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And what did Bo Levi do?

So about $200,000 USD difference not factoring taxes for a person who also doesn't necessarily live or train in Canada. If he's active for 8 games he blows the CFL salary out of the water. The CFL is not going to compete with the NFL. The guys in the CFL have to be ones who have more or less ended their NFL dreams.

Rourke has already made over $300,000 USD even being mostly on practice roster.

Thursday games before school is out are just about the dumbest scheduling the CFL can do. Thursday games should only be July and August.

I wouldn't even say Fajardo got hot. I'd say the Bombers defensive scheme was completely brutal in terms of blitzing and use of Cover 0/1 looks vs a QB that is so inaccurate. We gave his receivers a chance to make plays.

Collaros is way more in sync with Schoen I would say. If I was starting a team from scratch I'd take Lawler. He can do it all. Wish we'd use more screens and specifically to him, stuff to get the ball out faster. Especially need it when teams go heavy zone to take away the deep stuff.

Oliviera won't get close to 200k. Everyone understands that RB is the position most at risk of injury as well as being the most replaceable on the field. Nobody will commit those dollars to one player at that position. A handful of coaches/GM's don't believe in using Canadian backs as primary guys still because of the depth issues it can cause (you basically need to build your roster prepared to run an American back even if you have a Canadian starter). I think the absolute ceiling would be 160 hard money (this could be structured with a significant amount for reporting) with another 40-50 in performance/play time bonuses.

If you want to see a couple legit CFL QB prospects...NDSU-South Dakota FCS playoff game is on ABC. South Dakota is where Streveler played.

It's a typo on their website. He is an import.

We don't even know who is coming back or not. Currently about 2/3 of the team are free agents. So yeah there's a **** load of cap space in 2024, almost all of it.

MBT has been shopping himself since JULY. Ottawa and Hamilton both chose to roll with raw NCAA rookies in their very first season of pro football over bringing him in. They both had the cap space to give him exactly what he wanted last season with their starters on the 6 game. I'm not sure anyone will make the commitment to him that he expects in terms of guaranteed money.

Yeah I'm pretty deep into following the draft stuff and Oakman was falling incredibly well before the set of charges that came down right before the draft. He was one of the guys that was a sure-fire first rounder a year out (like after 2015 season the guys saying here's my 2016 draft board stuff) yeah mostly based on the freak body stuff and a jumbotron shot at the Cotton Bowl. His senior year ON THE FIELD was awful and he was already off a lot of draft boards according to reports. Here's a NFL.com one before the charges which happened the month of his draft in 2016. This basically summarizes his CFL career. Low motor, weak lower body, gets moved around at will. Yeah it's damn sexy when a 6'9 ball of muscle catches a back or QB at full speed. But that's like 3 times a year.

Milanovich is right there for them. Hard to believe he wouldn’t end up being the HC given that most of the candidates around the league have already settled into their assistant roles.

If Oakman was NFL talent he would have got a look even with history. He's a freak sure, but down by down he's playing a position that needs consistency and he's way too easy for OL to move around.

They will dump all of them but Crum and Adams. Go after a veteran in free agency/trade. Shiltz and Dolegala would be top of my list if we need a #2 QB of the guys who are pending free agents. Not counting Brown, the rest have no ability to pass the ball at all.

3 year 300k hard money (at least 100k year 1 at signing) per year plus bonuses that push it to 400-450 based on performance and roster is the floor. Could get some guaranteed money to seal it with 3-4 bidders. So $1 million-$1.5 million over 3 years ball park. Edmonton, Calgary, Hamilton, Ottawa are for sure in running. Calgary has least flexibility until they trade Maier which would happen if they hooked Brown. Hamilton and Ottawa have tons of flexibility. One of them will end up with Brown or Maier for sure.

The cap for the roster is only going up $75,000. There's no way the operations cap would go up that much.

Yeah it's a shitty spot for sure. O'Day is probably on his last coach. If they aren't good this year O'Day and the coach probably both get canned. Anyone stepping in there has to determine if they want to tie their shot at being a head coach (Mace or Pierce) to O'Day's ability to find players. So far he hasn't built a functional OL. Drafting has been bad, personnel in general has been bad.

I mean that's like a week. They are getting organized for sure. I doubt Schoen or Oliviera are going to sign 3 year deals if they don't know who the next OC is.

Hype doesn't matter if the cash flows do not exist to operate teams. The league will be operating them or folding them as we've seen repeatedly in the history of this league. I'm not sure why seeking out a 10th market that would be in this position almost from the jump is celebrated by so many. BC, Montreal, Calgary, Hamilton, Toronto right now only exist as long as their owners accept negative cash flows....meaning the revenue possible from operations cannot cover the operation of the franchise currently. These franchises have spent 30+ years in this pool of red ink. Edmonton is there too right now although they historically have not been. There's a **** load of work to do in existing markets. It's laughable that a CFL commissioner with a league in the state it is currently would be spending a single minute thinking about expansion, particularly when there is no money behind it.

Arbuckle was in Ottawa first for 2020 that didn't happen.

But also...people who have been watching QB's forever as well as the numbers are saying this guy is special, and that's not based on the supporting cast because there are plenty of younger QB's who have been handed top teams in the league through the years. The sample size isn't really that small at this point. It's about the sample of 8 full games for a QB which is half a season. People were frothing over Reilly for half as much sample.

Likely didn't want to risk any potential NFL interest for a handful of CFL game cheques on rookie deal.

Not many comparables to Dru Brown's first 150 passes though historically. Collaros about 30 points lower in QBR and quadruple the turnovers...was playing on defending Grey Cup champs. Reilly had half as much playing time it his first go round with BC before he was the guy in Edmonton and was about 25 points lower in QBR, again playing on a Grey Cup team. Bo Levi almost 30 points lower through same point of his career, double the turnovers again playing on 12 and 14 win teams. So the "YEAH BUT THE BOMBERS ARE AWESOME SO DRU BROWN MEANS NOTHING" argument is kind of moot in these comparisons. We might be in a CFL type of Alex Smith - Pat Mahomes situation. Obviously a lot more variables in the CFL.

This is going to be an ongoing issue with both the expansion of NFL PR's and drop of eligibility restrictions combined with CFL starting season earlier leaving fewer game cheques for guys who return. In Ford's case the amount he could have made joining the Bombers in mid-September would be dwarfed by a couple/3 weeks on a NFL PR. Plus the timing of the CFL offseason really hamstrings guys trying to stay in contention to make NFL teams for the next season. Really if he came back this season that's a career long decision not a 2023 decision. They have a lot of work to do to make navigating this more pleasant for guys to come back at the moment.