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There's only one that plays ST though... and only one with the right passport
Walters will get this done - there's no doubt in my mind.

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    So how much did the #Alouettes have to overpay for players? Westerman got 50k more than next closest offer. Mitchell White almost 40k above next closest. Tommy Campbell got 150k (big $ for a corner). Jake Harty in the 125k range.

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This reminds me of how people fought in world world 2. They would battle it out during the day and then call a timeout so everyone could sleep and then wake up and do it all over again.  

Perhaps they did.  Dressler was already on a lower salary.  We have a team filled with guys who want to be here and took less than top dollar to stay here. It would be really hard for any of these guys to accept giving Westerman 200k when there's very few teams in this league willing to do so. He left because his desire for top dollar outweighed his desire to continue playing here. Ditto for Heath. So you move on and replace them. We got a different Canadian starter in Demski who wants to be here for much less and we have two top shelf american rush ends. I don't see this being any kind of an issue. When you look at the amount of talent this team has from top to bottom it hasn't come from paying athletes absolute top dollar. If you want top dollar you can go and play for the black hole that is the Montreal Alouettes.
The thing about the CFL is that we don't know what many of the players are making. However, I can only imagine that we have players who are making more money than they did last year and the worthy additions of Bowman and Durant didn't come for free.

Rotational guys sure. NFL teams usual have rush ends that pretty much only play on passing downs so they can stay fresh and play well into their 30's. Westerman plays the majority of snaps and really didnt look all that explosive to me last year.

Is it safe to assume Montreal was the team which was rebuffed despite offering 30k more for Fenner?

I wonder if Westerman and Heath have a more tepid market than they were anticipating. 
Jake Thomas is the guy I want back (and Bond but I’m resigned to the fact he’s gone).

But but but Floyd said we overpaid at 130K!

Well can’t blame Walters at all... 
Only guy gonna pay more is kavis reed imo

Man oh man what is up with Busterman.... Can't say Walters didn't show the love! 

Perhaps they did.  Dressler was already on a lower salary.  We have a team filled with guys who want to be here and took less than top dollar to stay here. It would be really hard for any of these guys to accept giving Westerman 200k when there's very few teams in this league willing to do so. He left because his desire for top dollar outweighed his desire to continue playing here. Ditto for Heath. So you move on and replace them. We got a different Canadian starter in Demski who wants to be here for much less and we have two top shelf american rush ends. I don't see this being any kind of an issue. When you look at the amount of talent this team has from top to bottom it hasn't come from paying athletes absolute top dollar. If you want top dollar you can go and play for the black hole that is the Montreal Alouettes.
The thing about the CFL is that we don't know what many of the players are making. However, I can only imagine that we have players who are making more money than they did last year and the worthy additions of Bowman and Durant didn't come for free.

A guy who can play HB and SAM and who has played both well and is really good on STs is overpaid at $130,000?

Nice..  Good price for such a talent.  I would imagine Heath wanted a lot more for doing a lot less.

The only problem is that this assumed Chung and Goosen will be healthy all year.  We definitely need to draft another offensive lineman in the first round  IMO.

Couture Neufeld Spooner.. Likely a draft pick. 

Wonder if Jake Thomas ends up back here.

an interesting note about all these former Lions signings......
@DarrinBauming 3m3 minutes ago More Three former #BCLions defensive backs have signed with the #Bombers over the last three weeks. Who knows what they're made of? Former Lions scout @RyanRigmaiden joined Winnipeg in December as their new U.S. National scout.

Fenner is exactly the kind of guy i was looking for.  Somebody who can help replace Heath but also can fill in for Leggett if he gets injured.

Just here to say that I love the use of salty in this context......fabulous.

Of all the new additions this off season, I predict Jordan Younger will have the most impact.

130k for a starter seems pretty reasonable... or are you still salty that Heath priced himself off the team?

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Text I just got from a CFL player...
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On what planet?   I was expecting we had to pay a lot more. 

Nice..  Good price for such a talent.  I would imagine Heath wanted a lot more for doing a lot less.