city I go to.”
After a year spent in the NFL, the 25-year-old receiver from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. is looking to reboot his CFL career in a fashion that resembles what it was in 2014. That’s when his tour of the friendly nation of Canada was in its second season, with Carter gathering in 75 passes for 1,030 yards and seven touchdowns. It was a breakout year for him and it was a performance that drew plenty of interest south of the border. He eventually signed a contract with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.
After a season on the Colts’ practice roster and being released in January, Carter quickly signed a deal with Montreal as opposed to taking a wait and see attitude over the remainder of the winter. The city’s lure was a part of it. So, too, was the memory of Popp and the opportunity provided by the organization in 2013, when Carter was added to the Alouettes’ practice roster and allowed to rise on the depth chart.
“Jim Popp trusted in me when nobody would when he put me on the practice squad,” Carter says. “So, for me to come back and help the Alouettes and help Popp, it was a no-brainer.”
“For me, it’s always about being comfortable and having people around that I can trust when they tell me something and that’s what’s gonna happen. I’ve always been able to trust Jim Popp.”
If you perceive there might be a little shot at the Colts and the way business is done in the NFL with that last line, it’s an inference you’ll have to make without confirmation from Carter. Far from feeling bitter, he insists, his practice roster time down south only served to make him a better receiver as he gets set to pull on one of those new Montreal jerseys on a regular basis.
“I learned a lot,” he says. “How to be a professional and how to work a system in the NFL. There’s a whole lotta behind the scenes stuff that goes on in the NFL that you have to live and learn as a young player and I appreciate everything that Indianapolis did for me.” More....
http://www.cfl.ca/2016/04/28/landry-back-als-duron-carter-wouldnt-change-thing/
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Just read that Michael Sam who quit on the allouettes, says he is going to give the NFL another chance. This guy just does not get it. Here is his highlights on his 1st game. He was lost.
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On 1/25/2016 at 4:06 PM, Superman said:
If the NFL invested in the CFL and increased their exposure and helped them improve their TV product, the CFL's revenues would increase drastically. I don't know why you, as a CFL fan, would turn your nose up at that.
In a minor way, the CFL is already a developmental league for the NFL. Good players leave the CFL -- turning down their 'max' contracts -- for the NFL, for a chance at a roster spot. They go to a 90 man training camp, with no guarantees, and if they stick on an active roster for three weeks, they make more in the NFL than they would in an entire CFL season.
Development that benefits the NFL would also benefit the CFL. I'm not saying they have to be a minor league, I'm not saying they should change their rules to mimic NFL rules. Just help them make their players better.
By the way, Gregg Doyle is a troll.
But the player leave on our terms, not the NFLs. The league has grown by leaps and bounds in the past 10 yrs and finally getting big money ( by CFL terms) from tsn. We are hoping for a big money deal from a American broadcaster in the future. Carter I hear is going to make 260gs, not bad for playing a game. But the problem is, he cant take his money home because of the Canadian dollar. It is to bad carter did not get some game time.lol
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3 minutes ago, Superman said:
Garcon wasn't polished. He spent a year on the practice squad and was basically forced onto the field by Harrison's injury/retirement. And even then, he was basically a one-note receiver, but he did produce well, I'll give you that.
The NFL should get with the CFL and help some of these young guys get some development in that league. Get the CFL some air time, invest in their product, and you'll get more good players from them. JMO
It is getting better. And we do not need the NFL help. We are not going to be a development league for the NFL. But here is a interesting story if it not already up, true or not?
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http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/01/21/san-francisco-49ers-sign-cfl-wr-rogers
Here is a guy I would take over carter and he just signed with the 49'ers.
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On 1/24/2016 at 7:52 AM, Smonroe said:
Goes to show the difference of play. One of the highest paid WRs in the CFL can't make an NFL roster.
For every Freeman there are dozens of Giguere's and Chicks.
But more and more are trying for the NFL then ever. And he might become one of the highest paid WR but IMO he is not the best in the CFL. I have watched a lot of both leagues and to say he could not make a team is unbelievable. Something else must be in play. You missed out on delvin breaux (ticats), who signed with the saints this yr and is one of the best CB in the nfl this yr. Players do fall thru the cracks and in the CFL they have time for the late bloomers. In Montreal I would take SJ Green over carter any day. I was never impressed by Giguere.
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ooops.I think the bills are going to suck............again.
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After yesterday, he may be playing quicker then people think. lol The bills do deserve some credit .There is still time!
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IMO Carter will be a great WR in the NFL some day. On the hate thing, following CFL'ers who go to the NFL, anyone with a CFL tag on them seems to bring the worst out in NFL fans. I don't know why, just maybe the arrogance of NFL fans that seem to think once NFL teams are filled, there is no one left that is any good. IMO There are QB's in the CFL that are better then anything the bills have. But that is just my opinion.
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I think the bills are going to suck............again.
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I doubt that.Unfortunately he's gonna be on the sidelines a lot this year unless someone gets hurt.
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Funny thing montreal's go to man when carter showed up was S.J Green. And SJ is still the man in montreal. And if they trade carter, that will be the stupidest move by a GM ever.Who would you compare him when and if he hits his ceiling. Who in the nfl can he play like, or compare to. I don't know his 40 time, or his game speed. I'd say since he's slim, and assuming his game speed looks like a low 4.5. He can compare to AJ Green.
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You must be drunk
I have full confidence in this kid. And I wish I was.
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How's it going, Duron ;)
Great , since I am great.
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He will be number 1 before the season is over. ;)
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Buffalo made the worst pick ever in the history of the NFL,by picking spiller.
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Actually the B.C.Lions.Collie just signed with Montreal of the CFL.
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We are our own league in our country, we do not want to be a feeder leagues to the NFL.We would only lose control of the league.I think that's a little close-minded. The CFL can't afford to pay their players true pro-league compensation. If they partnered with the league, they could increase their pay, snag more young, talented players, and put a better product on the field. They'd attract more college football fans and more NFL fans, and their only competition for eyeballs would be the long, dull MLB season.
Thank You Ryan Grigson For Your Work
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Speaking of the CFL, after Grigson is fired the Toronto Argos fired their GM. In the CFL ,firing a GM at this time of yr does not happen. Rumors has it Grigson is coming to Toronto. Or his brother Dru.