https://www.tsn.ca/radio/winnipeg-1290/blue-bombers-flush-with-free-agents-1.1212395

 

Thanks to Darren Bauming for breaking down the Bombers roster: 

Quarterback:

Matt Nichols – signed through 2020

Chris Streveler – signed through 2019

Bryan Bennett – free agent

Running Back:

Andrew Harris* – signed through 2020

Kienan LaFrance* – free agent

Timothy Flanders – free agent

Johnny Augustine* – free agent

Receiver:

Darvin Adams – signed through 2019

Weston Dressler – free agent

Nic Demski* – free agent

Drew Wolitarsky* – signed through 2019

Kenbrell Thompkins – signed through 2019

Ryan Lankford – free agent

Charles Nelson – signed through 2019

Corey Washington – signed through 2019

Rashaun Simonise* – signed through 2020

Daniel Petermann* – signed through 2019

Kenny Lawler – free agent

Offensive Line:

Stanley Bryant – free agent

Patrick Neufeld* – signed through 2019

Matthias Goossen* – free agent

Sukh Chungh* – free agent

Jermarcus Hardrick – free agent

Manase Foketi – signed through 2019

Michael Couture* – free agent

Geoff Gray* – signed through 2020

Cody Speller* – signed through 2020

Qadr Spooner* – free agent

Special Teams:

Justin Medlock – free agent

Chad Rempel* – free agent

Mike Miller* – free agent

John Rush* – free agent

Shayne Gauthier* – free agent

Frederic Plessius* – free agent

Thomas Miles* – free agent

Abu Conteh* – signed through 2019

Jeff Hecht* – free agent

Brendan Morgan* – free agent

Frank Renaud* – free agent

Jacob Firlotte* – free agent

Derek Jones* – signed through 2019

Jesse Briggs* – free agent

Defensive Line:

Jackson Jeffcoat – free agent

Craig Roh – signed through 2019

Tristan Okpalaugo – free agent

Drake Nevis – free agent

Brandin Bryant – signed through 2019

Jake Thomas* – free agent

Trent Corney* – free agent

Gerald Rivers – free agent

Patrick Choudja – free agent

Linebacker:

Adam Bighill – free agent

Jovan Santos-Knox – free agent

Ian Wild – free agent

Kyrie Wilson – free agent

Defensive Back:

Taylor Loffler – free agent

Chris Randle – signed through 2019

Marcus Sayles – signed through 2019

Kevin Fogg – free agent

Brandon Alexander – free agent

Anthony Gaitor – signed through 2019

Chandler Fenner – signed through 2019

Maurice Leggett – free agent

Chris Humes – signed through 2019

Tyneil Cooper – free agent

21 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

Teams generally go down hill after he leaves. He’s the best offensive coordinator we’ve had since firing Paul LaPolice who was the best offensive co-ordinator we had since the previous time we fired him.

The Bombers going downhill after Mack threw LaPolice under the bus in 2012 had more to do with a lack of talent and depth than what LaPolice brought to table as a coach. He's not HC material.

As an OC, he's capable of some great schemes and extracting very good production from of his personnel. He seem to struggle at making adjustments, though. And sometimes, his gameplans are way too vanilla when they needn't be.

Nichols doesn't deserve a pass for Sunday's loss (he was awful) but neither does LaPolice (his gameplan was awful). The offense as a whole outside of Harris and Adams was mostly putrid for the entirety of that game. There's ample blame to go around, especially when you consider how this unit performed against this very opponent a few weeks earlier. How do you go from putting the boots to them to looking absolutely feeble and powerless?

Maybe lapos gameplan would have looked amazing if Nichols had done his job a lot better (?) ......

On 2018-11-19 at 5:02 PM, Bigblue204 said:

I'd actually say no to medlock. I doubt he wants to take a cut, and honestly he is just too expensive. You don't need to pay a kicker that much. Hell, maybe Lankford trys out next year as a kicker lololololol

In the CFL I would argue that the kicker is second in importance only to the QB.... for the love of god resign Medlock. I still have night terrors of Justin Palardy.

