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  2. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    2 minutes ago, Noeller said:

    I have full faith that Walters is still going to make his move yet. Let everyone blow their wad early on shiny objects and he'll still come out a winner in the end. A bunch of under the radar signings that, when it's all said and done, look pretty damn good. 

    I mean you can’t really dress this up to look good, we’re getting picked pretty clean in a few areas

    … if only we had some of that depth a few of us have been complaining about for years. This is exactly why the practice roster is so important and exactly why it’s so frustrating we don’t use it properly

    we’ve lost a receiver, a middle linebacker (good riddance), a left guard, a safety (hopefully) and a corner and we genuinely have maybe at best, a sort of educated guess as to who will replace two of them.

  4. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    12 minutes ago, Goalie said:

    If changes are needed after 3 failures why are ppl throwing tantrums anytime a player that we didn’t win with the last 3 years signs elsewhere then. You can’t demand change then complain when it happens. That’s ridiculous. Nothing the team does is good enough for a few of you. That’s not on them. That’s on you for thinking they gonna listen to you. 

    I’m definitely not as bent out of shape as a few others are about this off-season, but “nothing the team does is good enough for a few of you” is a real false way to categorize the complaints.

    Why not “nothing the team does has been good enough to win a championship the past three years” instead?

  7. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

    I think it’s a bit worse this year because of all the sorta un capped media money, and the bc lions still not having been punished for last year. 
     As always, the teams with the fewest players hold over add the most. 
    losing all star players and adding guys well below that tier is a bitter pill to swallow as well. Though I don’t think it’s a bad approach at all if we can get multiple pieces to fill out multiple gaps. I’ll be happy if we add a few more solid starters and depth guys at our positions of greatest need. 

    Yeah, losing Lawler definitely hurts if that ends up being the case. That being said, we haven’t won the Grey Cup with him the last two years either so I’m willing to try something different.

    it can go one of many ways, but with our front office shake up, I’m hoping maybe we can see some talent brought in for position groups we’ve struggled with for the past couple seasons (edge rusher, linebacker) … they’ve got the pedigree for it, that’s for sure 

  8. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    15 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Well, explain it then instead of complaining. Tell us how the Elks can continue to sign players in free agency with a salary cap of $5.9 million? if you can explain it, then I'm all ears. Or in this case, eyes as you're posting an answer. The more Hervey spends, the more they have to subtract at some point later. 

    Like I said, explain it. 

    What is there to explain? They are adding contracts they can afford to add.

  9. 2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

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    Just now, rebusrankin said:

    So is Ed Hervey shooting for another rule invoked because of him? Guy is spending like a drunken sailor.

    I mean, it makes sense … who was making money on that team before? Korte and Geno Lewis? 
     

    they have a ton of mid pay level guys they’re moving on from … Steward, Oakman, Mayala, Kyran, Leonard, Purifoy, Moncrief, Foucault … it’s no wonder they are spending money, they had a ton of space 

  10. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    Breaking News: The CFL has allotted a special "**** You" salary cap exemption to the new Edmonton Elks owner Larry Thompson of 15.5 million thereby thanking him for his taking over the disastrous franchise when nobody would.  "We're just getting started. I might even buy a few star players under contract with other teams now. No one can stop me!!!" Said Ed Hervey excitedly as he grabbed a helmet & flung it through his office wall. 

    see what I mean 

  12. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    14 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

    I read on X today that the Ti Cats are pursuing Lawler "hard". Most of the best players are gone now to the Elks ( of course we won't ask how they can afford it with the salary cap). Will we lose him now? 

    so tired of people complaining about the salary cap when they have no idea how it works

    we play this game literally every year “omg how can these 5? 6? teams do this does the salary cap not exist?” and then maybe 1 at most is over at the end of the season 

  17. 2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

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    1 minute ago, Pete said:

    I'm not sure that Cobb moves the needle at all, he's at best a back up punt returner, as a receiver he's not the type of receiver that Zac likes to throw to. 

    I know Walters said we would be more active in free agency, but Id hoped it was for some impact players


    I’m not sure why people are even remotely worried about our work in free agency … Dillon Mitchell and Jonathan Jones are both real big pieces in my eyes, Schoen brought back is a huge win, almost every valuable OL is still out there for now and we’re doing a decent job of picking up some depth where we need it.

  18. 2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

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    Man, Booch … I gotta say lol you’ve lost me so far this off-season

    You’re literally letting JT and Kyrie dictate your mood on every move we make and it’s showing BIG TIME

    ”for such a preferred destination we sure are missing on guys” lol you know we can’t sign everyone right? and not every signing is an “at all costs” signing … who’s to say there hasn’t been interest in some guys and then our FO says “oh, at that price? No thanks”

    just relax sheesh

  22. 2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

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    9 minutes ago, Booch said:

    sure like to know what Walters plan is....

    This feels like something you of all people are literally not allowed to be upset about

    You (just like me) have been shouting that we need to make room for some younger guys to have opportunities to become impact players and you’ve been talking up one in particular for quite some time

    This is a move to replace a fairly average player and your guy you’ve been talking up will potentially have a fair shot to fill that spot

    I’m not mad at all, Garbutt wasn’t anywhere near what we thought he would be 

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