With Rookie Camp getting underway Wednesday morning, it's officially time to talk about the 2026 Winnipeg Blue Bombers!

So does the signing of Hansen, 3 time Cup winner, indicate we are in for another Cup........hey hey.......If he's back to his winning level of play he could contribute....

4 minutes ago, Stickem said:

So does the signing of Hansen, 3 time Cup winner, indicate we are in for another Cup........hey hey.......If he's back to his winning level of play he could contribute....

Not expecting much out of Hansen. He is a stop gap imo. Probably more valuable as a leader in the room than on the field now.

Edited September 21Sep 21 by GCn20

So the best we can do is a 34 year old Global who has sat out all this year? Weak scouting.

The CFL doesn't have a 53 man roster, that's the NFL.

4 hours ago, GCn20 said:

How do you figure you are carrying one less roster player elsewhere? 3 Qbs are needed. Your math is dead wrong. Whenever you trim someone off the 53 regardless of position, you have to add one to the 53 to take his place. At QB, you replace with QB. At other positions whoever you are adding to the 53 to take the place of someone on the 53 you have to factor in the cost of doing so onto the SMS before you can realize what your SMS savings might be. COR. Sorry to be harsh but this is pretty basic stuff. Every slot on the 53 has to be filled and costs money. If you cut Brady Oliveira tomorrow and don't replace him with another running back on the 53, you still have to pay someone to go onto the 53 at least the league minimum. Therefore the savings are BO's game cheque minus whoever you add to the 53 game cheque. Never ever more. You simply cannot cut a player in order to save their entire remaining earnings to the SMS. COST OF REPLACEMENT must ALWAYS be factored in. ALWAYS. No avoiding it.

Your final calculation is correct that two players went off the 53 and two players went on. Therefore Durant minus 3rd string QB is the calculation for how much his cap savings represented. Bighill minus 3rd string LB is how much extra SMS we took on afterwards.

Presumably the roster is full.

So you're adding two players, a replacement QB and a MLB. So if you're full you need to subtract two in order to add two

“Sorry to be rude but this is basic stuff”

gets roster size wrong

13 minutes ago, Mike said:

“Sorry to be rude but this is basic stuff”

gets roster size wrong

11 hours ago, Stickem said:

So does the signing of Hansen, 3 time Cup winner, indicate we are in for another Cup........hey hey.......If he's back to his winning level of play he could contribute....

Now where is Jackson Jeffcoat these days?

21 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I am totally ******* underwhelmed. Our scouting is absolute ****.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by SpeedFlex27

15 hours ago, Mike said:

“Sorry to be rude but this is basic stuff”

gets roster size wrong

Does that diminish the point Hawk Man. But yeah brain cramp after following NFL preseason. Whatever would we do without Hawk Man pointing out every brain cramp. Hard to be a forum superhero. Thanks for your service. Roster size was completely irrelevant to the point of the conversation but a mistake is a mistake and where there are mistakes Mike "Hawk Man" will be there to make sure he points them out without actually adding to the conversation.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by GCn20

15 hours ago, brett_c_b said:

Presumably the roster is full.

So you're adding two players, a replacement QB and a MLB. So if you're full you need to subtract two in order to add two

We did not add and subtract them at the same time. Also, QB in QB out represents the cap space saved. Period. You can't twist logic and suggest that our lowest SMS roster player released in the entire offseason represents the cost of replacing your backup QB. There is a direct cost of replacement that is pretty easy to track, especially for QBs who aren't multi positional players.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by GCn20

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I am totally ******* underwhelmed. Our scouting is absolute ****.

18 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

So the best we can do is a 34 year old Global who has sat out all this year? Weak scouting.

The CFL doesn't have a 53 man roster, that's the NFL.

Generally, you can't just dig up global players of value mid-season. That said we did just miss out on a good rotational global DL. But this looks more like a bolster the back end of the teams roster.

I just love all these stupid slap fights that go on here

8 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

I just love all these stupid slap fights that go on here

32 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

I just love all these stupid slap fights that go on here

I haven’t been on the site for a few days. Is Hawk Man something we’re calling Mike now?

Well it is now

40 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

I haven’t been on the site for a few days. Is Hawk Man something we’re calling Mike now?

Lmao apparently

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

I just love all these stupid slap fights that go on here

Someone who didn’t take themselves so gosh darn seriously would just reply and go “oh man, whoops” and realize maybe they shouldn’t be so condescending to people but … here we are. In comes … Hawk Man??? to save the day

16 minutes ago, Mike said:

Lmao apparently

Someone who didn’t take themselves so gosh darn seriously would just reply and go “oh man, whoops” and realize maybe they shouldn’t be so condescending to people but … here we are. In comes … Hawk Man??? to save the day

Mike Hawk is what I would suggest.

Welcome to MBB.

12 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Now where is Jackson Jeffcoat these days?

Bryant is old, Walby is even older. Why don't we call him up?

2 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Bryant is old, Walby is even older. Why don't we call him up?

12 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Now where is Jackson Jeffcoat these days?

What's Drake Nevis up to?

1 hour ago, sweep the leg said:

I haven’t been on the site for a few days. Is Hawk Man something we’re calling Mike now?

Something I'm calling him. Scanning every post from 100 feet above waiting to swoop in and pounce.

1 hour ago, Mike said:

Lmao apparently

Someone who didn’t take themselves so gosh darn seriously would just reply and go “oh man, whoops” and realize maybe they shouldn’t be so condescending to people but … here we are. In comes … Hawk Man??? to save the day

Someone who didn't take themselves so seriously might not have felt the need to swoop in at all HawkMan. Pot kettle. Maybe you just don't see how condescending you come off when you do crap like that? That is rich that you come in and make condescending post after condescending post, and never really post other than to do so, and then suggest the reaction to it is condescending. LMAO. Good lord Mike Hawk do you have no self awareness about how you come off on here with posts like that or why others might be fed up with it and start calling you Hawk Man or Mike Hawk? We've gone around this mulberry bush Mike, why not talk football once in a while instead of showing up to do drive bys on posters you don't like? Anyone who looks at your post history can see actual football conversation from you without potshots attached or as the sole purpose of your post is rare. Condescending thy name is Mike Hawk. Unless you are seriously suggesting the intent of your post was solely to point out my mistake without being a **** about it, but anyone reading the way you did it can see that wasn't the case.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by GCn20

1 hour ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Mike Hawk is what I would suggest.

The Hawkster?

4 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

The Hawkster?

Doesn't have the same impact or depth as Mike Hawk gets.

Edited September 22Sep 22 by GCn20