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Works both ways but the article doesn't mention anything about his agent trying to contact the club, only that the club hadn't reached out until recently. It does say that he left retirement on the table after the season but at some point had decided to keep playing. Again, no mention of if/when that was communicated to the team. More detail about his efforts to communicate would have been nice.

BC cuts another starter. https://3downnation.com/2024/02/09/b-c-lions-release-starting-safety-quincy-mauger/

Clements is a LB while Baron is a DT so I'm not getting the comparison?

But the tampering window is there so we can't pretend like it's not. Any offers made during the tampering window are binding so looking around at some teams (hello Saskatchewan), they have committed a significant amount already. I'm not saying teams can't or won't continue to sign guys. Just from a players point of view, it doesn't strike me as ideal to be looking for a dance partner after the music has already started.

Would they really want to be released this late in the off-season though? Teams have already been planning out their FA spending and if they've committed their cap space elsewhere, it lessens where the player can sign & for how much.

Wonder if Awe's getting a signing bonus or if they'll just put the money towards all the fines he'll rack up this season? I would like to see Baron here, at the right price.

He knows, he just doesn't want to bite the hand that feeds him, IMO. He has no problem throwing out numbers for other teams but doesn't want to make it seem like the Lions are spending wildly so he keeps that under wraps.

Yup, he signed a new 2 year deal just before Christmas.

Still under contract. Argos will release him when he gets drafted by an NFL team.

He apparently turned down bigger money to stay in Hamilton. 3d says 2 other teams we making offers.

Oh ****! I'm going to have to play and not just collect a cheque? I'm out!

We know how that'll work if he tries...

I would be thrilled if he pulled a Durant. Take the signing bonus and go enjoy retirement!

I love Yoshi but man is that ever an over-pay. Good for him though... get that money while you can!

He played for them before us so it's not the first time he's done dirty things for money. 😂 I'm sad to see him go due to his personality and energy. On the field, I think we'll be just fine with Richmond.

I would have to think he plays this year. I get why he didn't come back and play part of last year after NFL shots weren't happening - he felt a shot at a prorated NFL PR salary was worth forgoing half a year of CFL rookie money. A full season might be a bit different though and since he has had no other NFL workouts (afaik), it doesn't seem like he has too many options. He can come play out the last year on his rookie deal, get some more film and see what happens from there.

They can agree to terms but the current team will still have 48 hours at the end of the tampering window to try & get a deal done. No deal is official until FA starts.

You're talking as if Behar is a super old guy when he's only 29. He's the same age as Lawler - who missed a 3rd of the season this year (suspension) and last year (injury). Would you advocate for the team to move on from him since he fits the same criteria as the one you're applying to Behar?

And their respective records back-up their smarts. If I'm another GM, I'm not necessarily inclined to follow their lead.

Is it accepted though? Jones keeps signing receivers to that number (first Lawler and then Lewis) but no other GM has gone there. Lawler is making $250K but after that nobody was close to that mark (Tim White had the highest max at 220k). Maybe it's different this year but Jones "reset" in 2022 did not make 2023 salaries follow suit.

No, those are must have players! https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/darrell-davis-saskatchewan-roughriders-have-re-signed-all-their-must-have-free-agents

I hope it's a retirement gift. He can collect his money, spend the entire season on the IR and it won't count against the cap.

Yup, only one Canadian. We need more local stars I guess.

No love for Donny O? 😂