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Vikings.com: Arceneaux in 3rd tier of receivers trying to make the Vikings.

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Found this pregame report on Vikings.com, the official website of the Minnesota Vikings, who play the Dallas Cowboys in preseason action today. According to the writer, former Lions receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux is among the third tier of receivers trying to make the team:

“One of the position battles still raging is at WR, where the top 3 are set (Bernard Berrian, Percy Harvin and Michael Jenkins) but the next two or three are still open. I’m not sure if the Vikings will keep five or six WRs, but either way there are jobs still available. We won’t count anyone out, but the guys I’ll be watching tonight are Devin Aromashodu, Greg Camarillo, Juaquin Iglesias and Jaymar Johnson. The next tier of guys are Manny Arceneaux, Stephen Burton and Andre Holmes. Aside from performance in the offense, another factor in determining which players will earn roster spots is special teams. Johnson can increase his value by proving effective in the punt return game, while Aromashodu has increased his value by making a pair of special teams tackles.”

Wishing the best of luck to Manny today and hope he gets a shot to show his stuff.

Arceneaux leaves the Den to become a Minnesota Viking

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As we told you the other day, it was just a matter of time before we heard that Emmanuel Arceneaux would be leaving the BC Lions.

Emmanuel Arceneaux - Photo Credit: Vancouver SunReports today are surfacing that the talented young Lions receiver has signed a 3 year $1.8 million deaL with the Minnesota Vikings. Arceneaux himself tweeted confirmation of the signing. Despite the Vikings not confirming the deal, reports are surfacing that Arceneaux will receive a $70,000 to $75,000 signing bonus. According to Sportsnet’s Arash Madani, Arceneaux turned down a $120,000 offer to remain in the CFL with the Lions.

The Lions had hoped that Arceneaux would remain in the CFL for at least another year or two, to both help them in their quest for a Grey Cup and to hone his skills a little more before making the jumP to the NFL.  Like the Lions, Arceneaux started last season a little slowly before coming on the second part of the season, and becoming the Lions most dangerous receiver down the stretch, culminating with a thrilling last second catch in last season’s playoff game in Regina to send the game to overtime.

With the possibility of the NFL locking out it’s players in March it’s not an issue that Arceneaux is focusing on as he chases his NFL dream as he recently told Mark Masters of the National Post.

For more on the Arceneaux signing, be sure to check out this fine post by Andrew Bucholtz on his 55 Yard Line column over at Yahoo Sports as well as Lions beat writer Lowell Ullrich’s blog, The Fifth Quarter.

In the meantime, enjoy some his finest work as Lion with this video montage of Arceneaux’s time as a Lion:

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Off-season Musings: Arceneaux and Ottawa Expansion

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It’s been a while Lions fans! I hope you’ve all been having a great off-season. If you’re like me, it’s already too long. I miss my Friday Night Football, tailgating and all the good times that come from being a CFL fan.

That said there have been some interesting things going on around the league so I thought it would be a good time to touch on a couple that will have an affect on the BC Lions.

Bye Bye Mannie

If you follow Emmanuel Arceneaux on Twitter you probably know by know that the Lions receiver is not likely returning to the team in 2011. Arceneaux has been actively tweeting about his NFL tryouts, and has stated he’s close to signing with an NFL club. His agent confirmed those statements in a recent articleby Matt Sekeres of the Globe and Mail.

Bardia Ghahremani, told the Globe that five NFL teams have shown interest and Arceneaux could make more in signing bonus money than he would on a new deal with the Lions. He also doesn’t think there will be an NFL lockout, which may be wishful thinking on his part. If there is a lockout and Arceneaux is under contract to an NFL team, he won’t be able to return the CFL, and could miss a year of football. A year he could be honing his skills in the CFL in preparation for even a bigger pay day, similar to the one Cam Wake received from Miami (A 1 million dollar signing bonus).

The Lions had an offer on the table for Arceneaux, and Wally Buono felt a deal was doable.

“The numbers [Arceneaux] put forward to us, we felt were doable,” Buono said. “They just felt that maybe it was best to see what the NFL would offer.”

Buono told Arceneaux to make it wothwhile if he decided to bolt for the NFL.

