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New signing for TC.... And I sincerely believe he won't be the worst one out there, and will be among the most fit.
 
 

I'd rather have Schoen and Lawler than Schoen OR Lawler and Bailey.
Talent level is much higher than it would be if we kept the slightly above average vets.

Grant and jj got moved on from because they couldn’t stay healthy. Bailey was good but you can’t pay a role wr big money. We already have soo much tied up in demski lawler and schoen we just can’t afford another premium salary wr. 

It's almost that time:
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Practice Schedule: May 8-14
WINNIPEG, MB., May 3, 2024 – The following is the Blue Bombers practice schedule for May 8-14.
Practices are held at Princess Auto Stadium unless otherwise stated. 

Wednesday, May 8 – rookie camp – AT FIELD BESIDE WSF SOUTH
Practice: 10:30 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.

Thursday, May 9 – rookie camp – AT FIELD BESIDE WSF SOUTH
Practice: 10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Friday, May 10 – rookie camp  – AT FIELD BESIDE WSF SOUTH
Practice: 10:15 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Saturday, May 11
No practice/media availability

Sunday, May 12
Practice: 9:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Monday, May 13
Practice: 9:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14
Practice: 8:30 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.

Signed draft picks:
Clercius, Kevens
Weitz, Fabian
Samson, Kyle
Vlahogiannis, Michael

LOL - where I been?  Crying in my Crown Royal as the Jets go out in 5 again with a massive whimper.
I'm back now -  Jets stuff put away, Bomber stuff now taken out and ready to go!  Can't wait for the home opener, I'll be there, cheering on the Strevelation!

Yea, footwork is pretty big for any OL in pass pro. However, these scouting reports tend to focus on NFL capability not CFL. How far off his foot work is for the CFL is anyone's guess....although several teams appear to have passed on him because of it. That being said, same thing was said about Yoshi prior to him being here and when he shed a few pounds his feet drastically improved. Sadly, with aging his footwork looks to be dropping off again, but he gave us some very good seasons.

Global players
impact players
 
pick one lol all this talk about these guys like we have MBB posters scouting the German leagues for talent
we know nothing about 99% of these guys and we’re talking about how we passed on impact players 

Both were here in Wpg @ the combine in Mar.
 
       Prospect                  #             Pos                                                 Height       Weigh      Bench    40          Ver      Broad       3-cone     Shuttle
    WEITZ, Fabian           76             LB    Cologne Centurions (ELF)    5' 10 7/8"      228          17       4.77        32      9' 3 5/8"      7.07         4.59
OGBEVOEN, Lucky 75          LB Raiders Tirol (ELF)            6' 2 3/8"   233     10   4.96    32 9' 5 1/4" 7.33      4.58

Enroll him in Professor Schoen’s intro course at Waggle U. 

https://3downnation.com/2024/02/22/antonio-simmons-looking-to-make-cfl-comeback-after-mental-health-break/
 
bombers apparently expressed interest in him. Potential defensive end replacement  at a discount.

Tyrell Ford is now officially back on the Bombers' roster.

I’ll forever be thankful for Sheed as he was the first Bomber to sign my daughter’s pink bomber hat but change is a good thing and I’m excited to see which rookie steps up. I think it’s time to get younger in certain spots and yup, so far so good this off season. We host in 25 so some change is required if we wanna be in that game. 

I used to get him home many occasion when I bounced at tail end of his time here...he was a loner..came alone...and was dealing with a lot of demons
I recall many times finally getting him home at 3..4 in morning night before a game and he would rip off 150 yards that day like it was nothing
Oh what he could have been...when his marriage fell apart so did he

There a couple nice global DL prospects in this draft ..hope we grab one

Your logic is sound, but on an emotional level, it still sucks.

Heard part of Loftons interview on the radio... sounds excited to be here, said Strevler was the first of many to text him and welcome him.
Losing Bailey stinks, dude lives and breaths blue and gold. I actually think he has more to offer than he's shown here in WPG. I remember in TC last year he looked like the most polished guy on the field...
 
That being said. It is one of those spots where we can find someone else to fill the role. Best of luck to you Rasheed, you'll be missed

Bailey 'could' return BUT I think we'll only re-sign him at a bargain basement price....He deserves to be paid .....Could we squeeze him in ???would be tough...Now if Zack would shave a bit of his contract like Kelly in T.O. did, we might get it done......should/could we expect it.....probably not....Kind of leaves Bailey hanging in the breeze..I feel for the guy especially knowing how much he loves his team mates and the City.....tough call...very tough

Agreed one hundred percent. Any time you sign the two players in free agency ( arguably two of the best players in the league period) and an established NFL vet, people would be saying you won free agency, but because all three are former Bombers the perception is a little different. 

When the really big fish are your own guys it tends to make FA a little dull. I mean we could have been like Toronto and let all our young great players sign elsewhere then be super active in FA trying to fill the crater they leave and declare ourselves FA winners despite getting inferior talent back. I prefer the way Walters did it.

I think that signing Schoen, and BO are two pretty big fish. Yes, they played here last year but both had hit the open market at the time we re-signed them. I mean it's not too hard to figure out why we didn't go on any kind of a spending spree, look at our roster. Compare it to other teams and you will see a great deal of the high end talent was already here. The top 2-3 teams in the league rarely get better in FA, they are fending off the jackals and hyenas from picking their roster apart. Take a look at TO, and BC who have hemmoraged top end talent in comparison, and only started adding back because they were picked over. We retained the majority of our talent and thus had little need to go splashing around in the overpriced market of FA. That being said Streveler, and Ford are two very big additions as well.

Also worth mentioning: the Bombers haven’t brought in nobody. We’ve signed what could potentially be our next starting QB (and a huge weapon, especially for the weather our current QB struggles so much in) and brought back a potential starting Canadian on defense.
just because they’re names we’ve seen on the back of our jerseys before doesn’t mean they’re not big additions. Those are great additions.

Because a contract is a mutual agreement and Bailey likely won’t get a huge raise but he’s going to get a raise somewhere. He took an $80,000 pay cut last year. He deserves to go out and make his money somewhere. We can’t force him to sign here.