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Which QB? They disappeared in cold weather under both Rourke and under Adams. They've got Adams again next season so unless they get home field advantage, do you expect them to suddenly tear it up?

The most dangerous receiving core when they play indoors, maybe. All that size hasn't done squat for that team when it counts (ex: in the cold at IGF, come playoff time).

Good for Stiggers, he showed he is good enough to play down there. Also sets an example for other players who have the skills but not the grades to go to college - it shows there may still be a path forward for them.

The GOAT is back. https://3downnation.com/2024/01/16/winnipeg-blue-bombers-re-sign-left-tackle-stanley-bryant/

TBF, no matter what news the 4 stripe fans get, as long as they still have to cheer for that team, how good can the news really be?

Yeah good deal for both sides. His cap hit goes from $310k to $285k but his actual take home pay goes up because he gets a big signing bonus which gets taxed way less. Win-Win!

Kenny helping out the team and taking a bit of a haircut. https://3downnation.com/2024/01/16/kenny-lawler-restructures-contract-with-winnipeg-blue-bombers/

Not sure 2k is all that great of savings. Ceresna is making $212,000 vs the $210,000 for KGJ (who also is due a $55k bonus in a couple weeks as part of that).

O'Day to Mace: Just focus on recruiting your best defensive players from Toronto. Don't worry about the O-Line, I've got it covered, it's my area of expertise after all! Trevor Harris: WTF?

They might be in a bit of a holding pattern (at least publicly) but Walters has already stated that they might have move on to other guys so they are aware the clock is ticking. And it's not like they can't/wouldn't start talking to other guys in the mean time, even if no deal is finalized/announced yet.

That was always the case though... what do the other signings around the league have to do with this? I mean a guy like Purifoy resigning in Edmonton has no bearing on Schoen or Brady's situation. I haven't seen too many signings (if any) that I'd been wishing the player had made it to FA.

I was going to post a post-Grey Cup picture but I didn't want to throw up all over myself. 🤢

Unfortunately, recent history has shown us otherwise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Fajardo

The moment he makes a great play:

Yup, some of the guys who get signed in the off-season don't even make it to camp. Just funny that we announce the signing right after all the Brady talk this week.

Interesting timing to add an American RB... 😂 https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/01/12/blue-bombers-add-three-to-roster-3/?fbclid=IwAR0OO1Xy0JJiXWzEMrf-3gPedjoN0a9gBVrLQGJ2o5ptEn7gVDwEpwHL020

Zach has a huge chunk (250k) of guaranteed money in 2025 so zero chance he gets cut. A trade would be the only option.

Looks like Brown is down another potential landing spot. https://3downnation.com/2024/01/11/stampeders-give-qb-jake-maier-six-figure-signing-bonus-in-exchange-for-salary-cap-space/

Yup, Bighill (although he's very well paid) is another one who has basically said he took less to stay in Winnipeg in the past. He's never gotten to free agency since being here so we'll never know for sure what offers he could have gotten (I'm sure he does though). Here's a quote from him about it from a couple years ago.

If you don't think there will be other teams making offers to him, you might be the delusional one. Will he get the market reset he's hoping for? I doubt it but you're dreaming if you think coming back here will be his only option. I mean the Argos over-paid for an aging Andrew Harris so why wouldn't they for Brady who's entering his prime? There are other teams desperate to win (hello Regina & Ottawa) that would take him in a heart beat.

Splitting hairs but it was 5.9 yards per carry which gave him the 2nd highest average of all starting running backs (only Kevin Brown finished higher with 6.1). https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/statistics?category=rushing&stats=rushingYards

Doesn't sound like it. Seems like MOS just thought he'd be a good fit. Miller didn’t put much thought into coaching until he was offered the job last week. He got a taste of what it might be like last season, as he spent the whole year around the team, working with players in the meeting room, but his focus was solely on getting back on the field. “I didn’t expect to be offered this role, at all. It was very shocking when it did come about. He definitely put me at ease saying you know the game, you know where to put guys, you know what they need to do and you see it on film when there’s an issue and you know where we went wrong.” https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2024/01/08/miller-realizes-retirement-required-in-new-role-as-blue-bombers-special-teams-co-ordinator

3rd highest paid LB and highest paid MLB. Only Judge and McManis made more. Henoc and Chris Ackie could have made more after bonuses but did not. https://3downnation.com/2023/04/22/the-cfls-15-highest-paid-linebackers-for-the-2023-cfl-season/

What makes you think he wouldn't? I don't know for sure if he will but the only way to find out is for him to leave. If he can't cut it as a starting QB, it's better for us that he fails for another team. The team around him will definitely make a difference, as it would for any QB (see Zach's record in Sask), which is why he should avoid Ottawa. Arbuckle got exposed as a product of the system, one more year in Calgary would have been fine for the Stamps but I don't think his career turns out much different.