42 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Walters has constantly overpaid our stars... Collaros, Brady, Jefferson to name a few.  That's why we can't pick up other teams top free agents. 

Some of the contracts have been baffling for sure.

3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The Bombers 10-8 record last year was pure luck. They should have missed the playoffs had the ball bounced the other way. More like 7-11 or 8-10. The Bomber braintrust can say we had a winning record & made the playoffs. But we all watched the team & they were fortunate to winas many games as they did. The team will either bounce back or fall off a cliff, I believe. A lot depends on Walters getting off his duff & actually doing the work needed this off season. So far, the early signs seem promising. 

Last year's inaction has provided him with a great opportunity to use up last year's SMS, so far it appears like he is at least doing that 4 months too late. 

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

Let's hope he learned a lesson from his arrogance of last off season. That we didn't need any impact free agents. 

Whether it's FA. or trade, he can't bring mediocrity to camp in his signings anymore. All we've seen over the past 3 years is KW mismanage the SMS so that allstars leave for more cash only to be replaced by middle of the road FA talent. That can't happen anymore, our well of all-stars is dry.  Time after time we chose cheap over performance and look what it got us last year. He has to do whatever it takes to free up the cash to be effective, if that means making hard choices on Bombers who are underperforming on their salary level so be it. The BO contract shows me that he still does not understand that concept though.

7 hours ago, wbbfan said:

wow fajardos money is not what i expected. Even with them burying almost 200k this year on the cap and 35k in none cap money they gave him the ability to earn almost 450k. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/21/exclusive-cody-fajardo-contract-details-for-2026-cfl-season-with-edmonton-elks/

I would’ve bet they’d go after kelly, but idk with this money. 

Sounds like they like Fajardo more than Kelly. Tells me all I need to know about how Kelly is perceived around the league.

13 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Yeah but if i guess says he's not going to sign here, we have limited options.  It's rare but has happened.  Corey Mace did that to us back in the day and never played a snap for us.

True. His loss in that case. We can trade him or tell him to retire then like we did with Mulumba

6 hours ago, Mark H. said:

OL: Randolph, Lofton, Bryant, Wallace, - they need to sign a Canadian centre or guard in free agency. As long as BO is healthy, they need to start 3 Americans on the OL

QB: time to move on from Streveler. Make sure ZC knows how to pee and see who else you can sign as a backup. Wilson can run short yardage.

RB: don't assume BO will play the entire season. Recruit an entry level American for a backup and use him on teams or pay him extra to stay on the PR. 

DL: Cam Lawson, Woodbey, Jefferson (maybe), new faces needed - I would sign a decent DT in FA

DB: I would keep the secondary intact

Rec: scout for some new faces in the receiving corps - Demski, Wilson, are a good start

LB: I would sign a decent, experienced MLB in free agency. Move Kramdi to safety or field corner and add new faces at WIL and SAM

Bin ich bindich?

(Am I crazy?)

I would like to see us sign a top Nat OL, keep our secondary, totally revamp the DL, and sign the best two receivers available, and add some depth with guys left after the initial FA frenzy

9 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

How do we know MOS and his coaching staff were the problem? Maybe there were issues with Jackson.

I would speculate that Hogan and Jackson just didn't mesh together. It happens.

6 hours ago, Booch said:

I didnt say I want Sankey one time at all...and yeah said hard pass before...that was a general statement...and agree...hes a bit better version of T.Jones...just saying if a guy is available...who makes u better...get him regardless of who is under contract already

But do agree...if this "regime" again decides to play the inferior player...excessive Canadians when not needed...and not best option...then yeah I gonna complain...cause its just more of the same again

And I havnt said sign every player available either...so appreciate u not putting words in my mouth please and thanks...and save for guys who were cut already...and our own guys...there is nobody out there worth signing yet...

