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I think we may be done on the defensive side of the ball We effectively have one spot open in the secondary...Corner and can see Allen there, or competing with one the interesting guys we have signed...plus we need to go entry level there to balance things out...alot of scratch invested in secondary already with Nichols..Holm..Kramdi and Moxy all in at over 140k at minimum, tho dont know Moxey's exact numbers I do hope we put Kramdi at safety and be the best place for him were his limitations wont hurt us...Griffin or Woodbey should be our SAM and with Jones and Wilson basically locked in, ause thats just how we operate...The Canadians in Shay and Smith who need to play, and on entry level deals which we need, there really is no more room on defence Lawson and Ceresna gonna eat a lot of inside reps...WJ obviously in th mix and I sure Jenkins and Jaworski gonna get every opp to be the 2 other ends, with Bailey as support. I dont see anyone really available now inside or out that would offer us a ton, so it's likely up to scouting to find that other import DT, which I okay with....Sadly that plug Korn gonna factor in the mix as well as ...well we have no other viable Canadian to spell off Lawson, Tho we could use Bailey, or one of the Canadian linebackers as we do rotate guys a ton...almost too much in my opinion...hard for guys to get in a real flow with constant shuffling around Schmeck I'd prefer over Korn...but he wont be ready i would think to start the yr, and tho either are not ideal at least Schmeck has forged a lil niche on jumbo package/shortyardage on offence and goaline...short yardage on defence....and truth be told, he probably gets off the ball at the snap quicker than anyone we had last yr... If we do any other signings...I think it's gonna be on offensive side

BUMMER....go get Gittens

Dejon Brissett to Calgary

The reality is once they are free agents if we don’t play them they will leave. Did Shay or smith get reps last year in games that mattered to the standings? How do you develop them if they don’t play tho.

I would imagine Shay and Smith will get reps otherwise I’d be starting to ask why we drafted them. But hey, I’m not the coach.

Riders losing half their DLine is interesting.

Ya should just cut them

Oh really. I missed that. So those 3 cdn linebackers you mentioned will get zero reps then.

you had me at....

We already have most of these replacement pieces in house. Shay, Kelly, Smith, Bailey, Novak, Ball Griffin was resigned

I’d assume guys who we haven’t signed like woods Gauthier Hallett Griffin etc are done as bombers. MBB legend Makonzo also appears done. The new Duane Slay. Did legit **** all but legend.

I don’t necessarily think he’s done but I think the big impacts have been made. Still a couple interesting pieces I’d love to see us in the mix for. Charleston Rambo is one that I do really want to see … feels like a guy on the come up and he would jive well with what we already have here. Plus, you could theoretically give him the offensive DA spot to let him sub in for Nield/Clercius or hell even Brady 25 snaps a game. Blessman Ta’ala the global DT out of Ottawa would be another big piece. Wouldn’t imagine he’s going to return after they signed Baldonado and I know the two globals on the DL may redundant but I like him as a depth rotational piece for sure, even if you just use him instead of Kornelson. Wouldn’t mind Ciraco to compete, also wouldn’t hate to see us acquire Sean Thomas-Erlington … think Tommy Condell knows him quite well if I’m remembering right.

So guys like Gauthier and hallett and the Canadian depth will be replaced with rookies? Drafted rookies?

U can guarantee most if not all those big deals we did prior to Jan has money on the 2025 books We had and likely still have $ to spend..and wouldn't shock me if we grab another nice piece I wouldn't be shocked if its another one of the best available canadian recievers

Solid analysis and commentary- thanks for that.

Hamilton is getting hit hard too. Murray, Bodner and Woodmansy on the online, Moxey and Amos in the secondary, Bell at rb.

Holm..Nichols...technically Griffin too as he in yr 3

I have to figure Walter's is done with free agency.

Stan, Willie, Kyrie or Ceresna could be for us. It’s 3 with one team or 5 with any team.

Is Walters done now or should we expect a couple of more cfl FA signings and If so, what we thinking. Who we thinking. Few interesting names out there.

I mean 2 OL = 8. But yeah that looks about right. Stan could be nationalized tho no? That would be pretty big honestly. So could Willie really. I thought you had to put in some service with the same team so I’m thinking Stan can be “nationalized” as could Willie and Kyrie now. I’m not sure Ceresna can be since he hasn’t been a bomber.

I have to admit. I don’t really care about the jets as much this season.

We avoided a huge mistake. https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/article/trotz-to-step-down-as-predators-gm-will-remain-in-role-until-successor-found/ He’s a hell of a story actually. Dude wasn’t supposed to make it.

I’m curious to see if we actually use the roster exemption spots this year, since we never have. It’s been a bit murky so I may admittedly not completely understand it. Pretty sure we have to start 8 “Canadians” but one of them can be an American with enough service time. This is the one that baffles me, since we consistently deploy enough veterans. We could also use the designated Nationalized American and I’m wondering if that’s what they do with Ceresna. The Bombers have been adding a LOT of DT types to the negotiation list lately, which makes me wonder if they’re still going to try and find a big body there and utilize the inside-outside ability Ceresna has. Not being inside the mind of Walters or O’Shea, it’s impossible to say what they’re thinking but what I would personally do at this point with the way our roster is built … I’d declare 6 Canadians (Brady, Demski, Nield, Neufeld, whoever plays center and Stan) on offense and 2 Canadians (Lawson and Kramdi) on defense to get to 8 and then I’d start a rookie DT next to Lawson and make Ceresna the designated Nationalized American on defense … rotate him in for Lawson up to 25 snaps, rotate him for Willie or the other American DT the rest of the time. We also could use a designated Nationalized American on offense in addition, but I’m not really quite sure how you’d work that since your 6th OL is probably Gabe Wallace which you’re happy with.

There’s also the reality that I see a lot of people on social media (not here) missing, which is that a lot of our veterans aren’t getting raises. I guarantee you Willie, Kyrie, Bryant, Neufeld, Eli, Castillo as a whole make less than they did last year. We also let go of some big ticket low impact players … Ceresna over Vaughters was less than $100k increase. Tim White over Dillon Mitchell was maybe a $50k cap increase. Jonathan Jones and Peyton Logan are gone and their cap hits were decent. Even Jake Thomas had a decent cap hit that is now off the books. We paid big money to Pokey, Holm, Lawson, Kramdi, Brady and some others but a lot of that went on the 2025 cap and a lot of it came from offsets elsewhere and that’s probably exactly why we were able to come out swinging on a guy like Broxton. It may not result in a return to the glory days (also, it may) but I can’t help but be impressed with what Walters has done with the cap so far.