Mike

I honestly will be shocked if Betts shows up. He's a legit NFL prospect, I'd think he'd have many better things to do than show up to this thing. Excited to see some of these guys though ... surprised Oliviera isn't attending, but he's probably one of the guys that has NFL aspirations instead, along with Fontana and Mayala. Gittens Jr, Lenius, Savard .. good group of receivers. Absolute bunch of trash for anything on defence aside from the DL though. That'll make it tough to get a good read on these receivers. I still say we look to take Kongbo at 4/5 if we possibly can. Not sure he falls that far but hopefully injury concerns drop his stock a bit. We can afford to risk one of those first rounders. Something like Kongbo and Simba would be a good haul for us.

Interesting ... Rose was released from the AAF four days ago

He's better than Bridge, so ... yes but ... at least it's not Bridge?

I tend to think we'll eventually end up signing Ackie. One of Matthews/Toliver would be nice in the interim. Have zero interest in cry baby Hazelton. But I think our coup still ends up being whichever one of Duke/Zyl/Mitchell comes back. I don't even know which guy I'd want most, they're all insanely talented receivers. Diontae Spencer could happen too. How did Terrell Sinkfield do last year?

You're clearly missing the point of what I'm saying. But yeah.

Zylstra, Mitchell or Duke. Honestly, right now I'm disappointed with the way we tackled free agency. I'm not too bent out of shape about Chungh, since the whole point of developing a strong stable of Canadian OL is to be prepared when departures come up. That's the business. I'm not too disappointed about Loffler, because anyone willing to pay him those dollars is insane. I'm mildly disappointed about JSK, but we kept Bighill and to me that is far more important, so hey, fine. Receiver grosses me out. We needed a WR1 worse than any team in the league and we lost out on all of them.

Uhhh ... it's exactly about how much each player makes. If a guy like JSK was on a rookie deal (which he was) then we get no cap relief because he departed, since we need to actually fill the roster spot no matter what.

Winston Rose was tied for the league lead in picks last year and I don't think I've ever heard of him.

Honestly, if we strike out on Derel Walker we better not miss on Bryant Mitchell when he doesn’t make the NFL

Thank you for creating this very obviously unbiased thread for discussion with no intent to stir up trouble whatsoever

Isn't the point of free agency to make your team better any way you can? We lost Okpalaugo and his heavy money deal, so why not replace him with an elite pass rusher? Jefferson is legitimately one of the top 2 or 3 most disruptive defensive players in the league and we already employ one of the other ones. I'd love to add him.

It's gonna be Winnipeg, I'm almost sure of it. Always makes me laugh at this time of year when everyone on social media becomes a salary cap expert. No signings yet? Whine about it. Dollar amount? Too much. Nobody who knows what they're doing knows and everyone who knows nothing knows everything.

Agreed wholeheartedly. They've barely improved. They're just treading water

I don't know why people think that kind of money is crazy for a proven WR1 ... that's what the market dictates. Quarterbacks need tools to excel. Protection and targets. 250k is very very high but worth it, imo.

I would, but it wouldn't be that straight of a trade. Probably costs us Harris too.

Maybe in 2014 ... Ellingson will get over 200k today no doubt.

If you want to write stuff without people commenting on it, get a diary.

I mean ... really? You think this is salary cap related? He's most certainly taking a pay cut to do this. He's just planning for a career that has a longer term outlook than football and props to him for it.

Look at it this way ... way better alternative than him leaving us to sign with a rival. And while not ideal, Goossen to Couture is the kind of cap savings that ought to free up some money to either certainly improve Chungh's offer, sign a name receiver or possibly even both.

Surprised that it's a retirement, I did think he was going home to play in BC, not to pursue another career. Kind of assumed he would've told the Bombers about his intentions to not return but it really should be stated that it makes him a big time class act that he did so. He put his house up for sale shortly after the season ended, which is why I had an inkling he wouldn't be back.

I think Goossen is the one not coming back and to be honest, it seems all but certain. Dont know if Chungh comes back but I do know I’ll be very surprised to see Goossen back.

He has a vision problem. It’s easier for him.

I was watching highlights of that cornerback we took and I was thinking he looked ... okay but he was also the biggest (non-lineman) guy on the field ... then I read he's 5'9" .......

This whole Mexican thing is such a joke. Embarrassing for the CFL.

I mean, this really just reeks of “this is my opinion so it must be right” ..