Some people don’t think spring has arrived until the Leafs have been eliminated from the playoffs. Others use the opening of restaurant patios as a sure sign of the season. But not us. We here at boatmenblog know that spring hasn’t truly arrived until the Argos have used their first round pick on an offensive lineman.

Sure Taylor Robertson wasn’t “drafted” in the traditional sense, but trading a first and third round pick to acquire him is basically the same thing. I for one welcome the new “drafting” strategy given that the Argos last three first round O-Line picks (Mike Moroz, Nick Kaczur and Dan Federkeil) have started a combined 0 games for the Boatmen. Now both Kaczur and Federkeil could make it to the Argodome eventually, but we aren’t holding our breath.

The major concern with this strategy is that with the new salary management system, drafted players – who are not paid as much as veterans – are now more valuable. Our hope of course is that Rita and Mohns can unearth some talent in the later rounds like they did with Bryan Crawford a few years ago.

Long time boatmenblog readers will know that one of the pillars of the Argos’ drafting strategy is finding out what board games prospects like to play (anyone who answered bingo last year was immediately assigned to room with Damon Allen on road trips). So to put it in those terms, hopefully when they roll the dice this year, they’ll land on a ladder and not a snake.