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Poopkup houston Castillo rose thomas kola I can’t see more than 1 of those guys being back. Walker really took a good step forward last year. He’s not sayles but he won’t be nearly as expensive either. Great value bringing him back I’m sure.

I’ve thought about digging up fatjartoes career play off numbers to add to the break down of zachs play off games here, but I’m afraid I’d die from the vomiting.

Stanback was a monster and such a pleasure to watch run the ball pre injury. (Still like him too) but his hands and run blocking were sketch. That made the over pay tougher imo. 100% and we really should be splitting Carrie’s this year Brady or not. The value of having a change of pace back is immense as well. If we go deep dive juco, premiere d1 programs benches, and undersized small school backs we can get any thing you could ever want in a back. As a franchise we need to get big value from our next big contracts. We already have a ton of money hard set. A bad deal could screw us in a big way.

Totally agree. Gotta be a bargain for any one. I’ve actually heard that a lot. Couldn’t name a song of hers to save my life but she is one of the biggest performers in the world and not a jlo head case. That’s an achievement. I’m a bit of an ass on a good day with no fame. Zach should live it up. Just like swifts hype has been a windfall for the chiefs Zachs exposure down south is good for us. But for us it’s in terms of recruiting Americans. their ratio isn’t set, because they are staring down the hardest off season in their recent history. The ability to flip an extra imp ol would be huge for instance. I’d bet he’s back on a 200k contract. I don’t think competition exists in the market to drive him up crazy.

Carey is a good back likely, has decent wear left, but he’s gonna be 32 this year. He probably gets a contract, but I doubt he goes into camp as a no1 or gets much money. It was talked about with Dru but not with Brady. The cfl is pretty set on starting RBs right now. It might really hurt Brady’s draw in free agency. The best shot he has is if some team decides to flip ratio despite having a really good back. Toronto maybe?

I’ve frequently seen places top those lists that are awful. Idk how that stuff is cooked up but I’m real skeptical.

He was such a hard hitter and fun db to watch. way too damn early.

I don’t think so. We might have 5 backs in camp compared to 25 WRs. Half of the off season pick ups will likely be db or wr.

That’s very true. Big changes abound this year but yeah I can’t see it. He loses a step it’s over for him and he’s up there in age already. I don’t think so either, though I do love the package and idea of what he offers. We’d need to find a rook young blood version of aml. And honestly likely a better version automatically. Credit where it’s due, he did put in good work and improve a lot on teams. Honestly with his build you could possibly keep him on the roster as a multi purpose ni and teams guy out side of rb. The bomber starters and none starters too I think the one guy maybe two on here.

He’d be a good guy to split reps, like what Hamilton used to try to do. Go ni rb extra imp wr package. Or go imp rb or two back etc. home run hitter with an ni pass port. He’s not consistent, he can’t grind out yards, isn’t a capable catcher or blocker. If Augustine becomes the starter people will be off his bandwagon faaast. Just doesn’t work with our o.

We seem to have a converted qb in camp every year. I think they love the flexibility but we haven’t of yet actually kept one. Currently we have 4 QBs on the roster not including burmeister. If we don’t sign strevy or another qb, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him take reps at both qb and we in rookie camp and go from there. If we sign another guy I don’t think he will. Not sure but I believe he could either come back and play out his sophomore year or sign a new deal

I’d say 4 is the min needed for camp to keep your no1 from over working.

I think it was a very good question to ponder. It’s the exact situation we are in after all. That is certainly part of it. Because basically every rb at the minimum replacement level could be on an nfl roster. The nfl has known this and worked this way for a long while. At wr it’s harder to find that nfl roster quality player. Brady is 1000% a fifo guy. He’s a great player, person and team mate I have no question. If he played the rest of his career here I’d be happy. If he goes some place else I’ll cheer for him. End of the day I don’t have any emotional attachment to an individual player on this roster that is close to the attachment to the team and it being good. There is no guy I wouldn’t cut or trade to make the team better, if a better player was available. Though I do have it add, some times the team is more than the sum of its parts. If we replaced wj biggie yoshi and Bailey all with better players, we might well get worse due to shattering the locker room. That is a hard thing to gauge for the mafia who know the core intimately. Impossible for me or us on here to say where that line is.

