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45 minutes ago, Noeller said:
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Comes off sounding like a tool who didn’t get his way. Probably a comment better left kept to himself, can’t see other GM’s particularly happy with those comments.
- Jesse, JohnnyAbonny, Noeller and 2 others
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2 hours ago, Mike said:
Our top 4-5 maybe. Our top 10 falls off QUICK and it’s not even close to the best in the league.
Yeah the thing is good Nat players are worth a premium, unfortunately we have to continue to draft good Canadian players because there’s no way in a salary cap era we’re going to be able to hold on all those guys looking for raises. The double edged sword is having guys who are some of the best players in the CFL regardless of nationality, like Brady and Demski, they need to be paid, in a perfect world we would still have guys like Desjarlais and Kongbo still on our roster but we can’t pay everyone.
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I love jokes, I don’t mind what some would consider “edgy” humour but that was just tone deaf and brutally un funny. Not great when you insult potentially 30-50 percent of your fan base.
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This is incredibly sad. He was my age. Good player, and represented the Winnipeg Blue Bombers extremely well, glad he got to win a ring with us in 2019
- Stickem, BigBlueFanatic and wbbfan
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12 minutes ago, Stickem said:
Hill looks like a really smooth. elusive type of receiver.... good hands and quick ..Hi lites are great , but will it translate into anything up here ...??
Good college career. Doesn’t always translate but could be a good one! There’s opportunity for a spot out there this season and hoping we get a competitive mix of good young players try and make a name for them selves.
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47 minutes ago, bluto said:
I'd guess he's joining Zach and the Chad in the 600 Club.
Honestly. Very happy with this. BC and Toronto had the money to spend so I feel like 2023 was the year for both teams to make a run, this levels the playing field quite a bit and if that means BC can’t afford to keep other players then so be it.
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9 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Does anyone know how much? I’d imagine a significant raise from last season.
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1 hour ago, Booch said:
signing some of our own are huge signings....as other teams were prepared to pay a ransom for them....thats not to be understated..those were technically 2 the top free agaents on the market this yr....can't fault us that they were our own guys
As @Mike said...Strev is a huuuge pick up...and dirt cheap...trust me when you see him this spring you will be amazed at his transformation....and he is huge for locker room continuity and keeping the culture chugging.
As much as many liked Brown....he wasn't our future....and Strev this yr is gonna offer a ton...way more than Brown would have
and yup...another huge thing is Ford back...and expect him extended at some point....he offers a ton of value and ability for us to do some different things
if any other team had signed BO...Schoen and Strev for 580k...TOTAL...We would have all said they killed it in free agency....so obviouslywe must have....no?
Agreed one hundred percent. Any time you sign the two players in free agency ( arguably two of the best players in the league period) and an established NFL vet, people would be saying you won free agency, but because all three are former Bombers the perception is a little different.
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22 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Good deal for the Argos!
- rebusrankin and wbbfan
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2 minutes ago, Mike said:
It’s what I was begging for and it didn’t come at the cost of Schoen, Brady or some of the other names I feared it might so I am happy.
Yeah you can’t really replace a Schoen or Brady they’re amongst the best at their positions, but you can replace a Winston Rose or a Rasheed Bailey, good players but on the wrong side of 30.
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22 minutes ago, Booch said:
I look forward to the morphed line up this yr....needed new hungry blood....and some youth...clipped a lot of 30 somethings from the roster...
Agreed. We needed some people actually fighting for jobs and not just players pencilled into starting roles, healthy competition is good for a team. I’m wondering as well if Winnipeg was getting a reputation of a place where there wouldn’t be opportunity to earn a spot, if you’re a young prospect you want to go and play not sit on a practise roster for an entire season..
- Bigblue204 and rebusrankin
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1 minute ago, Wheeler said:
This is quite literally one of the most ridiculous posts I have read in years. Everyone you say signs with the Riders,they will not get their bang for their buck. This coming from a fan of a team that is spending $1.34 million dollars on 4 players on offence lol.
And getting Ouellette for $70K less than Oliveira is a pretty good deal for the Riders.
The difference is our guys are worth the price and then some. We got the best quarter back, best running back, best receiver, and arguably best Canadian receiver with those four players.
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2 minutes ago, Mike said:
He might argue differently. Not a bad dollar amount for a guy who isn’t a bellcow. This is one of those “sounds about right” deals to me.
It would have made him the highest paid RB in the league last year with Stanback. He’s a good runningback but undoubtedly Toronto had the best O-Line in football. That’s a lot of coin for a 29 year old American with one, one thousand yard season (1009 yards)
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6 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:
A meeting with Dickie and grandpa Huff, a quick tour of the facilities and a retreat out the door, concluded with a "**** no" before he got back to his car.
It’s funny to see Calgary as just another team. Making Houston one of the highest paid DB’s in the league says desperation to me. For every big play he made he got burned double.
- Noeller and rebusrankin
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Does anyone know how much Ouellette signed for in Sask? They made the announcement official but I don’t see any numbers reported, hoping it was an arm and a leg..
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16 minutes ago, Goalie said:
Certainly wasn’t on ours. Special teams was a huge problem.
Yeah but he’s one player. He was one of the only sure tacklers on ST infact we got much better in coverage once we added him.
- MOBomberFan and Fatty Liver
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If we can’t retain Grant we really need to make sure we prioritize getting a guy that can return kicks, having Parker out there really cost us field position. That being said Grant is a little injury prone so I wouldn’t be surprised if we moved on.
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5 minutes ago, Mike said:
No question Jeffcoat feels disrespected, but he talked about this last offseason too. Retirements been on his mind for a while and the club has to lock down the guys who are all in before they start on the flip floppers.
He ended up having a great year. 8 sacks and 3 FF the issue is he’s missed 4-6 games every season since he’s been here, minus the shortened 2021 season. It’s hard to justify a big pay day to a guy that you know will be out for a third of the season..
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1 minute ago, Dirty30 said:
Kind of frustrating not hearing that the Bombers are talking to any other teams free agents. I’m sure they have had some discussions, but as a fan it would be nice to hear something.
Why? Free agent champions almost never win anything. Over paying veteran guys looking for a big pay day rarely works out. We did our part by getting Oliveria and Schoen inked, now we rely on our scouting, and once teams like the Riders, Redblacks, and Ti Cats are done spending stupid money we can usually be on the hunt for some good players without getting into a bidding war.
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2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
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Wonder how his teammates will feel about that. Can’t imagine it going well in the locker room.