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Anyone who's got the pride and drive to succeed at this level is gonna have serious feelings when the day comes to shut er down.  His onfield contributions are what matters to me, not his exit interview.
Thanks for being a great Bomber, Mr. Jeffcoat.

No question Jeffcoat feels disrespected, but he talked about this last offseason too. Retirements been on his mind for a while and the club has to lock down the guys who are all in before they start on the flip floppers.

the whole thing had SUCH  negative slant against the team, right from the get go.... that's always been the knock on Friesen (and Wiecek) is the negative slant. It's a reason people always loved Tait. Never led with or looked for the negative...

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? 
 

Injuries sure did Jeffcoat in. Imagine what he could have done had he stayed healthy. As is, we probably had him at 65% most times & he was still a force when he played. All the best in retirement, JJ. 

It sounds like the Bombers never really had interest in re-signing him. 
 
Thanks to JJ for being a beast and a great Bomber! 
 
Gotta love him! 
 

I firmly believe (but can't possibly know for sure) that if we started a guy like BOLO or Ambles over an injured Schoen and still lost, many here would be saying we should have played Schoen as he is better at 70% than those guys at 100%... and imo that's probably even accurate. Many here, myself included, were lead to believe that Schoen was only nicked and could have played through it if he needed to. Imagine the outcry if Osh benched a "nicked up and ready to play if he needed to" Schoen and then we still lost... the horror
Fwiw, I do remember Schoen saying that he was surprised he got the go-ahead to play, and to me that says a lot. The staff, all of them not just Osh, had immense faith in him when it seems they should have known better. Mistakes were made on and off the field.
 

If you couldn't see Biggie labouring and unable to make plays, I don't know what to tell you.  He was not particularly good in that Grey Cup game and really had no business being on the field.

Injuries are something that all teams deal with, and I guarantee that there were players on the other sidelines playing banged up as well. Would it have been nice to walk into that game completely healthy, you bet, but it was not a likelihood. Didn't hear anyone crying about Brandon Alexander or Chris Streveler playing with broken bones in our Cup wins and the only difference was we won those games. I guess it's only a coaching mistake if we lose.

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/football-sports-pmn/cfl-football-sports-pmn/star-receiver-schoen-said-no-offer-was-good-enough-to-entice-him-away-from-winnipeg
Gotta like the kid

That's who we need! Jack Reacher!! Him and Damian Jackson could be an amazing one two punch 

That's who we need! Jack Reacher!! Him and Damian Jackson could be an amazing one two punch 

That's who we need! Jack Reacher!! Him and Damian Jackson could be an amazing one two punch 

Not necessarily but I checked, he’s not. Either way, an Iowa defender is high on my list of types I like to see in camp

What a ******* wagon that guy is!
Am I right guys? 
 
Guys? 
Not gonna lie - he looks legit. 
 
Excited to see him come up here. 

Big de, almost more of an undersized dt body, 6’5 260s with dt type of athleticism.  Part of some really dominant line. 

Bombers signed Dlineman John Waggoner out of Iowa. 

wasn't sure where to put this, but I'm looking forward to it... actually have most of Tuesday off next week, so I'm all in...... 
 

Someone above mentioned his name and I agree that if the numbers don't look too bad, I could see Christmas developing into a good D-lineman. I know we seem to hate Rider cast-offs here, but he showed flashes, has some experience and shouldn't command to high of a dollar amount. 
Regards to BA, my 2 cents if his knee is better than last year, he should be good. He wasn't bad last year, just maybe not as good as he has been, perhaps it was related to his previous injury? Indications were he was a very, very smart and solid leader, sometimes those attributes need to also be taken into consideration in regard to overall value.
I think there will be some decent dollar value guys available in the next week or so after the tampering and first couple days of FA, it seems most teams have been in on the "high ticket" guys already. 
Overall, yes losing Hardrick not just the player but the energy and Aura he brought is a tough loss, but good for him to cash in like he did. Again my 2 cents we have done a great job retaining guys. We could use some depth along both lines...but it's only Feb. and based off history we will be just fine...besides just like Booch has been hoping for all along this opens up a spot for Jackson to get more reps along the D-line.....

Grant was late to sign last year, almost at the FA deadline if I recall. He might think he's worth more than the club is willing to offer. Esp after such a long rehab last season Bombers might be hedging their bets. He's such a dynamic returner though. The whole kick return squad was wonky last season and you wonder if that's partly Boudreau? Hope #80 is back. 

Sorry, yes I meant Brady. Thanks for pointing that out.

was talking about this with some guys recently.... it's not that I want Bighill outright replaced, but I'd like to see his reps significantly reduced. I think he can still be really effective, just in a limited role. We need to have more guys rotating through that LB corps, I think...

age and injuries are a mother f***er....

was @SpeedFlex27 and I think he meant to type Brady