With Rookie Camps getting underway Wednesday, it's time to talk about the 2026 CFL season!

1 hour ago, TBURGESS said:

Which QB's would you trade for Collaros straight up?

Just Rourke.

44 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Just Rourke.

still trade for brown/alexander with ease. Significantly cheaper, will still be playing 2-3 years down the road, no signs of playing as bad as zach has the past two years.

On top of that, vaj and arbuckle won’t play at a significantly lower level, are also much cheaper and will play significantly longer.

We aren’t talking pennie’s under the cap either, we are talking big all star free agent difference.

Blm and harris won’t play significantly longer, but have been significantly better over the past two years plus.

I expect zach to be a good bit better this year. He will pass a couple of those guys in performance this year, if he stays healthy. By no means do i expect him to pass all those guys.

2 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

still trade for brown/alexander with ease. Significantly cheaper, will still be playing 2-3 years down the road, no signs of playing as bad as zach has the past two years.

On top of that, vaj and arbuckle won’t play at a significantly lower level, are also much cheaper and will play significantly longer.

We aren’t talking pennie’s under the cap either, we are talking big all star free agent difference.

Blm and harris won’t play significantly longer, but have been significantly better over the past two years plus.

I expect zach to be a good bit better this year. He will pass a couple of those guys in performance this year, if he stays healthy. By no means do i expect him to pass all those guys.

I am a fan, so I obviously have my blue tinted glasses on. Trading Zach would need to accomplish more than a Madden trade where you’re giving up a guy with an 85 rating for a guy with a 88 rating.

I do not think the team supported Zach properly the last couple of seasons and I do expect a certain amount of positive regression with the moves we made this year.

As to the cap space, in the time of marketing money, I don’t think we’re handicapped in any way by Zach’s contract if we chose not to be.

All that said, Brown and Alexander still exist in the world of potential. They have yet to prove themselves over a full season. VAJ is a guy I would have loved to trade for early in his career, but not one I’m giving up Zach for now. Arbuckle isn’t even in the same tier and probably isn’t a guy who can pick up where he left off with a new team.

10 hours ago, Jesse said:

I am a fan, so I obviously have my blue tinted glasses on. Trading Zach would need to accomplish more than a Madden trade where you’re giving up a guy with an 85 rating for a guy with a 88 rating.

I do not think the team supported Zach properly the last couple of seasons and I do expect a certain amount of positive regression with the moves we made this year.

As to the cap space, in the time of marketing money, I don’t think we’re handicapped in any way by Zach’s contract if we chose not to be.

All that said, Brown and Alexander still exist in the world of potential. They have yet to prove themselves over a full season. VAJ is a guy I would have loved to trade for early in his career, but not one I’m giving up Zach for now. Arbuckle isn’t even in the same tier and probably isn’t a guy who can pick up where he left off with a new team.

It would, the primary purpose of most of those trades would be 1 getting more years of high-level play at QB and getting it significantly cheaper.

Now it doesn't mesh great with the age of the additions this offseason to go all the way young. But a guy like Va would balance that. And while I don't particularly like him, it would be a smart move if available.

This year, marketing money has been cracked down on by the CFL. It's not what it was previously.

The last 2 years zach is putting up 238 yards per game, and basically 1:1 tds to int and 1 each per game. No qb in the league has as many terrible games over the past 2 years. Let's be realistic, around the league, Zach is the lowest-tier starting QB. We hope, and reasonably so, that he can get back somewhat to a high level of play with our additions. But no one else in the league would trade for and start Zach today. It's also been a long time since he was close to healthy.

At this point, while I'm optimistic about him for this year, I think the chances he is playing and serviceable next year are very close to 0.

49 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

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At this point, while I'm optimistic about him for this year, I think the chances he is playing and serviceable next year are very close to 0.

You nailed it regarding Zack....Fingers crossed he lasts the year.....One positive is that it looks like we have a solid no 2 and 3 ...Elgersma ...Perkins....not necessarily in that order....I have to say Perkins surprised the heck of me, considering his lack of Canadian ball experience...He looked really comfortable at the controls