Colin Unger

I don’t view him as a backup qb. I think he will be a significant part of the offence.  If Brady leaves I think we will sign a pretty good replacement.  I’m looking at our last two Grey Cup losses and thinking that an added element like Streveler could have made the difference in either of those games. Games where we had access to Brady and Schoen. If we lose them we are still going to be good at receiver and running back. 

Look at it this way: if we cut bait with any of Rose, Alexander, Gauthier, Briggs, Castillo, Bailey, Hardrick or Thomas and replace them with a minimum level salary, that’s probably a savings of anywhere between 30-70k each. 
 
Already moved on from Mike Miller, Alden Darby, Jeffcoat .. if those are minimum salary replacements, that’s roughly another 150k in cap savings already.

I think people were asking for that as a way to encourage teams to develop Canadian QBs, but nothing came of it.
Per the CFL.ca rules:
 
Of the 45 players named to the roster, each team may dress an active roster of 45 players, broken down as follows:
Maximum of 3 QBs (no designation) Maximum of 19 American players Minimum of 21 National players Including one nationalized American Minimum of 1 Global player **45th player would be an extra national or global player

I see we’ve proceeded to the part of the off-season where we forget that replacements for old players don’t cost $0
SPECULATIONSZN
The cap is $5.585 million this year, that’s roughly 125k per spot on the active roster.
people would be horrified if they saw how much Jake Thomas, Jesse Briggs, Shayne Gauthier, etc were making. Hell, did anyone discuss how we’re also paying Cam Lawson about 140k this year? 

Let's not forget that Collaros and Sir Strevolution can be on the field at the same time. 

We shall see who will stay and who will go I guess. Right now it looks like Miller's 150k, and Jeffcoat's 190k are off the books for sure. That's some savings there. We will need more.

The issue for Streveler was that Dru Brown was graduating to being a starter MBT came back to the cfl.  Tre Ford is available in a trade to teams as well and he offers a cheaper price point and Canadian status.  Bombers probably the only team with full confidence they know how to use Streveler. Things would be different if Paul Lapolice was still head coach in Ottawa. 

Happy to see Strev back.
Still want to see Schoen back.

Yeah, I don't know if im happier with him than Shoen but I'd certainly rather strev than Oliveira...I for one think strev has probably improved his passing immensely over the last few years..

This is the biggest signing to me.  Brady and Schoen more replaceable than Streveler. This will extend Collaros career IMO. 

This is the biggest signing to me.  Brady and Schoen more replaceable than Streveler. This will extend Collaros career IMO. 

This is the biggest signing to me.  Brady and Schoen more replaceable than Streveler. This will extend Collaros career IMO. 

This is the biggest signing to me.  Brady and Schoen more replaceable than Streveler. This will extend Collaros career IMO. 

If they do that, we should sign Oullette

I hope Walters is right on top of this. Kongbo would probably have to take a cut, though.

This is disgusting.
Schoen and Brady better both be signed for this.

A lot of that has to do with CFL becoming ever more inclusive on what the definition of a Canadian is. 

Basing it a lot of an article on CFL.ca.  https://www.cfl.ca/2024/01/16/landry-bombers-ready-to-navigate-free-agency/
Running back Brady Oliveira, the CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian in 2023, tops that list but he is by no means alone in the category of key veteran players whose decisions set the tumblers on everything else clicking.
Receiver Dalton Schoen’s contract is about to expire. So are the contracts of offensive line stalwarts Jermarcus Hardrick and Stanley Bryant. And defensive lineman Jackson Jeffcoat. To name a few. The Bombers have a big list of primetime players on the potential free agents list.
“There is a delay while we sift through all of that,” explained Walters.
“But once one or two, three of those guys get locked in and we have a ‘here’s the direction we’re going,’ then I think the rest of things will move fairly quickly.”
“Once your highest price point guys get slotted in, or you realize you can’t get them, then the ball can get moving on everything else.”

I don't hate this. at all.

Emilus had over a 1000 yards last season. There's quite a few Canadian receivers last year who put up some good numbers who flew a little bit under my radar.

Emilus had over a 1000 yards last season. There's quite a few Canadian receivers last year who put up some good numbers who flew a little bit under my radar.

Although they're starting to, so the clock is ticking.

I never said that. Do you think twisting what I said for your purposes makes you a strong man? The replacements are the guys we already have on the roster. Like Tui, Dobsen, and Jeremy Murphy. The draft picks are to rebuild the depth after elevating some younger players. That was made clear in my original post. Looking at the roster now what's the drop off from Gray to Tui vs the drop off from Schoen to Ontaria Wilson?  The drop off to Tui is nothing. He's probably better than Gray. 

Could be a factor…a Jabari factor perhaps? 

https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/01/20/winnipeg-blue-bombers-re-sign-receiver-drew-wolitarsky-to-two-year-deal/
 
Woli back!