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Originally Posted by browna
Exactly. Tate has shown some decent qualities, and not just in cleanup duty, but he is 28, has thrown 73 passes in his 3 year CFL career (including Sask's practice roster), but this is the CFL and a backup QB.
Things change pretty quickly over the course of a year in the CFL, and he could fade into irrelevance fairly quickly for any number of reasons. Ask John Grace, or Labinjo...those guys were bonafide starters and lost it all within a season for the most part.
Burris has to struggle extremely (and not his perpetual detractors definition of struggling) for there to be any chance of him not playing the next few seasons here after this one, and that includes being protected in the expansion draft in 12 months+.
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Tate is 26. he's shown good enough composure to be a future starter in the CFL. This year we'll be seeing a lot of Tate imo. Hank is a regular season QB, he keeps failing when it counts in the playoffs (except in 08, he avoided making mistakes and Labinjo and Co. made the plays).
I would say Stamps will likely protect Tate knowing Burris will likely not move to play on an expansion team. If Ottawa selects him, the Stamps can re-acquire for a neg list player or something. His cost won't be much at 36, 37 years old.
When you have the likes of Lewis, Rambo, Bryant, Reynolds etc, you just have to make smart plays and get them the ball. Especially for a young guy, he'd have a lot of targets.