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27 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Ya I'd be curious to know where Neufeld feels more comfortable. He's a natural tackle who had to make the adjustment to guard when we brought in Yoshi.
He was always pretty subpar at tackle and didn't really find success until we moved him to Guard.
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10 hours ago, Goalie said:
Sometimes I think ppl read to far in to things. He likely means he has no money for a Tim white type. He doesn’t mean he doesn’t have enough money to put the roster together lol. 5 starters need to be replaced. That’s not that much and our depth? I mean depth is replaceable. Clements was never taking a starting spot. Hansen wasn’t either. Neither was Exume.
lots of worrying over basically nothing. It’s also February so.
who have we lost really.
hardrick cuz sask gave him keys to a bank
Jeffcoat cuz retired.
houston? In my opinion he wasn’t even our starting CB.
sounds like outside of Hardrick the guys we lost were guys we also decided to let go.
We can choose to take him at face value or not, but he said after Grant and Castillio (if they can get it done), everyone else coming in has to be on a rookie deal. He even noted that agents were asking him if the Bombers would circle back on guys in a few days and Walters had to tell them, no, we're out of room to add anyone outside of rookies.
Now, none of this is set in stone. He could cut Collaros tomorrow if he wanted to, so things will always be fluid to a certain extent. But as of now, the roster is set beyond adding draft picks and CFL rookies.
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12 hours ago, Noeller said:
wow.....all jokes aside, I'm shocked. I sincerely thought there was some irrational love of this guy that was going to keep him around. Wonder if he asked for his release to go for life after football....
Roster necessities.
With the camp battles we're going to see at critical positions, need as many bodies as possible.
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6 hours ago, Noeller said:
Is there any chance they move Neufeld out to RT and run both Dobson and Eli at G?
I don’t think we move guys out of places they’ve been successful unless it’s an emergency.
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2 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:
Only exceptional rookies step into the lineup in their first year, should be okay with a rookie receiver and the secondary but if injuries come into play, could be rough.
Biggest worry right now is Grant and Castillo, ST will suck and blow badly if those two are not re-signed.
Ok, but we’re mostly not asking first year rookies to come in. We have Fox and Haba returning on the DL, Ford and McGhee in the secondary. We do need to find a RT, but the rest is depth pieces.
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11 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Well, we sign Schoen & Brady & we're paupers? Maybe that wasn't the right thing to do. Maybe we should have let one go. They both even signed on the cheap to help the Bombers out. . We should have money & yet we don't. I'm scratching my head about this.
We're not paupers, but the vast majority of our roster spots are filled already. Why should we have a bunch of money left over?
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1 hour ago, Goalie said:
Our non starters are signing elsewhere and ppl losing their minds.
If you hear Walters' comments today, it really is that our remaining roster needs to be filled with guys on minimum contracts.
So we're losing depth pieces that we probably would have liked to keep. It's not the end of the world, but the scouts are going to be earning their keep this season. For starters and depth.
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26 minutes ago, Booch said:
odd we are moving on...he wouldn't have garnered big bucks either....not sure who they see as his replacement on the roster
Could be the other way around. He thought he could have more playing time elsewhere.
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37 minutes ago, JCon said:
Clements signed with the Argos. I missed that.
Yeah, that’s a little disappointing.
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2 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:
Which game was that?
Gray stepped stepped down one game for some reason and we all speculated that Dobson was taking the spot, but next game Gray was back.
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34 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
Neither does Hamilton lol.
Dudes gonna be pushing against that wall till the cows come home.
did I miss it, is gray signed else where? Every one is talking like he’s gone. Personally I think if he’s playing football next year it’ll be here. If he’s back I think he’d have an inside track at RT. Which as some one said previously being next to neuf will be an asset. A lot can be said about him, in far from his biggest fan, but you aren’t gonna swim in side the rt and split neuf and any one. Plus he can make the adjustments and help the tackle assignment/pick up wise.
I’m still hoping we see Eli, Dobson and gray all win spots out of camp.Walters said he's likely moving on today.
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16 minutes ago, Mike said:
Walters says Rose, Bailey and Gray will not be back
Is there an interview I'm missing?!?!
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13 hours ago, Geebrr said:
Nothing from the league about it.
🗑️
They released a statement. It's on their socials and website.
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3 hours ago, Noeller said:
Just lost Thiadric Hansen to Argos.....
This is kind of shocking to me.
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32 minutes ago, 3rdand1.5 said:
I thought Habba looked good last year. If he took the offseason seriously and comes in healthy, he should have a solid advantage going into training camp to grab the spot.
I really like the fact that we have a couple spots with open competition this year.....pending what we bring in if any during F/A.
I wasn't overly impressed with Haba, but DEs usually need a season to acclimate. Like GCn20 says, if he used his time, he could definitely be a candidate to make a 2nd year leap. He definitely has an edge over the other contenders at this point.
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6 minutes ago, JCon said:
PSA
Re-sign = engage (a sports player) to play for a team for a further period.