1 hour ago, Colin Unger said:

Teams generally go down hill after he leaves. He’s the best offensive coordinator we’ve had since firing Paul LaPolice who was the best offensive co-ordinator we had since the previous time we fired him.

What does this even mean?  Sask was fine when he came here.  They played in the Grey Cup that year.  When Mack fired him in 2012 they replaced him with Tim Burke.  That has nothing to do with Lapolice.  Maybe he would have squeezed another win or two out of Alex Brink and Justin Goltz in 2013, but that team was awful and it was constructed by Mack, developed by Lapolice and his coaching staff.

Joe Mack being a moron and Tim Burke being useless makes Paul Lapolice a great coach?  Lapolice continues to build inconsistent offenses.  Inconsistent first down production, inconsistent 2nd down conversions, struggles for long stretches to produce first downs, struggles to score touchdowns, huge reliance on one of the greatest defenses at turning the ball over in CFL history.  Scoring 5-6 TD's in a few games but not being able to score more than 1 in others is no good when it comes to winning games.  Better be scoring 3-4 or the equivalent in field goals every week.

Edited November 21, 20187 yr by JuranBoldenRules

If mike Reilly does decide to become a free agent. Why wouldn’t he be interested in Winnipeg? Good supporting cast. Management seems to be well respected. Fanbase is strong and we have the nicest stadium in the league. 

Does he want to go to Toronto or Montreal and play in front of empty stands? 

 

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

What does this even mean?  Sask was fine when he came here.  They played in the Grey Cup that year.  When Mack fired him in 2012 they replaced him with Tim Burke.  That has nothing to do with Lapolice.  Maybe he would have squeezed another win or two out of Alex Brink and Justin Goltz in 2013, but that team was awful and it was constructed by Mack, developed by Lapolice and his coaching staff.

Joe Mack being a moron and Tim Burke being useless makes Paul Lapolice a great coach?  Lapolice continues to build inconsistent offenses.  Inconsistent first down production, inconsistent 2nd down conversions, struggles for long stretches to produced first downs, struggles to score touchdowns.  Scoring 5-6 TD's in a few games but not being able to score more than 1 in others is no good when it comes to winning games.  Better be scoring 3-4 or the equivalent in field goals every week.

Winnipeg has the second best record in the cfl in terms of wins and losses since Lapo came here and led the cfl in offensive points and offensive touchdowns this season.

In the passing game he just doesn’t have the talent on the field.  His qb was behind James Franklin on Edmonton’s depth chart when we traded a box of tape to get him. Dressler wasn’t wanted anywhere else and none of our other receivers did much anywhere else before we picked them up off life support.

Its not my intention to defend Lapo it’s just that in the face of a massive over reaction I have to respond.  

At at this point it’s the players. We all wanted Richie Hall fired last year and then he was given the talent he needed and the defence thrived.  LaPolice was given scraps from other teams and a total of 3 skilled import spots on the roster to work with and led the league in touchdowns and points scored.  They need to improve but that won’t happen until they give him the talent other teams have.

Like I’ve said I don’t see him as a head coach so bringing up failures in that regard don’t register with me.  

1 hour ago, Colin Unger said:

Winnipeg has the second best record in the cfl in terms of wins and losses since Lapo came here and led the cfl in offensive points and offensive touchdowns this season.

In the passing game he just doesn’t have the talent on the field.  His qb was behind James Franklin on Edmonton’s depth chart when we traded a box of tape to get him. Dressler wasn’t wanted anywhere else and none of our other receivers did much anywhere else before we picked them up off life support.

Its not my intention to defend Lapo it’s just that in the face of a massive over reaction I have to respond.  

At at this point it’s the players. We all wanted Richie Hall fired last year and then he was given the talent he needed and the defence thrived.  LaPolice was given scraps from other teams and a total of 3 skilled import spots on the roster to work with and led the league in touchdowns and points scored.  They need to improve but that won’t happen until they give him the talent other teams have.

