Mini Camp Roster Moves

[ArgoGabe22]

http://argonauts.ca/article/toronto-argonauts-transactions-may-2


MISSISSAUGA - The Toronto Argonauts Football Club announced the following player transactions today.

The following players have been ADDED:


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POS
NAME

STATUS

COLLEGE


DE
Nekos Brown (http://argonauts.ca/roster/show/id/5941)
IMP
Virginia Tech


RB
Quinn Porter (http://argonauts.ca/roster/show/id/5947)
IMP
Stillman College


RB
Curtis Steele (http://argonauts.ca/roster/show/id/5943)
IMP
Memphis


DB
Justin Taplin-Ross (http://argonauts.ca/roster/show/id/5939)
IMP
Utah

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The following players have been RELEASED:


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POS
NAME
STATUS
COLLEGE


LB
Darry Beckwith
IMP
LSU


WR
Anthony Jackson
IMP
California University of Pennsylvania


RB
Darnell Jackson
IMP
Norwich


CB
Talmadge Jackson
IMP
Oregon


RB
Adonis Thomas
IMP
Toledo


DB
Brandyn Thompson
IMP
Boise State


LB
Ronnie Thornton
IMP
Southern Mississippi


WR
Derrick Williams
IMP
Penn State

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[Rich]

Pretty surprising that blue-chip talent like Derrick Williams and Adonis Thomas would be cut at this point. Williams is 27 and maybe has decided to hang em up. But Adonis Thomas is a real head scratcher, little guy with great moves, tailor made for the CFL, why release him? Is it possible the Argos are being nice guys and letting these guys pursue NFL opportunities?

[Rids]

Bad day for those with the last name Jackson.

[ArgoRavi]

Pretty surprising that blue-chip talent like Derrick Williams and Adonis Thomas would be cut at this point. Williams is 27 and maybe has decided to hang em up. But Adonis Thomas is a real head scratcher, little guy with great moves, tailor made for the CFL, why release him? Is it possible the Argos are being nice guys and letting these guys pursue NFL opportunities?

I don't think that it is anything more than they liked the players they added better than the ones that they released. Thomas and Williams simply may not have shown enough at the mini-camp to impress.

[argolio]

I don't think that it is anything more than they liked the players they added better than the ones that they released. Thomas and Williams simply may not have shown enough at the mini-camp to impress.I guess it shows how competitive things are these days when holding onto a camp invitation is almost as tough as actually winning a job in camp.

[1argoholic]

Have to admit I liked what I found on youtube a while back on Adonis Thomas. The life of a pro athlete.

[bluto]

i figure that they looked at the guys who they released and asked, "Is X going to be able to beat out Y for his place in the team?" and if the answer was "No way", then that was that.

[AngeloV]

I guess it shows how competitive things are these days when holding onto a camp invitation is almost as tough as actually winning a job in camp.

You mean none of those guys were "penciled in" by the "thinkers"?