How is Fields only a 79?!
And the Packers rocking a 56 overall QB lmao
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KimJongBaze
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Huskies Invite 26 to Training Camp
The Toronto Huskies have signed 26 additional players in preparation for training camp.
- QB Matthew Stafford
- QB Joshua Dobbs
- HB Travis Etienne
- HB Todd Gurley II
- FB Cullen Gillaspia
- WR Rico Bussey Jr.
- WR Phillip Dorsett II
- WR Mack Boone
- WR Clinton Rowe
- TE Christopher Herndon IV
- TE Alex Mendoza
- T Colton McKivitz
- T Gerry Reitz
- G Gus Lavaka
- G Alex Redmond
- C Sam Silverman
- C Adrian Esparza
- DE Porter Gustin
- DE LaBryan Ray
- DT Malcom Brown
- DT Deadrin Senat
- DT Carlos Wooden
- OLB Cam Keyes
- OLB Ogbonnia Okronkwo
- CB Lynn Stallworth
- CB Lonnie Johnson Jr.
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2025 Preseason: Training Camp Headlines
The Toronto Huskies came within a field goal of winning the Super Bowl despite losing quarterback Trevor Lawrence at the start of the post-season. Instead, Toronto used their running attack and vastly improved defense under defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to march through the playoffs before their untimely demise.
Toronto is going to take another crack at it, this time without some key players. Two of the first free agents to sign with the franchise, wide receiver Chris Godwin and safety Keanu Neal, are gone. A staple at linebacker, Cole Holcomb, is also gone. Instead, Toronto went young with drafting safety Denard Haynes in the second round after drafting two inside linebackers in Case White and Nate Culberson in the top four of the draft.
With a very aggressive approach in the offseason, Toronto still has some questions marks heading into the preseason:
- Can Culberson and White man the defense as two rookie linebackers?
No one played more snap than Keanu Neal and Cole Holcomb did last season as they were the two play-callers for the Huskies defense. They are now both gone and going to be replaced with Culberson White, two rookies that will likely lead the team in snaps played. Bowles doesn't rotate his inside linebackers, at least he hasn't in his stint with the Huskies. Toronto did not sign any veterans either and in fact traded away LB Troy Dye in an effort to land White with the second overall pick.
- - The three first round picks from the 2022 draft class
Toronto GM Louis Riddick managed to extend most of the big guns in Lawrence, Chase Young and Rondale Moore while also adding key pieces like Jamal Adams and extending Nolan Garrison right as Garrison was blossoming into a star. Riddick will need to work his cap magic once more as the very successful class of 2022 is now due to a re-up. This includes three first round picks in tackle Dominique Vernon, guard Drew Mackey and cornerback Ashley Konrad. They've all made all-pros and when you add in guys like cornerback Donovan Bigby, you end up with a very talented and most likely costly class.
- - Who replaces Chidobe Awuzie?
When you have to re-sign guys like Lawrence, Young, Moore and Garrison -- all getting paid top dollar for their positions -- you need to cut costs at some place. Toronto did that at cornerback and receiver, trading Chris Godwin and letting Chidobe Awuzie walk. Toronto drafted Dorian Burnett in the third round last year and he was limited laying time as did free agent signing Troy Pride Jr. One of them will need to emerge as the top guy in the nickel slot. With Bigby and Konrad likely to sit most of the preseason, opportunities will be aplenty for that position to get settled.
- - Can former first round picks find true form in Toronto
Toronto signed two former first round picks in WR Devonta Smith and pass rusher Greg Rousseau. Neither have much success in their first few years in the league, at least not to the level that was expected. Smith, however, now joins a more potent offense than the one he left in New York and Rousseau will now get his chance as a stand-up, edge rusher opposite of both Nolan Garrison and Chase Young.
- - Will Cooper make jump from cool story to intriguing prospect?
Eric Cooper's story as a baseball flame-out to walk-on at Baylor to Big 12 Champion is an interesting one and even inspiring. However, Toronto didn't spend a fifth round pick on him for those reasons. Instead, they hoped to turn him into a development quarterback that could potentially be leveraged down the line in a trade. Jacob Eason showed enough in his one game of action last season to help sweeten the deal to Las Vegas along with WR Godwin to help Toronto land the fourth overall pick. Cooper's spot on the roster isn't guaranteed, as shown by the team bringing Matthew Stafford back as well as Joshua Dobbs, another former backup of Lawrence.
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KimJongBaze
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thief in the night.
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nice rundowns
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As Leonard's confidence grows, so does his voice and his role on the team
If you stopped by for a practice at the Air Canada Training Facility for the past few seasons, you would typically hear the barking of linebacker Nolan Garrison or the non-stop banter from cornerbacks Ashley Konrad and Donovan Bigby. On the opposite side of the field, where the offense resided, was typically quiet. Just head coach and play caller Eric Bienemy trying to put together the final touches of his game-plan with Bible-scripture-quoting-quarterback Trevor Lawrence meticulous went through another day of practice for him.
Now-a-days, the loudest on the field is the once 'painfully shy' receiver Richard Leonard.
"He's probably the best trash talker on offense," says Bigby, who's been lining up across Leonard more often this training camp, "When he got drafted, I didn't even know he spoke. Now, he won't shut up."
Leonard's play his rookie season was as quiet as his mouth. The Charleston Southern product was drafted in the third round to much criticism. He was from a small school and wasn't all that productive outside of his senior season, mainly excelling as a track-star in college. He also joined a receiving corps that had Chris Godwin, an emerging Rondale Moore and veteran Miles Boykin. It was the worst thing that could have happened to him as far as appeasing the fan base. It was the best thing for his career.
"It really was like a redshirt year," says Leonard of his rookie season, "I was banged up, wasn't playing a lot but I got to learn the game and play with some veterans both offensively and defensively."
Towards the end of the year, cornerback Patrick Peterson told Huskies fans to be patient with Leonard, citing "That boy is special. He's long, he's got speed and he's physical."
Boykin was gone by the start of Leonard's season and the former rookie started to grow into his man body after coming into the league at just 175 pounds. He caught ten passes in the season opener and didn't stop, continuing to put up numbers and led the league in receptions and receiving yards for the bulk of the season. As the season went along, teams adjusted to Leonard and his production went down while Godwin's production went up. Some within the team feel that it wasn't an organic change in the offense.
"Godwin wanted to get paid," said an unnamed source, "The players, the coaching staff wanted Chris [Godwin] to get paid and be here so we started force feeding Godwin."
Leonard still finished as the team's leader in receptions and topped over 1,000 yards for the first time in his career. With Godwin now in Las Vegas, Leonard's role as the number two behind Rondale Moore is solidified and he'll be needed more than ever.
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Loving the stories, keep them coming.
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KimJongBaze
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The man you wished Kawhi Leonard turned into
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thanks brudda.
low blow.