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

13 hours ago, Brandon said:

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. 

 

 

Whether it’s Jennings or Nichols I think a Streveler deserved a shot at more playing time.  Options will be limited if Nichols won’t play for what he’s worth. 

How anyone can think Jennings is an upgrade on Nichols I will never know. Jennings was such **** the Lions had to go to a one armed Lulay.

14 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

How anyone can think Jennings is an upgrade on Nichols I will never know. Jennings was such **** the Lions had to go to a one armed Lulay.

Can a mad scientist splice both guys into one....  Nichols brains into Jennings body?  

Moe Leggett Released 

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Moe Leggett Released 

Equally sad as it is unsurprising. Not like he can't be re-signed if he somehow comes back strong. Certainly one of our more exciting players in the past few years.

2 hours ago, bearpants said:

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

Not to forget George "the Fossil" Blanda, the oldest guy to play professional football until Bob Cameron broke his record.

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Moe Leggett Released 

Sad, he was a great player in his day and obviously worked his ass off to play football again but he clearly wasn’t the same after his injury. Thanks for a great career for the blue and gold!

2 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Sad, he was a great player in his day and obviously worked his ass off to play football again but he clearly wasn’t the same after his injury. Thanks for a great career for the blue and gold!

There should be an option to "Totally agree".

If he doesn't attempt to continue playing .here, or some other team, I hope he can stay as a coach. 

Edited November 21, 20187 yr by Mark F

Will always have mad respect for Leggett. That guy was a great player for us.

Tremendous and versatile player,unfortunately it seems a blown Achilles ended it short.

16 minutes ago, Nolby said:

Tremendous and versatile player,unfortunately it seems a blown Achilles ended it short.

On a garbage onside kick recovery with a questionable late hit no less. Meaningless play. Cruel way to have it end.

1 hour ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

On a garbage onside kick recovery with a questionable late hit no less. Meaningless play. Cruel way to have it end.

It hadn’t been a meaningless play. 

1 hour ago, Colin Unger said:

It hadn’t been a meaningless play. 

I was so mad that game. We almost choked after being up a country mile against BC. It should never have come to an onside kick. 

4 hours ago, Goalie said:

Moe Leggett Released 

Sadly once again, father time remains undefeated...

26 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

Sadly once again, father time remains undefeated...

age modified by catastrophic injury. If it wasnt for the two injuries mo would still be a MODP candidate. And our season would have been very very different. 

 

4 hours ago, Mark F said:

If he doesn't attempt to continue playing .here, or some other team, I hope he can stay as a coach. 

Would love to have him as a LBer coach. The best solo open field tackling sam in this era for my money. 

6 hours ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

I was so mad that game. We almost choked after being up a country mile against BC. It should never have come to an onside kick. 

Do you not think that this same weakness would have led to similar injury during another play? It was probably an accident waiting to happen.

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

Do you not think that this same weakness would have led to similar injury during another play? It was probably an accident waiting to happen.

I’m not sure. He landed super awkwardly. It seemed to me to be a freak accident 

Sad to see Moe released.  Great player and guy.  Had the opportunity to hang out with him on a couple different occasions and he is a really easy going, down to earth dude.   Big loss for the team and community.

It really is too bad about Moe. Fantastic play maker. Clutch. Shut down Sam and Safety. This is the type of stuff you never like to hear, but know is coming eventually. Good luck to him, and thanks for the memories Moe!

On another note, I'd like to see the bombers move on from Demski. Or at the very least, have him in the z position and move Wolli inside. Poor ball security and lack of vision have become very apparent and were costly throughout the season and playoffs.

Woli has to be inside next season - Petermann at field wr 

2 hours ago, Floyd said:

Woli has to be inside next season - Petermann at field wr 

Simonise most likely. Isn't Petermann more of a slot receiver? 

31 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Simonise most likely. Isn't Petermann more of a slot receiver? 

Petermann is pretty fast - I’d like to see him get a shot at would spot first and then maybe transition inside too

I would like to open a discussion on Taylor Loffler. 

He's due a big pay raise now that he's no longer on a rookie contract.

Is he worth it? Can we replace him for less with a National in another position? 

I love his style and that he's Canadian but what his his salary cost us a prime player in another area. 

Re-sign or not? 

20 minutes ago, JCon said:

I would like to open a discussion on Taylor Loffler. 

He's due a big pay raise now that he's no longer on a rookie contract.

Is he worth it? Can we replace him for less with a National in another position? 

I love his style and that he's Canadian but what his his salary cost us a prime player in another area. 

Re-sign or not? 

On paper now what is his competition ?......... 

and roughly my how much time do we have to sign him ?......does he want to be back ? Does he want to explore other offers (naturally) ?......  it's going to be a long summer watching here for news all off season lol....