Assuming we re-sign our key FAs (Bighill, O-line, Harris), what do you see as our biggest needs for improvement next year? Two of the biggest for me are:

- Big time slotback that can go up and get it. Adams is a good weapon at WR but we need someone that can play inside. Love Dressler, but he's getting up there in age and shouldn't be the go to guy anymore.

- Return game - blocking and returner. Nelson looks like a keeper but I don't know what's up with our blocking. No one has had a chance back there.

Even if it's even money in BC and Winnipeg that money goes a hell of a lot further in Winnipeg than it does in Vancouver. 

2 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Even if it's even money in BC and Winnipeg that money goes a hell of a lot further in Winnipeg than it does in Vancouver. 

Not if you're paying for two residences. His fam lives there. 

12 hours ago, Colin Unger said:

Glad to see Adam Bighill give thanks to Winnipeg, the fans, and the Canadian Mafia.   But boy did it ever sound like a goodbye...  

Yup that's how I interpreted it as well. 

Remember when we offered Burris more to come to Winnipeg and he still signed with Ottawa.... 

7 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Remember when we offered Burris more to come to Winnipeg and he still signed with Ottawa.... 

Maybe he felt he had a better shot at a cup because of how they were able to start building the Ottawa team and we were rebuilding (?) 

You can't put a ******* gun to the guy's head. His speech REALLY sounded like "Smell Ya Later..." so I'm preparing for this to be the only season we have him. Time to start thinking about Wilson or Knox in the middle next year. 

This season, the Bombers proved that their o-line and defensive front 7 could go toe to toe with anyone in the league, top 3 for sure. Would be nice to try to keep as much of it as possible intact but failing that, there will be a lot of good free agents available to plug the holes.

A shut down corner would be nice for those tall Williams/Mathews type of receivers (Fogg/Randle just give up too much size to those types of receivers).

And more explosive players on offence, at least one freakish deep threat import and a hybrid kr/rb.

Assuming Nichols can use those weapons to their fullest, we should be contending again. 

 

2 hours ago, pigseye said:

This season, the Bombers proved that their o-line and defensive front 7 could go toe to toe with anyone in the league, top 3 for sure. Would be nice to try to keep as much of it as possible intact but failing that, there will be a lot of good free agents available to plug the holes.

A shut down corner would be nice for those tall Williams/Mathews type of receivers (Fogg/Randle just give up too much size to those types of receivers).

And more explosive players on offence, at least one freakish deep threat import and a hybrid kr/rb.

Assuming Nichols can use those weapons to their fullest, we should be contending again. 

 

Agreed. This is a BIG "if".

3 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Agreed. This is a BIG "if".

And what worries me most of all about the team going forward. 

1 hour ago, JCon said:

Not if you're paying for two residences. His fam lives there. 

This. And he made it known he will put his family first when he decides what to do. Seems like the writing is on the wall.

2 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

This. And he made it known he will put his family first when he decides what to do. Seems like the writing is on the wall.

Yup... time to find a home for his fam here in town. 

 

Who set Milt up? Get them on board for Biggie and the fam. 

58 minutes ago, JCon said:

Yup... time to find a home for his fam here in town. 

 

Who set Milt up? Get them on board for Biggie and the fam. 

Since you raised his name, the BB Organization should hire this man to be our Ambassador to lure high end talent here.

Good investment I say. We have a road named after him for (insert word) sakes.

Without Bighill, I just see 2017's defense all over again. Especially if Hall comes back.  That is a scary thought. 

Edited November 23, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27

The only reason I can see Bighill possibly staying one more season is that his kids are still over a year away from starting school.  They can still pull off splitting their time between the two places for the time being, if they chose to.

14 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Without Bighill, I just see 2017's defense all over again. Especially if Hall comes back.  That is a scary thought. 

JSK in the middle is an improvement over Hurl. And, there must be other LBs we can scoop, right? 

 

EDIT: I still believe Hall retires. But that's just a feeling. 

Edited November 23, 20187 yr by JCon

2 hours ago, JCon said:

JSK in the middle is an improvement over Hurl. And, there must be other LBs we can scoop, right? 

 

EDIT: I still believe Hall retires. But that's just a feeling. 

It concerns me that there were two good MLBs in Woods and Taylor and there was no indication that Walters pursued either.

This will be a big off season. A lot of our core will be looking for pay raises.. Like Calgary we need to know who to keep and find some replacements via recruiting. Can’t always live and die by free agency. 

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

It concerns me that there were two good MLBs in Woods and Taylor and there was no indication that Walters pursued either.

Bear Woods has been downgraded to "Marmot" Woods, not the dominant player he used to be.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

It concerns me that there were two good MLBs in Woods and Taylor and there was no indication that Walters pursued either.

And yet, both did exactly nothing this year. Woods is too much of an injury risk, and Taylor is still living off one good year. I honestly don't think I'd pursue either this off season.

17 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I'm sorry but it is. He's the GM. 

This is so unrealistic it’s not even funny 

2 hours ago, Mike said:

This is so unrealistic it’s not even funny 

Yeah, its starting to sound like the Muamba "sweepstakes".

If we can't sign Bighill then , Goosen, Chung, JSK have to be our top priorities. 

What id like to see next year is Wolitarsky moved inside and a Chris Matthews type WR on the outside.  Sadly the best candidate for the outside position may be Simonise so we'd have to draft a bunch more national WRs to back them up.

For Christmas, I want a Derel Walker type of playmaker receiver and an Alex Singleton type Linebacker.

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

For Christmas, I want a Derel Walker type of playmaker receiver

Would be the exact kind of thing to put this offense over the top. 

54 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Would be the exact kind of thing to put this offense over the top. 

We would also need a QB who isn't scared to throw the ball more then 20 yards....