2025-26 Off-Season Transactions

[ARGO57]

Quarterback rooms ranked, Argonauts #2.

https://3downnation.com/?p=201138

[gilthethrill]

Quarterback rooms ranked, Argonauts #2.

https://3downnation.com/?p=201138

LOL! Hodge was pretty accurate with his rankings. Marshall F of CFL.ca ( aka the Anti Argos-Chad Kelly website) could learn something from him.

[IssuesMcgee]

Quarterback rooms ranked, Argonauts #2.

https://3downnation.com/?p=201138

LOL! Hodge was pretty accurate with his rankings. Marshall F of CFL.ca ( aka the Anti Argos-Chad Kelly website) could learn something from him.

A lot of people are predicting the Argos to bust this year solely on the basis that they hate Chad Kelly and seeing him come back and play well will kill them inside.

As I said before, he's marked now. Certain people will never give up on wanting to see him fail. It's not enough that he snapped his leg.

[ArgoRavi]

Quarterback rooms ranked, Argonauts #2.

https://3downnation.com/?p=201138

Argos should be ranked ahead of Hamilton, but #2 isn't bad.

[gilthethrill]

Quarterback rooms ranked, Argonauts #2.

https://3downnation.com/?p=201138

Argos should be ranked ahead of Hamilton, but #2 isn't bad.

Nick Arbuckle won a Grey Cup and helped guide the Argos to a victory in the Eastern Football Conference when Kelly went down fighting for a 1st Down. But Trey Ford he might...might do something similar some day...

[paulwoods13]

With Hunter at LG and Shepley at RG, Doxtater would probably have been a backup. As a result he may have been asked to restructure his contract and if so, it looks like he refused. That is just a guess but probably not far from the truth.

If Pinball is to be believed, it was Doxtater who asked for a raise.

General manager Pinball Clemons revealed on Wednesday that the decision was made due to financial reasons, as the once-highly touted draft pick wanted to renegotiate his contract and the team couldn’t accommodate that request.


https://3downnation.com/2026/03/25/mont ... argonauts/

If this is true, why would the team opt to release him and get nothing for him while making him available to sign with a rival? If he didn't like how much money he was being paid, or some other aspect of his contract, let him retire or hold out. I get that there can be ancillary benefits from being nice to players, but this makes no sense to me.

[ArgoRavi]

With Hunter at LG and Shepley at RG, Doxtater would probably have been a backup. As a result he may have been asked to restructure his contract and if so, it looks like he refused. That is just a guess but probably not far from the truth.

If Pinball is to be believed, it was Doxtater who asked for a raise.

General manager Pinball Clemons revealed on Wednesday that the decision was made due to financial reasons, as the once-highly touted draft pick wanted to renegotiate his contract and the team couldn’t accommodate that request.


https://3downnation.com/2026/03/25/mont ... argonauts/

If this is true, why would the team opt to release him and get nothing for him while making him available to sign with a rival? If he didn't like how much money he was being paid, or some other aspect of his contract, let him retire or hold out. I get that there can be ancillary benefits from being nice to players, but this makes no sense to me.

If a teams know the Argos can't or won't renegotiate his contract and they will likely have to release him, they're not going to trade for him. Yeah, they could have let him hold out, but I don't know that it would have gotten them or him anywhere. I just don't think those tactics work as well as they did 40 years ago.

[gilthethrill]

With Hunter at LG and Shepley at RG, Doxtater would probably have been a backup. As a result he may have been asked to restructure his contract and if so, it looks like he refused. That is just a guess but probably not far from the truth.

If Pinball is to be believed, it was Doxtater who asked for a raise.

General manager Pinball Clemons revealed on Wednesday that the decision was made due to financial reasons, as the once-highly touted draft pick wanted to renegotiate his contract and the team couldn’t accommodate that request.


https://3downnation.com/2026/03/25/mont ... argonauts/

If this is true, why would the team opt to release him and get nothing for him while making him available to sign with a rival? If he didn't like how much money he was being paid, or some other aspect of his contract, let him retire or hold out. I get that there can be ancillary benefits from being nice to players, but this makes no sense to me.

If a teams know the Argos can't or won't renegotiate his contract and they will likely have to release him, they're not going to trade for him. Yeah, they could have let him hold out, but I don't know that it would have gotten them or him anywhere. I just don't think those tactics work as well as they did 40 years ago.

The way the Oline performed past season, where does Doxtator get off asking for a raise?

[paulwoods13]

If a teams know the Argos can't or won't renegotiate his contract and they will likely have to release him, they're not going to trade for him. Yeah, they could have let him hold out, but I don't know that it would have gotten them or him anywhere. I just don't think those tactics work as well as they did 40 years ago.

Sorry, Ravi, I completely disagree.

Why does him demanding to renegotiate mean the team "will likely have to release him"? If he doesn't like his contract and doesn't show up for camp, suspend him. If he shows up and causes problems, cut him then, and only then.

Why should the team care if him holding out doesn't get him anywhere? Mgmt's obligation is to the team, not to a player who reputedly demanded to renegotiate after playing one mediocre season. Forcing him to hold out if he didn't like his situation might not have got the team anywhere, but releasing him in plenty of time for a rival to sign him, with zero return to the Argos, definitely did not get the team anywhere. Managing your assets well is not an outmoded tactic.

[IssuesMcgee]

If a teams know the Argos can't or won't renegotiate his contract and they will likely have to release him, they're not going to trade for him. Yeah, they could have let him hold out, but I don't know that it would have gotten them or him anywhere. I just don't think those tactics work as well as they did 40 years ago.

Sorry, Ravi, I completely disagree.

Why does him demanding to renegotiate mean the team "will likely have to release him"? If he doesn't like his contract and doesn't show up for camp, suspend him. If he shows up and causes problems, cut him then, and only then.

Why should the team care if him holding out doesn't get him anywhere? Mgmt's obligation is to the team, not to a player who reputedly demanded to renegotiate after playing one mediocre season. Forcing him to hold out if he didn't like his situation might not have got the team anywhere, but releasing him in plenty of time for a rival to sign him, with zero return to the Argos, definitely did not get the team anywhere. Managing your assets well is not an outmoded tactic.

What Ravi is saying happens all the time though. How many trades have happened in the last few months?