about time to start this thread, and we'll give the first word to Our Man Tait: 
 

 

47 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

Secondary is not a place we need to compete for contracts with other teams.

9 minutes ago, Booch said:

Ford will be a player.....curious to see where we put him

hope this is the year he comes back from the States....

13 hours ago, Geebrr said:

Outside of Alberta the league is stable. 

And Toronto, plus Montreal. Montreal will reasonably stabilize with new owners, but the stadium issue is as big for them as any one. Toronto has stabile owners but complete apathy in its market and the same stadium issue. 

1 hour ago, 3rdand1.5 said:

Is it possible to have the marquee player talk etc. put into it's own topic. I get we go off topic at times but it's kinda overtaken the actual Blue Bomber talk...

I agree…unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much Bomber talk other than all the players looking to jump ship. 

1 minute ago, Dirty30 said:

I agree…unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be much Bomber talk other than all the players looking to jump ship. 

Meh..lots of time

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

hope this is the year he comes back from the States....

I would have to think he plays this year.  I get why he didn't come back and play part of last year after NFL shots weren't happening - he felt a shot at a prorated NFL PR salary was worth forgoing half a year of CFL rookie money.

A full season might be a bit different though and since he has had no other NFL workouts (afaik), it doesn't seem like he has too many options.   He can come play out the last year on his rookie deal, get some more film and see what happens from there.

2 hours ago, 3rdand1.5 said:

Is it possible to have the marquee player talk etc. put into it's own topic. I get we go off topic at times but it's kinda overtaken the actual Blue Bomber talk...

On the main page, there's a button: Start New Topic. 

Godspeed. 

Just now, bigg jay said:

I would have to think he plays this year.  I get why he didn't come back and play part of last year after NFL shots weren't happening - he felt a shot at a prorated NFL PR salary was worth forgoing half a year of CFL rookie money.

A full season might be a bit different though and since he has had no other NFL workouts (afaik), it doesn't seem like he has too many options.   He can come play out the last year on his rookie deal, get some more film and see what happens from there.

I'd be surprised if he's not back this year.

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

On the main page, there's a button: Start New Topic. 

Godspeed. 

don't encourage it!!

I'm a little surprised we haven't heard anything about our big two and several other prominent FAs such as Tim White, Jamal Peters, Oulette etc.

17 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I'm a little surprised we haven't heard anything about our big two and several other prominent FAs such as Tim White, Jamal Peters, Oulette etc.

Usually takes a few days. 

43 minutes ago, JCon said:

On the main page, there's a button: Start New Topic. 

Godspeed. 

Advice not at all relevant to my post.......

But, back to actual Bomber off-season topics, while Houston is not a terrible player, as Booch said I believe we have enough in house to not have a significant drop with him signing elsewhere. I am sure he does not sign for cheap and it is simply money we don't "need" to spend IMO.

Does anyone know why Evan Holm is not listed as a FA?

8 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Does anyone know why Evan Holm is not listed as a FA?

Don't think he is one

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/11/24/free-agent-round-up-2/

13 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Does anyone know why Evan Holm is not listed as a FA?

He's still under contract.

4 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

Don't think he is one

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/11/24/free-agent-round-up-2/

Yeah can only go NFL.

That window closes in the next week or so for Holm I think. 

29 minutes ago, 3rdand1.5 said:

Advice not at all relevant to my post.......

 

It was because you were complaining about something you could have taken care of yourself. So, start a new thread, if that's what you want. 

6 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

He's still under contract.

Originally signed for 3 years?  If so can he renegotiate his ELC?

4 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Is it accepted though?  Jones keeps signing receivers to that number (first Lawler and then Lewis) but no other GM has gone there.  Lawler is making $250K but after that nobody was close to that mark (Tim White had the highest max at 220k).  Maybe it's different this year but Jones "reset" in 2022 did not make 2023 salaries follow suit.

We resigned Lawler to a 2 year deal in 2023 reported at the time to be worth $260,000 the first year and $300,000 this season. It has now been re-structured where the now reported $310,000 amount for this year is $285,000 with a $150,000 signing bonus. All numbers courtesy the Winnipeg Sun. So I would say yes, our own GM went there and met the ceiling of $300K for the top receiver when he re-signed last year. 

 

2 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

 

There isnt enough puke emojis on earth to describe this.

When he is done, he is the all-time Bomber direct link to the turnaround.

I don’t hate that at all. Yoshi gets his cash, Riders get a diminishing asset, Drew Richmond gets a chance to play.

Poor Yosh.....Guess its Richmond time...free's up some money for Schoen.....

Just now, Mike said:

I don’t hate that at all. Yoshi gets his cash, Riders get a diminishing asset, Drew Richmond gets a chance to play.

Yup...they likely paid large for it as they were not the only team in on him...and yes he is on wrong side of dominant now....Richmond will be no drop off....Cheaper for next few yrs....and allows us some cash to move to another position