Made official this morning

 

Kenny Tate

Errol Brooks

Chris Kowalczuk

CJ Tarver

 

no surprise on Tarver. The other three would not have been my first guesses.

We only have 6 national OL on the roster. That is scary.

We only have 6 national OL on the roster. That is scary.

 

sadly, we can probably find some upgrades via the waiver wire when all the cuts are made.

We only have 6 national OL on the roster. That is scary.

 

For 3-4 positions...not too bad.  Considering Goosen and Morley were doing good jobs snapping the ball, it was pretty easy to conclude Chris Kowalczuk was going to be cut.

IMO none of these cuts are really surprises.  What did Kenny Tate do at all?  He was given so many chances to make an impact.  Errol Brooks just doesn't have enough size or skill and I feel like we may DI Paris Cotton (looks like he's a good returner and RB).

 

My question is how they feel about Urutia, being that he has been given the same amount of chances as Kenny Tate to make an impact, and hasn't either.

Oh, I get it from a talent level but 6 is still low. I know its a sad reflection on our previous admins.

We barely have enough Canadians to fill a roster right now, I figured they would focus on cutting internationals at this point. Seems odd to cut Kowalczuk right now... if we lose a single interior lineman to injury then we don't really have anyone to step in. Unless they feel comfortable putting Quinn Everett in the lineup already.

IMO none of these cuts are really surprises.  What did Kenny Tate do at all?  He was given so many chances to make an impact.  Errol Brooks just doesn't have enough size or skill and I feel like we may DI Paris Cotton (looks like he's a good returner and RB).

 

My question is how they feel about Urutia, being that he has been given the same amount of chances as Kenny Tate to make an impact, and hasn't either.

 

I don't think we are going to DI Paris Cotton.

 

I think he's our feature back.

re: Errol Brooks, did he really get an opportunity to play in pre-season?... I don't really recall him playing in the games and I thought some said he looked good in practice..

re: Kenny Tate, is he not a natural LB? why was he not given a shot at LB?

Yeah it's a little weird to think that Kenny Tate was supposed to be that ultimate "Gary Etcheverry" type player, but ended up being cut pretty early.

The only reason Tate being cut bothers me is because we cut guys who weren't "Etch" types and kept guys who were and now the epitome of an Etch guy is the first one cut.

The only reason Tate being cut bothers me is because we cut guys who weren't "Etch" types and kept guys who were and now the epitome of an Etch guy is the first one cut.

 

With that statement, im bothered now what the future holds for Anderson.

We barely have enough Canadians to fill a roster right now, I figured they would focus on cutting internationals at this point. Seems odd to cut Kowalczuk right now... if we lose a single interior lineman to injury then we don't really have anyone to step in. Unless they feel comfortable putting Quinn Everett in the lineup already.

It is not typical to have so few NI olinemen, but 6 guys should be able to fill 3 spots, at least in the short term.  As for Kowalczuk, what is the point of keeping him around if he's simply not good enough?  We wouldn't want him on the field then anyways.

Bombers cut Brett Maher

Bombers cut Brett Maher

That sucks but what I expected.

That sucks but what I expected.

I know.  I'm sure he will find his way on to a team this year.

Oh Dear.

 

Lirim.  Here are the keys sir.

I sense a repeat of the Paredes fiasco. We keep an average bum and cut a guy who goes on to kick 80% for some other team for the next 12 years. Sigh. I really was hoping we'd keep Maher. He had such an awesome kicking motion and such good distance and accuracy. Not a fan of this move.

Let's not forget, Lirim can do all 3 kicking job. Renaud job might not be safe yet. Anybody see the Bombers give the Legacy another run?

Bob Wylie confirmed our suspicions about Kowalczuk over these last few years.

 

Brett Maher - are we going to try to keep him around? He's so very good.

 

It's just so odd that we go years without a decent kicker….then we get two of them at once. 

Lirim Hajrullahu - welcome aboard…you are not a consolation prize.

The Nationals are laughing now. Count heads on the roster and the rest of the nationals make the squad by default. The sad reality league wide of simply not enough quality nationals to supply a 9 team league.

damn it...was hoping we could keep both guys somehow. He'll definitely end up on someone's roster...

CK was a DelMonaco project... 'nuff said.

 

Still, a bit surprised that Howard, Dumas and Blake survived.

I'll be shocked if we don't pick up some scrub Nationals (still sounds weird to me) from other team's cuts.

CK was a DelMonaco project... 'nuff said.

 

Still, a bit surprised that Howard, Dumas and Blake survived.

 

Lol. Although his position says LB/LS, he was exclusively brought in for LS'ing... and he has no competition. He makes the team.