So what more do we know about Lemar Durant. Well he stands at 6’2’’, which explains why he’s a wide receiver and weighs 230 pounds. Very highly rated that he has got NFL teams sniffing around him including 2014 Super Bowl champions Seattle Seahawks. As touched on previously Durant was one of the standouts at the regional combines, most notably for his 40-yard dash, ranking 4th overall in the combines and the highest for a wide receiver with 4.55 seconds. Furthermore he established a CFL combine record by bench pressing 225 pounds 26 times. All this is even more impressive as he’s not always been a Canadian Football player, as up until the age of 14 he was a very successful College Basketball player. Most likely destination Very highly rated so could go in the first round of the draft, that’s if he’s not snapped up by an NFL team for their draft. Given Ottawa RedBlacks have the first pick Durant could easily go there, however this depends on the on field position Ottawa are after. If not he could go to his home team BC Lions who have the 5th pick, alternatively he could go as low as the 8th pick which Hamilton Tiger-Cats have. Whichever franchise does get Durant will have a real talent on their hands who will have a long career whichever path he chooses, CFL or NFL.
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That time of year is fast approaching where the 9 teams in Canadian Football are on the lookout to add that extra bit of quality to their ranks which may make the difference between a play-off spot or not, and more importantly a Grey Cup or no Grey Cup!
Most likely destination Hard to say as he was ranked 18/20 in the CFL scouting bureau for the top 20 prospects in September 2014, but failed to make the list last December. So the Toronto native may end up going under the radar, although I believe he should be snapped up given the many qualities he possesses. If not picked up straight away he could end up at Edmonton, but if Campbell’s drafted near the start Montreal could be his new destination.
Introduction Canadian Football is usually seen as the less attractive sibling in North American football as America’s NFL trumps the national game in Canada mainly due the financial power of the league and its teams. However there is vast appeal of CFL, most notably as the game is played at a faster pace compared to the NFL with a shorter play clock (20 seconds as opposed to 40), meaning double the excitement in that time. Each game as four quarters of 15 minutes each meaning the games last 1 hour in total (3 hours overall if commercial breaks are included). It is also worth noting if you don’t know much about Canadian Football that each team has an extra man compared to American Football, 12 instead of 11. Furthermore the pitches are bigger and wider (150-yards in length, incl. 20-yard endzones and 65 yards wide) meaning the Linemen need to be more pacey in order to close down the opposing teams offense. Additionally players in the CFL tend to be quicker and lighter than in the NFL as well as being smaller as the America football teams cut them from the roster after deeming them an inappropriate size. Brief League & teams overview So that’s just a bit of background information on Canadian Football and the CFL highlighting the main rules. Now to look at the teams where there are currently nine, with the latest (Ottawa Redblacks) being formed in 2010 after a number of failed franchises in Ottawa. The nine teams are split into two conferences, Eastern and Western meaning five are in one while the remaining four are in the other, although all the teams do play each other home and away with the season being 20 weeks, starting in June and finishing in November. The five teams in Western division consists off, BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, while in the Western division there is Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Montreal Alouettes, Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts. All the teams compete for the prestigious Grey Cup which is one of the oldest sporting trophies in the World having begun in 1902, although the professional competition (CFL) began in 1958. The teams Edmonton Eskimos Founded: 1949 Division: Western Colours: Green/Gold Stadium: Commonwealth stadium (56,302) No. of Grey Cups: 13 Most recent: 2005 Montreal Alouettes Founded: 1946 Division: Eastern Colours: Red/Blue/ Silver/White Stadium: Percival Molson Memorial Stadium (25,012) No. of Grey Cups: 7 Most recent: 2010 Saskatchewan Roughriders Founded: 1910 Division: Western Colours: Green/White/Black Stadium: Mosaic Stadium (33,427) No. of Grey Cups: 4 Most recent: 2013 |
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