Mike

I don’t love JT as a front line contributor but I think people dismissing him as reliable depth are off the mark. It needs to be that role for him, though.

Let’s just be honest here - do the Bombers handle everything perfectly? No, definitely not. When the players all consistently talk about how well they’re treated and how well their families are treated and how much they want to stay, do I think a few (all past their prime, which is a huge point in all of this) players who say their feelings got hurt has more to do with their unwillingness to accept reality than it does with the Bombers holding their hand gently through the process? Yes, yes I do

Relax, man. You’re officially hitting the “I am gonna whine about everything” point in your off-season arc

it would be silly to ignore that the talent that has left us from the OL wasn’t at least partially by design. at least part of this was that the Bombers didn’t feel the need to be competitive with the open market because the players in house were available as replacements For all the OL talent that has walked out the door, we’ve never really had a hole on the OL

Oh, I know. I’ve spent a few hours around him here and there since he retired and I can imagine what I’ve seen is only scratching the surface.

It’s pretty simple … just because you’re good at football doesn’t mean you’re good at life.

Bombers not offering Bighill a contract ahead of free agency according to Jeff Hamilton my first daughter was born Monday and this still might be the best news I’ve had all week

Argos released Jon Jones, the linebacker not the drug addict UFC fighter and I’m not really sure why. He was on an upward trajectory and then just fizzled out last year. @bluto I demand answers

As far as leadership goes, there’s probably something to be said for a guy who is coming back for his 13th year after being an uncoveted late round draft pick who was on the verge of being out of pro football four years ago. He’s obviously done something right. Thomas isn’t one of those guys that makes me mad to see out on the field. There’s a place for him. My problem is with his usage. He’s gotta be limited.

If Thomas is used appropriately, I can at least get on board with him being some kind of end-of-the-bench spot duty player who sets the tone in the locker room by being a leader. The dude has 200+ games in the uniform, it’s not about him for me it’s just about his usage. I get wanting that guy as the 45th guy in uniform especially in a Grey Cup year. Americans though? Nah.

THAT one will piss me off to no end. Thomas wasn’t one of the must not come backs for me, that was reserved for Biggie and Alexander

Honestly, you can really sell me on the move IF a few things change. The problem is, I don’t believe even a single one of these would ever be true, nevermind all of them. IF he’s a gameday backup to Lawson only, IF he takes maybe 20% of the reps he did last year, IF we adjust our ratio for a fresh week in case of a Lawson injury and IF this comes at the cost of reps for Schmekel, then I’m fine with this move. Problem is, none of that will be the case.

That one makes me really mad

I’d rather pay McManis 270 than pay Ford 220

Whoever said Brinkman is on their wishlist, I agree Holm got 135k and Mitchell got 150k .. that tells me we’re spending in some different ways this year.

Love that for us

Is it really any different than you repeatedly whining about whining? At least the other people repeating themselves are actually talking football

I don’t know if I’d be in a hurry to give up our DB’s, could become a trouble spot in our D real quick depending on who the voices in the room bringing all these studs in were

I also don’t have a ton of faith, but I’m also of the mindset (and so far, it’s playing out that way) that we may have quite a few open spots this year so O’Shea might not have a choice

Honestly, given the scouting additions we just made, I want them to have every opportunity to go out and find the next Orimolade instead of bringing one in on a big price tag. These are guys that can find impact front 7 guys

Toronto trades Orimolade to Calgary for Cam Judge Interesting

Just to reiterate this, since I’ve seen it mentioned a couple times in this thread. the Bombers didn’t do Wilson a solid at all, they don’t have a choice. I don’t know why teams typically word it as a release, it’s a player opt-out that the teams have no ability to deny as long as it’s within the time the option window is open (January 6 to mid-February) Wilson opted out of his contract and signed an acknowledgment that if he returns to the CFL, it’s under the terms of the previous contract he opted out of.

I really wanted Deslauriers to join our staff We didn’t release him early

I mean, this is good for the CFL We still have his rights if he comes back this season

Pokey to the Jets