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Well it’s a signing bonus. The bonus is paid at signing. Could have made it more of a reporting bonus but still if a guy is a prick he just has to show up for first day of camp and then retire. The league needs to work on standard wording in agreement to be able to claw back bonuses if players don’t fulfill their obligations under it. The NFL sure claws back bonus money and fast.

The condition is Collaros re-signing here, free agent or otherwise. The only way the Bombers sign Collaros without coughing up the pick is to sign him after the draft. Any sign and trade deal through another team would be void or result in the Bombers coughing up the pick.

We were the highest scoring TEAM in the league. You can win with Nichols providing the competition is relatively average/poor and D/ST score a lot. Sort of the Sask 2018 model with Collaros. I don’t think you win a Grey Cup that way. Our D and ST scored just under 9 points a game directly in our first 7 wins and handed the ball over to the O inside the red zone almost once a game in the 7 wins. So that’s about 13 points per game on average from the D/ST, and we were scoring just over 30 in those games. A good O on its own should put up 21-24 points a game and a great one is more like 27-28. With Nichols we were well under 20 this season even in wins against mostly putrid opposition (Ottawa x2, BC x2, Edmonton, Toronto, Calgary Janarion night). Nichols was pretty bad to close 18, worse in 19 and now coming off a devastating injury to his throwing shoulder. To me at this point I’d bring in an OC who can scheme RPO and a great run/screen game and go all-in on Streveler with Nichols or Collaros backing up.

I wouldn't be surprised if all the OL on that list moved on to other teams or retirement. In a weird twist I think the imports would be tougher to replace than the non-imports. Most of the 30+ guys could be moved on from IMO. A guy like Adams is a pretty big meh to me, sure made a few plays in the playoffs but I think a guy like Lawler should be our #1 receiver heading into next season. If Adams came cheap sure keep him, but wouldn't pay much into 6 figures to make it happen. I'd go up to $165-175k to keep Wolitarsky and make him our primary slot receiver. If you had in order of targets Lawler, Woli, Bailey, Whitehead/Grant/rookie/FA, Demski, Petermann....that's a pretty awesome group IMO. You've got size, speed, hands.

Keep in mind we started this season with our 3 NI OL starters from the last few seasons either injured or not on the roster. This team overcame everything, too many examples to post. So many guys came onto the roster and even if they ended up back off the roster they all provided huge plays and contributed to wins. So really it comes down to leadership, building and maintaining a culture that envelops all the individuals within it and those who arrive into it. O'Shea is the star.

Wait a few weeks the Bombers will have nicer stuff produced. All that's up currently is the generic CFL stuff where it's basically "insert team logo here."

Teams sell the rights to the local broadcasts, TSN owns rights to nationally broadcasted game, Grey Cup. Corus used to own the Grey Cup rights.

Watch the last two seasons of Last Chance U for an example of why that statement is complete BS.

The checkdowns are self preservation for Nichols in the sense that 2 and outs are graded higher than turnovers. It’s a mindset that’s allowed the defence to carry the team as they have been great at turning the ball over and winning field position.

BC 2016 we scored 2 FG's in the 2nd half. That's not good. The offense stalled like crazy paving the way for the blown lead. At one point we had the ball and were two first downs from being able to take knees to end the game. We punt and Jennings takes BC down for a TD.

Every "downtown" in Canada is an absolute shithole outside of Montreal. Most cities have a real nice and vibrant area(s) just on the edge of downtown and Winnipeg is no different.

Those "insider" quotes are kind of like the review sections on anything being sold online. The only people talking are ones with a grudge, and some of the other quotes by employed people are likely purposeful.

Hamilton ran almost exclusively 7 blockers on passes with Masoli. They really relied on a great set of receivers with him to spot the ball. Masoli would throw lobs underneath coverage for the most part, and they ran a great screen game. With Evans they've been able to open up their playbook because he has a faster release and throws a more accurate ball at all ranges. In short, he can deal with pressure and still make an accurate throw. They've been more lethal with Evans IMO. I'd only be interested in Masoli if we brought in a OC from the June Jones school of Run-and-Shoot. I doubt he can be effective running a conventional offense

Would only want him if we have an OC he meshes with. He's the definition of a system QB. Not a very accurate arm, built like a 1950's baseball catcher. Even in that system a player with better QB skills will perform better, as we've seen this season.

Toronto looks real unstable to me. Co-GM's? WTF. Murphy is a very concrete personnel guy who most football people have not enjoyed working with. There's already rumours going around that he's telling agents that he's the real GM and Pinball is just a figurehead to sell tickets. Toronto means a lot to O'Shea but I imagine he'd be weary of leaving what he's built in Winnipeg to go to that situation.

The key for the option running stuff is to actually have options that draw attention from the D. Don't motion everyone out of the backfield or leave Streveler alone (with Mike Miller counts as alone, he's received exactly one handoff in his entire CFL career) because it makes what is coming way too obvious. Get the Jet motion going, have Harris set back, run the pistol where Streveler is closer to LOS with Harris behind him, run some Ace and I looks, use running formations which allow power blocking and downhill running. Like seriously, if they want some help from a high school coach who works with QB's who can't pass consistently and has to develop a creative running game just ask. There are dozens of us.

Yes they do a lot to disrupt passing lanes and on lots of plays Jefferson is barely trying to get to the QB, he's watching the QB's eyes and trying to disrupt the QB's reads and throwing lane. Jefferson is real feast or famine though. He ran by or flat out didn't finish a couple of huge plays in each playoff game so far, a couple sacks and what would have been a huge stop on Begelton in Calgary. He is what he is, a freak athlete who does not have a ton of experience playing defensive football and is quite deficient in some skills such as tackling and getting off blocks if he doesn't win off the snap. I can see why he doesn't last anywhere very long he'd give most coaches an aneurysm.

Is that catches/targets? If so that’s a pretty useless stat with no context. A guy who gets 5 screen passes in a game will have hugely inflated numbers next to a guy like SJ Green who gets a lot of targets 20+ yards down the field.

One guy we could really use on our roster is Roh. He is our best edge rusher. Jeffcoat makes plays all over the field and Jefferson is long and disruptive, but neither one of those guys have the repertoire of moves to beat blocks and get into the pocket that Roh does.

Yeah the decoy aspect is there, but I don’t feel that Whitehead has the receiving skills to be a true threat. Lapo gets a rager for any guy that can take the top off the D so the fact Whitehead has been inactive says a lot. If he could field punts he likely would be on and Grant would still be waiting by his phone. We barely use guys who are really good receivers...Lawler, Bailey, Wolitarsky, Petermann. Christ even with an average QB you could run a real dynamic passing offense with those guys and Adams, Demski. Lapo gets real fixated on Demski for some reason and he is probably our 4th best receiver on the field any given snap.

Anyone could be an excellent QB in the CFL, but will they ever get a chance?

Would be nice to add some screen passes to our script. Personally I hate those 2 yard out patterns where you know the hope is for YAC but it takes the ball so long to get out there that the defenders are there to make the tackle right away. Plus we usually run that play for Demski and he is not a YAC guy unless he has open field.

It depends on Harris being a threat. Our gameplan didn't make Harris a threat and on two of Streveler's designed runs Harris wasn't even in the backfield.

Same story IMO. Force the most difficult throws. They are going to run a ton of max protect and be ready to beat the blitz. We need a better plan. We have sucked for years now against Hamilton running this same D. Come up with something a little outside the box or it won't be much of a game.

And comes down to Lapo's biggest issue here for 4 seasons....the long stretches where managing even a first down becomes extremely difficult. Had so many opportunities on O to ice this game, basically the entire second half.