25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[wbbfan]

16 hours ago, Booch said:

Where he will probably flourish...cause he will get played and played with capable players...sad that we didn't reup him

 

Cause...well we failed to develop while we played Thomas.. Korn...Schmeck 

100% failed to give him enough consistent reps. But also our dl coaching hasn’t been where it needs to be. 

When is the last time we saw real meaningful development of any dl? Jeffcoat? Stove basically came in and did what he did. Same with kongbo. We’ve failed to get more out of dl talent for an awful long time. We’ve scouted some tremendous talent, mainly on the inside of the line. But the guys that worked out came in at a high level and left at the same level. 

Patterson is really well liked and a former bomber player, but I haven’t seen nearly enough from his guys. We’ve brought in soo many guys with pedigree, athleticism, every advantage you could want and not been able to get any of them to use those to win 1on1 vs hardly any one. 

[Noeller]

 

 

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

 

 

Well that’s some thing… 

[rebusrankin]

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

 

 

James Butler says 

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Longitudinal center of Canada!

Pretty close to North America as well. I can only imagine the travel if there was a team in Halifax. The Lions located ina city close to 3 million people have all kinds of travel itineraries to chose from. Halifax barely 400,000 doesn't. Terrible time zone to boot halfway to England from  Western Canada. 

5 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

no no no no toronna is the longitudinal centre of a giant pile of poop.

With that a Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Go clean out the stalls for the Reindeer, especially Rudolph.

 

[bigg jay]

B.C. Lions sign three-time CFL all-star LB Darnell Sankey - 3DownNation

[rebusrankin]

Decent move for BC's defense. I wonder how much he got?

[SpeedFlex27]

22 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Decent move for BC's defense. I wonder how much he got?

How come we can never make signings like this? 

[Brandon]

55 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

How come we can never make signings like this? 

Because we signed Brady and therefore we have no money to ever sign anyone else as per a few people on here.    Somehow BC is able to have guys like Rourke and also able to sign other quality free agents.

[Goalie]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

How come we can never make signings like this? 

Because linebackers aren’t a problem here probably. 
 

I mean Kramdi Shay smith jones woodbey Ayers Wilson. I mean there isn’t a spot. 

Edited Saturday at 11:04 PM by Goalie

[SpeedFlex27]

9 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Because linebackers aren’t a problem here probably. 
 

I mean Kramdi Shay smith jones woodbey Ayers Wilson. I mean there isn’t a spot. 

When a guy like that comes available you need to say he's worth taking a look at - I'd hope that's what we did. Other impact free agents have been out there & we never can sign any of them. 

12 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Because linebackers aren’t a problem here probably. 
 

I mean Kramdi Shay smith jones woodbey Ayers Wilson. I mean there isn’t a spot. 

None of them are in the same league as Sankey. 

[17to85]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

 

None of them are in the same league as Sankey. 

They are all cfl players 

[Booch]

regardless of potion, or your situation.....if you have a chance to make your team better....you take it....we dont seem to do that here

We seem to think that if you have a returning player or vet....a guy you perosnal like for whatever reason, then there is no need casue we think we "good"

[SpeedFlex27]

6 hours ago, 17to85 said:

They are all cfl players 

Sankey is an elite player who plays linebacker with other lesser mortals at the same position in the CFL. 

[GCn20]

8 hours ago, Booch said:

regardless of potion, or your situation.....if you have a chance to make your team better....you take it....we dont seem to do that here

We seem to think that if you have a returning player or vet....a guy you perosnal like for whatever reason, then there is no need casue we think we "good"

KW is responsible for who comes to camp. 100% on him. Terrible GMing last offseason. He needs a big offseason this year.

[Bigblue204]

12 hours ago, Booch said:

regardless of potion, or your situation.....if you have a chance to make your team better....you take it....we dont seem to do that here

We seem to think that if you have a returning player or vet....a guy you perosnal like for whatever reason, then there is no need casue we think we "good"

With all due respect, a few years ago you specifically talked about how bad of a MLB Sankey was.

Now because someone else signed him, you and speed complain. 

Its blatantly obvious there is very little this regime will be able to do outside of signing everyplayer while not signing any players that either of you guys will like.

Edited 22 hours ago by Bigblue204

[Booch]

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

With all due respect, a few years ago you specifically talked about how bad of a MLB Sankey was.

Now because someone else signed him, you and speed complain. 

Its blatantly obvious there is very little this regime will be able to do outside of signing everyplayer while not signing any players that either of you guys will like.

I didnt say I want Sankey one time at all...and yeah said hard pass before...that was a general statement...and agree...hes a bit better version of T.Jones...just saying if a guy is available...who makes u better...get him regardless of who is under contract already

But do agree...if this "regime" again decides to play the inferior player...excessive Canadians when not needed...and not best option...then yeah I gonna complain...cause its just more of the same again

And I havnt said sign every player available either...so appreciate u not putting words in my mouth please and thanks...and save for guys who were cut already...and our own guys...there is nobody out there worth signing yet...

