Figured it could use its own thread. It's been swell Kenny,Steven,maybe even Darvin?

My wish list today would be Sergio,BA and Ellingson.

4 minutes ago, Mike said:

Can’t find the next Stove or Mike Jones or Darby or Lawler if you just ride the ones you have until the wheels fall off.

We’re going to find players. There’s a reason Danny Mac and Goveia were both sought after as GMs this off-season. 

The win of the off season was keeping both Danny Mac and Goveia. They’ve done an outstanding job bringing in new talent every year. 

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2 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I guess I had it in my head that every half decent player in the league would be fighting with each other for the chance to come to Winnipeg, and nobody'd ever want to leave, and we'd have our pick of every FA because this is the only place people want to play. I just hate seeing people choose a different team over us...

We had 80% of the divisional all star team on our roster last year. Something had to give. It was inevitable. The fact we retained about 80% of that 80% puts us in a great position to three-peat.

17 minutes ago, Nolby said:

Sign Castillo and then look at scouting I guess

Castillo rumoured to be heading further West....think it was Edmonton if I'm not mistaken.

21 minutes ago, Noeller said:

for **** sakes.....why are we all of a sudden losing a bunch of guys??

Free agency?

1 minute ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

The win of the off season was keeping both Danny Mac and Goveia. They’ve done an outstanding job bringing in new talent every year. 

We are still seeing some of the fruits of RIgmaiden too. 

Been said

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piling on

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Can’t find the next Stove or Mike Jones or Darby or Lawler if you just ride the ones you have until the wheels fall off.

We’re going to find players. There’s a reason Danny Mac and Goveia were both sought after as GMs this off-season. 

yeah...I have full confidence in our scouting network now to replace and reload..5 yrs ago nope...now...no concerns

And you cant continually stay status quo and continue to win...we did that for 2021...2022 we keep the keys...and reload..re-tool..Ellingson/Bailey is a upgrade to Lawler/Adams in the grand scheme....Maston will ore than adequately replace Darby...Darby was brought in to replace Maston...no concerns there...

Harris leadership and heart will be missed, but I bet at end of the yr we are either number 1 or 2 in rushing again

And hands down we still have the best O-line and with Davis leaving the cats..we still have best dline....and we are missing only Alford and BA (till likely Aug) in the defensive backfield who started the Grey Cup

Some guys live here year round and love it.. seems to be the more family oriented folks. But 99 percent of Americans want the money too. If you can keep your drafted and local Canadians you doing OK..  losing a few Americans sucks but shouldn't be the end of the world  

Desjarlais is the biggest loss but nfl 

1 minute ago, Booch said:

yeah...I have full confidence in our scouting network now to replace and reload..5 yrs ago nope...now...no concerns

And you cant continually stay status quo and continue to win...we did that for 2021...2022 we keep the keys...and reload..re-tool..Ellingson/Bailey is a upgrade to Lawler/Adams in the grand scheme....Maston will ore than adequately replace Darby...Darby was brought in to replace Maston...no concerns there...

Harris leadership and heart will be missed, but I bet at end of the yr we are either number 1 or 2 in rushing again

And hands down we still have the best O-line and with Davis leaving the cats..we still have best dline....and we are missing only Alford and BA (till likely Aug) in the defensive backfield who started the Grey Cup

Let’s be honest, saying Ellingson/Bailey is an upgrade over Lawler/Adams is a bunch of homer nonsense no matter how you slice it lol  you literally said yesterday you weren’t happy with the idea of Ellingson

Not even accounting for that, there’s still the obvious that in that equation, we’ve now replaced Bailey with ?????????

 

I agree. Desjarlais was the one that hurts the most. Honestly, I could see Ellingson being a top 5 receiver this year. It makes a huge difference when your QB has time to deliver you the ball.

7 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Holes to fill at the moment

1 WR

1 or 2 DB

1 K

1 Returner

Overall I'm good with how we did in free agency. Re-signed most of our key players. Kicker and back up QB still an issue.  

Just now, Mike said:

Let’s be honest, saying Ellingson/Bailey is an upgrade over Lawler/Adams is a bunch of homer nonsense no matter how you slice it lol  you literally said yesterday you weren’t happy with the idea of Ellingson

Not even accounting for that, there’s still the obvious that in that equation, we’ve now replaced Bailey with ?????????

 

I don't see Adams as a loss on the field really. I think replacing his production with a rookie will be very doable. Lawler is a really good receiver and Ellingson is step back from him but I could also see Ellingson going over a 1000.