It’s all speculation based on talks of wanting to reset the market. Imo, 300k is the absolute max for a wr. And I don’t think we can succeed with 2 WRs at 300k. 200-250max hard money imo is the range. Any thing in that range I keep schoen. If he wants 250-300 I take a long hard look at him vs lawler. Perhaps sign schoen and trade lawler if the market exists for him. going double rookie rb could have a cap hit in the 160k ish range, vs likely 300-350k for Brady and Augustine. That money could buy us an elite dl in free agency.

Every one loves Brady. A guy can become too big for the team though. I wouldn’t sign Myles Garett or bosa for 5 million dollars a year. Wouldn’t make sense. Even a million a year would leave a team un able to compete. Prime Derrick Henry or any other top tier nfl rb, wouldn’t give him 500k. If two players combine for a mil against this cap you’re pretty much doomed in the cfl. Brady might get crazy money from some one. We lost out on drew desjarlais to ott for 260k a year. Which is crazy money for a guard especially. Desjarlais, is a better ol than Brady is a rb. Both are great, but drew has legit 7-8 years of elite level play left in him. Rookie RBs don’t have that. I can’t see us giving Brady more than like 225k. And I could see a desperate team going crazy. Kadeem Carey went into last year on 145k hard max salary. At that point he was the best back in rb league. Kevin brown made 121k last year in hard max money. Devonte Williams probably made 90k range and was 100 yards behind brown, in 3 less games played. How much is the passport worth? Gittens jr off his career year made 200k. Demski made 175k. If the pass port is worth 60k, Brady is worth 200-205 ish. But if some one offers him 250 range it just makes more sense to go rookie for Pennie’s on the dollar.

Came here to comment on this. Freaking ooof 164k for kongbo this year. I’d love him back on a team friendly deal. Bet he gets moved one way or another this off season.

Damn right they were. I don’t think any other cfl expansion team was given such a windfall. I don’t follow the nhl but it seems they did the same with Vegas. Other wise I don’t think any other na league has done that.

And I’m equally sure Brady won’t be. Though I really have no idea what to expect for other teams offers to him.

The depth of quality for ni WRs in the league has really exploded of late. We used to see one or two guys like cotoy or woli at a time. Now we see several. It might become the new norm to start 2-3 ni WRs at this rate. Things have come a long way from the days of the token Canadian pass catcher no one covers because he can’t out run any one. The thing that separates woli is jbr said, he’s basically an h back and a wr at the same time. Dude is a menace blocking out there. But he’s also an elite ni possession wr with tremendous physicality who isn’t a slug. He could start in this league with out the pass port.

I’ll also add that the Ontario teams really seem to cycle ol between each other a lot. He could end up in ott or ham as well as ssk. But I’m sure ssk will offer the most money lol.

Gray is a liability in pass pro who can play guard and edge in goal line set. He should be a tackle long term but needs polish. Woli resigns for 2 years. Nice to have Strevys room mate locked up.

The east west game is about creating a showcase for guys who need the opportunity and haven’t gotten the visibility their talent deserves.

https://3downnation.com/2024/01/19/east-west-shrine-bowl-will-not-invite-u-sports-prospect-for-first-time-since-1985/ Kinda sad news, the east west bowl is no longer inviting cis players. The writing was on the wall going down from 2 - 1 which was nonsensical enough.

That’s interesting. I’d love to see some thing like that and maybe the same for globals on the roster in general beyond 1.

I don’t think we bring in any vet ni ol from fa. Rookies for depth beyond what we keep. I’d actually take bladek over kola, the only guy with less mobility than kola is Thomas. That said, Dobson Eli and gray would be miles ahead of bladek. I respect kola for his effort and toughness, he over achieved a lot and was enabled by our ol and the sheer fact he was a centre. He’s the worst ol we’ve had in a long long time.