Roughrider GM Brendan Taman met with the media on Thursday to give the team's position on all the latest goings-on in Riderville. Here's what he had to say:
ON THE REMAINING LB'S (MCCULLOUGH, LLOYD, STEWART)
It's the experience thing. You can go out and sign guys who have experience but I think we can find some new guys who don't have the experience but who can fit in. We have MO and Chris Graham right now that we can play with in the middle but we'll sign some new guys. Some of the DBs we have can fit into the dime spot too.
ON OWNING THE #1 PICK IN THE DRAFT
It's gonna take a lot to move it and I don't foresee us doing that.
ON HUSKIES OL BEN HEENAN, THE TOP PROSPECT
He's a good player. There's a lot of other names out there but a young offensive lineman is pretty valuable. Whether he's the best pick at that spot, we'll see, but he's pretty high up in our rankings.
ON COLE BERGQUIST
He needs work and he'll have competition. We're not just going to give him the #2 spot. Where that plays out, we'll see, but we're not just gonna give him the job. His contract won't come into play there.
ON CONTRACT TALKS WITH DARIAN DURANT
We've talked and I'm actually going to meet with him this afternoon about a number of things. We're not in a hurry to do that. We'll continue to talk and we'll see where it goes.
ON KOCH AND GETZLAF
Koch's free in a month and Chris is going into his option. The option year guys are important but right now the free agents are the priority.
ON ANDY FANTUZ
Really nothing's changes since the last time I talked to you guys. February 15 is the date and I don't see anything changing.
ON DINWIDDIE'S FUTURE
We talked about him coaching at the end of the year but the staff worked out the way it did. Absolutely he's a very bright guy who wants to get into coaching and I could see him having a very bright future in that. From talking to him, he wants to still play but he knows ultimately his future is in coaching. He has a lot of contacts in the States. He's a good individual but the biggest thing we'll miss is his relationship with Darian.
ON GENE MAKOWSKY
I'm about to meet with Gene in the next couple of days to see where we're at with everything. I know him and Jeremy O'Day have talked and he spoke with Corey Chamblin on the weekend. We'll see where that goes. I haven't talked to Gene myself but we'll see where that goes shortly.
ON WES CATES
We're continuing those talks and we've told Wes we'll let him know shortly what his status is going to be.
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