Jesse

He's just getting so bitter in his old age. 🤣

MLB is a spot where we could cut some cost and not lose production. But Bighill's also re-worked his contract many times to help us out, so I doubt he's going to be the reason we lose another guy off the roster. I don't know what he's making, but I doubt it's a back-breaking deal for the club.

Yup. But that's just the reality of our team make up and the state of QBing across the league.

It really just means rotating Cole in there for a few more snaps per game.

We’re paying Zach more now than we did then. I don’t think our cap will allow us to spend resources on an experienced #2 and there isn’t anyone in the league who could keep us afloat if Zach was out. I would much rather our limited resources and time went to someone with a higher ceiling.

Agreed on all 👍

Isn’t this a pretty normal thing for teams to do?

I feel like he was one of the guys who has said he’s coming back if we’ll have him. He’s not even that old.

Both, if possible. Brown would be my focus. I wonder if this is the year we get Ian Book in camp. He's been on our neg list forever and seems to have run out of NFL chances.

Mike Miller is the easy answer, but we still kept him on the roster all season so it wouldn't even surprise me to see him come back. Stanley Bryant apparently walked off in a huff and probably is the guy who was saying he's done. But I'm putting my faith in Walters who thinks he just needs to cool off and then will talk him into coming back for another go.

Not expecting to lose any starters. Maybe some depth guys.

That’s how we developed Brown in the first place. We’re paying Zach too much to overly invest in the depth. Prukop + rookie is what I’m expecting.

You’re not saving a whole lot on each of those moves. Probably have to make a bunch of those just to pay for the bumps for other starters you want to keep. Big bumps like Brady and Dalton are going to require more significant moves.

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Haven’t added anyone, everyone’s just working on the same deals as last year, I guess.

I know I wouldn’t stick with Fajardo if I was Montreal, he’s still the weakest link.

Man, I can’t think of anything worse than that scenario. Money wont keep Dru here, it would never come to that. Keeping Schoen means finding one or two guys on rookie deals in the starting line-up. I don’t know if that would ultimately be worth the trade off.

Weird that Meier and Corny and Adams got so much then. What you’re saying makes sense, TBurg, it just never works like that in real life. There’s a world out there where Dru signs with Ottawa as the back-up to Masoli and takes a low base with start incentives. But if Ottawa cuts Masoli and sign Dru with the intention of being their starter, they are going to give him a starting salary.

We do nothing but have different opinions - there are several threads devoted to Zach vs. Dru comparisons moving forward. But you bringing it up while we're on a different topic sounds like you're trolling. I am one of the people here who welcome other team's fans - but there is a low tolerance on this forum as a whole, so if you would like to post here, consider it a friendly warning.

His base was 285, but he also got 20k for taking the first snap of the year and another 5k for every start. It was just a little insurance in case Rourke came back - As a starter, he made 350. There was no starter, top tier or bottom tier, who made less than Adams' 350k. Again, with the exception of Kelly. Again, no guarantee that Brown will be signed as a starter - but if he is - you still need to pay him a starter salary.

Probs meant Cameron.

Like I said, maybe a 50/50 shot. They could trade his rights. But they also may just "do right by the player" and give him a head start on FA so he can talk to teams early.

If Brown IS leaving and knows where he wants to go or wants the opportunity to talk to teams, there's a 50/50 chance the Bombers just release him early.

Like you say, he's their safety net and it's their job to find that next guy. It's the hardest job in sports: find a starting QB.

The top receivers have topped 300k for the past 2-3 seasons. Top RBs, including Hall of Fame calibre Canadian Andrew Harris, has not hit 175k. I agree that Brady will set the market, but he's going to set the market as a RB, which is simply at a different scale than other positions.