Of course every player deserves to chase his dreams, and we wish Mannie all the best, whatever decision he makes. The departure will leave a hole in the Lions receiving corps but should allow for Steven Black, Andrew Harris and Jamal Lee to assume larger roles. No doubt the club will be looking for more replacements in their upcoming free agent camps as well.

Ottawa Expansion

The guidelines for the expansion draft that will bring Ottawa back into the league were announced recently. You can find the full details on BCLions.com but here are some of the key points unveiled by the league:

  • If everything proceeds as planned, the Ottawa team could take the field for the 2013 season. In that case, the expansion draft would be conducted on or about Thursday, December 13, 2012. It will consist of three rounds: one for imports, and two for non-imports.
  • Ottawa will be able to select a total of eight imports and 16 non-imports, including two quarterbacks, from existing teams.
  • If the team is ready to start play in 2013, Ottawa will pick first in all six rounds of the 2013 CFL Canadian Draft, after picking as many as four underclassmen from the NCAA in the 2012 CFL Canadian Draft.
  • Ottawa will have the ability to select not more than two quarterbacks and not more than one kicker or punter (for clarity, Ottawa may not select a kicker and a punter). A Member Club cannot have both a quarterback and a kicker or punter selected from its roster. A Member Club cannot have more than one quarterback selected from its roster.

Round by round here are the rules that Ottawa and the member clubs will follow in the three round draft:

Round One:

  • Member Clubs may protect one quarterback, and ten additional Import players.
  • Ottawa will select one Import player from each Member Club.
  • Import quarterbacks, kickers, and punters are eligible for selection (and protection), provided that: 
  • Each Member Club may protect a maximum of one quarterback in the Import Draft.
  • All other quarterbacks on a Member Club’s roster at the time of the draft are eligible for selection in this section.
  • Ottawa will only be able to select two quarterbacks in the Expansion Draft.
  • If a quarterback is selected from a Member Club in the Import Draft, such Member Club will be able to protect the names of an additional two Non-Import players in the first round of the Non-Import Draft.
  • If a kicker or punter is selected from a Member Club in the Import Draft, such Member Club will be able to protect one additional Non-Import player in the first round of the Non-Import Draft.

Round Two:

  • Each Member Club will protect six Non-Import players.

Non-Import quarterbacks, kickers, and punters are eligible for selection (and protection), provided that:

  • If a Member Club had a quarterback selected from its roster in the Import draft, it will be permitted to protect eight Non-Import players in the first round of the Non-Import Draft (instead of six); and
  • Ottawa will be prevented from also selecting a kicker or punter from that Member Club.
  • If a Member Club had a kicker or punter selected from its roster in the Import Draft.
  • That Member Club will be permitted to protect seven Non-Import players in the Non-Import Draft (instead of six); and
  • Ottawa will be prevented from also selecting a quarterback from that Member Club.

Any kicker or punter selected in the Non-Import Draft must be selected in the first round. If a Member Club had a kicker or punter selected from its roster in the Non-Import Draft, such Member Club would be eligible to protect eight Non-Import players in the second round of the Non-Import Draft, instead of six.

Ottawa will then select one non-import player from each Member Club.

Round Three:

  • Member Clubs will then submit a second list of an additional six Non-Import players for protection.
  • If a Member Club lost a Non-Import kicker or punter in the first round of the Non-Import Draft, such Member Club would submit two additional Non-Import player names for protection.
  • Ottawa will then select one non-import player from each Member Club.
  • The Commissioner will resolve any dispute related to player eligibility for the Expansion Draft process.

Not a bad deal for Ottawa if they should get some good football people in place and draft wisely. It will no doubt hit some of the Member clubs hard depending on the players they lose. The idea will be to have Ottawa competiive right out of the gate to ensure the public support the club. Several member teams, including the Lions benefited greatly through the dispersal draft the last time Ottawa folded.

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Playoffs? Playoffs?! Lions reach the second season with help from green rivals.

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Emmanuel Arceneaux makes a TD catch. Photo Credit: BCLions.comBC Lions fans woke up this with the knowledge that their team had qualified for the CFL’s 2nd season. They also rushed to the shower to wash whatever remnants of green were left on them.