Resign = voluntarily leave a job or other position.
If someone "resigns", it'll be written as "retired".
Figure it out.
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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
I know it's not an apples to apples comparison, but Betts getting a sniff down south and not Schoen, is particularly hilarious.
I’m sure Schoen could get a futures contract with no bonus money if he wanted to accept it.
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1 hour ago, Booch said:
That's a deal with no money...and no guarantee he even gets to camp...could be set free when CFL season has started...and will be left gathering peanuts
That's exactly what will happen.
13 minutes ago, Mike said:Maybe he’s not as overrated as you think
Mike just choosing chaos lately.
I'm here for it.
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32 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
I thought I read that Brady Oliveira also said the Bombers were pretty quiet about his contract negotiations as well leading up to the tampering week and then Wade Miller got involved and reached out when other offers were coming in.
I think both sides were at a bit of a standstill as both had made their "final offers" and neither was willing to blink first in negotiations. Very different scenario.
2 minutes ago, Stickem said:I was once told by a very wise coach that when leaving an organization it's best to leave in a good frame of mind....Burning bridges do not do a thing except disconnect you from the great things that happened for you....Thinking back, there are a few players that have said things that they wish they never uttered....Deiter Brock was one that comes to mind when he 'slagged' Winnipeg with his comments...He said awhile ago that he regrets the comments but once said they're out there and hard to take back.....JJ is not in a good frame of mind and it's understandable...What really irks me is toads like Friezen who lap that kind of thing up and exploit the situation for cheap journalism...
It wasn't a positive article, but I don't think Jeffcoat said anything unfair or that ruffles me the wrong way as a fan.
Definitely no bridges burned on this side, imo.
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1 hour ago, 17to85 said:
But doesn't that just show how self absorbed these guys are? Bombers gotta get like 70 bodies in camp, that takes more effort than hand holding players they're planning on moving on from.
I personally wouldn’t make that argument in regards to players like Harris and Jeffcoat. If there was a plan to move on, they deserve a phone call at some point in the months between season end and Free Agency.
That said, both players admitted there was a contract offer. It was just much lower and later than expected. And, when dealing with a long-time starter, I think it’s reasonable to expect some back and forth communication if there is hesitation on the clubs part.
But again, I’m not taking sides. I certainly am not going to take the word of a semi-disgruntled player over that of Kyle Walters; but there are two incidences now of players complaining of this lack of communication on the way out. So I think it’s fair game to discuss.
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2 hours ago, Stickem said:
Can't see the 'disrespect' comment.....Players put out for this club because they luv playing here....IF there were feelings of 'disrespect' that would have surfaced long ago....Because a club decides to move on from a certain player, I would hardly categorize that as 'disrespect' ...JJ knows quite well that players have a certain 'best before date' and some reach that point a little sooner than others....Jeffcoat was a solid performer for the Bombers and his time with the club was high end and will never be forgotten...Whatever is his path moving forward, I hope he is extremely successful...Good luck JJ....AND Freizen can take a 'flying fack' at a rolling doughnut...he can take his neg. stories and shove them
Not taking any sides here, but what both Andrew Harris and Jeffcoat have mentioned is not that they were being moved on from, but that they weren’t told in a timely fashion.
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2 minutes ago, Mike said:
Stupid ass article from Friesen, what else is new. Love me some Jeffcoat, but is he really that startled at the thought that his team might have other priorities when he’s the one who openly expresses how much he’s been debating retirement?
Yeah, you can imagine the leading questions Friesen had to get those quotes.
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1 minute ago, Geebrr said:
Once again Farhan dropping contract details on other team’s signings - has he said anything about Stanback’s?
Someone said 160k. Can't remember who.
2023/2024 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread (BRADY’S BACK! DALTON’S BACK!)
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I’m not concerned about our secondary. I think all starters will be covered by guys already in the building and we’ll have a couple rookies for depth that will get their feet wet and like move into greater roles next year. Been there, done that.
LBers will be the same, with maybe some upside if Cole starts coming on strong. Adding Ford has the potential to help the secondary and/or the SAM spot. Kramdi getting the training camp as the starter will help as well. All good here.
DL has lost a massive piece in Jackson. Our D is not the same, Willie is not the same when Jeffcoat is not on the field. There is potential here to find a young dynamic defensive weapon that takes us to another level (especially looking forward to next season). There’s also the flip side of that where our DL takes a drastic step back.
Im not as worried about OL. It might take some time to gel, but it’s going to be nice to see Dobson or Eli step up. Again, this may pay dividends in 2025.
WRs should improve with Kenny hopefully available for a full season. I don’t expect much out of random guy #5, but maybe he comes on strong in the back half and can replace whichever one of Kenny/Dalton potentially walks next year.
Zach and Brady should continue to be the best at their respective positions. Stevy is going to be such a help to our O.
I think we’re at a B so far. We need our draft picks to contribute more. We really need to nail our DE scouting.