Jesse

Yup. Lawler is not eligible for guarantees.

Get him on the roster and restructure as you go.

Intention, I believe. But obviously Lawler has a certain expectation when it comes to salary so I just don't completely buy that it was a "done deal". I am incredibly excited at the thought of another 3 year deal though.

Getting Trevor Harris is way beyond what I expected for them this off season - so that's a win. Trying to blow your wad on a receiver is the exact dumb move they did last year, but you may have needed to do that to get Harris on board. Any meaningful success still needs to come from a re-investment in the OL, which will take years of solid drafts and a couple of FA wins. It's the CFL, they can do it - I still don't that O'Day has the ability to, though.

Yeah, I never bought that it was a done deal.

Of course he's asking for it....doesn't matter if no one offers it. I don't think it's realistic to expect that anyone offers him a raise from last year. It didn't work. I think the best he can reasonable expect is 275 from some desperate team. Can we get close enough to that to make it worth it for him?

Asking for 1 million over three years....yikes, lol. But god damn do I want him on a three year deal.

No one posted this yet?

That's the problem. They're doing the exact same thing that didn't work last year.

Pickett is one guy I was looking at, but you're right, Darby eliminates that need.

Gotta save money somewhere.

Apparently that's what was said, though I'd say it's an extremely low chance he ends up in another league at this point of his career. Unless he's got an XFL team in his home city that'll pay him big bucks.

Keep in mind he's been there before. They know who he is. If they look on tape and see the same guy, why bring him back?

Lol, no one is getting conditioned or "stretching their motor" by playing games. All that happens in the off season.

He had his season ending injury - and then I think I remember him suffering a set back.

For sure, I'm just looking ahead to 2025 when we'll probably want to stack the roster.

It is exactly the limit of what I wanted to pay - though it sounds like it'll get higher in each year.

For my money, the way to work around a bad OL is a quick release guy, not a mobile guy. We did our share of that when we were crap too. The lines are not a bad place to spend money.

I would say it was the expectation for any player up until very recently. Even today, you heard crap that Lamar Jackson should have been starting for the Ravens this year and that he was using the injury to negotiate his contract.

Totally fair. Walter has spoken about moving on from 1-2 guys each year so you don't have to replace the whole core at once. We're actually pretty good across most position groups!

I didn't realize you were talking about Micah. I'm pretty ambivalent towards him.

They're aware, but they were also 15-3 last season and deserved to run it back.

I think Bailey wants a bigger role than being used as a run blocker. Obviously we want him back, but at best he’s the 4th or 5th option in our offence.

I don't think that's in the cards unless he gets zero interest league wide.

Three years!!!