[GCn20]

6 hours ago, Booch said:

I didnt say I want Sankey one time at all...and yeah said hard pass before...that was a general statement...and agree...hes a bit better version of T.Jones...just saying if a guy is available...who makes u better...get him regardless of who is under contract already

But do agree...if this "regime" again decides to play the inferior player...excessive Canadians when not needed...and not best option...then yeah I gonna complain...cause its just more of the same again

And I havnt said sign every player available either...so appreciate u not putting words in my mouth please and thanks...and save for guys who were cut already...and our own guys...there is nobody out there worth signing yet...

Sankey is over rated and I would rather be have T.Jones. However, I want to see this year's camp to have some proven CFL talent challenging incumbents at every position groups. We don't play rookies unless they stand out, and that is only OK if you mix rookies with CFL proven talent to challenge at camp. Having 24 starters, a handful of 2nd year players, all rookies cannot be feasible if your organization likes to slow roll rookies.

Also, the CFL talent has to be correctly identified. We saw maybe some of the worst GMing in Bomber history in our FA signings last year. Just atrocious.

[wbbfan]

wow fajardos money is not what i expected. Even with them burying almost 200k this year on the cap and 35k in none cap money they gave him the ability to earn almost 450k. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/21/exclusive-cody-fajardo-contract-details-for-2026-cfl-season-with-edmonton-elks/

I would’ve bet they’d go after kelly, but idk with this money. 

[GCn20]

7 hours ago, wbbfan said:

wow fajardos money is not what i expected. Even with them burying almost 200k this year on the cap and 35k in none cap money they gave him the ability to earn almost 450k. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/21/exclusive-cody-fajardo-contract-details-for-2026-cfl-season-with-edmonton-elks/

I would’ve bet they’d go after kelly, but idk with this money. 

Sounds like they like Fajardo more than Kelly. Tells me all I need to know about how Kelly is perceived around the league.

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2025-12-21 at 6:04 AM, GCn20 said:

KW is responsible for who comes to camp. 100% on him. Terrible GMing last offseason. He needs a big offseason this year.

Let's hope he learned a lesson from his arrogance of last off season. That we didn't need any impact free agents. 

7 hours ago, wbbfan said:

wow fajardos money is not what i expected. Even with them burying almost 200k this year on the cap and 35k in none cap money they gave him the ability to earn almost 450k. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/21/exclusive-cody-fajardo-contract-details-for-2026-cfl-season-with-edmonton-elks/

I would’ve bet they’d go after kelly, but idk with this money. 

The Argo HC said Kelly is the starter so I doubt he'd leave. With a year off, he should be good to go. BTW, some are saying that Patrick Mahomes may have to miss the 2026 season with his torn ACL. 

[GCn20]

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

Let's hope he learned a lesson from his arrogance of last off season. That we didn't need any impact free agents. 

Whether it's FA. or trade, he can't bring mediocrity to camp in his signings anymore. All we've seen over the past 3 years is KW mismanage the SMS so that allstars leave for more cash only to be replaced by middle of the road FA talent. That can't happen anymore, our well of all-stars is dry.  Time after time we chose cheap over performance and look what it got us last year. He has to do whatever it takes to free up the cash to be effective, if that means making hard choices on Bombers who are underperforming on their salary level so be it. The BO contract shows me that he still does not understand that concept though.

[SpeedFlex27]

Just now, GCn20 said:

Whether it's FA. or trade, he can't bring mediocrity to camp in his signings anymore. All we've seen over the past 3 years is KW mismanage the SMS so that allstars leave for more cash only to be replaced by middle of the road FA talent. That can't happen anymore, our well of all-stars is dry.  Time after time we chose cheap over performance and look what it got us last year. He has to do whatever it takes to free up the cash to be effective, if that means making hard choices on Bombers who are underperforming on their salary level so be it. The BO contract shows me that he still does not understand that concept though.

The Bombers 10-8 record last year was pure luck. They should have missed the playoffs had the ball bounced the other way. More like 7-11 or 8-10. The Bomber braintrust can say we had a winning record & made the playoffs. But we all watched the team & they were fortunate to winas many games as they did. The team will either bounce back or fall off a cliff, I believe. A lot depends on Walters getting off his duff & actually doing the work needed this off season. So far, the early signs seem promising. 

[GCn20]

3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The Bombers 10-8 record last year was pure luck. They should have missed the playoffs had the ball bounced the other way. More like 7-11 or 8-10. The Bomber braintrust can say we had a winning record & made the playoffs. But we all watched the team & they were fortunate to winas many games as they did. The team will either bounce back or fall off a cliff, I believe. A lot depends on Walters getting off his duff & actually doing the work needed this off season. So far, the early signs seem promising. 

Last year's inaction has provided him with a great opportunity to use up last year's SMS, so far it appears like he is at least doing that 4 months too late. 

[SpeedFlex27]

7 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Last year's inaction has provided him with a great opportunity to use up last year's SMS, so far it appears like he is at least doing that 4 months too late. 

Yeah, it's helping now but we all wanted him to do it last off season as we had a Grey Cup hosting year.