SpeedFlex27

You go dig your foxhole & keep staying in it. Zach is overpaid & that's the end of it. Your take is baseless. There was no one out there we could have signed two years ago that would have done better than him so the Bombers gave Collaros an extension. You mentioned Fajardo & Adams would be your qb choices. Faj was dumped after winning a Grey Cup. Adams has never won anything & is so inconsistent that he's like a Jekyll & Hyde personality as a qb. If that is your choices, most fans would be happy with Zach. Signed with Hamilton.

You want Fajardo or Adams? No thanks. CoFaj is inconsistent which is the story of his career. That's why he hasn't found a home. Even after winning a Grey Cup. Adams just panics. Defenses get into his head & he gets rattled. He has great games followed by absolute stinkers. If we had cut Collaros & used either, we'd have missed the playoffs. You're the one hung up on money here. Was Collaros overpaid, sure but not by much. With the new reworked deal, maybe $50000. But that doesn't buy a lot on the free agent market these days, anyway.

Hopefully, this is the last of the AI Blue Bomber team summaries. We don't need to read them. Full stop, please.

I hate this AI ****.

I think the possibility is there for Zach to have a rennaissance season with Tommy Condell. We all thought Trevor Harris was finished but he was elite last season. The question is at age 40/41 can he keep doing it? Zach is 37. Turning 38 this season, can he do the same? Yes, it'll be interesting.

Maier is the highest paid BACKUP QB. I think that tells you what other coaches think of the guy as a starter. Even he's talking about taking his CFL career one year at a time. Is he even 30 yet? He knows that a couple of bad showings & he's done. Get his money while he can.

This is how I see it, TBurgess. I don't know if you agree or not. I don't want to argue with you. You're a veteran observer of the CFL like me. I do respect your opinioon even if we don't always agree. The problem with the CFL is that coaches now want to waste a roster spot on short yardage slugs at qb like Tommy Stevens, Jake Dolegala, Jarrett Doege, Quincy Vaughan or Chris Streveler. Guys that are called qbs but couldn't run a regular offense if their life depended upon it. So, young qbs that may have a chance if they were developed will get cut because the CFL runs short yardage offenses with these guys scoring touchdowns. All it means that 9 spots that could be used for development are taken up by those guys. If the NFL can run short yardage with qbs like Brock Purdy, Sam Darnold, Matt Stafford, Dak Prescott, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, Bo Nix, Justin Herbert, Aaron Rodgers, Justin Fields, Trevor Lawence etc all starters making millions why is the CFL trying to be cute running short yardage qbs? Because winning games keeps the head coaches employed which usurps qb development. Maybe a great short term thing but disastrous for the CFL long term. I believe that we need to keep the starters in. Let them run short yardage. Get rid of these gadget qbs & use the QB2 & QB3 positions to actually develop young guys to play. The talent pool at qb in the CFL has dried up. Something has to change.

It doesn't matter. Money is imconsequential in this discussion. Who is/was out there as free agents that was better than Zach we could have signed? There was no one so your argument makes no sense. It's baseless. You may not like hearing that but facts are facts. They paid Zach because no one else could take his place. Or do it better. That's the reality of the situation. There aren't any backups in the CFL ready to step up & be stars which is a real concern for the longevity of the league.

Who would you have given the money to had Collaros left? What free agent qb out there was better? You keep saying it was a mistake. That we overpaid to sign him & don't tell us anything else. Without names, it's a baseless argument.

There were qbs available like Powell. Whether he can win as an eventual starter is debatable. The problem with the Bombers is that they're stuck waiting on Egersma to come up here at the expense of everything else. Walters won't sign anyone until he knows if the Canadian kid is coming here. The logic to which I don't understand because no CFL contract is guaranteed. In other words, they could have signed Powell had they wanted to because if they chose to they could release him later if Elgersma has a change of heart. If not Powell, then a couple of the depth qbs they have now on the roster like Artoepus & Wilson. We shouldn't be keeping a backup qb seat open for a rookie. I have a feeling that Elgersma doesn't want to play here anyway & we'll eventually have to trade his rights to a team in Southern Ontario.

What kind of twisted logic is that? You make no sense. With your argument, every player is overpaid. And there's no market for any player to ask for money. You realize that Rourke will be making $700,000 in 2027 & $800,000 in 2029? Is he worth it? Has he got the Lions to the Grey Cup? What's he won??

Sure. Scouting guarantees us the next HOF qb. Lol. If only it was that easy. Try again.

Where are these upgrades going to come from? No one answers because they have none yet the bitching never stops. We just have a bunch of spoiled whiners here complaining about his salary whether Collaros takes a paycut or not. Like they're paying him themselves.

And probably not win. Maier was dreadful as a starter in Calgary. He hasn't shown he'd do any better as a starter. Powell hasn't played much. No one knows what he can do. Powell has sat for 4 seasons. You want to gamble the future on those 2 to save some money? I don't.

There are no starting qbs on the horizon anywhere. The backup qb situation sucks.