The rights to negotiate with Franklin acquired in exchange for Mason Woods

[paulwoods13]

Always hate to trade a guy named Woods, but IMO this is fairly low-risk. Ten o-linemen dressed for Argos this year; he was not one of them. Watching him at Fan Day and on the sideline at home games, he never struck me as connected/bonded in any way with the rest of the o-line group. Kind of reminded me of Matt Sewell in that regard. The risk is he turns out to be another Chris Walby. But he might also turn out to be another Mark Moroz.

As for Franklin, he looked amazing in two games against the Argos in 2015 and 2016, but it was against an Argo defence that seemed pretty terrible all around. Nonetheless, if he signs there is a lot of upside to him, both as a player and a guy to market as the face of the team. I imagine Popp either knows or strongly suspects Ricky is gonna retire. I hope he comes back and a way can be found to get both guys signed, but that seems unlikely. Next year's QB depth chart may be Franklin, Bethel-Thompson and Fajardo, with Prukop and a new kid for additional depth.

[Argo]

Always hate to trade a guy named Woods, but IMO this is fairly low-risk. Ten o-linemen dressed for Argos this year; he was not one of them. Watching him at Fan Day and on the sideline at home games, he never struck me as connected/bonded in any way with the rest of the o-line group. Kind of reminded me of Matt Sewell in that regard. The risk is he turns out to be another Chris Walby. But he might also turn out to be another Mark Moroz.

As for Franklin, he looked amazing in two games against the Argos in 2015 and 2016, but it was against an Argo defence that seemed pretty terrible all around. Nonetheless, if he signs there is a lot of upside to him, both as a player and a guy to market as the face of the team. I imagine Popp either knows or strongly suspects Ricky is gonna retire. I hope he comes back and a way can be found to get both guys signed, but that seems unlikely. Next year's QB depth chart may be Franklin, Bethel-Thompson and Fajardo, with Prukop and a new kid for additional depth.

Interesting.