So, looking ahead....what's our off season going to look like? Coaches and GM all still under contract, right? Players? Who's going to the NFL? Who do we think might bolt in FA? Pieces that we'd like to see the WBB pick up in FA? 

Edited January 10, 20224 yr by Noeller

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

retweeted it as well....so I see that as positive

Can't be a bad thing that's for sure. Hope it all works out.

24 minutes ago, Nolby said:

Darby dropping some tweets,all sounding pro Bombers,fingers crossed

Hope this is true. I bought his Orange Jersey from the October 8th game and want him to sign it  

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by Bomber_fanaddict

1 minute ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Hope this is true. I bought his Orange Jersey from the October 8th game and want him to sign it  

I checked his twitter....nothing there...but Booch seems pretty confident and he's been bang on so far this offseason.

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

What about the former NFL dude who lives here now with his wife and kid? 

Forgot the name. Was in camp. Hurt or something there. 

Cam Meredith?

3 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Hope this is true. I bought his Orange Jersey from the October 8th game and want him to sign it  

Thats an awesome get. Love those orange jerseys and the one Off logo

1 minute ago, Sard said:

Cam Meredith?

That’s the one.

I was pretty excited for him but I guess he ended up getting hurt.

Darby has been all over Twitter each time someone is re-upped. I'm confident that Walters and Darby will find a mutually agreeable price for his services. 

28 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

Actually I'm saying Woli and Couture took $20K less and that Bighill is the outlier. 

Let's just for fun say that your 20k theory is correct, even though it probably is much too simplistic to put the same $ value on every FA....but this is for fun. We don't need to offer Lawler a 230k contract to beat the BC offer. 

BC offer...250k + 0 playoff dollars = 250k

Winnipeg....200k + 30k playoff money = 230k

250k-230k = 20k

...and 3DN stated that they think playoff money is actually going up over that this year.

There....you happy?

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by GCn20

2 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Let's just for fun say that your 20k theory is correct, even though it probably is much too simplistic to put the same $ value on every FA....but this is for fun. We don't need to offer Lawler a 230k contract to beat the BC offer. 

BC offer...250k + 0 playoff dollars = 250k

Winnipeg....200k + 30k = 230k

250k-230k = 20k

There....you happy?

I think that’s very accurate, tbh.

I just don’t want to drop that on a WR.

BC would have been smarter to throw 250k at Couture.

 

WTF?  Who knew Dave was a Bomber fan?

https://3downnation.com/2022/02/02/legendary-talkshow-host-david-letterman-sports-winnipeg-blue-bombers-toque/

DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DAVID LETTERMAN BEING A BOMBERS FAN? I HAVE LITERALLY NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TODAY?!!!!!! 

Apparently he did some joke on his show in 1994 that he was the voice of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

“From Day 1, before I left, I told Coach O’Shea, I told Richie (Hall, defensive coordinator), I was telling everybody that I wanted to come back,” Rose said Wednesday in a conference call with local media from his offseason home in Los Angeles. “So, the process was pretty much me being patient and just seeing where the pieces fall. I was waiting for my time and waiting for when they were going to offer me.”

“When Kyle (Walters, Blue Bombers GM) hit my agent and sent him an offer I told my agent I’m good with the offer, there’s just some things I want to switch around. Other than that, I was good with my offer, and I already knew I was coming back to Winnipeg.”

19 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

“From Day 1, before I left, I told Coach O’Shea, I told Richie (Hall, defensive coordinator), I was telling everybody that I wanted to come back,” Rose said Wednesday in a conference call with local media from his offseason home in Los Angeles. “So, the process was pretty much me being patient and just seeing where the pieces fall. I was waiting for my time and waiting for when they were going to offer me.”

“When Kyle (Walters, Blue Bombers GM) hit my agent and sent him an offer I told my agent I’m good with the offer, there’s just some things I want to switch around. Other than that, I was good with my offer, and I already knew I was coming back to Winnipeg.”

He didn't have his agent phone every team in the league to see if they would offer 21k more than the Bombers? Weird.....I was told that's how it works.

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

Thats an awesome get. Love those orange jerseys and the one Off logo

Yeah they are really nice. I was trying to get Alford originally but ended up getting Darby. Surprisingly the jersey barely fits me and I am not a very big guy. So I have no idea how he fit that on over pads. Dude must be tiny!

3 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

He didn't have his agent phone every team in the league to see if they would offer 21k more than the Bombers? Weird.....I was told that's how it works.

Certain Jeffcoat and Biggie both could have pulled in 30k or more each if they wanted to consider offers, I bet Yosh coulda got 10 to 15k more, based on Davis offer Willie J coulda probably added 10..15k to his 225k deal, and I sure Neuf and Gray coulda left and got an easy 10..15k more elsewhere if they really wanted to

So based on those guys alone, Woli(maybe 10k elsewhere..maybe more) and Couture's 20k he left on table...u can say conservatively we have saved around i bet 145k in sms....and who knows what we could have saved on some of the other signings....145k...can go a long way in nice bumps for a few guys, or toward one big splash...we doin aight soley based on the culture here and guys willing to stay for less

39 minutes ago, Noeller said:

DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DAVID LETTERMAN BEING A BOMBERS FAN? I HAVE LITERALLY NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TODAY?!!!!!! 

Yeah I just posted a picture??

1 hour ago, JCon said:

Darby has been all over Twitter each time someone is re-upped. I'm confident that Walters and Darby will find a mutually agreeable price for his services. 

Yep.  After GC, he's talked about his initial feelings around the time of the trade and how they've changed as he got to see what we have going on here.   He knows where he wants to be, it's just a matter of getting it done.

 

In the words Jessie katsopolis "have mercy!!"

was a no brainer....and another just a matter of time...expect another DB soon

Another guy who can play all over the secondary SAM, S, HB. 

2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Another guy who can play all over the secondary SAM, S, HB. 

If we re-up Darby...I could see Maston patrolling BA's spot until he able to come back..Maston can lay the wood too