Jesse

Just ******* battling over semantics.

Yeah, I'm kind of see-sawing on the move.

I actually do believe in our recruiting, which is why I was hoping we wouldn't see one of these retreads taking up a TC spot.

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.

He was always pretty subpar at tackle and didn't really find success until we moved him to Guard.

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.

Roster necessities. With the camp battles we're going to see at critical positions, need as many bodies as possible.

I don’t think we move guys out of places they’ve been successful unless it’s an emergency.

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.

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?

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.

Could be the other way around. He thought he could have more playing time elsewhere.

Yeah, that’s a little disappointing.

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.

Walters said he's likely moving on today.

Is there an interview I'm missing?!?!

They released a statement. It's on their socials and website.

RIP Kenny, you’ll always be a legend.

This is kind of shocking to me.

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.

If someone "resigns", it'll be written as "retired". Figure it out.

I’m sure Schoen could get a futures contract with no bonus money if he wanted to accept it.

That's exactly what will happen. Mike just choosing chaos lately. I'm here for it.

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. 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.

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.