Monday, 10 February 2014

Redblacks sign Sweed and Adu.

The team also announced that they are playing a "home" exhibition game in Regina on June 14th.  I can't even wrap my head around this idea at the moment so I'll stick to the player signings for now. 

DB Steven Adu first.  He was listed as being 5'9", 190 on Bishop's' 2013 roster. He was credited with 44 tackles and 14 assists for the Gaiters last season as a fifth year player.

Limas Sweed is yet another big receiver to join this team; said to be 6'4", 220.  He was a second round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2008.  And, to be blunt and honest, did very poorly for them.  After a couple of very unproductive years, he injured his Achilles tendon early in 2010 and missed that season, then released towards the end of camp in 2011.  He was signed by Saskatchewan briefly but walked out on them without known explanation.

So dude sounds pretty high maintenance.  But who knows?  Perhaps being away from the game a bit made him miss it and he'll appear in camp motivated.  At this point in the game, he seems pretty low risk, high reward.

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