Argos swap LB Shea Emry to Sask for DE Ricky Foley

[Argoriffic]

ARGONAUTS BRING HOME DE RICKY FOLEY IN DEAL WITH RIDERS

TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have brought home national DE Ricky Foley, who was named Most Valuable Canadian of the 100^th Grey Cup as a member of the Double Blue, in a trade with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In exchange, the Argos have sent national LB Shea Emry to Saskatchewan.

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I guess this means that Cory Greenwood will be the Argo's opening day MLB... or will it be Jones.

Foley should be a good bookend to surprising Okpalaugo.

I know I don't post much, but much of you were complaining that Emry looked like he lost a step during the season. I guess Burke couldn't work his magic with Emry after all.

[gilthethrill]

Emrys play did improve as the season went on, but Greenwood should be able to step in with Jones at MLB. If Foley is allowed to play his game under Burke, this could be a great trade for the Argos who need a pass rusher across from Okapaluogo.

[Argo57]

I love this move, Argonauts are deep at linebacker but have struggled on the D-Line since Foley left.
Foley's issues in Toronto centred around his role in Chris Jones's defensive schemes, Emry for whatever reason never really got on track in Toronto, I would expect Greenwood will be a more than adequate replacement at linebacker!!!!

[Fumblitis]

Fills a need for both teams.

[Wobbler]

If Foley is allowed to play his game under Burke...

In addition to using him almost exclusively as a pass rusher, I believe that Saskatchewan also took him off special teams last year. I think that was a very good idea and one we should adopt.

[Wobbler]

I'm not surprised that we traded Emry, but I wasn't expecting Foley back. This is a nice move, obviously, since we would have had a tough time using both Emry and Greenwood efficiently. I didn't pay any attention to RF last season, but it seems like he had a pretty good year.

[Bleeds Double Blue]

Can someone please explain why Foley went to Saskatchewan? Was he not resigned for salary cap reasons?

[gilthethrill]

Can someone please explain why Foley went to Saskatchewan? Was he not resigned for salary cap reasons?

I believe Foley left the Argos because he did not like his role in Chris Jones defence. I see Tim Burke letting him loose. Foley, for a pass rusher gets a lot of tackles, which shows be is strong against the run too.

[Bleeds Double Blue]

Thanks Gill.

[Will]

Here's hoping that Foley's return to Toronto does not involve you know who reappearing in these parts.

I can only suspect that the Argos have plenty of faith in Greenwood or Jones at MLB as other posters have said.

I am interested to see Foley and the Okpalaugo Lake Monster lining up together.

[gilthethrill]

Mixed reaction to the trade on Rider forum....they seem to like the age difference between the players involved. Good thing is Foley, at age 33 is a fitness freak like Gary Roberts was even at age 40.

[paulwoods13]

I'm not a huge fan of Foley, but this gives us another NAT starter. We dealt from a position of strength -- I expect Greenwood to step in and easily be as good as Emry was last season. Can he be as good as the Emry of 2-3 years ago? We'll see but I think that's a good possibility. And Jones is a hell of LB as well so maybe we will be able to fit both him and Greenwood into the starting lineup. I second argofan87's sentiments re Area 51.

[Rich]

I expect Greenwood to step in and easily be as good as Emry was last season.

I'd be very surprised if Greenwood played that poorly. When Emry wasn't caught out of position he was missing tackles. It almost looked sometimes like he was avoiding direct contact -- maybe a post-concussion thing. This trade is an absolute steal for the Argos. Plus, Foley's a colourful Canadian guy who's good with the media and will help with the Argos marketing campaign, if they actually have one this year.

[gilthethrill]

I'd be very surprised if Greenwood played that poorly. When Emry wasn't caught out of position he was missing tackles. It almost looked sometimes like he was avoiding direct contact -- maybe a post-concussion thing. This trade is an absolute steal for the Argos. Plus, Foley's a colourful Canadian guy who's good with the media and will help with the Argos marketing campaign, if they actually have one this year.

Well, whatever "Marketing Campaign" the Argos do employ this season, who ever is running it will be in tough as rumor has it the schedule will be a nightmare yet again due to other sporting events.

[Argo57]

I'd be very surprised if Greenwood played that poorly. When Emry wasn't caught out of position he was missing tackles. It almost looked sometimes like he was avoiding direct contact -- maybe a post-concussion thing. This trade is an absolute steal for the Argos. Plus, Foley's a colourful Canadian guy who's good with the media and will help with the Argos marketing campaign, if they actually have one this year.

I thought Emry threw some nice body checks in 2014, seemed to have issues wrapping guys up, as you stated maybe he was injured??

[doubleblue]

I'd be very surprised if Greenwood played that poorly. When Emry wasn't caught out of position he was missing tackles. It almost looked sometimes like he was avoiding direct contact -- maybe a post-concussion thing. This trade is an absolute steal for the Argos. Plus, Foley's a colourful Canadian guy who's good with the media and will help with the Argos marketing campaign, if they actually have one this year.

I agree with your assessment of Emry. I will be surprised if the Greenwood, Jones and Ware combination isn't better than most of what we saw last year. They may play Greenwood in the middle but he has good speed (4.6 forty I believe) and could play on the outside. I believe Burke was happy with the play of Thomas Miles as a 4th round unheralded rookie last year and they still have Tonye-Tonye who for some reason didn't see the field much last year, played fairly well in 2013 when he has a chance.
I had been wondering how Barker would unload Emry (I think we all knew it was coming) but never thought for a moment it would be for Foley after his last go round here. I was thinking Saskatchewan would be a good fit but thought maybe Getslaf might be the return, and I would have been ok with that move. They have to get some better receivers in here for Ricky than the bunch he had to work with last year.

[mchesher03]

wasn't ricky foley scheduled to be a free agent in February? how does that impact this / if any or am i missing something. Think Foley is a good (re-) addition to the squad, especially one that didn't generate a ton of a pass rush outside of Okpalaugo this past year.

[ArgoRavi]

wasn't ricky foley scheduled to be a free agent in February? how does that impact this / if any or am i missing something.

Saskatchewan had already re-signed Foley to a new contract a few weeks ago.

[ArgoGabe22]

wasn't ricky foley scheduled to be a free agent in February? how does that impact this / if any or am i missing something. Think Foley is a good (re-) addition to the squad, especially one that didn't generate a ton of a pass rush outside of Okpalaugo this past year.

Riders re-signed a few months ago but wasn't reported until recently.

[AngeloV]

I I believe Burke was happy with the play of Thomas Miles as a 4th round unheralded rookie last year and they still have Tonye-Tonye who for some reason didn't see the field much last year, played fairly well in 2013 when he has a chance.

Don't forget James Yurichuk who had 1 start last season, and was spectacular.