bigg jay
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4 hours ago, BBlink said: Yeah I'm not sure either. They will likely take one of Artopeous and Wilson and one of Thorne and Perkins. I can't imagine they will start the year with Collaros and no CFL experience behind him.
My guess it will be TD Terry running short yardage and Perkins waiting in the wings.
Don't forget Elgersma is also a possibility. Walters believes they might get more info on by the end of the month when NFL teams are done signing futures contracts.
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3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said: But why make a public announcement? That would be protocol anyway. They know he's leaving. My point is, if you do it for one player then you have to do it for everyone. Even the backup long snapper who left in free agency. That's a heckuva lot of announcements league wide per team. I've no issue with it. Just that it was never done before.
Did Edmonton announce it or did the league? Nothing on the L's website about it so maybe the league put it out there for clarity since rights transfers are rare.
Edit - just saw Hervey's statement. Said it was an attempt to do right by the player and other clubs and let them get going on things without needlessly holding up the process.
1 hour ago, bearpants said: according to the Bombers site... the only DL at 6'7 is Willie... unless there are some guys not listed yet...
The website is not completely up to date.
They signed a 6'6 DL named Michael Fletcher the other day but he's not listed so there's definitely people missing. He was signed before Ceresna was made official yet he's on there so it's a bit random.
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21 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said: WTF is Hervey doing??? No one seems to know the motivation for this announcement other than Hervey really wanted Ceresna gone & is holding the door open as he leaves.
The motivation was simply that Edmonton wasn't going to match the offer we made so instead of waiting for the clubs 48 hour exclusive negotiating period to end, they just ripped the bandaid off and moved on.
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3 minutes ago, Rich said: Pasting the link embeds it for me. How are you trying to post it?
Should note that I had to specifically choose to paste as text - if I just pasted the link as is I get: giphy.gif (480×200)
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31 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
Translation: Riders suck.
Can confirm - ran it through Google Translate and this is what came back:
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1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:
I could have sworn they let Korn go....?
Ended the year on the PR so he was a FA but we re-signed him a couple weeks ago.
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FWIW, this analysis has us as a possible destination for Ford. Not sure I entirely agree with that but we do need a backup with legitimate experience. I wouldn't be opposed to it if we could make it work financially - like a bonus heavy contract that would only payout if Zach gets hurt or something.
https://www.cfl.ca/2026/01/30/3-potential-landing-spots-for-tre-ford
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28 minutes ago, Noeller said:
So much speculation and conjecture... Nobody knows anything. One of the only things we DO know is that Walters said we would be aggressive in FA this year, which tells me he knows he has some money to play with.
I really hope he's taking advantage of marketing money and loading some guys (ex: Willie and Brady) up with it. That would free up a bunch of cap space and it's not like the club can't afford it.
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7 minutes ago, GCn20 said:Boy would Jake Ceresna ever solve a lot of problems for us. He would be my target if I were KW.
Does he want to leave Edmonton? He took less money than offered elsewhere to go back there a couple years ago. I know his wife works in healthcare out there and family was one of the reasons he went back.
**nevermind - looks like he is willing to move. He's still hoping to work something out in Edmonton but will go to whatever team wants him. **
Jake Ceresna healthy after injury-plagued season, ready for CFL free agency - 3DownNation
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46 minutes ago, Goalie said:
Screams nfl opportunity to me but maybe not.
30 years old, had a torn ACL that forced him to miss the end of 2024 and almost all of 2025. Not exactly what the NFL looks for.
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9 minutes ago, Atomic said:
I think it was a nagging hamstring issue... hopefully he can get that sorted out because he can be elite... I'd love to see the Bombers bring him in
Yeah, hammy last year, ankle the year before (also missed part of that season being in the NFL). Was healthy as a rookie in 2023 (played 17 games) and did really well.
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38 minutes ago, Brandon said:
I wish they would do same day weigh ins... the weight cutting is ridiculous.
As long as people are cutting weight, there's not going to be a perfect solution & incidents like this will still happen if someone cuts too much weight. there are pro's & cons to it either way - one disadvantage of moving it to same day is that it doesn't eliminate risky weight cuts, it just give less time to recover. Like that guy could just as easily have face planted tomorrow with after a weight cut that clearly went poorly. The advantage is that same day's won't allow fighters to put so much weight back on so maybe they don't cut as much in the first place and force guys to fight closer to their natural weight.
Some organizations/commissions have restrictions on how much the fighters can weigh much farther out than the UFC does. The WBC’s current guidelines advise that a boxer should not be any more than 10 per cent over the division limit within 30 days of the bout, five per cent within 14 days and three per cent within seven days. The WBC is currently studying if a switch to same day weigh-ins makes sense so we'll see what happens.
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7 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:
I need to see numbers before I pass judgment.
And how much of it is marketing money. Willie does a ton off the field for the club so if they want to load guys like him up with non-cap money, I'm good with that.
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3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
How about, if Nathan Rourke can't make it then Elgersma will never get an NFL pension. Rourke showed signs of brilliance in the exhibition season when he got his chance to play to no avail & he was a starter in the NCAA.
All I'm saying that no Canadian & U Sport trained qb has ever started in the NFL. We don't have the competition or coaching needed to play in the nFL up up here. Most Canadian qbs can't even play in the CFL. We aren't a country that churns out qbs for both leagues.
The difference between Elgersma & Rourke is that he knew he had a financial payday waiting with the Lions as he had already played 2 years in the CFL before he went south. His rookie deal was finished. Elgersma has an $85000 rookie Canadian payday waiting for him up here. Not as much incentive to sign with us.
Not true - Rourke was also trying his luck with the NFL before he ever stepped on to a CFL field. He wasn't getting much interest as a QB though (the Giants had him try out at receiver) so he signed with BC. Yeah he got more interest down south after 2 seasons up here, but it was not his original plan (hence his unexpected detour comments). Elgersma is actually getting more NFL looks than Rourke did at this point in their careers so it's not hard to see why he might chase that.
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He was also pretty beat up last year and was dealing with an arm issue (elbow and/or should iirc). Wasn't really given a chance to heal properly or play at 100% because Davis kept getting hurt and so did Caleb Evans.