Colin Unger

He doesn't call it like he sees it. He very clearly looks for negativity and always has. Not to see that there isn't genuine negativity to be had right now. But he keeps beating the dead horse on how the bombers should have spent the new cap when basically all teams are in a holding pattern with it. With what?

Curious what is the concept behind Oshea being the reason for free agent losses?

The way i view it Chris Streveler was given a chance to showcase a skillset that he was born with at the CFL level. He's never demonstrated that he's developed into an adequate passer at the CFL level. At the time he signed in the NFL a few NFL teams were enamored by what the Saints were doing with a chance of pace QB and saw some footage of what Steveler could do with his legs. Somehow Streveler was able to squeeze enough juice out of that situation to earn himself an NFL pension and good for him. I'm happy he was able to do that. By no means is he some kind of testament to our QB developmental skills. When he comes an adequate passer at the CFL level I will change my tune on him in terms of being impressed by our QB development skills.

I think they got more out of a first and second year QB in Dukes than i've seen us do. I'm taking more of a longer term view. In the past 15 years is there a team that has developed more QB's than Toronto? Our one example is with Brown. Even the current regime has struggled with any other qb than Brown that it has tried to develop from rookie.

"IF you aren't going to put arbuckle in in a situation like that, why have him on your roster?" Same way I feel about Dolegala (over Wilson) in the Grey Cup. I still believe firmly we should have been the team to trade for Maier. He's was the most reasonable option to take over for Zach next season if Zach retires.

Toronto's offensive coaching and QB development is so much better than ours that I have to agree with this. If they've chosen Arbuckle twice over Dukes—especially since Arbuckle is older and has no upside—then something must be off with Dukes. If they couldn’t get more out of him, why do we think we could?

Strategy might be to have Patterson and Dolegala learn the system through camp. Then we cut them both and there are a couple options out there who are a phone call away when Streveler gets hurt again. based on what I see of Streveler on IG I can’t imagine he won’t be healthy for training camp.

Some of it is probably just training camp fodder. Do you see Josh Johnson having a role on that team?

That would require the team to cut someone who's not a fan favorite.

Couldn't the bombers threaten to pull their offer which would end up sealing Kenny's 2year deal at 275k. He'd have to take Hamilton's word for it that they would re-negotiate.

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/06/sources-hamilton-tiger-cats-agree-to-terms-with-american-lb-brian-cole-ii/ The idea is that Hamilton and Edmonton risked it and already spent the cap rise whereas most other teams didnt risk it.

Its still based on Paul Friesen mainly. Zach seems to be talking off the cuff and not with any inside information.

I wonder how much the ticats will pay these guys to leave us in 2 years?

One might. If it would mean having a better team around him and if that makes the difference between him having a good season or not it could lead to him making more money by extending his career.

I guess they are trying to create some competition at this point. We've got more veteran import receivers than starting spots and there's also Wheatfall who i am hoping can up his game year over year. He showed some real deep threat potential at times.

What bothers me about Zach more than anything is I think he should be taking a paycut to put better players around him. He's not as good as he used to be and needs a stacked team around him to be effective IMO. Other starters around the league took paycuts. Based on the regression in his stats he should have done this too.

I think he is lucky to still be starting in the league. He's no better than Maier. So its still a big win for Bo to end up in this type of situation. Gets to pad his career stats and extend his career.

I think Hamilton has to top receiving unit in the league and probably still the best pass blocking offensive line. What a dream situation for Bo.

Shemar Bridges is no token 5th guy.. he's elite.

If the issue is that he wants out then we don't bother talking to him. I have a feeling he doesn't mind moving on to a situation where his team is likely to have a more functional passing game. Look at the numbers that Mitchell was able to put up last year and now add Lawler to that receiving core. Scott Milanovich clearly knows a thing or two about the passing game in the CFL. Here we are more of a running team and his offensive co-ordinator is a runningbacks coach. Maybe I'd leave too if i was worried about my personal stats.

My concern would be that re-engaging with players who already signed an agreement with another team and have informed the Bombers that they are moving on would not fall within "the way we do things".

By your logic though Biggy playing with us from as many seasons as he did he 100% a Walters thing. You can't only blame O'Shea for giving him too large of a role in the defense.

I wonder if we will get back in on some of these players. Nothing is official until actual free agency starts.

You guys can't have it both ways though. The sentiment i get is that Oshea gets most if not all the blame for guys like Biggie playing as long as they did. But when it comes to letting guys go then its all Walters?