Mike

But the reality of it is that none of this is how it works. It’s all so much more fluid than that. You have guys on rookie scale deals, you have guys on American “entry level” deals … I’m not going to quote exact numbers because I think that’s a fools errand but it’s pretty clear the overall perception that we have as fans is way off. I’ve seen that in this thread alone. For example, how many people in here know that Johnny Augustine had a higher maximum earnings than Brady last year? For as good as our offensive line is, how many people in here are aware that we spend less on it than almost any team in the league? Stan was the only guy in the top 20 last year for earnings and he certainly didn’t get a raise this year. We don’t pay defensive backs either, only one of them made upwards of 100k last year. Lots around 90k but only BA was six figures. And not a dime of it counted on the cap so who cares

I wasn’t arguing it’s a bad deal. I was making a point that people get worked up about these high numbers but they really have no idea just how many guys on our team are making those kind of dollars (way more than they think)

Look at it this way: if we cut bait with any of Rose, Alexander, Gauthier, Briggs, Castillo, Bailey, Hardrick or Thomas and replace them with a minimum level salary, that’s probably a savings of anywhere between 30-70k each. Already moved on from Mike Miller, Alden Darby, Jeffcoat .. if those are minimum salary replacements, that’s roughly another 150k in cap savings already.

I see we’ve proceeded to the part of the off-season where we forget that replacements for old players don’t cost $0 SPECULATIONSZN The cap is $5.585 million this year, that’s roughly 125k per spot on the active roster. people would be horrified if they saw how much Jake Thomas, Jesse Briggs, Shayne Gauthier, etc were making. Hell, did anyone discuss how we’re also paying Cam Lawson about 140k this year?

The issue isn’t “can we afford Brady”, the issue is “is it worth paying Brady” People are all up in arms about the Kolonscopy contract, but Demski just lowered his cap hit, we’re moving on from Jeffcoat, we’re moving on from a LOT of our special teams guys who were on their second/third deals making bigger money. We’ve got lots of money to spend.

I’m not really sure why you think we’re scrambling to find money for Schoen and Brady. The money is there.

I did know more back in the day and don’t you ever forget it 😂

140k for a starting OL or even a 6th lineman is absolutely nothing

I swear you have the wildest takes, Colin. What are you going on about? Our backup QB who hasn’t proven he can be a starter carries more value than either the best RB or WR in the league?

Incredible

Imagine how embarrassing and pathetic you have to be for even the Riders to think you are too embarrassing and pathetic

Put me down as someone who would be very excited if our edge rush rotation this year consisted of Willie, Kongbo, Mason Bennett and whatever American shows off in camp

Getting to the Grey Cup has nothing to do with how we played in the Grey Cup. We were not lucky to get there at all, we earned it. We were lucky to win.

Jeffcoat is the exact kind of piece I’m glad we’re moving on from That’s a super weird take lol

Why would we be surprised if Walker comes back? He’s been good

NDSU, not UND. Played with Trey Lance and Christian Watson.

Did we talk about signing LB Mike Ayers and DB Marquise Bridges ?

😂 I know, it’s just interesting to argue over exact dollars and cents when we don’t really even know what they mean. Let’s see a big Friday signing and argue about that instead. Fingers crossed.

Why are we all debating imaginary numbers with imaginary context?

Anyone who thinks JA is the answer should see how Tony Pollard did for Dallas this year

Good for Dru

You probably missed a whole episode of Matlock typing that all up, you old fart (just kidding)

I meant other teams

And yeah, just to touch on something earlier - the people who are mad at Brady are nuts. Do you guys go to your jobs and work for less money voluntarily? Of course the guy wants to maximize his earnings. Just like literally the entire world. Get over it.

The thing people need to remember about a Canadian running back is that they are so few and far between that committing to one as a ratio breaker means you also have to invest the capital in a capable backup as well. Johnny Augustine made 90k last year, probably close to the going rate unless you find a good rookie. Is there a team that is going to invest 300k into a RB1/2? If there is, I hope it’s not us. (obviously you could flip your ratio or dress more than the required amount of Canadians but there’s a cost to that as well)