Sankey is over rated and I would rather be have T.Jones. However, I want to see this year's camp to have some proven CFL talent challenging incumbents at every position groups. We don't play rookies unless they stand out, and that is only OK if you mix rookies with CFL proven talent to challenge at camp. Having 24 starters, a handful of 2nd year players, all rookies cannot be feasible if your organization likes to slow roll rookies.

Also, the CFL talent has to be correctly identified. We saw maybe some of the worst GMing in Bomber history in our FA signings last year. Just atrocious.

8 hours ago, Booch said:

regardless of potion, or your situation.....if you have a chance to make your team better....you take it....we dont seem to do that here

We seem to think that if you have a returning player or vet....a guy you perosnal like for whatever reason, then there is no need casue we think we "good"

KW is responsible for who comes to camp. 100% on him. Terrible GMing last offseason. He needs a big offseason this year.

16 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

For another year or two. He may play in the CFL but I doubt we'll see him in a Bomber uniform. 

We drafted him. We own his CFL rights in perpetuity.

On 2025-12-16 at 8:36 PM, HardCoreBlue said:

Being a bit skittish this grapevine of yours is sus to me until it’s formally announced.

He saves puppies?

Yep..as i said take it with a grain of salt. It is overheard chat in physio room. 

I don't mind Condell at all. He's a good experienced OC. He is what we needed

On 2025-12-19 at 12:59 AM, SpeedFlex27 said:

We drafted him, right? I have a feeling that he wouldn't play for us. With his entire family on theLower mainland, I think he'd want to play for BC.

We own his rights. Not his choice.

6 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

Have we adjusted the numbers based on the cap going up last year and this year ?  BO not getting that much of raise really based on cap percentage. 

The SMS didn't go up last year according to Walters. No announcement for this coming year yet either. The CFLPA ultimately decides how this new money is spent, whether it is salary or not is unknown. Last year the extra 462k went directly to improved benefits etc. None to increased salary to players

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

Tyson might touch the ball 5 - 8 times per game.... Brady is touching the ball 20-30 times.... much more value in a RB then a WR.  

No there really is not. Supply and demand dictate salary not number of touches. Business 101

3 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Also, a couple of really good upside free agent gets. 

Would be nice but improbable given some of the contract numbers we have already. Unless we shed some salary elsewhere of course. BO was a gross overpay, ZC was already one, and if Kramdi gets what he got last year we are going to be in tough to not only sign talent but to retain what we already have. Unless, the SMS is up of course.

29 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Lol

1 hour ago, Booch said:

Would rather have seen one of Nichols or Holm re-upped first....and at best only 2 of the 3....so do we sign all 3 and screw our SMS where we dont need to?....as 3 guys in and over 140k in the defensive backfield is a huge over spend....and does this mean Kramdi is defacto starter according to Osh as per history even if he is not needed ratio wise or the best player?...as we currently have 3 guys on roster already who could do the job better and cheaper....paying premium for a guy who isnt top in his class is not good sms management....and playing him cause of what he is making even tho not best option...is poor rostering...who cares how smart he apparently is....doesn't make you good necessarily

Kramdi is a player that you and most of the forum disagree on I think. I would rather see him at S though.

2 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I'm very curious as to how much we stayed under the cap. It would make a lot of sense that we have been using a lot of this year's cap on these extensions. 

I'd love to know how much each team spends on starting, and candians as a whole in the sms. 

Yea...it's about time they start giving us this information. Hard to play armchair GM without it ...lol. I am just looking at the amount of 6 game stints we had with high price guys and Walters did bupkus to spend any of it during the season.

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

I thought kramdi would test fa and maybe end up back home. 

 Very busy december for walters so far 

As it should be, maybe even to a far greater extent. We spent well below the SMS last year by my math so spending it now is the least he could do.

