You will never garner 100 per cent support from the fans or the players when it comes to TSN’s top 50 CFL players list.

If you can manage to get even a slight majority approval rating from the population, consider that a job well done. CFL fans can get emotional about which strongside linebacker you have at No. 44.

So now that we got the nice part out of the way … can you believe who they left off the list!?! Do they even watch the games?

All right, that may be a wee bit too harsh, these lists are hard to do. In that spirit I would like to humbly put forth a group of players who easily could have made this list. The fact that some of these names were left off speaks more to the overall level of talent in the league.

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