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Bombers not offering Bighill a contract ahead of free agency according to Jeff Hamilton my first daughter was born Monday and this still might be the best news I’ve had all week

Holm back on a 1 year deal. https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/01/15/blue-bombers-re-sign-defensive-back-evan-holm/

I’d rather pay McManis 270 than pay Ford 220

A day early but Merry Christmas to you all.

S**t signing, s**t schedule. Thank God the Bacon Mushroom Melt is back or it may have been toaster bath day.

Love that for us

I was having a pretty good morning...

Well he’s right. Over 300 k for a receiver is crazy, and quite frankly not even close to worth it.

Is the secondary not part of the D?

Get the popcorn out... lots of them reallllllllll upset by Harris and his drug issues. See how quickly they try and change their tunes.

Harris is now dead to me.

The truth is that Bighill, Jake Thomas, Brandon Alexander and Kolankowski are blocking the developmental path for better, younger (and cheaper) players. But all this has been said ad nauseum.

Houston was maybe half as good as Ford. Houston got burned as often as he made picks. Ford was rarely burned.

https://3downnation.com/2025/01/15/ottawa-redblacks-extend-qb-dru-brown-through-2026/

All this stuff is just excuses... fact is they opted to play an injured player rather than give a healthy player the chance. They need to own that decision as a coaching staff.

I mean, this is the quietest month of the year on here. Nothing much happens in january. It's all waiting for news now. I hear if you say lyle bauers name in the mirror 3 times he will appear...

I do agree we need that nasty guy like desjarlais. Ever since he left we haven’t had that. He set the tone and every one else tried to match it. Wallace could be that guy, don’t know for sure though. We need that back for sure. I don’t think we actually had that on the dl though. We could sure use it though. “Back home” is an excuse. Half our team is American and play away from home the whole season. Who is our last true home grown ol? Sheridan? We weren’t competitive in the pricing of any of those guys. Just like we weren’t in many free agent departures. Kongbo, sayles, other sayles, jsk, lawler the first time etc. I think we felt as though the next man up would always be a couture, desjarlais, stove, Alford etc. and we got to a point where the cupboards ran dry, and our ability to keep/attract top guys suffered because we wouldn’t give up on vets that will play for cheap. Case in point, Tui Eli has dressed for 52 games as a bomber. This is the 6th year since he turned pro. He started 5 games including the west final in 21, and I think one game since then. Kola has played 62 games in his career. We are soo married to maintaining the status quo and the value of the 6th ol, that we’ve made double switches on the ol to keep him as the 6th guy and play rookies inside. I fully believe in what he can do from what I’ve seen. If the bombers don’t, they should’ve moved on a while ago. If they think continuity with the 6th ol in a sub pack for a hand full of snaps is worth as much as an every snap ol, then we are pooched. Has familiarity bred contempt in the bomber brass? Sure looks like it. Has it been addressed now? Think we will know a week or two into free agency, if not camp through pre season for sure.

To relive som Chuck Bob memories

Most of the kvetching that goes on around here relates to usage of players on D... and yet they D had been good... it's the offense that let's this team down the past few years... just an interesting observation to me.

Bombers signed DB Quandre Mosely. 6 foot 1, played at University of Kentucky, bounced around the NFL for a couple of seasons. The guy seems to be pretty fast.

Don't forget signing with some hockey club too....something like that. Anyways...I hope this recent move pushes his ring of honour induction back a decade.

That one makes me really mad

Nice! Huge signing.

That's a good catch. The table I pulled from has him designated as a DB (where he was expecting to play when we talked in pre-season). Looking at where his snaps came, LB is much more accurate. I counted Cole with 186 snaps.

Willie back for 1 more

woah, woah, woah... a little bit too much information 😅

Some interesting comments from Neuf on his media availability. Must watch especially for the off season. lots of interesting questions and responses. Not nearly the usual tight lipped stuff we see. cited the injuries combined with the amount of turn over on the ol leading to the struggles they saw early. Not getting to practice and have a camp beside Lofton, Liam’s adjustment to starting, and the injuries that put him back out and Bryant’s scare. Definitely sounds like he forced it back early and wasn’t ready and probably should’ve been shut down much sooner. Also mentions that guys need to get that continuity going early in camp shaking the rust off and not the season. In response to opportunity to improve with change he seems excited and positive about having some change though missing buck and Bourgoin.