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Really. Solid signing there also. We need to improve our Canadian depth not let starters walk away. Kramdi is an above average cdn starter who is apparently smart and versatile. Another solid signing. 
 

just don’t follow these with Thomas kolo and the sorts. You can improve on them. I don’t think you can on Brady Lawson Kramdi Demski uhh who else we got…. Yeah. Drawing the blanks for legit Canadian starters. Clercius? Neufeld maybe. Maybe convert him to center tho ?? 
 

ya. Needs improvement 

Heard via the grape vine that Thomas is likely to retire. Take it with a grain of salt, but a friend of mine connected to the Bomber's training staff seems pretty convinced he's hanging them up. Hope for the best on that one.

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/12/16/blue-bombers-sign-redha-kramdi-to-two-year-contract-extension/

Glad to see that the NATs are being secured.

13 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

I get the issue with how high Brady's salary is but this deal is not what is going to kill us. If we bring back Jefferson at $200,000,  Schoen at $175,000+, Kyrie Wilson at whatever he makes, all three of Holm/Kramdi/Nichols (two are fine), Vaughters at $165,000, Jake and Kolo at any price, aging foot soldiers such as Gauthier and Hallet, Mitchell at $160,000 and J. Jones at whatever he got, that huge amount of deadwood and clinging to aging vets, that's what kills us.

Hanging onto aging vets kills our game day roster, bad contracts kill our overall roster. SMS mismanagement will kill a team faster than anything. Gauthier, Hallett, did zero damage to our roster. Do they need to be replaced? Yea probably but they were STs toiling at near league mins. The only time they impacted us negatively was when we were forced to start them. Jefferson at 200k is another huge overpay. Good teams can't overpay like this. We have a million dollars standing in two spots behind centre, that is not good SMS management. 

12 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Tyson Philpot who has never had a 1000 yard season and who has missed 5, 9 and 6 games over the past three seasons got $275,000. Brady was not getting less.

I did not know Tyson Philpot was a RB. You are comparing apples to oranges.  Might as well have said that Rourke makes 800k so BO's contract is a bargain.

Brady signing is a terrible albatross boat anchor of a contract. I hate the $ and length. Putrid. 

On the bright side I am happy to have Brady here and that this almost definitely means Hogan is out.

If the contract is one third marketing money, or the SmS jumps by 30%, I can live with it, so I reserve the right to walk this back if that is the case.

My issue is solely $ and a tiny bit length of contract (if there is guaranteed year 3 $)

As it stands right now tho I don't believe this is a good contract. Love the player, hate the terms.

27 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Nah, I realized in my late 20's I wasn't good enough. With the loss of Patrick Mahomes, I wonder if the Chiefs will work out Elgersma as depth at the QB3 position? 

I doubt it.

On 2025-12-13 at 5:40 PM, wbbfan said:

If Eiben shakes free i wonder if mos and jy consider him to come on here. 

He would probably be a better OC than Hogan.

19 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The gd Randy Ambrosie hangover continues. Two things needing to change should have been a priority . Get rid of the coaching/admin cap & axing the rookie salary cap. Our Commish should have swept the closet out of everything Ambrosie did & get back to actually running the league. Instead of worrying about rule changes for US expansion. 

I actually curled against Stoughton twice & beat him twice. As a lead on both teams. I guess I can hang my hat on that.

That's why he was recruiting you. lol

12 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Hey, I used to be a pretty good club curler but it's sad that no phone call came for me to play with the pros. I finally realized it never would. I wasted a decade after juniors chasing that dream. There's a big difference between a 65-70% curler & someone who consistently throws 80 plus per cent.

I'd say by now that the "SeeThe US NFL Tour" is getting a little tiring. Elgersma's basing his future on a very good East-West Shrine Game practice week & performance as well as a few practices in the NFL. He did okay when he played but he wasn't lights out like he needed to be., Every play. Every practice. Every play. Every game. It's almost an impossible task for an undrafted free agent. He should be getting the message by now. Even if he gets on a PR, he'll never play. 

Jeff Stoughton did call but you never answered.