It was a draining day for fans of the orange and black, as they had to sweat out a close 23-21 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Hamilton and then watch nervously as the Edmonton Eskimos battled the Saskatchewan Roughriders to determine their playoff fate. In the end it all worked out, but boy did the teams involved make it tough.

The Lions started slowly against their feline counterparts. Hamilton QB Kevin Glenn came out firing on all cylinders and his performance led his team to a 21-14 halftime lead. Coach Wally Buono said his team regained composure at halftime.

“We weren’t good in the first half,” said head coach Wally Buono. “We were a little bit lethargic on defence. We were not as into the game as maybe we would have thought. They regrouped at half time. They made some plays. We kind of won ugly again. But we won, right?”

It was ugly at times, but regroup they did. The Lions held Hamilton pointless in the second half; while Lulay went on to have easily his best game in the CFL. Despite one interception the improving Lions QB was 30 of 41 for 424 yards and one interception on the day, and made several big plays with Emmanuel Arceneaux being his favorite target. The Lions receiver had a huge game with two touchdowns and 164 yards on 8 catches, despite battling the flu.

To the surprise of many, the Tabbies left Kevin Glenn in the game in the 2nd half but he went cold thanks in large part to several dropped passes by his receivers and backs. On his one deep drive in the third quarter and threatening in the red zone, the Lions defence stepped up with a huge interception by rookie Anthony Reddick that snuffed the drive and kept critical points off the board.

The Lions themselves could only manage three field goals in the 2nd half, despite moving the ball, but it would be all they needed. They got critical points on one drive where former Lions Otis Floyd lost it for a series and took two unnecessary roughing penalties on Lulay that put the Lions in position to win the game in the 4th quarter.

“We just didn’t make enough plays,” said Glenn. “We had opportunities to make plays and put the game out of reach, or get some momentum and we didn’t.”

Despite the win, the Lions had to keep celebrations muted and nervously watch the Eskimos and Roughriders to learn their fate. After a less than impressive first half performance in the first half to make the Lions and their fans sweat, the Riders finally got on track in the 2nd half and gave the Lions playoff life.

Ironically, the Lions will now try and spoil the party in Regina next weekend, and with the team continuing to improve and having been in playoff mode the whole 2nd half of the season, it makes for an interesting matchup, particularly with the Riders struggling of late.

Any given Sunday right?

Game Stats

Quick Hits:

  • The Lions were in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
  • Yonus Davis was kept in check by the Ticats 19 yards on two kick returns and just 13 yards on 6 punt returns.
  • Stanley Franks had a tough time dealing with Maurice Mann, but led the team with 6 tackles.
  • Emmanuel Arceneaux went over 1000 yards for the first time in his career.

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Sports & Stuff Annual BC Lions Day

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On Saturday, August 28th, Sports & Stuff, the official sports store of BCLionsDen.ca is holding its annual BC Lions Day out in Chilliwack. Casey Printers, Travis Lulay and Emmanual Arceneaux will be on hand to sign autographs and chat with fans, and you can get great deals on BC Lions merchandise. Make sure you mention that BCLionsDen.ca sent you!

Here’s a breakdown of this great annual event at Sports & Stuff:

Prizes:

  • Trip for two to Calgary to see the Lions take on the Calgary Stampeders on September 25th, 2010. Prize includes airfare, hotel, tickets and taxi to and from the airport.
  • Trip for two to Las Vegas! Flexible dates. Includes airfare and 3 nights hotel.
  • Autographed, pro-stitched Casey Printers jersey.
  • 3 autographed footballs
  • Framed and autographed Casey Printers photograph.
  • Mall gift certificates
  • Canucks package, including tickets and hotel.
  • Gift certificate for the Harrison Hot Springs Hotel.
  • Many more prizes!

Sports & Stuff is a locally owned business in Chillwack run by Rick and Wendy Lovell and they have the best selection of BC Lions and CFL gear and merchandise. They are located at:

Sports & Stuff

45610 Luckakuck Way, Chilliwack, BC
V2R 1A2
(604) 858-2614
http://sportsandstuff.2ya.com

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