Making us the 3rd best team in the league.

We were the 3rd best team in the league last year. We were only in the cup because the top 2 were in the same division.

Counterpoint: he was given a chance to develop and did get a chance to make the roster and contribute and nowngrts and NFL look. Player development can look at lot of different ways and just because you have an axe to grind and everything they do is **** doesn't mean you're way is the only way.

I actually think we have the core, if healthy. Wallace, and randolph could be impact players for us this year on the OL. On the DL I really like woods, Adams, fox, lawson and what garbutt rounded into late. I think we need to make some tough moves to get away from some old guys, and prioritize spending on the lines in free agency. 2 players, 1 end and C or tackle, away from having the best line play in the league again. And, the continued development of our young guys. Perfect world, we make a splash move at C, and DE. Garbutt rotates as a di, WJ rotates in the 30 to 40 swap, jake is either cut or the last NI on the roster, and we heavily rotate fox/lawson/woods and adams inside out. Randolph steps up and becomes the RT, and a new C stabilizes the interior. Wallace steps up and takes a G job. Maybe thats dobson, maybe its paddy rotating and playing the 6th ol.

It’s pretty simple … just because you’re good at football doesn’t mean you’re good at life.

earn your spot....and then do enough to maintain does not apply here for some.....Then a guy like Smith...who had huge upside...did nothing wrong...had our only return T.D all yr albeit in T.C but still a nice return...was benched...never to be heard from again as we scuffled and sucked all yr after....hmmmmmm

It's greater than zero so it's too high a salary for Jake.

Bloody pathetic...typical osh garbage

The all Miller coaching staff is getting closer

Just noticed: Jake Dolegala Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Weight: 242 lb (110 kg) Willie Jefferson Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 cm) Weight : 245 lb (111 kg) Bookends!

I mean, this is good for the CFL We still have his rights if he comes back this season

The other aspect is that sometimes venting and grumbling is just that... as an example I'll go ***** about my workplace but I'm still overall happy here and no real designs on leaving. Point? None I guess, just that context is everything and we all apply our own biases to all the information we are presented with.

Bombers sign Jake Thomas. Allow Jefferson to leave in free agency. That would be so this regime.

Is Allen a pending free agent or some thing? That seems like really low value for Toronto doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Huge get for bc.

I okay with Neuf....he is one of the voices and leaders on the team....and was banged up last yr....played well again when finally healthy....Not to beat a dead horse to death but a change at center would bring the play up on the interior....Kolo is a very limited center....but we know limited talent here if an Osh fav gets the play time The silence with other signings, and solidifying coaching is a little concerning tho....there some reason's I can see but prob wont mention here as dont wanna upset the fanboi's with nobody can do no wrong on our current staff I think you will be surprised at a few players who are gonna look around and see what's available....tho not necessarily gonna leave...but may...many here wanna deny it but there is a fair sized group of players..some tenured vets who were not happy how things were managed 2 yrs running now....I also think that the non confirmation on an OC...and the defection of other coaches says a lot....of how some things are ran here...the my way or the suck it up style.....interesting 3 weeks coming up

I don’t know if I’d gamble on that this early on. Especially with this year’s draft being so thin on OL, you’re not going to replace Wallace so I’d try to keep Dobson for sure

I’m okay having Neufeld here. By all accounts, amazing locker room guy and unlike a few others he actually did return to form

I mean look at how spending big on an impact MLB transformed our team back when we got Bighill when he didn’t suck

I'm going to try to stick to my New Year's Resolution - if the Bombers make it to a sixth straight Grey Cup (I can't believe it even as I type it as it is quite possible this will happen) this year, I'm not going to watch the game live. I'm going to wait until I see the score, and only watch the game if they win. I can't take a fourth year in a row of disappointment. That's what the Jets are for lol....

True, blasting past the inept Riders in the WF was a false flag. Just re-watched that game and 3 of the Bombers TD's were scored on dropped coverage, it was too easy. With the play of that secondary they really didn't deserve to get that far.

Me and likely most members of MBB periodically checking in to see if the Bombers signed anybody.