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pretty sure Bighill is officially under contract for next year too

Rare... but Friesen is 100% correct on this one...

Sold... I'll take 12-14... thanks!

So what's everyone's feelings on this list?... Let's organize this a little better and add my thoughts: Brown - yes Oliveira - yes Jefferson - yes Kolo - no Neufeld - yes Rose - yes with competition for his spot Nichols - yes Woli - yes... unless the team decides to move on and roll with BOLO... I could probably live with that Walker - yes with competition Thomas - no Prukop - yes unless somehow Streveller is in the mix BOLO - yes - see above McCrae - yes with competition Kramdi - yes Jeffcoat - yes - at a reduced salary and reduced work load Hardrick - yes with competition Hansen - yes Hallett - yes Gray - yes Grant - yes Gauthier - yes... special teams only please Miller - can retire Castillo - yes with competition Bryant - if he wants to be back, he's welcome Briggs - can retire Bailey - yes Augustine - no, should be replaceable in the draft Alexander - yes with competition Schoen - yes Lawson - yes Houston - no, please let someone else overpay for his occasional interception Cole - yes Clements - yes Cadwallader - yes Darby - no

funny that both of our sources are Wikipedia... yet they have differing info... but I hope you're right... 12-14 is better than 12-18

This was my source... is this incorrect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Cup#Champions

Let's put it this way... if you told anyone on this site, pre-game, that we would score 24 points and the Als would not score on D or teams.... 100% would agree that's a guaranteed Bomber victory

First off... quite emotional still two days later... I know I'm as passionate a Bomber fan as there is... and I'm settled down by now... other than the haunting nightmares of a 3rd and 5 lame duck pass that should've been knocked down... but I digress.... Anyways... yeah the 12-18 record isn't ideal, especially considering we could easily be 14-16... and that's not even considering 2007 (no Glenn), 2001 and 1993 (no Dunnigan)... but, it could always be worse... Bombers: 12-18 = .400 win percentage Hamilton: 8-14 = .363 win percentage Ottawa: 1-2 (yeah I know, small sample size) = .333 win percentage and the cream of the crap... Sask: 4-15 = .211 win percentage 😁

It was a play where really only one of two things should've happened... TD pass over the top to Lawler... or TD pass underneath to Demski... instead what happened was an underthrown ball to Lawler which lead to a pick...

I reacted with "sad" a lot in this thread... for those posts I reacted to, if you're wonder why... it's not that you're comment was sad or that I disagreed... it's actually the opposite... it's that I agree but it's sad/disappointing/frustrating that it is coming to this (this was easier that quoting like 15 posts)... It is really the end for Zach as a Bomber?... probably not... but it's becoming very hard to overlook the playoff statistics.. I never truly wanted to believe that O'Shea was hampering the roster with some of his decisions... but playing a clearly injured Bighill was irresponsible... and then the amount of reps that Gauthier was getting in his place... was goddamn mindboggling... Clements and/or Cole should've been getting those reps... you don't rely on a career special teamer to play MLB in the biggest game of the year The defense just didn't look right all night... they made a few plays here and there but generally got worked over by Cody Fajardo... like, that sentence doesn't even make sense... Cody ******* Fajardo ... how the top D in the league got worked over by a below average QB... in the biggest game of the year... just doesn't sit right Changes need to be made... Biggie has been a great leader and monumental player over the past 4 seasons... but he is completely done now... ready to move on... not sure who else is definitively done (probably Thomas) ... but I hope our management team makes the right moves and says good bye to a few of the aging vets this offseason No matter what happens this offseason... I still think the Bombers are the team to beat in the west... we just have to find a way to not lay an egg in the biggest game of the year

This is an odd take… you think if one of the established reporters in Winnipeg (bauming, Hamilton, wyman, etc) asks a tough question, they’ll be banned from the facility?… nothing that’s happened in the ten years that O’Shea has been here leads me to believe that would happen… if anything… it might be more like the media guys are too afraid to fracture they’re relationship… they’re more concerned about being buddy-buddy than getting the “hard scoop”

I think Biggie is for sure out… based on the way guys have been talking about him this week…. Schoen seems extremely unlikely too, unfortunately

McLeod bethel Thompson? Who is signing him? EDIT: I read this thread before reading the thread about him coming back

Think about what TSN did for Fajardo after the 2019 season... they still literally act like he's a superstar in this league... whether Chad continues to be a good QB... or reverts back to below average... TSN has anointed him a superstar... and they'll keep that train rolling for at least 4-5 more years....

Here are the stat lines of two defensive players from the west final: Player 1: 0 tackles, 0 sacks, 0 knock downs, 0 forced fumbles Player 2: 2 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 knock downs, 1 forced fumble One player is the league's most outstanding defensive player... the other wasn't nominated 😋 There's a lot of anger on this thread... but last night's award ceremony actually made me very happy... I love it when everyone disrespects the Bombers... the Bombers only care about the one trophy that matters... let the other babies have their bottles.

Damn you turned that negative into a positive real fast... Speaking of fast... I agree that Brady's speed would be the biggest hinderance to him getting a real shot... but I hope he gets a TC shot and maybe a little signing bonus for his troubles... worst case scenario (as Booch outlined above) we lose him for a year, he gets some excellent coaching/experience and comes back in 2025 even better and more motivated.

And in the "opposite of thick" category... Big Jake's hair 😏

Maybe the MODs can somehow just pin this answer somewhere so anyone can review it when needed?

I guess they had to give Montreal something... since half of their writers think they'll win.

I highly doubt the Bombers care much about this... but I got a kick out of the CFL writers splitting the prediction... I'm glad they did... please keep doubting the Bombers... https://www.cfl.ca/2023/11/15/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-110th-grey-cup-picks/ the media is trying so hard to sell us on the Als being complete in all three phases.... I guess they're just completely ignored the offense for the past 2 months

This is basically how everyone is justifying it... because the stats don't back up him being the best... I'd rank Kelly 3rd, at best, this year behind Collaros and Adams.

I thought it was pretty accidental... he tripped over Lawler's feet and his foot kicked up... and without the foot there, it's a TD Having re-watched a bunch of the game... I didn't realize live how much Adams was Fajardo-ing out there... just leaning into that injury as much as possible... just so everyone knows how much of a warrior he is... Suitor was lapping it up

this was a great read, Thanks @SpeedFlex27.... the old school days were wild... imagine Dru Brown realizes he's not going to unseat Zach as the starter so he just goes and becomes an all-star DB... though I guess TSN thinks he plays there...

despite being pissed off about the play… I was happy to hear on the live call Dustin say “a lucky bounce and it falls to Mcinnis” or something to that effect

“Feasted” would be a strong characterization… yes they had 2 pick sixes in the last meeting… but our O also put up 6 TDs against them in that game… as others have mentioned… the key to winning this game is playing clean on offense and don’t let their defense/ST beat us