Fatty Liver

Totally disagree, the top 2 receivers on either team could be interchangeable, and overall top to bottom the Lions have the league's most dangerous receiving corps IMO. Looking over their roster at this time of the year they have 7 receivers 6'-3" or taller, including a 6'-8" 225 lb. monster. The Bombers have 2, Alston and BOLO, whos' probably headed out the door.

The Lions have done a great job re-signing their top end receivers for just over $200k, the Bombers are disadvantaged by the prospect of paying their 2 top end guys at least $50k more each.

Added career stress and anxiety of waiting around not knowing if they will be looking for a new job in a new town with new people within a few months.

If Brady is serious about "getting paid" he might wait until FA to see what offers come his way to max. his value, same goes for Schoen for all we know. Sooner than later Walters needs to set offers within his budget and stick with them, can't let two players disrupt the game plan and piss off half the team in the process. If a number of valued players (Jeffcoat, Bailey, Walker, Grant, Castillo etc.) get within 2 weeks of FA without being signed, they might decide to wait it out to see what happens. Which could end up costing the Bombers more money and risk losing players they had no intention of parting with.

Sounds similar to what the Riders did with Harris, not much of a savings but every bit counts.

Have the Argos hired a DC yet to replace Mace?

I think the closest comparison to Demski is Begelton, both are tough, elusive and good at accumulating YAC.

Yuuuuuggge!

Confirms Harris didn't take much of a pay cut from O'Day, leaving no room for Brown. The Riders turned his $250,000 February 1 roster bonus into a signing bonus within his reworked 2024 contract. He has a $189,500 base salary, $15,000 in marketing money, $13,800 in housing and $5,000 in travel for a total of $473,300 in hard money. Harris has playtime incentives worth up to $27,000, broken down to $1,500 per game for playing 51 percent or more of the offensive snaps. Despite taking his total down $24,700 from $525,000 to $500,300, Harris takes home more money after taxes. American players who maintain a permanent residence south of the border are taxed 15 percent on any signing bonus — much less than their usual Canadian tax rate.

Wonder if Jones will toss dirty Duke Williams a lifeline.

Trevor Harris may have taken a haircut in Sask, but it's nowhere near as big as the one Masoli just received from Ottawa. "The 35-year-old receives a $45,000 signing bonus in his reworked agreement totalling $133,800 in hard money. He can earn up to $90,000 more in playtime incentives, broken down to $5,000 per game for playing 51 percent or more of the team's offensive snaps. His maximum earning potential is $236,800." In 2023 Masoli was scheduled to earn. Hard money: $425,000 Maximum value: $433,000 The RB's are opening the door wide for Brown to step on in at $250k + playtime incentives. Masoli will make tasty trade bait mid-season if he comes back healthy and in shape.

How often has that strategy worked out in the past? Maybe once with Dieter Brock and twice if Brown turns out to be a bonafide starter elsewhere.

Which is a real issue as they will not have the budget to attract or hang onto a decent backup until Zach's contract expires or he retires. The next starting QB will most likely step in from elsewhere once he's gone, instead of developing in house like Brown has.

It would be interesting to examine the roster changes made after Reilly retired, because the next season Rourke took over and they thrived. Receiver would be an obvious position to look at but the Lions have had a pretty good pipeline of young receivers developing the last few years and other than Whitehead and Rhymes can't think of any others that came in through FA. In the same time period they also lost Burnham.

Believe it or not Strev. lost track of that fur coat, it should have been put up for auction for a charity or in the BB HOF as a preserved artifact. In an interview he said he borrowed it from the mother of his GF's at the time, but I think Strev. found himself a new GF. Not sure the lady was from Wpg. but with a little bit of sleuthing it could probably be located. 🤫

If they bring in 5 RB's, the message will be clear.

With so few openings I think if any team offered Brown $250k and the chance to compete for the starting job, he'd be interested. Ottawa, Calgary and Hamilton look to be the only 3 places that could potentially offer him that.

I recall a few years were most teams were starting backup QB's because their starters were out with injury, and that led to a lot of bad football.

Never heard this before, where did you get it from? Find it hard to believe considering this was well before Brady "found his game" and became an effective running back.

BC allowed Butler to walk away and sign with Hamilton for $116k in hard money, $133k max. value. Dumb move but I can't see them offering Brady big bucks when a much cheaper Dedrick Mills might be on their radar. Stanback was the highest paid RB in the league last season, and not a great value at $160k in hard money and $170k max. value. I could see Brady shooting for $185k, just can't see any team other than the Bombers being very interested in him. Maybe the Als if they cut Stanback, they could pair Brady with Antwi.

Not so many 225 lb. line brawlers available, but lots of smaller scat backs like Chevon Walker and Mizell in BC that can't get the job done anymore. Need that power game.

According to 3DN Maier made. Hard money: $405,000 Maximum value: $447,000 No reason he shouldn't take a $100k haircut as he didn't produce up to those salary expectations.

Longer term deal is a good idea, maybe Walters can convince Schoen to sign if he offers him $650k over 3 years.

He's becoming Brady the obnoxious, he's going to be stunned when he discovers "the sky is not the limit".

Bet O'Shea would like to get his hands on Konar if healthy, fits the mold of LB/ST player he covets.