Mike

I'm pretty much out of sources at this point lol I rarely get any information nowadays

Quite honestly, I have no idea how you come to your conclusions regarding offensive linemen. I'd love to hear your expanded analysis on why a guy like Baboulas is a better OL than Sorenson.

BS you can only subtract from your roster at this time of year... Esks lost Krausnick to Ottawa and then signed Baboulas just a few days ago to shore up their depth at Centre. Plus Dublanko as an ST addition. I'd certainly take Baboulas over Kowalczuk. Nothing wrong with taking a look at where we stand this year as opposed to this time last year... see where we stand with FA coming. Sorry, I stand corrected. You can make acquisitions of spare parts that were discarded by the rest of the league too.

It's kind of a strange time to start a ratio discussion. This is literally the worst time of year to look at a roster. All you can do is subtract from your roster at this point, you can't add any new certainties to it until a week from now.

Kyle.

The best way to get a player to return to your franchise after an NFL stint is to alienate them and make them feel as unwanted as possible on their way out.

There's really no contradiction. Giving up a second round pick in a draft that isn't very deep doesn't mean he should just throw away the 2nd overall pick. The draft isn't deep, that doesn't mean there is ONE good player.

That sounds like a real pain in the butt.

Anyone saying the Burris deal could be a bargain when the cap goes up is forgetting that there's about a 99.9% chance he's got a stipulation in his deal that the value goes up if the cap goes up.

I fully expect to win no more than 4 games in 2014.

To be fair ... An agent expecting a client to get a NFL contract isn't exactly groundbreaking.

Then Neiswander becomes available OH PHEW!

That's a nice thought but there are three things here ... a) Ottawa seems to have no interest in getting Glenn We don't have Drew Willy signed c) Would Glenn really want to come here to work with Marcel Bellefeuille?

I'm not freaking out about missing on Burris. I'm freaking out because it's obvious that we are not in any way, shape or form a desirable destination for players who have a choice. And that's a problem.

I'm starting a BBBBBB campaign Blue Bombers Better Bring Back Boltus

If I'm Drew Willy, I'd probably rather play for Schwabish Hall in the GFL GO UNICORNS!

Was just going to mention that. Kevin Glenn is NOT going to want to play for Marcel Bellefeuille.

Well, put me in the "shocked" column. We must absolutely be considered a joke of a franchise for Burris to not come here. He'd rather sign with a team that offers direct competition? Good lord. The idea of Henry Burris never really appealed to me, my first choice was always Collaros but for the Bombers to skip out on Collaros and identify Burris as their #1 choice and then NOT get him? This is the worst offseason.

I heard they're going to run at eachother from opposite ends of the room and trade lives.

Rory Dough Alert extension!

lmao if we lose out on Burris I'm going to just throw in the towel. Not because we had to have Burris specifically, but because we just never seem to win.

BREAKING: The #CFL and the players association agree to start free agent period earlier than noon. Lunch schedules were comprised and both sides have now agreed to begin as soon as breakfast is over.

Only in the CFL.

Salary cap is 4.4 million as of right now. You have to pay 46 guys + a practice roster. Once you factor in your ~10% for injuries and wiggle room + the practice roster money, I'd say you get left with around 3.75 to play with for salaries. Close enough to get a working idea anyways. Even at 3.75, you could afford to pay your starter + backup QB a total of probably about 500k. Leaves you 3.25 for 44 spots, that's still an average of almost 75k a player. I mean really, let's try and figure it out Starting QB - 350k Backup QB - 150k 7 starting Canadians - Average of 125k Then you consider how many guys on the roster are guys who make minimum money (a backup RB, Canadian special teamers, etc) and it's easy to see how you can spend big money on more than one or two or even a handful of guys.