Like I’ve said I don’t see him as a head coach so bringing up failures in that regard don’t register with me.  

Lapolice ran the offense when he was the head coach so it's obviously relevant.

17to85 is highly over exaggerating the impact of Lapo. 

If both LaPo and Nichols were to be cut loose today...

LaPo's phone would be ringing off the hook with offers higher then what he is making now...  Nichols may get a pity call and a considerable pay cut to back up someone else.

Nichols is Kevin Glenn 2.0 at this point....   serviceable back up...  limited mobility... can excel if he has massive protection... gets rattled and can't overcome it (anymore).  At this point I think the team would be better off paying 400 and whatever thousand to Henry Burris one year out of football then paying that money to Matt Nichols.  

I will disagree with Colin about bringing in Jennings..  I'd rather Streveler play then Jennings just hucking up random balls. 

 

 

2 hours ago, B-F-F-C said:

If mike Reilly does decide to become a free agent. Why wouldn’t he be interested in Winnipeg? Good supporting cast. Management seems to be well respected. Fanbase is strong and we have the nicest stadium in the league. 

Does he want to go to Toronto or Montreal and play in front of empty stands? 

 

I have no idea on his personal life and personality... but Montreal and Toronto are way more attractive cities to live in.   Maybe he doesn't want to be in the spot light and every move being criticized... it's easier to hide in those markets.      For his own health I'd imagine Toronto has a better o-line and less of a disaster as Montreal.    

That being said he could move close to his family by going to BC,  enjoy nicer weather,   play indoors,   play in a much nicer city and play with a playoff calibre team... makes the most sense to me.

Riders would hire Lapo, in a Saskatchewan minute....

24 minutes ago, do or die said:

Riders would hire Lapo, in a Saskatchewan minute....

so... in 61 seconds?

10 hours ago, Brandon said:

LaPo's phone would be ringing off the hook with offers higher then what he is making now... 

Is that why he was working for TSN after we fired him the last time?

1 hour ago, do or die said:

Riders would hire Lapo, in a Saskatchewan minute....

Sadly, he would be a improvement over what we have now.  That doesn't say much

how is that sad...your offence was bruuuutal...I could coordinate a better game than Macadoo

27 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Is that why he was working for TSN after we fired him the last time?

Nope, probably the contract extension he was given in 2011 that paid him through 2014 was why he worked for TSN. Kept collecting his 220k+ annually while double dipping with TSN as analyst until we re-hired him in the winter of 2015. It's the smart move, LaPo loves the smart move.

11 minutes ago, Booch said:

how is that sad...your offence was bruuuutal...I could coordinate a better game than Macadoo

Do you know more than 2 running plays?  Send us your resume.  

hahaha....I do...yes! 

I specialize in the veer...

Hey Boooch once you sign on the dotted line in Regina could you put in a good word for me over at riderfans......thanx

will do my best...tho many there hate my opinions...even though they are accurate ones hahaha

Remember Booch, when we are over there...........I don't know you.

12 minutes ago, do or die said:

Remember Booch, when we are over there...........I don't know you.

You Mafia guys, always being secretive..

5 minutes ago, Ripper said:

You Mafia guys, always being secretive..

We don't like squealers

46 minutes ago, Ripper said:

You Mafia guys, always being secretive..

 

59 minutes ago, do or die said:

Remember Booch, when we are over there...........I don't know you.

Duly noted...do or die who??

I actually havn't been over there much the last week or so...to even just lurk and read...I'm sure tho I am missed hahaha

On 2018-11-20 at 10:43 AM, NorthernSkunk said:

I don't think age ends a kickers career as quick as other positions out there.

I think Adam Vinateri and Matt Bryant would tend to agree...

13 hours ago, Brandon said:

LaPo's phone would be ringing off the hook with offers higher then what he is making now...  Nichols may get a pity call and a considerable pay cut to back up someone else.

Oh sure - they’d sign him to back up McLeod Bethel Thompson or Jonathan Jennings.