Booch

a core with Bailey, Woli, Ellingson and Demski will definitely make plays and be very reliable....nothing wrong with those 4, now who is the 5th...we go inhouse, buy a prove guy, or recruit

you would think....

Looks like Ellingson is a done deal.....step one complete

yeah...not sure how they working that.....that defense tho may have some early issues...need to replace prob both their DT's as Henry likely gone...tho he was no hell anyway...lost their best defensive end....gotta replace 2 db's....and need depth

maybe he a lockeroom cancer?...me me me type guy?....fit in well there then

good signing by Riders....but they have a long ways to go....wonder what they paid/

Top receiver, and Darby.....or Moncreif.....anything else is a bonus.....BA not concerned about in opening days of FA....He is basically a for sure....but not needed to wrap up in the frenzy

Hard cap is fine...how teams choose to spend within is fine too....some will be dumb ..and ruin their roster...others will be smart ...and deepen theirs

thats what I was saying in a different post....Other guys have left money on table...some not even explored it to stay here, and keep the band together...and if there any lockeroom chatter I can see it more like "hey dude...lets all sacrifice a bit again, for the chance to be more than a back to back" just like guys did to get that back to back....He is 35...he has to expect to be making less now, and if he being stubborn...I guess its see ya later.....if anything I think it's more of the informal talk of here's prob what we can give you if we bring all 3 of you back....and he didnt like it we will basically trot out if we want right now our whole offence who were in this system last year if we use a Mcknight and and Agudusi or Jackson in the Lawler/Adams spots..thats huge...we hit ground running Pretty much same on defence... Maston knows SAM...Hallet if need be knows safety...and Rose..Nichols..Taylor and it would be Houston at moment all started last yr...we are in no way shape or form in a bad position...Free Agency we just augmenting...reloading....whatever u wanna call it and I feel a surprise coming

Yeah..he's grown a lot in 2 yrs...so.much more polished now...he was very erratic and almost out of control his first yr here...which hindered him I think all those big ticket receivers won't live up to the price tag...as they all in questionable offences.. If I was to predict now I'd say top 5 guys this yr will be Begelton..Weineke.. Bailey..Lewis and Ellingson if he ends up here or Ottawa...not in that order...but in the mix...Burnham possibly too as he catches anything within 10 feet of him

100 percent...there's prob some issues there...but not this rift they making it seem like We should be grateful we basically retained 4 /5ths of the best online as well as 3/4's of the best dline and still retained the league MOP ...MODP...MOL and prob the best corner and halfback in Rose and Nichols...may as well toss in the 2 best young Canadian RB's in the league and most versatile Canadian reciever...we be just fine

That would totally work ..Lawler was good...but wasn't reason for our success...it started with ZC spreading it around and the online allowing it to happen....Our offence will just need to play like last yr...protect the ball...and we will be fine I think we land a reciever....and a surprise defender nobody has yet mentioned here much....along with a few more of our foot soldiers like Hansen and the like

This is exactly it...players know this in inevitable...they aren't going to use it to be a negative distraction ...they already have shown that by signing on....many for less...and many who didn't even wanna take a look see....not that locker room. If anything I could see them saying cmon dude...let's all sacrifice a lil..to go down as a dynasty...as some have done it for 2022 We also don't even know the facts...did the team not offer a number? Did Harris say no to a reduced amount? Are they far apart...close....is it Harris doesn't wanna be a role player? Who knows right now....maybe it's media making mountain outta mole hill....end result is we will be filelding guys who wanna be here..fit the sms structure and the culture...and have to be odds on favorite to at least get to cup with or without Harris....

Yup...he is way more than just a ball carrier...and his recognition of things on field is invaluable...and I fear puts ZC at more risk game in and game out I'd still like to see him morphed into a hybrid slot/te Drury type...allowing the young guys to get experience with AH still on field with them in certain sets

100 percent yeah...I'd rather have that anyway...lot of times u shut a teams #1 down...they get bogged in the mud

I'd still like to see us get..or roster a true take the top off a defense guy as a receiver.....but we didn't really have that the last 2 yrs anyway and we made it work.

That's kinda why I think it works out somehow Imagine Harris going from playing in front of this crowd...to home crowd in T.O...what a kick to the onions that would be

Comical I very much like our 135k for Bailey..I bet he out performs them both...plus is used in sweeps... If we can grab Ellingson for 160 which seems reasonable we get 2x the production for the cost of Lawler alone.

Ricky Walker looked good last yr

I do know he very athletic and was highly rated...maybe a new poop Johnson...similar body type

I sure the Jeff's..biggie...big Stan...Rose and BA and guys like Demski and Woli will keep the room just fine ...I still think Harris will work out a 1 yr deal ..

Jojo Wicker...6'2"...296 pounds...sounds like a nice gap filler to me

Players know the business side of the game tho too....this won't tear the culture apart ...the other guys didn't sign cause they thought AH was coming back..this is the crappy side of things. They know if the economics don't work...they don't work...I'm not concerned about that...it's also on Harris to realize that he can't expect 200k ...185k...any more...I hope we make it work as he is still effective...but not if it means we can't grab a reciever and resign a Darby or pick up a Moncreif

Actually looked at Ellingson..I am sold now that I see he had almost 700 yards in 10 games in that shiitshow of Edm....with ZC throwing and the complimentary pieces around him yeah this may be a big rebond yr for him...sign me up Yeah...I think too now we go with recruits..save the sms for elsewhere...Walker looked like a baller...Rose in his limited play looked like potential too...and didn't we sign a DT/Nose type this winter??

Yeah...our losses suck...but we won without stove...and when Lawler was suspended kept on rolling too...we will survive just fine. I'm in the camp of u don't overpay like an idiot to fill a spot...and downgrade 2 or 3 others in the process..can't sustain anything that way....pay fair value...and if someone don't like it...another guy will...been working just fine for us