Pro Football Talk has this to say:
"A native of Canada, Messam became last season the first Canadian player to rush for more than 1,000 yards since 2000" [profootballtalk.nbcsports.com]

they go on to say:
"The six-foot-three, 245-pound Messam was third in the CFL with 1,057 rushing yards in 2011"
[profootballtalk.nbcsports.com]

"Messam, who averaged 5.4 yards per carry last season, finished third in CFL rushing behind Montreal’s Brandon Whitaker, who had 1,378 yards, and Toronto’s Cory Boyd, who had 1,141. Messam had four 100-yard games and averaged a modest 58.7 yards per game."
[blogs.palmbeachpost.com]

Rick



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 02/16/2012 12:16AM by dolphan4545.

Is this the guy that carries his helmet in one arm & the football in the other & runs barefoot with his shoes tied to his belt?

Well, where did we get Cameron Wake?

I'd say that first or third there are probably some great players in the CFL that should have gotten a better shot at the NFL.

He is obviously going to be a fullback/short yardage guy.


If anybody is expecting him to come in here and compete as the starting RB, then they are misinformed.

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He's NOT a big score. Just one of them there stones Ireland likes to throw in the bucket to prove he's out rock hunting and scavenging for egg corns and probably sniffing the grass to follow the Easter Bunny.

BNF.

I agree, BNF.

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I think he was signed more for his blocking then anything else. Hey.....look how well he did with Wake. At least he's out there trying to make stuff happen. I'd rather have a Team full of wakes then all the over priced crap the Jets have in their Locker room.

But how many egg corns does it take to fill a basket?

And how many stones still need to be turned?

The answer my friend is throwing in the wind...

BNF. And yet there's more.

Low cost high potential - good move.

Anytime you can add to the team someone who had got a little more training / experience and not have to give up a draft pick or trade for them - why the heck not give them a try out.

Worse case we get someone we cut at or near the league minimum price.

Hell yeah!

BTW - Is there not a decent QB in the Canadian football league we could consider?

Guess we would have if there was. There have been a few over the years that came back to the NFL.

How about arena FB ? Yes we are desparate, in case you are wondering

Jerome messam???

His name sounds like a MESS i dont like that name stay away from him.

Lets face it folks the odds of the phins finding the next cameron wake are very rare or scarce rather.

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BigNastyFish Wrote:
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> He's NOT a big score. Just one of them there
> stones Ireland likes to throw in the bucket to
> prove he's out rock hunting and scavenging for egg
> corns and probably sniffing the grass to follow
> the Easter Bunny.
>
> BNF.

Did you mean to say eggcorn or did you actually mean to say acorn and that was just an eggcorn?

Lol

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This was a Blocking move. pass protection.......nothing to do with yards or red Zone potenial. But who knows? Maybe with his meanstreak he will develop into a 3rd down back?