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1 hour ago, Geebrr said:
Is Muamba going to play this year? Who is going to replace Williams on TO?
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16 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
Kowlanoski back on a 2 year deal. Hopefully it's as 6th OL.
He's not a 6th OL type
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8 minutes ago, Booch said:
That Stronson is such a moron
Just read his post about the Bombers signing Fine lol. Buck said he liked him, sooo that means they were definitely going to target him in FA lol. He makes statements like that and then gets pissy when others push back..."it was just my thoughts"....yeah well you said it like it was a fact you dumbass.
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Johnny A has been re-signed
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1 hour ago, TBURGESS said:
From April 2023: https://3downnation.com/2023/04/17/the-cfls-15-highest-paid-quarterbacks-for-2023-season/
Note this is after the article that you posted & the article you posted said he'd make just over $400K IF he made all of his bonuses, which is definitely NOT $450-500K.
From Jan 24/24: https://3downnation.com/2024/01/24/qb-dru-brown-signs-two-year-contract-with-ottawa-redblacks/
According to two articles from the same source, Brown, a complete unknown, is making more hard money with a higher signing bonus than Adams & his maximum is just $10K lower than Adams signed for last year.
What I'd like to know, and I haven't found out, is what Adams is scheduled to make in '24. It's likely higher, but that doesn't change the fact that Brown is making out like a bandit because Ottawa is a crap team that has to overpay to get players, just like we used to be.
A better comparison would be Reillys first contract as a starter to Browns. Pretty similar starting points if I'm remembering correctly.
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1 hour ago, TBURGESS said:
It's more than Adams is getting. You know Adams, been in the league since 2016, thrown for more than 13,000 yards, ran for 1400, the third best QB in the league last year, took his team to the Western Final, that Vernon Adams.
I think you're forgetting he signed that contract while still a backup to Rourke. They were so set on VA being the #1 they went out and got Evans too.
Like others have said his contract has been re-worked. Also what a weird ass hill to die on lol.
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I'm honestly baffled people thought he'd get less than 300k.
After the Edmonton game I remember saying he just wrote himself a big cheque! Good for him. Hopefully it pans out.
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38 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
Should we read anything into the fact that the club has added 6 receivers but only one running back to the roster in the off season?
No. We are losing a minimum of 1 we this off season I'd bet. Need competition for every spot and when you look at bodies on the field at any given time, there are more WR than RBs.
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14 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Sounds to me like Dickenson got fired as gm and hufnagel is back in the role...
Read it again. Huff is special advisor to the GM
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2 minutes ago, Booch said:
we dont need BO for ratio reasons at all.....and if we can get 2 legit talents starting as imports, in lieu of his salary, one of which being his replacement, and keeps your team deep you do it everyday all day
Agreed. I was just pointing out that we don't technically need a back up NI RB with the way we've been using the roster lately.
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12 hours ago, Mike said:
The thing people need to remember about a Canadian running back is that they are so few and far between that committing to one as a ratio breaker means you also have to invest the capital in a capable backup as well.
Johnny Augustine made 90k last year, probably close to the going rate unless you find a good rookie. Is there a team that is going to invest 300k into a RB1/2? If there is, I hope it’s not us.
(obviously you could flip your ratio or dress more than the required amount of Canadians but there’s a cost to that as well)
Normally this is true, but we've been starting more Canadians than needed the last few years I believe.
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56 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Precisely why so many of us are angry about how things went down.
Except it's not... no one makes radically different decisions in regular season vs. Post season.
Agreed, but a 14-4 record would indicate radically different decisions didn't need to be made.
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21 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:
TBFT, we won 2 GCs in the last 30 when we had a home town talent featured on the team... just saying.
Without BO we still have a home town kid that will be heavily featured on the team.
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3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
A lot like Vernon Adams.
Low arm talent. Did alright in Air Raid stuff just reading pre snap where the safeties were and going to prescribed route. Didn't play much in USFL but looked extremely overmatched when he did.
Kind of guy that could be the short-yardage specialist if he picks up the wedge play. Ran some zone read stuff so has some ability with option.
Definitely a guy that's been on CFL radar forever. He took over for injury as a sophomore and then junior year got Eastern Washington to the FCS Championship Game where they got stomped by NDSU.
Basically if he ends up being as good as Prukop he's done alright. Don't expect him to be slinging it out of the pocket up here, but I guess we'll see.
I don't see Bailey being a guy getting a lot of calls day 1 outside of Ottawa. Bailey was huge for Brown. What did he have, 13 or 14 catches with Brown last season? Like 1/3 of his season total.
But I'm not sure Ottawa will pay him either. I think like a high 90s with some bonuses kind of deal would be the ceiling for him. Just hasn't really stepped into that #2 type receiver role whenever it's opened up for a few games.
I can see ssk going for either Bailey or Schoen
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1 minute ago, Colin Unger said:
I would assume that Acklin would be released if they signed Schoen.
I don't think Schoen is going to get anything near 300k as top receivers have got in past years. That market had been driven up considerably by teams like Edmonton who were so lacking in talent they could afford to overpay for Lawler then Lewis. I also think that Schoen doesn't have the athletic skillset that makes teams salivate at the prospect of adding a guy like Lawler, Lewis, or even Ryhmes. He's a quality receiver but he doesn't fly off the page and part of his success is based on the team he plays for and his connection with Zack.This is a bad take. A rookie leading the league in yards doesn't fly off the page? And then backing it up with another fantastic season....keep in mind in his rookie campaign, he was the guy. There was no Lawler etc taking coverage away. Schoen is top 2 rec in the league right now easily.
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14 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:
How so? We have no legitimate backup right now if Zach goes down.
That was always going to be the case for at minimum a few hours this off season.
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Just now, bigg jay said:
The fact that he was leaving is irrelevant. If the trade was made earlier, before teams started re-doing their QB contracts, there could have been a bigger market/demand and gotten a bigger return. Key word is "could", there's no guarantee that he could have gotten more for him.
Could have should have but didn't. All of that doesn't matter. The facts are Brown was always hitting the market, most teams seemed ok to wait for him. Ottawa became a bit more desperate
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54 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
If BO was the only one, it might mean more but we have multiple locals.
We have essentially 1 other that matters in the sense random people can name them.
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I'm not sure why people think they didn't get enough, or dropped the ball. Lol. As soon as that clock hit 00:00 in the Grey Cup, Brown was gone. He was never coming back regardless of the wishful thinking. Getting anything for what is essentially an unproven QB who was absolutely going to the FA market is a very solid move.
Good luck to Brown. And Fantastic move by Walters.
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12 hours ago, Mike said:
Why would you think it would piss other players off?
Brady saying he wants to make more has turned him into an evil villian around these parts, that isn't even all that good and was a beneficiary of outstanding OL play more than anything.
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18 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
I thought the value was interesting as well. Cgjr was disappointing last year. Ceresna is in the top tier of dts in the league. Would I trade woli for him?(if he wasn’t a pending fa) yeah I would. And I love woli. I’d probably trade any of our ni ol Cept Eli maybe Dobson too. I’d trade Kramdi, and any one of our ni defensive guys.
I wonder if this is edm being crazy, tor selling high on gittens, or if this is the value right now for top end dts and ni starters. I mean if that’s his value, what would Brady be worth in a trade?Gittens isn't wolli though. He's a younger Demski with IMO a higher ceiling. Solid move by Jones.
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2023/2024 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread (BRADY’S BACK! DALTON’S BACK!)
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I guess in a pinch he actually could be....but it would mean shuffling the deck a bit as I don't like the idea of him playing anything other than C.....
Just wanted to finish that thought