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

grand scheme....Maston will ore than adequately replace Darby...Darby was brought in to replace Maston...no concerns there...

 

My concern with Maston is he's coming off of a torn achilles tendon (if I remember correctly). No guarantees he's the same player. Hope he is.

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Let’s be honest, saying Ellingson/Bailey is an upgrade over Lawler/Adams is a bunch of homer nonsense no matter how you slice it lol  you literally said yesterday you weren’t happy with the idea of Ellingson

Not even accounting for that, there’s still the obvious that in that equation, we’ve now replaced Bailey with ?????????

 

Well let’s put it this way. Lawler was pretty much regarded as high as Bailey is right now before the season started. Not saying every good young receiver will turn out as good as Lawler was for us last season but he has the potential to be a number one guy.. Ellingson is much ahead of Adam’s in terms of production so while yes Lawler and Adam’s might be better right now it’s not far fetched to believe these two actually put produce what Adam’s and Lawler would give you. 

Gotta trust your scouts to find players 

Our guys do a good job. 

Yup....guys we lost to other teams  Darby is already replaced...if someone unseats Maston...we are that much better and he slides to safety until BA back

Jones got bumped out of starting lineup after Rose came back...and was 6th DB in essence...Houston can fill his role....I liked what I saw of him.

Stove is/was good for us, but we fared fine without him, and DT are easy to find...and a new one will be cheap....

Desjarlais hurts....but we had no chance in that one, but Grey is more than adequate and plays with same mean streak and aggravates the hell outta Dlineman...we will see minimal drop in our line play.

Lawler hurts, but no way we need to pay that price, and Ellingson will replace that production....and maybe Meridith is back and wows...Jackson perhaps..Agudusi...some new guy...we need to find 1 receiver...big deal

 

 

Arbuckle plus no oline = 

Zach plus legit oline = 

Variables will determine who has the better season. 

4 minutes ago, M.Silverback said:

My concern with Maston is he's coming off of a torn achilles tendon (if I remember correctly). No guarantees he's the same player. Hope he is.

It's possible he might not be, but one thing about the CFL, there are always DBs available on the cheap.

2 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Well let’s put it this way. Lawler was pretty much regarded as high as Bailey is right now before the season started. Not saying every good young receiver will turn out as good as Lawler was for us last season but he has the potential to be a number one guy.. Ellingson is much ahead of Adam’s in terms of production so while yes Lawler and Adam’s might be better right now it’s not far fetched to believe these two actually put produce what Adam’s and Lawler would give you. 

I don’t really understand the comparison in any format because the premise suggests we are replacing our American WR3 with our American WR2. Adams is being replaced by a rookie, it’s more or less a straight swap Ellingson for Lawler and that’s a downgrade period. You can say Bailey would be an upgrade, but what does that matter if he was here either way. 

7 minutes ago, Mike said:

Let’s be honest, saying Ellingson/Bailey is an upgrade over Lawler/Adams is a bunch of homer nonsense no matter how you slice it lol  you literally said yesterday you weren’t happy with the idea of Ellingson

Not even accounting for that, there’s still the obvious that in that equation, we’ve now replaced Bailey with ?????????

 

well i'll eat my words after the season...but I bet the stats combined will replace it....see what totals each pair accumulates...and yeah...we need to find 1 guy to replace in the WR group...I sure we can find 600 yards some where

Happy with what we still have, said to see guys go.

4 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

Well let’s put it this way. Lawler was pretty much regarded as high as Bailey is right now before the season started. Not saying every good young receiver will turn out as good as Lawler was for us last season but he has the potential to be a number one guy.. Ellingson is much ahead of Adam’s in terms of production so while yes Lawler and Adam’s might be better right now it’s not far fetched to believe these two actually put produce what Adam’s and Lawler would give you. 

What I like about Bailey is that he got better and better as the season went on.

 

18 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

Holes to fill at the moment

1 WR

1 or 2 DB

1 K

1 Returner

QB#2 is kind of a gaping hole - esp if Zach goes down.

21 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Winning a Grey Cup is not the same as being chased by a bear.  😁

I was hoping for some upgrades- any really.

We've still got the best O-line/D-line in the league... top 3 run game and top 3 QB with a solid group of receivers... LBs should be fine with Bighill/Wilson leading the way... A couple ??s in the secondary... but still a contending team...

Losing guys like Stove, Lawler, Darby and Harris is extremely disappointing but I trust out scouts to find adequate replacements.