Okay, so the off season officially begins now that the Grey Cup is over. Lots of topics for discussion in the months to come with the Bombers & the League. A new CBA needs to be negotiated sooner rather than later.  Will there be an eventual agreement or a lockout? How much will the salary cap go up? Randy Ambrosie is on record that wants the cap to significantly go up so that is a positive.  Will Bo Levi Mitchell sign with an NFL or perhaps another CFL team? What about Mike Reilly & Trevor Harris who are also free agents? There's a new start up league called the  AAFL & there are legit concerns that it'll draw star CFL players away or hamper free agent signings with CFL teams. Coaching changes in BC & Toronto. The continuing evolving story of the expansion Halifax Schooners & possible exhibition games in Mexico. 

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Ticats cut Capicciotti and Alex Green.

possible SMS money freed up for Soli??...be nice to keep him outta the Rider's grimey mitts

Hamilton going great guns. They added significantly and drafted well. An Eastern division 1st place team. I wouldn’t doubt those deletions were Soli related.

Itll Be Hamilton 1st and then a tire fire behind them.

8 hours ago, Tracker said:

I don't see the BC Lions' situation being any better than the one in Edmonton last year- if anything, its worse. I hope Reilly's next of kin has been alerted and he has a health-care directive in place.

The wildcard in bc is the head coach. If he can squeeze a lot of juice out of an underpriced D they could be pretty good.  

Capicotti would regain his form opposite Jefferson...  would be a nice rotational signing

No real need for him really..we will have Kongbo..as well as Roh..and the Jeff's...plus he will be a 120k+ cap hit most likely

5 minutes ago, Booch said:

No real need for him really..we have Jake Thomas...plus he will be a 120k+ cap hit most likely

fyp.

2 hours ago, Booch said:

No real need for him really..we will have Kongbo..as well as Roh..and the Jeff's...plus he will be a 120k+ cap hit most likely

Won't be his cap hit if he wants to keep playing.

Whitlock is an interesting player.  Not many DT's that impact the game on Special Teams like he does.

Alex Green. HAM loaded up at RB so its not that surprising. He has quality.

Cappiciotti.  Too expensive for what he does which isn't much.

Whitlock.  Does many things none particularly well.

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

fyp.

Haha..

25 minutes ago, Zontar said:

Alex Green. HAM loaded up at RB so its not that surprising. He has quality.

Cappiciotti.  Too expensive for what he does which isn't much.

Whitlock.  Does many things none particularly well.

If Cappiciotti has been released, we should sign him because we know his name and that's all that matters

 

Edited May 7, 20196 yr by WBBFanWest

On 2019-05-05 at 10:15 PM, SPuDS said:

So many people think BC is going to suddenly be dominant this year.. a great QB Reilly most definitely is.. but will he have a enough of a supporting cast??

I think Reilly is overrated and it will be proven this season.  

On 2019-05-05 at 9:15 PM, SPuDS said:

So many people think BC is going to suddenly be dominant this year.. a great QB Reilly most definitely is.. but will he have a enough of a supporting cast??

He didn't win much in Edmonton last year & look who he had to catch for him. And the last 6 games he sulked on the field. Remember how happy he looked playing us at the end of the year? Their OL sucked as did the run game. Looks like more of the same in BC.

I'm not sure it's fair to say Reilly is "overrated" per se, because he's had ****-all for an OL and took such a wicked beating over the years. Having said that, he DID have a very impressive receiving corps at all times, and perhaps didn't win as much with that as he should have. Also, not sure it's going to be any better in BC this year, at least in terms of his OL.....so, short story long, I respect MR, but I'm definitely not scared of him...

Reilly is good simply because of his escapability. Guy is hard to sack and can get away and make the big plays. That always has value in the CFL.

as an aside (since this is "Around The League"...), Grey Cup tix are now on sale. Starting at 149.95. We decided to buy a couple on the weekend and hopefully the Bombers come through for us. I'm planning to take the Friday-Sunday off work and take in all the parties this year, so may as well go to the game. Should be a time, and hopefully we'll see a few of you 'Tobans around the Spirit of Edmonton and TD Manitoba parties (the best ones of the weekend...)

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

as an aside (since this is "Around The League"...), Grey Cup tix are now on sale. Starting at 149.95. We decided to buy a couple on the weekend and hopefully the Bombers come through for us. I'm planning to take the Friday-Sunday off work and take in all the parties this year, so may as well go to the game. Should be a time, and hopefully we'll see a few of you 'Tobans around the Spirit of Edmonton and TD Manitoba parties (the best ones of the weekend...)

I haven't much hope that my team will be there, but I'm trying to move my schedule around to, myself. Who knows, if I'm able to attend I may even get to have a beer with a CCMA award finalist.

28 minutes ago, bluto said:

I may even get to have a beer with a CCMA award finalist.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. 

It's the Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence.

Reilly is good.. I think the overrated comment might be because hes a duck n chuck QB... Meaning his receivers really did make some amazing catches for him. Hes good but.. The best QB for my money is BLM. 

8 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. 

It's the Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence.

Do you have a job yet?

4 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Reilly was good simply because of his escapability. Guy was hard to sack and could get away and make the big plays. That always has value in the CFL.

Fixed that for you.

Reilly is quite a bit better than BLM but they are both the only above average QBs in the CFL at this moment in time. Those who think Reilly is overrated are either jealous that we haven’t had a QB of his caliber since the 80s or just hate his stupid hat. 

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Do you have a job yet?

I've always had a job, it's just the work thing that is the sticking point.

12 minutes ago, AKAChip said:

Reilly is quite a bit better than BLM but they are both the only above average QBs in the CFL at this moment in time. Those who think Reilly is overrated are either jealous that we haven’t had a QB of his caliber since the 80s or just hate his stupid hat. 

Is he as good if hes not throwing to the duke or prime stamps or bowman when he was on. Those guys were making catches most guys dont.