Quarterback

Jake Dolegala (A)
Chris Streveler (A)

Running back

Johnny Augustine (N)

Fullback

Bailey Feltmate (N)

Receiver

Kenny Lawler (A)
Dalton Schoen (A)
Lucky Whitehead (A)

Offensive linemen

Stanley Bryant (A)
Liam Dobson (N)
Eric Lofton (A)
Patrick Neufeld (N)

Defensive linemen

Miles Fox (A)
TyJuan Garbutt (A)
Celestin Haba (A)
Willie Jefferson (A)
Jake Thomas (N)

Linebacker

Adam Bighill (A)
Brian Cole (A)
Shayne Gauthier (N)
Tony Jones (A)
Kyrie Wilson (A)

Defensive back

Brandon Alexander (A)
Tyrell Ford (N)
Nick Hallett (N)
Noah Hallett (N)
Evan Holm (A)
Jamal Parker (A)

Specialists

LS Mike Benson (N)
K Sergio Castillo (A)

I underlined the guys I don't care if we bring back.

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

Benedict Ibisi here in 2002 qnd 2003

 

Ibisi...and he was good too

Yep, Idr why he wasn't here longer. 

3 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Yep, Idr why he wasn't here longer. 

I think he wanted to try down south again...but he is what we need....strong and athletic...and just a smidge over undersized but athletic ....just want u want

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

The Bombers used an American at centre not THAT long ago.... 2000s sometime.

in CFL terms... that's like 6 generations ago...

15 minutes ago, bearpants said:

in CFL terms... that's like 6 generations ago...

Not in my head it isn't!

1 minute ago, bigg jay said:

Not in my head it isn't!

The 90s was 10 years ago  

18 hours ago, Booch said:

right now we have zero proven depth on our Oline....none...and we dont even know who is at right guard....we weaker than last yr and how is that even possible? One of Eli and Wallace will grab a spot.....and or be the extra oline guy...and thats factoring Kolo at center...which is still a weak spot...3 yrs running now...If Eli is allowed to compete for Center and take it over Kolo isnt even a good candidate for the 6th giy as he is only serviceable at center....and thats being generous.....if someone was to go down we would have to shuffle other guys on the oline to make it work....and I have a shiiity feeling we gonna have to waste a DA on an import olineman this yr unless we go with a straight outta University guy 

Again hamstringing our roster with a useless DA like we did with Mr Marine......

Dline much the same...we have 2 ends who we know can play....thats it....2 promising interior guys who we know are gonna be getting reps taken away by drip and drop Canadians.....sure we have Lawson back which helps, but anyone with half a brain and knows the man love Osh has for Thomas that he gonna get more than too many reps in lieu of him...Our dline as much as many claim that Haba and Garbutt and Fox were no loss...is a lot weaker

Not sure what the plan is, but to me looks like there wasnt much of one and we didnt pursue anyone to shore up our lines.....or.....we lost out on players not named Ceresna because they flat out didnt wanna come here....or.....Osh indicated to Walters that " we good"...I leaning more to the "we good" side until proven otherwise after camp and maybe he makes the tough cuts

 

This is Walters time of year. He is 100% responsible for who we keep, who we lose, and who we sign. Your hatred of MOS in this knows no bounds. This time of year is 100% on the GM.  Once TC open then it's on the HC. No HC is going to ever tell his GM that we good. He will want all the talent the GM can find/sign then sort them out in TC.

Edited February 13, 2025Feb 13 by GCn20

I'm hoping the new scouting regime brings in some OTs, WR, and DL.

17 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I'm hoping the new scouting regime brings in some OTs, WR, and DL.

We will find out what kind of hawks we have now.

Jim Jauch is pretty much considered one of the best receiver bird dogs out there, and has brought in some good talent for the Lions

DesLauriers will be our NAT guy primarily. He and Walters will be scouting the CIS a lot. Not much of a resume for DesLauriers yet and this may be the biggest area of concern from last year. This was Goveia's wheelhouse with the Bombers.

Brock Sunderland was well regarded enough as a recruiter of talent to earn himself an assistant GM job followed by a GM chance. He is a horrible GM.....but the man has an undeniable eye for talent.

Honestly, the trio we picked up is probably far better at IMP recruitment than the duo we lost but KW is going to have to dust off his scouting hat again for us to keep pace at NAT recruitment.

Edited February 13, 2025Feb 13 by GCn20

53 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

We will find out what kind of hawks we have now.

Jim Jauch is pretty much considered one of the best receiver bird dogs out there, and has brought in some good talent for the Lions

DesLauriers will be our NAT guy primarily. He and Walters will be scouting the CIS a lot. Not much of a resume for DesLauriers yet and this may be the biggest area of concern from last year. This was Goveia's wheelhouse with the Bombers.

Brock Sunderland was well regarded enough as a recruiter of talent to earn himself an assistant GM job followed by a GM chance. He is a horrible GM.....but the man has an undeniable eye for talent.

Honestly, the trio we picked up is probably far better at IMP recruitment than the duo we lost but KW is going to have to dust off his scouting hat again for us to keep pace at NAT recruitment.

Nothing wrong with DesLauriers resume, he's only 43, he played 9 years with the Als and spent the last 8 years working in their front office.

