Pete

more like O'Shea didn't want to make a roster decision between Thomas Smeckle and Samson. Not unexpected we go with the old guard

The elks seem to be the only team spending to the new cap increase. I would have thought Calgary with Adams would have gone after him/

the first pick needs to be a potential starter within a year, if that's an ol great, but the first pick shouldn't be just a positional need , If a db pick is more likely to be that starter then we should go there.

The value of Logan has been that when hes on the field he makes plays and opens things up for other players. Having him do so also lessens the load on Demski reducing injury risk. No way he is just used as a returner. We' ve also stocked up on other players including Cobb who can return kicks

right, what threw me off was not having Kolankowski or ELi listed, may not be our strongest national but we don't have much options.

and Olivera . not sure Wallace qualifies just yet though. Only other option is Kelly at safety

i'd have to agree, we lost three allstars, and picked up a number of middle of the pack players. What puts teams over the top is those make a difference type players and Walters is paying so much attention to the last year cap we've once again failed to attract those players

And so it continues ,,around 90 days til training camp you.say , so between Booch and Speedflex that should be about 300 Thomas posts.

Think he goes in the first two rounds Ly Benedet, Hergel both went and even Wiebe who wasn't available for 24 season went.

This Thomas obsession is really getting old.

They did get calgarys 2nd rnd pick which will be the ninth overall and the bonus 2nd rnd pick so its largely offset

the main thing that's changed is that with success players want to be rewarded (rightly so), and in order to retain core pieces that means that there is less available to attract free agents. While if it's a difference of 20k, culture , fans etc may be a deciding factor we haven't been able to come close to offering the "name" free agents what other teams do. With the relatively short careers players have to chase the $. Whether that's on Walters , or a lack of opportunity or on having so much tied into Collaros and Olivera I don't know. Ly we had to move a lot of depth to keep Schoen , Lawler and and Olivera. This year again in order to sign players that we think will help us along with retaining Holm we've again let go more depth such as Woli. Alexander etc.

Dickenson is making a lot of strange choices especially regarding his vets, it feels like he really wants to change up the core of a dressingroom thats had its issues. Rose, Vaughters, Awe, and now McEwen. Add that to how hard it is for them to attract agents given their nonplayoff chances, and the reputation the team now has for poor facilities, treatment, and poor attendance and its not pretty.

Its crazy how much the rider signings mirrored what a lot of us thought bombers should sign to replace players lost An oline upgrade 150k McEwen A cdn db Tevaun campbell 160 k Stud dlineman Rose 175k Backup cdn reciever 90k Total 575k Good job on riders part https://3downnation.com/2025/02/22/how-much-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-paid-their-top-2025-free-agent-signings/