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Give Curran the money, Kyle. This guy would fill such a hole on our defense.
 
Can you say 'upgrade on Kuale'.

I could live with a starting LB crew of Curran, Sears and Hurl.

Doesn't even make sense that the Riders would be in the hunt for Curran. I don't see Edmonton being in it either. That leaves Ottawa and Winnipeg. Curran is a guy you would love to get. He is a keeper

Yes I'd like to see Sears come back. Sad to see that the team is moving on (?) from Glen January. He's worked his backside off for us over the years, played through pain and injuries, and has been our best o'lineman without doubt.

The oldtimers on this board will remember the scouting report on Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak going into the 1972 Summit Series. That he flopped too much & had a vulnerable high glove hand. Scouting report went on to say that he isn't good enough to be an NHL goaltender & that Canada's pros will pump tons of goals by him. That, based on one game they saw Tretiak play.... the night before he got married. Who were these scouts? Why Toronto Maple Leaf scouts, of course. My point? Matthews already beat corners in the Super Bowl. Sometimes scouts don't know squat. 

Very eloquent and classy guy.
 
Good luck to him in his new career.

Very eloquent and classy guy.
 
Good luck to him in his new career.

Very eloquent and classy guy.
 
Good luck to him in his new career.

Very eloquent and classy guy.
 
Good luck to him in his new career.

While it really sucks the Bombers won't get Heenan, the point I think we're missing is that this is a positive, in that it weakens our biggest rival.

*crosses fingers*
I would imagine if anyone would know newmans capabilities... It's hall.

Kirk Penton has a very informative article in today's Sun:
 
 
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/01/29/bombers-deal-cory-watson-to-saskatchewan

Loved Cory Watson when he was on the field .. epitomized the way this game should be played .. best of luck to Cory going forward.
 
That said .. I think we made out like bandits in this trade.

I really don't see us going OL in the first round now, if we have 4 picks in the top 20.
 
You could go skill position at 2nd overall and draft 2 OL with the 11/15/20th picks and still come out with a great haul.
 
Really depends on how things shake down at the combine, though.

The "does not get along with others" part is a concern, but his resume certainly has greater appeal to me than that of our current OC.

And because they wouldn't have conducted an interview using Skype if he was in Winnipeg.
 
I wouldn't be surprised if that was Mosaic. An outhouse in the stadium is considered indoor plumbing in Saskatchewan. 

I loved Bowman when he was here. No clue how he played last year after that bad injury, but if he can play bring him on back. Great team guy.

Guess he's on Special Teams.

I wonder if we're going to make a play for Hamilton's LB Taylor Reed. He was on the Bomber's Practice squad in 13 and then had tryouts with the Cowboys and Pats. Hamilton picked him up last year and he didn't look out of place. (Comments, Zontar?)
 
Another LB who may hit FA is the Esks Rennie Curran. He'd sure look good in Blue and Gold.

Hmm, I guess I was wrong about the Sask media being a bunch of brown nosers:
 
 
http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/football/roughriders-football/Vanstone+Roughriders+coaching+options/10724291/story.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I think Benevides is still in the running because he doesn't necessarily want to be united with Chamblin. Lot of talk that Chamblin is not a great guy to work with. His history of changing coordinators and taking over their duties seems to back this up.

I feel like getting Zach Anderson back in a Ritchie Hall defense (assuming he signs) will be like adding a dominant D-lineman in FA... He has potential to be one of the best DTs in the league...

Speaking of Walters, he was just on the CJOB Upper Deck show 7pm and they talked how the staff figured it was just the right time to after a player like Picard.
They had the money, they had the opportunity, they talked, and Picard figures he is in good shape and is not even thinking of slowing down.
 
He mentioned how they went about trying to re-sign as many players as they could and talked to all the players they wanted back about extensions etc.
When it came closer to Jan 1, they tried a couple of contract re-dos.
Nick Moore, we heard about, but he mentioned they also re-worked Jake Thomas's contract structure.
 
He virtually repeated what was said about the talks with the new DC…progressing..each day.
 
He was asked about Buck and said how enthused Buck is about sponging up knowledge and learning all aspects of the coaching angle. Things like running his own RB meetings and film reviews.
Buck's aim is to move on up, eventually, to an OC position.
Of course, that makes sense.
 
Now's the time Walters will be attending more bowl games Tampa and Mobile, and meeting with the US scouts at the same time, discussing the budget and salary cap projections and focusing now on the upcoming Free Agency when he gets back on the 21st or 22nd.
He believes they'll have a real clear plan of attack for FA.
 
Walters' CFL history and moving up the ranks of coaching, asst. GMing and now GM was talked about and it's impressive, considering how he worked it, and who he worked for.
Seems like a pretty head's up guy.

I think this is a shrewd move by Walters...  Sign a top NI centre and then let his salary leak - gives more incentive for guys like Heenan and Holmes to test free agency
 
Bombers still have cap room, more than a lot of other teams - Sask, Hamilton, T.O. - I think we have a good shot at signing one more OL

Don't know why Robertson didn't fit in to Etch's defense. He's certainly small enough.