Riders aquire #1 pick

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According to the good folx at cfl daily..

Riders now have the number 1 pick...

[PDO]

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The Trade will not be finalized until just before the draft begins tommorrow, but it's #1 and #8 to SSK for #2, #4 and a vet Canadian.

They also report that Shomari Williams @blac33 will be the man the Riders seek at #1 when the draft begins tommorrow.

[cmbuk]

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Wonder who the ni vet is????

[Rayminator]

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[Beerfish]

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Who cares? We should. Anthing that makes the Riders better is bad for the Eskimos.

[glenvb]

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Seems a bit odd that the Riders would give up both the #2 and #4 picks to get the #1. They must really want Williams in particular, but given that the Canadian draft is more of a cr*p shoot than some other drafts, I'm surprised by this.

Also curious to know who's going to TO. Wonder if it's a salary dump.

[Nanookster]

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Who cares? We should. Anthing that makes the Riders better is bad for the Eskimos.

The draft won't make the Riders better.

[Jtuck09]

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This is CFL news so I guess I care a little bit...

[Inquiring Mind]

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Seems a bit odd that the Riders would give up both the #2 and #4 picks to get the #1. They must really want Williams in particular, but given that the Canadian draft is more of a cr*p shoot than some other drafts, I'm surprised by this.

Also curious to know who's going to TO. Wonder if it's a salary dump.

Or someone they were likely going to cut anyway. Does seem odd I agree... but I guess if they're really sold on that one guy, it's not like it cost them anything tangible. Might as well get the guy you want rather than two you could live without.

[Nermal]

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Since contracts aren’t guaranteed salary dumps only really happen when a team wants to keep a player out of its division. Hamilton dumped Flick and Smith on the Riders instead of cutting them so they could keep another eastern team from signing them. If we’re dumping a player in this deal it may be Wayne Smith again. He was massively overpaid when the Riders traded for him at $190,000, the highest paid OL in the league, and although he’s signed a new contract since then it was a Tillman deal, so it’s likely still very bad.

As a side note, if we do draft Williams that would be extremely good news for the Rider organization. It may mean that the dark days in Riderville are indeed over. Maybe I’ll explain that more later, but not now.

[Esks4ever]

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ya signing someone at #1 overall always means dark days are over..

[Nermal]

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ya signing someone at #1 overall always means dark days are over..

You don't even know what you're talking about, never mind what I'm talking about.

[Diesel]

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There are those who rate williams as highly overrated

[Nermal]

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There are those who rate williams as highly overrated

The dark days I'm talking about relate to off field issues. If we do draft Williams tomorrow I'll explain what I'm talking about.

[greenandbold]

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Arash Madani at sportsnet.ca had this real early. Good on him. Meanwhile, Esks left behind in dust???