Fatty Liver
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49 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
What leverage? We started 10-11 canadians that year
May have had an offer from Mtl., do you think Walters just made up a number?
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27 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
And the rest was in reporting money. Every vet gets this to compensate for the travel and upstart money in town.
5 pass knock downs is only middle of the pack if you look at every db in the league. Look at him compared to all the starters. Look at pass kd per start.
Like I said, he has an excellent knack for coming up in the run game especially when he’s blitzed. We always work in the db back side blitz. Hes good at it. He’s not good at making plays in coverage.
Which is entirely fine. You need role players in your ni group. We can excel on D with him in a specific role, clearly. The issue is we have over paid him by a big chunk.
If he can take one more step forward as a player, it won’t be an issue. Unless we then try to pay him crazy ford money.
But he we also need him to retain his level of play from the second half and change of last year. We can’t have him step back from that closer to his career average level of play. He went from a good back up rotational ni, to a solid starting ni. Paying guys ahead of that step is dangerous and bad business.Clearly Kramdi negotiated his contract with leverage, if Walters decided not to pay what he asked for in order to save $20k, good chance he goes back home and plays for the Als and the Bombers lose a solid Natl. asset they developed to a competitive team. Do that often enough and they end up in the Stamps position.
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According to Dunk lot's of teams pursuing Mike Rose.
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Elks and B.C. Lions pursuing veteran DL Mike Rose. -
21 minutes ago, bluto said:
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1 hour ago, Goalie said:
I just feel you should be able to find a de DT and LB making the minimum.
Not likely to find a decent one with any CFL experience, if they were making min. they probably were not playing much.
I think Vaughters is the closest they'll get to signing a big name D-lineman, at least he's well known. Being short and stocky his game is more like Micah Johnson than Willy or Jeffcoat.
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1 hour ago, wbbfan said:
Both Ayer’s and Cole have gotten nfl work outs. I think it’s very likely both are back here. Cole is being groomed at S.
Where did you get this? If they were grooming Cole for Safety, wouldn't they have used him in that spot late last season instead of bringing in Nick Taylor?
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3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
I could see him here. They seem to be collecting that type of receiver. Hollins is a real technician but he's small and not the kind of guy to get too dirty. They brought in about 20 guys they hoped would be a Hollins here last year. Wilson was good and the rest looked surprised somebody would think about paying them to play football.
Sure pick up Hollins if you want to bring dissension into the locker room, he's one of the guys that voted for Adams over Rourke and lost, not smart enough to keep his big mouth shut.
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Just now, coach17 said:
I'm drawing a blank on Richardson. Only Richardson in recent memory of the Bombers I can think of is Michael. Do I not remember someone impactful
Stove.
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3 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
Bryant, Nuef, Gray, Hardrick, Nichols, Holms, Rose, Jefferson, Jeffcoat, Alexander, Biggie, Kramdi (debatable about impact i guess), Wolly, Schoen.
The guys you have listed there. Janarion was essentially let go a mistake no doubt, but he didn't take another offer over the bombers. Bombers just didn't offer. Richardson was kind of the same. Walters knew what it would take to keep him and he chose (wrongly again) not to compete. Sayles is overrated imo and is much like Houston. Chunghs replacement was in house already. So that leaves Lawler who came back and admitted he should have never left and Couture.Grant is a FA once again, Walters has a chance to make up for fumbling his file last season. There will likely be stiff competition to pay him what he's worth, as every GM knows he is the best.
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31 minutes ago, bluto said:
I can't blame anyone for trying to get paid what they believe they're worth. We had the best players and they all deserve a raise. They just can't all have it in The Big Smoke.
Can any of the Argos afford to own homes in T.O. or do they all rent apartments?
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1 hour ago, blue85gold said:
No kidding. The Ti-Cats get named as having an interest in every FA
Bloody Ti-Cats, they'll sign both Ceresna and McManis and still miss the playoffs!
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2 hours ago, GCn20 said:
No one is saying that Schoen isn't a deep threat. Just that Lawler is better at it.
Lawler usually makes the more spectacular catches that land him on his butt or head, but Schoen is better gaining YAC than Lawler, as is Demski. I could see Dru Brown convincing Ottawa to spend big on Schoen, he's the hardest working receiver in the league and will come back strong.
