Quote Originally Posted by OV Argo View Post
Good luck to Chiles there - he has some receiver talent and might make it; however - always curious how the NFL super-experts go about signing top CFL talent; maybe mostly on contacts. references or measureables like size or speed? Cause Chiles gets signed there when he couldn't hold the jock-strap of current CFL receivers like Bowman or SJ Green in all-around receiver talent, who aren't on the NFL call list ??? Milt Stegall and Geroy Simon (got a couple of NFL try-outs during his CFL time i think) in YEARS of their CFL prime, were hands down IMO better than all kinds of NFL roster receivers (starters of back-ups), but the NFL super-experts were clueless there = i say again - that is good for the CFL. Weston Dressler getting cut from the usually mediocre to $hitty KC Chiefs receiving corps this year was laughable - but again - good for the CFL and Rider fans in particular.
Chiles is nowhere near as polished or talented of receiver as G. Simon, M. Stegall or D. Tucker. It seems the NFL's prime consideration is size, speed and youth...not that a receiver caught 100 balls for 2000 yds in the CFL and was named the league MVP. Another example is Chris Wilson, who was the only member of the Lions DL who was not named an All-Star in 2006, but he was the one signed in the NFL (youth and speed). Another surprising NFL signing included CFL receiver Dudley Guice. There are dozens more like him who perhaps had impressed a NFL coach while in college...not the CFL.

Geroy was actually signed by 8 NFL teams but never got a real chance to play. He wasn't All-World in his first couple of CFL seasons either but developed into a very polished receiver, one of the best ever. He could have easily played in the NFL but perhaps lacked the long arms or big hands which so impresses the NFL computer.