Let’s be honest, this is a lighter time of the year for CFL fans.

The free agency period doesn’t officially open for a month, while the CFL Combine and the CFL Draft are forever away.

This slow period allows us to think outside the box. May I recommend looking at the list of players who would excel at Olympic flag football? I, for one, would love to see the Philpot twins on the field together taking on the world.

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On Monday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced that Micah Johnson has joined the team as their new defensive line coach and on Thursday, the Toronto Argonauts announced that they are bringing Ka’Deem Carey back into the fold to coach the running backs. That news gave me an idea. What about a list of the top 10 former players who are now coaches?

Have you looked at the coaching staffs across the CFL? They are packed with former players, from newly retired stars to the heroes of yesteryear. This list is so deep I had to leave off Demetrious Maxie and the 2012 Most Outstanding Defensive Player award winner J.C. Sherritt.

If you need any evidence of how stacked this list is going to be, a guy with 249 career games and two Grey Cup victories is coming in at........

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