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44 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Last I heard Schoen is a Blue Bomber until February 13th.
That's tampering. Clubs can't covet publicly or offer any monetary terms until February 2nd. They become free agents February 13th. If they want Schoen for big bucks they can have him. Schoen's been nothing but a walking injury the past 2 seasons. He did us no good not being able to play.
Schoen might have led the league in receiving in 2023 if he didn't miss 2 games. The 10 below is the number of TD's he contributed. How soon you forget.
2023WPG 16 111 71 1222 314 10 17.2 71
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1 hour ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:
Anyone know whatever happened to Rasheed Bailey? Released after 6 games last year and was never picked up. On pace for about 750yrds and 6tds. Not amazing stats but figured he would have popped up somewhere.
Seems to be keeping fairly busy pumping out podcasts and videos.
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4 minutes ago, Tracker said:
I am flabbergasted by Wolitarsky's release. He was not an all-star, but steady, could be relied on for a clutch catch and an NI to boot. I can understand , even happy with Bighill's release, and can accept that Shoen went for the big payday in Regina. This, along with Jake Thomas being retained shakes my confidence in Bomber management and I have had doubts about O'Shea for some time. The only reasons I can think of for Wolitarsky's release is a) personal conduct issues(not bloody likely, b) cutting corners so as to free up money for a splash signing (then why keep Thomas who has pretty much the same salary) or c) group onset of early dementia. I will reserve final judgement until training camp is over, but am discouraged.
What???
and can accept that Shoen went for the big payday in Regina.
Not true, rephrase quickly!
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1 hour ago, Goalie said:
The receiver market is gonna be set by someone and then that will be what it will be, Lewis isn’t signed in Edmonton either. They all gonna have to take a cut. All it takes tho is one gm and owner (ahem bc) to throw 300 at a Kenny or Lewis and there you go again.
Rigmaiden said he was looking to chop his receiver budget and would even consider making trades, Lions currently have 16 receivers on their roster so lots of new prospects heading towards TC.
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19 minutes ago, Goalie said:
What’s the max ppl would pay lawler? How about Schoen? I could see not signing one being legit if they both want the bag.
Schoen was paid $230k last season which isn't out of line for top end receiver talent. Lawler was a bit high at $285k, making him the second highest paid receiver in the league, chisel him back down to 250k or let him walk.
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40 minutes ago, Booch said:
not trying to be a crap disturber or arse...but do you have that as a fact?...or just an assumption?
It possibly could tho with the Thomas signing....say they are looking to spend such and such in FA on some big ticket prices...and only have room for so much depth with vet Canadian salaries....so say 115...120k for a spot...Went to JT in lieu of Woli....and we just basically got rid of any National depth that has experience and usefulness at receiver....a spot we use for ratio...
Likely going with 2 Natl. receivers as starters, if Woli is around Clercius isn't getting the development time he earned last season, because Zach prefers Woli. As a courtesy cutting him now gives him a chance to sign with another team before FA begins, he should be able to play another 3-4 years if he wants to. They can pick up a left behind and forgotten Natl. receiver like Daniel Petermann in FA to backup Clercius and Demski or go with a new draft choice.
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3 hours ago, BBlink said:
It does seem weird to me. The only thing I can think of is that his injury isn't progressing and that Clercius has taken his spot. Dollars-wise it seems like a fine deal.
Clercius runs good routes and seems to have decent hands, but he doesn't have the mental connection Woli had with Zach providing a target on broken plays, If Zach loses both Woli and Schoen he's going to be pissed. Maybe Mitchell will help fill some of that void.
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2 hours ago, Mike said:
Yeah, just look at Kramdi.
Probably the reason they ended up paying Kramdi $140k, he likely wanted to live closer to his family and Danny Maciocia speaks so highly of him he'd love to have him on his team.
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45 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:
I think they should have called Biggie and let him know. That's the professional thing to do. I'm glad they made the right decision tho.
That would be Darren Cameron's job not Kyle Walters, you know the Senior Director of Public & Player Relations who hates being the bearer of bad news. To quote action hero the Tick, "the man is incapable".
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2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread
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Wow Rhymes falls out of favour again, didn't BC release him prior to FA last season as well?