Too soon?  Too many truly painful Grey Cup losses have taken the sting out of yesterday's loss already.

Time to look forward while we cope with the recent disappointment.  

Who do we keep?  Who do we let go?  Who do we go after?

Someone was going to start this thread at some point.

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yet suddenly the Bombers are in a financial crunch.... 

The equivalency of Captain Crunch cereal.

Remember when Kyle Walters went into the offseason and the one before that and the one before that saying money was tight not sure if everyone can come back... and then retained most of the key pieces anyway? 

 

Yeah these guys don't go bragging about how much money they have to spend.  If anyone thinks the Bombers don't have the money to keep Kyle Walters well I just don't know what to tell you... 

Jake the Snake back for more! Not sure how I feel about it honestly. 

2 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Jake the Snake back for more! Not sure how I feel about it honestly. 

As a rotational player, I'm OK with it but I'd hope to see Lawson taking the majority of his reps next season.

If you need a spark on D , you send in the snake....I agree with the reps with Lawson.....Jake ain't getting any younger and a little long in the tooth....and if you have ever seen a cobra you'd know what I mean

4 minutes ago, Stickem said:

If you need a spark on D , you send in the snake....I agree with the reps with Lawson.....Jake ain't getting any younger and a little long in the tooth....and if you have ever seen a cobra you'd know what I mean

Yes and on Saturday the Bombers announced signing Cole Adamson as well... 

Agree with you on Lawson getting more reps, but believe the Cdn D-Tackle situation is being looked into (a vet of many years, 2020 draft pic and of course last years draft pic).  

Mixed feelings on this. Like Jake as a rotational player but feel like he may be an older player we are holding onto too long. Then again, believe next season we can rotate a 5 year american vet or a 3 year vet who has been with us all that time with one NI.

I do not understand the mixed feelings. Fatboi was one of our best and most consistent players along the line this past year. They signed him to a new contract...they didn't guarantee him every rep of every game. He'll come to camp and compete and if he earns it, he'll get his rotational reps again this year. There is absolutely nothing to be "mixed" about with this signing. 

I think the mixed feelings come from us wanting more push from our interior line.

I agree that there is no harm bringing back a quality guy like JT, but I would to see us get younger there, personally. 

I see it as knowing when to move on and when to keep a vet. I'll trust Walters knows Jake's limitations now but they want him around as a leader and a vet. Hopefully, it stills leaves space for our next National DTs. 

I mean, we've got Cam Lawson and now just signed Cole Adamson......we ARE attempting to get younger at the position. And if they're good enough, they'll beat out Thomas at camp. It's not like they're guaranteeing anything by signing JT to a one year deal. And in terms of getting more push from the interior.....that's more to do with recruiting an American DT than about who the rotational Canadian is in there. 

Jake Thomas is 32 guys.

In terms of our "aging vets", he's not even in the top 10 of our oldest players.

Like others have mentioned, we have been actively recruiting young Canadian DTs. Jake remains an important piece - on and off the field. 

37 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I mean, we've got Cam Lawson and now just signed Cole Adamson......we ARE attempting to get younger at the position. And if they're good enough, they'll beat out Thomas at camp. It's not like they're guaranteeing anything by signing JT to a one year deal. And in terms of getting more push from the interior.....that's more to do with recruiting an American DT than about who the rotational Canadian is in there. 

I don’t disagree, I have no problem bringing him back. Just hope a younger guy can take a bigger role.

We need a Canadian or Global DE or the DL rotation falls apart.  None of the interior guys we have can really handle more than 20-25 snaps a game and none of Canadians are really strong playing Nose.

28 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

We need a Canadian or Global DE or the DL rotation falls apart.  None of the interior guys we have can really handle more than 20-25 snaps a game and none of Canadians are really strong playing Nose.

Hansen will be back, maybe Kongbo as well.  High hopes for Cole Adamson making an impact, 6'-5", 292 lbs. DT should be able to plug some gaps.

Kongbo HAD been starting for the Saints.....anyone know if he still is? I don't really watch NFL....

19 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Kongbo HAD been starting for the Saints.....anyone know if he still is? I don't really watch NFL....

Broncos

Kongbo never ended up starting but he's see action in 2 games for Denver.  

40 snaps between both games, he only made one tackle.  He also had 24 ST snaps with no recorded stats.

Edited December 12, 20223 yr by bigg jay
Found his stats.

Interesting...I watched one game where he was getting "regular" snaps...might have been one of his first games. We'll see if they hang on to him in the offseason. 

You're not wrong, he got 25 snaps the 1st game he was activated which was about 32% of Denver's defensive plays.  He also got 21 snaps on teams which was good for 68% so quite a bit of game play for him overall.

He only 15 defensive snaps (21%) & 3 ST snaps (12%) the next game though. 

Damn, guys... let's give this signing the proper respct:

 

 

 

This is my new Jersey. 

On 2022-12-10 at 12:49 AM, SpeedFlex27 said:

Funny how you don't hear this problem with the Stamps. How much is Hufnagel & Dickenson making? 

You don't hear as much details because people in Calgary don't care about the team the way Bomber fans do. But in reality Hufnagel moved up and is no longer getting paid out of a football operations cap and Dickenson now does two jobs under the cap. Seems like a similar situation.  However, I think it will end up looking different in Winnipeg.

What did folks expect Miller to say, “We’re gonna pay Kyle but we have to wait until we can do it creatively enough to skip over the dumb ops cap” 

Clearly, the club has a way of getting everybody enough when it’s all said and done. 

43 minutes ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

What did folks expect Miller to say, “We’re gonna pay Kyle but we have to wait until we can do it creatively enough to skip over the dumb ops cap” 

Clearly, the club has a way of getting everybody enough when it’s all said and done. 

I would have 1000% more respect for that show of MUCHO HUEVOS GRANDE.

Edited December 13, 20223 yr by Wanna-B-Fanboy

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