Deslauriers retired as a player in February 2016 but stayed with the Alouettes as a football operations assistant and scout.^[1] He was named as the team's Player Personnel Coordinator on July 18, 2019 shortly after the dismissal of the team's general manager, Kavis Reed.^[2] He was promoted to Director of Football Operations after the 2019 Montreal Alouettes season on December 18, 2019.^[3]

I see Lawlers going on about the reason he signed with Hamilton was  he sees them winning the grey cup

Once again its all rhetoric, he should just say that they made his dream come true as they made him the highest paid nonquaterback  player in the league

Kenny Lawler believes leaving Winnipeg for Hamilton 'a better move' than Edmonton foray - 3DownNation

6 minutes ago, Pete said:

I see Lawlers going on about the reason he signed with Hamilton was  he sees them winning the grey cup

Once again its all rhetoric, he should just say that they made his dream come true as they made him the highest paid nonquaterback  player in the league

Kenny Lawler believes leaving Winnipeg for Hamilton 'a better move' than Edmonton foray - 3DownNation

Lawler is not the highest-pain non-QB in the league. Ceresna got an identical amount, for one.

14 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Lawler is not the highest-pain non-QB in the league. Ceresna got an identical amount, for one.

Lawler is making more.  It was reported that Ceresna signed for 225k (he had turned down 275k from Toronto).

18 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Lawler is not the highest-pain non-QB in the league. Ceresna got an identical amount, for one.

Lawler, no not even close.

Highest-pain award overall goes to Fajardo, no?

And highest-pain non player award goes to the Barker and Bierness duo, no?

🙂

We signed NAT LB Enock Makonzo

Edited February 13, 2025Feb 13 by M.O.A.B.

10 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

We signed NAT LB Enock Makonzo

Thank Christ

4 hours ago, Pete said:

I see Lawlers going on about the reason he signed with Hamilton was  he sees them winning the grey cup

Once again its all rhetoric, he should just say that they made his dream come true as they made him the highest paid nonquaterback  player in the league

Kenny Lawler believes leaving Winnipeg for Hamilton 'a better move' than Edmonton foray - 3DownNation

I understand saying the "right things" to make a good impression with your new team.  But come on now,   I'd imagine Hamilton would be in the bottom 3 for odds of winning the Cup this year.  

Player got payed.  Player praises new team.   Startling.

 

I'm posting this for all of us to chew on. I have no words.

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/13/bombers-gm-kyle-walters-caught-off-guard-by-cfl-salary-cap-increase-will-only-spend-to-previous-limit-until-further-notice/

3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I'm posting this for all of us to chew on. I have no words.

https://3downnation.com/2025/02/13/bombers-gm-kyle-walters-caught-off-guard-by-cfl-salary-cap-increase-will-only-spend-to-previous-limit-until-further-notice/

I think the issue here is with the CFLPA. They haven't determined yet if the influx of money will go to player salaries or if they will allocate it other ways (pension, playoff money, training camp pay etc).

Walters is wise not to spend the money until he knows is actually available.

Freisen put his own spin on it as well;

 

 

1 hour ago, M.O.A.B. said:

We signed NAT LB Enock Makonzo

Nice depth pick up if he’s healthy. We really need back end Canadians like this. 

36 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

I think the issue here is with the CFLPA. They haven't determined yet if the influx of money will go to player salaries or if they will allocate it other ways (pension, playoff money, training camp pay etc).

Walters is wise not to spend the money until he knows is actually available.

Freisen put his own spin on it as well;

 

 

Yeah, real smart until the losing comes & the screaming starts. Tha announcement of the increase in the salary cap was made official by both the CFL & CFLPA. Do you really think the CFLPA will suddenly change its mind & take that or a portion of that salary cap increase away? And if they do, how can teams be held financially accountable after it was formally announced? 

Edited February 14, 2025Feb 14 by SpeedFlex27

So, for all of you who claim they know how the cap works (Like Mike here & others) who scolded me that I don't  when I questioned how things were being operated earlier, you have no better idea how things work than anyone else here. But thanks for stopping by & telling me I know nothing when you don't either.

Edited February 14, 2025Feb 14 by SpeedFlex27

I really like this signing, Makonzo has a big upside. Can backup Kramdl or safety. Question mark is his ability to bounce back from injury, but likely why we got him on I assume a cap friendly amount. Low risk high reward

Edited February 14, 2025Feb 14 by Pete

12 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

So, for all of you who claim they know how the cap works (Like Mike here & others) who scolded me that I don't  when I questioned how things were being operated earlier, you have no better idea how things work than anyone else here. But thanks for stopping by & telling me I know nothing when you don't either.

Football is supposed to be fun and take your mind off real world problems. Perhaps you need to remember that. You’re gonna send yourself to the grave going on about things that really don’t matter. 

25 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yeah, real smart until the losing comes & the screaming starts. Tha announcement of the increase in the salary cap was made official by both the CFL & CFLPA. Do you really think the CFLPA will suddenly change its mind & take that or a portion of that salary cap increase away? And if they do, how can teams be held financially accountable after it was formally announced? 

The losing hasn’t started and you are already going on so when it comes you should be quiet right? But what if they win? 

I guess looking at the glass half full... maybe with that $400 000 they can extend guys who are on their last year and throw that money as bonuses and give those players smaller salaries for the next year or two?