25/26 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season Thread

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

I could get every player under contract easily by overpaying as well. There...perspective.

Noeller, he is overpaying our guys to return. It is something of great concern.

Wait till you read what Calgary is paying Diedrich Mills, Now, the highest paid "American" running back in the CFL. 

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/04/calgary-stampeders-make-dedrick-mills-highest-paid-american-rb-in-cfl/

Edited 20 hours ago by SpeedFlex27

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Walters is not any kind of "problem" on this team. He's not perfect, and nobody is, but I get such a chuckle when I read some takes about him being useless. 

C'mon. You were shitting your pants with worry when there were rumours he was leaving. You weren't chuckling. Too bad it never happened. Bombers may regret it. We'll see. 

Edited 20 hours ago by SpeedFlex27

[Noeller]

Between 173-196k depending on bonuses achieved....

 

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Between 173-196k depending on bonuses achieved....

 

that is one of the strangest decisions on bonus structure ever. Career high in receiving yards is 327, and he’s never hit 1500 rushing. 

• $5,000 for 1,000 rushing yards
• $5,000 for 1,750 rushing and receiving yards
• $3,000 for 750 rushing yards
• $2,000 for 1,500 rushing and receiving yards
• $2,000 for being named a CFL all-star
• $2,000 for being named league MOP
• $1,000 for being named a West Division all-star
• $1,000 for being named team MOP
• $1,000 for 500 rushing yards
• $1,000 for 1,250 rushing and receiving yards

[Mark H.]

10 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

that is one of the strangest decisions on bonus structure ever. Career high in receiving yards is 327, and he’s never hit 1500 rushing. 

• $5,000 for 1,000 rushing yards
• $5,000 for 1,750 rushing and receiving yards
• $3,000 for 750 rushing yards
• $2,000 for 1,500 rushing and receiving yards
• $2,000 for being named a CFL all-star
• $2,000 for being named league MOP
• $1,000 for being named a West Division all-star
• $1,000 for being named team MOP
• $1,000 for 500 rushing yards
• $1,000 for 1,250 rushing and receiving yards

#dimeadozen

[GCn20]

5 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Send your resume to Wade Miller then. I'm sure he'd love to hire you.

My contracts would make more sense. You got his email?

59 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

#dimeadozen

125k less per year than BO and he was MUCH better than BO last year

[M.O.A.B.]

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

My contracts would make more sense. You got his email?

Looking at the email address composition in the bluebombers contact page, I would guess it would be wmiller@bluebombers.com 😁

[GCn20]

8 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Looking at the email address composition in the bluebombers contact page, I would guess it would be wmiller@bluebombers.com 😁

 

14 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Wait till you read what Calgary is paying Diedrich Mills, Now, the highest paid "American" running back in the CFL. 

https://3downnation.com/2026/01/04/calgary-stampeders-make-dedrick-mills-highest-paid-american-rb-in-cfl/

I can only assume that either GMs have lost their marbles this offseason, or there is a BIG SMS increase yet to be announced. It's the only thing that makes sense at this point. 

[Booch]

16 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Send your resume to Wade Miller then. I'm sure he'd love to hire you.

He's not wrong tho...There have been some good signings....one's we needed to do, but also we need to realize due to age...effectiveness and cheaper options as to when and where to maybe move on from....we still are being a lot like how we were and how we degraded our roster being too loyal and stuck on players for their past work...need to realize when and where to flip ratio and play the cheaper better import...or possibloe Candian and move away from the aged veteran who gets a premium for past play, but is far from a premium player now

[Brandon]

12 hours ago, wbbfan said:

that is one of the strangest decisions on bonus structure ever. Career high in receiving yards is 327, and he’s never hit 1500 rushing. 

• $5,000 for 1,000 rushing yards
• $5,000 for 1,750 rushing and receiving yards
• $3,000 for 750 rushing yards
• $2,000 for 1,500 rushing and receiving yards
• $2,000 for being named a CFL all-star
• $2,000 for being named league MOP
• $1,000 for being named a West Division all-star
• $1,000 for being named team MOP
• $1,000 for 500 rushing yards
• $1,000 for 1,250 rushing and receiving yards

Can we re-structure Zach's contract so we add money for TD's thrown and reduce money for each INT?    Deduct $500 each time he tosses into triple coverage?     We'd come out paying him league minimum salary!  

[Bigblue204]

11 hours ago, GCn20 said:

My contracts would make more sense. You got his email?

125k less per year than BO and he was MUCH better than BO last year

Except that he wasn't. Brady finished with over 100 yards more on 82 less touches. This includes rushing and rec. The only metric that has Mills being better is TDs, but that doesn't really incorporate how the Bombers operate inside the 5.

