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Honestly, Parker does nothing for us in the return game either. If Grant is not ready to play I could care less whether it is McCrae or Parker returning. The only thing Parker does well is catch. His returns are non existent. We desperately need Grant back soon, and if not a new returner that can actually give us some returns.

We miss Mike Miller.

For every player it's different. It would all depend on the initial amount of interest I would think. Each player/agent should have a pretty good sense as to how realistic an in season pick up is for their player. Some guys unfortunately may over estimate their worth I suppose, but they will quickly become the cautionary tale of lost salary/play time that CFL GMs will point towards when picking up the phone. Unfortunately, there used to be a 10 day window that did that automatically, now some of the CFL players that really had no realistic shot but have had their tires pumped will lose out on some game cheques instead. With a guy like Ford being hamstrung to the stupid 3 year ELC that NAT rookies must sign makes this gamble a little easier as their is no possible big FA CFL contract to play towards this season.

We put a 3rd string QB on a short field the entire game. Even a dud like Dolegala will FG you to death if all he ever needs is 15 yards to FG range....and that is exactly what happened. No defence in the world can be asked to win a game like that, therefore, offensively we needed more than 2 yards passing until late in the 2nd Q. Guys dropping balls, and Collaros missing shots where guys are open....and it was done. We get some punt/KR coverage and an O that shows up before half time and we absolutely cream these guys. Before anyone says well maybe the Sask defence was so good that they just shut our offence down...go watch that first half again....dropped balls and inaccurate throws to open receivers.

There's no precedent because no one has been idiotic enough to do it.

Really dumb of the CFL but I guess they gotta give the players something once in a while. It was a rule change born out of the pandemic when our league was is crisis and not knowing if their would be a season. Without giving the players a clear out of the contract we likely would not have gotten many takers for contract offers with no firm clarity on the 2021 season going forward or not.

They got rid of the 10 day window? jeebus...that's stupid.

And the fact the Riders had spectacular field position to start just about every drive.

Pretty quick review then

They weren't as up for the game as you have to be for the LDC

I stand corrected then. Thought we had no challenges left

I agree. They took to many risks.

I thought we did? If I'm wrong then I concede that Osh should have challenged

Once your challenges are gone they are gone. You don't get new challenge flags in ot.

There are no challenges in OT

No..but that wasn't my point.

Yep. Return coverage was an abomination.

No doubt. Handed the game to the Riders.

There are no challenges in OT

No they weren't. They were outplayed.

I'd be shocked if Harris is brought back.

For sure we can up Schoen if we want to, but it means our recruitment will need to be top notch and some vets will need to effectively moved on from. I find a FA spend highly unlikely. You've named 8 guys. That's still 560k to replace them at rookie salary.

We pushed him out the door. We offered him 3rd string money and told him he would have to jump through hoops to get it. How can I make that claim? My calculator tells me so. Add up the salaries. I did it at the beginning of this year and couldn't find enough left over for even regular PR based on reported salaries. While some of those are probably off by a few thousand here or there, it still doesn't allow for the type of spending you guys suggest is happening on the PR. Maybe at one time we did that but our wiggle room is very narrow now. Maybe Richmond at double pay or something like that, but not game cheque. Of course, envelopes of cash do happen in this league...we all know that but that doesn't count against SMS anyway.

Your math is correct. I stated 120 but am sticking to 115 as being his salary as reported on 3DN. They could pay a guy a million to sit on the PR....but no team does it. The Bombers definitely do not. Name me the player on our PR making 71k right now. No way. They might get paid more than the 500 bucks a week but zero chance any of them are making league min on our PR. Our current 45 man SMS would not allow for such spending on the PR. We would 6 game IR them if that was the case.

This is quite obviously true based on the contracts handed out to Harris this offseason, and to Kelly today. I would put Kelly at a hair above average for sure...but highest paid in the CFL? He has looked pretty average in many games this season. Wonder what 5-6 big name players will be shown the door this offseason to fit the extra 500k into the SMS? I value QBs a lot but making a game manager QB a 600k man is gonna hurt them. He is not a QB that can carry a team on his back.