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Broxton, Moxey and Nield sign with the Bombers, we’re not messing around Broxton becomes the highest paid American OL in the league

https://3downnation.com/2026/02/01/jake-ceresna-agrees-to-terms-with-winnipeg-blue-bombers-sources/ let’s go!!!

Can confirm - ran it through Google Translate and this is what came back:

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.

AJ Allen to Ottawa man the Riders are getting pillaged

Westerman, Randle, and Legette. Three guys that transformed our D.

Last checked in to this thread in early December, saw that the number one topic was Jake Thomas. Now I come back end of January....looks like I didn't miss anything...lol...

MOS says its a downgrade but he'll learn to live with it.

I would love to bring a guy like Joe Robustelli to complete our core. 6’3, 220 he looks like a future star in the making. Just stuck behind a deep and talented core. Bring him in with White, Wilson, and Demski and now we’re cooking.

In a blow to the rest of the teams around the league the Riders have released Brett Lauther

It was a very good day. Happily surprised that Ceresna signed here.

And the Bombers have all their draft picks and will be picking 4th in each round. Plus they will be getting the bonus 19th or 20th pick.

Grey Cup week...lol....if being honest

White is a good receiver so it's a good signing. Now go get that big body big play guy and we're cooking.

Wrong! Theyre special. I mean look at their championships. 5! Thats right, you can barely count them on 1 hand. You think that happens easily? You think 5 championships just appear out of nowhere? When we all look at the Riders in 20 years, we will all say wow....5 championships. Thats something else!!

Really going to miss Schoen on the Bombers, it was a treat getting to watch him play when he was fully healthy. Always going to be a big what if. If he could have stayed healthy I think he could have turned into one of the greats. Dumb decisions to play him injured, and man the guy took a pounding after the catch on some less than stellar passes.

I think you can pretty much count on the Bombers starting 3 American OL with Elsbury being a strong contender to win the centre job too....possibly 4. They have 13 American OL signed for 2026.

Now I seem to remember several folks on here getting really mad that we paid Brady so much money and that we wouldn't have any funds left over for free agency.

Woulda loved AJ Allen but the Bombers are fully committed to Tony Jones and Kyrie Wilson for some reason... But anyhow... Kyle Walters up there taking batting practice this morning and dropping them all 450ft over the left field wall....

You love to see it

Or th spending budget was different... Or who knows what else. Why bother whining about last year? What's done is done... We move on to 2026 and things are looking up!

Sadly...this the stuff we shoulda been doing last yr...smh Visions of Ceresna and Lawson consuming the attention of the entire enterior oline...and a rb kept in for pass protection...and having athletic ends attacking 1 on 1...or cutting inside with a dude like Griffin or Woodbey flying off the edge...delicious

Kyle Walters apparently ******* angry about last season.

Holy ****, were not screwing around this year, sign Ceresna and thats a serious roster. Upgrades everywhere we needed desperately, Walters wasn't ******* around this time.

Ceresna will sign with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers or Ottawa Redblacks, per sources.

“Officially” but it’s today lol

Wilson is very underrated..for now...he is actually quite fast and he is greasy as hell out there after the catch...and for a slight guy can be physical too Like I said in other post..i think Banks is that guy in waiting...and Condell will definitely know how to use a guy like that...and with main 3 guys Banks won't have to do too much right outta the gate and can evolve as yr goes on... A real center will be light yrs better and be a total game changer

My wife's and my contributions by way of Kilter Juicii's at the games should pay for at least one back up player....

Really interested to see how this plays out with Collaros. Condell obviously loves him from Hamilton. Targeted White 8 times a game on average when he was calling plays there. Schoen had fewer targets in 22 and 23. Bombers really lacking vertical threat in terms of guys with some catch radius who can give a QB the chance to not have to pinpoint the ball every single time.

Signing a guy with 4 consecutive 1000 yard seasons and who has remained healthy. Yup terrible signing! His receptions to targets was better then Kenny Lawler and nearly the same as KeeSean Johnson.

Bob Cameron of all people gets a punt blocked! Returned for a td as well. Just pisses me off thinking about it even still. I also maintain that if Westwood makes those first few field goals we win that game. Jumping out 9-0 is a hell of a lot different momentum wise than 4-0

2001 was the most gut-wrenching GC loss for me: the drought, plus that talent gap between us and the stamps. You sure are right about that. The pre-ship teams played everyone so tough. The magic with finding Zach, moving BA to S, etc, in 19 was insane. And the 21 team was a monster that played like they had a chip on their shoulder. That unit could've hung 50 in every single game. Zach got to sit and chill in so many 4ths lol. I think the 21 atmosphere of being unbeatable from the outside, and the fact that we kept scraping our way back to GCs, softened things up a lot. Mos needed to tighten the reins in those years, not loosen them.

Nobody knows as much as Booch...😉

Always 2 there are, a master and and apprentice

I was gonna say...grab him and convert him into an offensive do whatever tool....motion pre snap....split out back with BO....cause we all know with ball in hand...what he can do...and being a National....what a bonus....I'd have him taking kicks too to see if he has the chops for that

Wheatfall just never showed the ability to take the next step. Flashed some potential but wasn't able to consistently be that guy

I really think a proper OL is going to make a world of difference for ZC...

Especially when we don't even know if Winnipeg had any interest in Mack. That being said I would have preferred Mack, but White is outstanding at keeping the opposing defensive backfield off balance. The cannot lose track of him and he is very good at slipping out of coverage. What he does opens other guys up as well. He and Demski are both very good at that. Now we just need a legit 50/50 guy.

Boy would Jake Ceresna ever solve a lot of problems for us. He would be my target if I were KW.

Bridges is the guy I would go after next week perfect big body WR core needs

It’s definitely an upgrade over Sterns, it’s just really not the kind of player I wanted. He’s got the exact same issues Pokey does - he’s a target vacuum who has a low catch %, even lower catch % on downfield targets (White had the worst catch % in the league on targets deeper than 20 yards) and he doesn’t really bust any big plays, give us a jump ball target or take the top off a defense.

White/Demski/Pokey is a nice trio.

30 years old, had a torn ACL that forced him to miss the end of 2024 and almost all of 2025. Not exactly what the NFL looks for.

Bane's release screams you've been hurt and we are not going to bring you back to me.

93-Matty got hurt and we had to play Garza 94-Hit the upright and lost by 2 and a call in favour of Baltimore that would be reversed if there had been replay.

So if your Smith or Shay, how pissed are you? I'd be pissed to know they signed an aging vet whose going to get pencilled in.