[Goalie]

5 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Except that he wasn't. Brady finished with over 100 yards more on 82 less touches. This includes rushing and rec. The only metric that has Mills being better is TDs, but that doesn't really incorporate how the Bombers operate inside the 5.

Plus Brady is a starting Canadian. I mean Do ppl not get that starting Canadians get paid in the cfl? Receivers making 290 to 325 and they have 5 catches a game. I want the best 6 or 7 (whatever it is) starting Canadians I can have. If that means rookie American defensive ends tackles or DBs? So be it. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Goalie

[wbbfan]

13 hours ago, Mark H. said:

#dimeadozen

I mean he's going to take home maybe half of what brady does this year. As the best imp back in the league. 

 

59 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Can we re-structure Zach's contract so we add money for TD's thrown and reduce money for each INT?    Deduct $500 each time he tosses into triple coverage?     We'd come out paying him league minimum salary!  

He's not gonna agree to pay us to play.

 

[Brandon]

[GCn20]

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Plus Brady is a starting Canadian. I mean Do ppl not get that starting Canadians get paid in the cfl? Receivers making 290 to 325 and they have 5 catches a game. I want the best 6 or 7 (whatever it is) starting Canadians I can have. If that means rookie American defensive ends tackles or DBs? So be it. 

If that means losing....so be it.

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

Except that he wasn't. Brady finished with over 100 yards more on 82 less touches. This includes rushing and rec. The only metric that has Mills being better is TDs, but that doesn't really incorporate how the Bombers operate inside the 5.

If we are talking RBs let's talk rushing. I could care less that BO had a ton of touches as a receiver. That was a big part of our problem last year was that we overused our RB out of the backfield as a safety valve because we couldn't get it to our receivers. Mills was a far more consistent threat on the ground last year. 

[GCn20]

Katsatonis at 200k per has me pretty convinced that there is a big increase to the SMS that's going to be announced. A safety making 200k...even a NAT...is ludicrous otherwise. I feel better about our signings now as this seems to be fairly obvious now. 

[Bigblue204]

37 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

If that means losing....so be it.

If we are talking RBs let's talk rushing. I could care less that BO had a ton of touches as a receiver. That was a big part of our problem last year was that we overused our RB out of the backfield as a safety valve because we couldn't get it to our receivers. Mills was a far more consistent threat on the ground last year. 

lol that's an absolutely brain dead take. Right up there with Nye's take on Brady being named the MOP..."he only scored 4 tds!" 

So sure, go ahead and only use the stats that back up your narrative, whatever makes you feel better i guess.

[rebusrankin]

I'll assume that Montreal or somebody else gives Dequoy around $200,000. So is Kramdi at $180,000 and the 4th highest paid Canadian DB as bad?

[Booch]

11 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I'll assume that Montreal or somebody else gives Dequoy around $200,000. So is Kramdi at $180,000 and the 4th highest paid Canadian DB as bad?

when he not true starter calibre...and we can get wayyyyy better production with an import at that spot...for half the cap hit...then yeah...it's kinda bad

[Mark H.]

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

If we are talking RBs let's talk rushing. I could care less that BO had a ton of touches as a receiver. That was a big part of our problem last year was that we overused our RB out of the backfield as a safety valve because we couldn't get it to our receivers. Mills was a far more consistent threat on the ground last year. 

How is that a running back issue? It's a pass pro / receiver capability issue. 

[Bigblue204]

21 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

How is that a running back issue? It's a pass pro / receiver capability issue. 

It doesn't fit the narrative that Mills is the best back in the league. I won't bring up the fact that BO had a better YPC average either, cause he won't care about that stat.

[HardCoreBlue]

5 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

It doesn't fit the narrative that Mills is the best back in the league. I won't bring up the fact that BO had a better YPC average either, cause he won't care about that stat.

Plus BO saves puppies. Puppies.

Okay i’ll let the adults get back to talking even though we all should know BO is, to date, THE best all around best RB in the league hands down.

[Bigblue204]

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

I'll assume that Montreal or somebody else gives Dequoy around $200,000. So is Kramdi at $180,000 and the 4th highest paid Canadian DB as bad?

Dequoy should absolutely see a nice pay day compared to his counterparts. That's a guy I'd love to see in Blue and Gold.

[Booch]

15 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Dequoy should absolutely see a nice pay day compared to his counterparts. That's a guy I'd love to see in Blue and Gold.

yup...he makes impact plays...and is an actual difference maker teams account for...he deserves a bump for sure and to be paid as a top CDN DB

[Mark H.]

32 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Plus BO saves puppies. Puppies.

And his mom probably bakes pie. Pie.