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Powell in Hamilton is also a pending FA. I would go after him if Hamilton lets him get the open market.

Who's available that would be worth spending on though? Last off-season had a ton of QB movement but I don't know how many are pending FA's?

He was coaching or at least helping unofficially with Laurier a few weeks ago but otherwise just staying in the gym hoping for an NFL call. Taylor Elgersma says Wilfrid Laurier must take fight to Western | London Free Press

I don't think it'll come down to money. They can easily load him up with marketing money for all the work he does in the community and then the cap isn't even an issue.

If Elgersma ever wants to play in the NFL one day and make that good money, he needs to come play up here (with us or someone else) or he can try the UFL. No different than what Rourke had to do. The fact that nobody else has even kicked tires on Elgersma yet is telling though. I think he needs to show he can play consistently at higher level than USports - he had a good camp with the Packers but it's a small sample size. Every league has a rookie max of some type so that's also not unique - yeah it's low but compared to salaries in bigger leagues, all CFL (rookie or not) salaries are low. Some players feel they deserve more without having earned it yet.

Not sure if this was mentioned but a few of the guys who ended the year on the PR are being brought back next season. De'Shaan Dixon, Michael (Bucky) Williams, Hunter Poncius & Ben Dooley all signed future active contracts.

Not offensively he doesn't and he admitted as much during his presser. Said he can't draw up plays for the offense but he should have done more to support them with a rookie OC.

Yep, was defensive rookie of the month at one point too I believe. Good add to the neg list but we'll see if he ever ends up here.

Kolo on offense and Jake on D. If i had to start one of them though, it's Jake.

Yeah but there would be so many suspects... not sure how they would figure out who did it to poor old Jake. Completely unrelated question - did a GoFundMe for Booch's "services" ever get created? 😂

I got the impression MOS was just being diplomatic there - he's not going to throw Hogan under the bus but he didn't exactly give him a ringing endorsement either. He said the OC issue needs more conversation and study but acknowledged the players weren't happy with how things went and that's on him as HC to clean up.

Hopefully Elgersma, in time, can become that guy for us.

Beanie Bishop is quite the name.

They can always make an announcement prior to GC week like Calgary did last year.

Yup. Offense was not an issue in BC prior to his arrival. New system but same tools so I guess kudos to Buck for not messing it up I guess?

BC still sucks but the Rider both suck and blow so there's that.

3DN has pretty much confirmed most of this list with a few differences: The Winnipeg Blue Bombers' potential 2026 free agents list - 3DownNation Not on the 3DN list (some of these guys may have re-signed at some point or they weren't on a standard deal): Ayers - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025. Cobb - confirmed to have signed a 1 year deal for 2025. Kelly - signed his rookie deal in 2023 so it expires after this season. Randolph - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025. Vanterpool - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025. T. Wilson - signed for the 2024 season with team option for 2025. They also have Houston listed but I haven't seen it specifically listed anywhere that he came back on a 1 year deal but it's very possible\probable.

Cam Allen as well. Not sure how many rookies you expect to make an impact, especially when the HC prefers to run with a veteran group (despite subpar play from some of them).

We only got 2 sacks in that game - both by rookies. Matt Jaworski (Fordham University) had one & so did Kydran Jenkins (Purdue - where he was teammates with Cam Allen) .

Another option: do the team a solid by taking a pay cut so they can spend in FA & get him some help.

One year extension for Holm. https://3downnation.com/2025/01/15/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-db-evan-holm-to-one-year-extension/#:~:text=The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have,pound native of Edina%2C Minn.

Did a quick list based on what I can quickly find from news releases and/or when players signed (I assumed the standard 3 year rookie deals for nationals & 1 year with a team option for a 2nd year with imports unless a specific length was announced). Might be off on a few and I'm sure the list will dwindle by the time FA officially opens. AYERS, Michael BONDS, Terrell BRYANT, Stanley CADWALLADER, Tanner CASE, Kody CASTILLO, Sergio COBB, Gavin DEMSKI, Nic ELI, Asotui GAUTHIER, Shayne GRIFFIN II, Michael HALLETT, Nick HOLM, Evan JEFFERSON, Willie KELLY, Jake KOLANKOWSKI, Chris KRAMDI, Redha LAWSON, Cameron LOFTON, Eric MAKONZO, Enock MITCHELL, Dillon NEUFELD, Patrick NICHOLS, Deatrick OLIVEIRA, Brady PARKER, Jamal RANDOLPH, Kendall SCHMEKEL, Tanner SCHOEN, Dalton SHEAHAN, Jamieson STERNS, Jerreth STREVELER, Chris THOMAS, Jake VANTERPOOL, Micah VAUGHTERS, James WHEATFALL, Keric WILSON, Kyrie WILSON, Terry WOODS, Jamal The following players ended the season on the PR, making them FA's immediately: Devin Adams, De'Shaan Dixon, Ben Dooley, Matthew Jackson, Jay Person, Hunter Poncius,, Fabian Weitz, AK Gassama, Justin Mayers.

Not a good day for Blue teams.

Ok which one should be let go, in your opinion? I think it's a bit too early to judge their work. It's not their fault that the cupboard was bare when they showed up. We should have had more 2nd year guys ready to step up this season. We have guys like Jenkins and Jaworski that look promising for next year but other than maybe Person, I can't think of anyone from last season who was in that position this year. That all falls on Danny Mac and the previous scouting staff.

I mean we did just overhaul our scouting department less than a year ago (Danny Mac aside). We hired 3 new guys (Deslauriers, Jauch & Sunderland) in January to replace Goveia & Penn so I could see them being kept on.