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TORONTO The road to the draft always proves to be busy for CFL head of football operations Greg Dick and his staff, but the 2021 off-season and the COVID-19 pandemic have offered some new and unique challenges.
The same goes for the nine CFL franchises, who have had to navigate this draft process without seeing or talking to players in person.
“I think that every team evaluates players differently. But I think they’re going to look at game films from past seasons more closely. Combine results will be considered, but because it’s such a unique year, that may not put as much weight on those,” Dick told Donnovan Bennett on the latest episode of The Waggle presented by Sport Clips.