BigBlue

I believe I read on 3D that it was for $550k

3 down nation Aur The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American offensive lineman Matt Kickel and American receiver Reggie Brown. Kickel was named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2024 as part of a decorated collegiate career at Aurora University, a Division III program located in Illinois. The three-time All-Conference selection played 34 games over four seasons with the Spartans after walking on at Arizona State in 2020. The six-foot-four, 315-pound native of Bolingbrook, Ill. spent time at guard and tackle. Brown played collegiately at James Madison University where he caught 93 passes for 1,686 yards and 16 touchdowns. The six-foot-one, 195-pound native of Lakeland, Fla. had a brief stint with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2024.

i do not comment much and you know it ... you just carry around battery acid looking for a place to do your thing Mr 27

YUP! Same as every year… Bellyaching because we didn't make wild offers and upset the balance of paying the rest of the team well… And we are finally making all the changes we were bellyaching about not doing earlier. Booch continues his personal vendetta against Michael O'Shea. We probably deserve Mr. Friesen of the Sun. Now we have someone else to shut Idown. There's nothing wrong with Zach Collaros if he has a real offensive line. We saw what happened to the Kansas City Chiefs when they got handled in the trenches. Neither Kyle Walters nor Michael O'Shea are acting like ostriches. We have draftees and more importantly a good recruiting program so we can actually get three more quality linemen before the season opens. Our rushing program will be excellent. And that will set up our passing game. Our defensive coaches is fantastic. Most importantly of all we run ourselves like a professional organization and we will definitely not be shooting ourselves in the foot. We will be more conservative in terms of not turning the ball over and taking stupid penalties. That's part of the culture that has developed here. Not one of us really knows who the top four in the playoffs will be this year. Were just guessing like everybody else. If it was all about money than Hamilton should be in the Grey Cup but we've seen that movie before. We will have a good football club and we can continue to curse the Roughriders. The beer is the best and the crowd is amazing ... Our QBing will be good enough, not great, not horrible and we have a new apprenticeship program we can argue about. Yeah they have potential. The grey cup Winner will be a sound club who gets a little bit lucky… Same as every other year. Unless of course the league's brain trust has already awarded the Cup to Toronto. Nothing new there either. We all want to sound intelligent but one of the few ways we can do that is by keeping our mouth shut. If we really think things through there is a real possibility that a few of us might come across as either slightly smart or very good-looking. Gold Bombers Go !!!

who is Shay Patterson QB?

I hope our extra cap space can be used to attract a couple of really good yankees need 2 lineman with star potential, 1 ol, 1 dl would also like to see a very talented lb the rest of the us recruits as per usual we need 2 starters/prodigees from the cfl draft something like this could introduce new energy for the team as a whole and even make MOS smile

Is our CB Ford gone or can we still get him back? I would like to see $300k spent on the guys in the trenches Cheers

Whats going on with our offensive coordinator? I can not believe Woli type decisions are being made without him ...

RIGHT, SAME AS ... if you are going to nit pick at least venture your opinion Brandon

I don't understand why but I believe this site greatly undervalues Collaros Yes Rourke Evans Kelly Brown & Fajardo all have great talent and potential but how many have been multi year consistent winners Every one of them is still a fledgling ,,, they won't all stay that way but right now every one is inconsistent Zach is a winner and he uses his experience to keep us overcoming all odds Don't discount his stats too much ,,, they are pretty good So did we make the right decision keeping Zach and cutting Brown?

A little bit Negatron are we? that is your assumption, correct?

The biggest thing on my mind is Toronto's QB strategy

I do not understand the negativity towards Buck and Zach / good journeymen who have been mostly gettin er done ... for half a decade

just read this week's entire thread ... happy with the patriotism but not so pleased with the worry warts the west final is not going to be played on paper, no matter how good our presciptive analysis personnel decisions are mostly irrelevant but a more talented player may make a big hilite play (I believe our talent is better this year than last) its going to be won based on character and true gut wrenching grit and confidence the riders have been on a roller coaster and at the pinnacle of their rail ... we all know what will stop someone on a roll some have a winning tradition - others just show well the bombers are that confident heart that refuses to panic ... they have an amazing 4th quarter victory mode this is the house that MOS built a bad bounce or two can change the course of a game, sometimes irreparably but most bomber victories I remember, the veterans come back methodically to save the day an when providencce is on their side they accept their gift THEY ARE MORE THAN LUCKY

what is the back up qb plan?