Mike Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Official as per Bombers Twitter account. Length of deal not disclosed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpan85 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Bombers extend DB Derek JonesTuesday, December 16th, 2014 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers today are pleased to announce the club has extended the contract of National defensive back Derek Jones. Jones was selected by Winnipeg in the fourth round, 29th overall in last year’s CFL Draft. He appeared in all 18 games in 2014, making six defensive tackles and six special teams tackles. “Derek is bright young man, who played solid for us on special teams, and also saw spot duty on defence,” said Blue Bombers General Manager Kyle Walters. “He’s a guy we feel is maybe underrated at this point, but after only one season in our league, we wanted to make sure he remained a Blue Bomber moving forward. This is a player who will just continue to get better and that’s what we look forward to watching.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpan85 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Would not be surprised if Bucknor leaves that he win the wide side corner job in training camp. TBieber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Like this signing lots, very under appreciated foot soldier and didn't look out of place when he had to step in and play on D also. Regardless of what some think, we have been getting lots of bomber news this off-season so far, lots of signings, lots of interesting little blog pieces done by darren cameron, those who don't think things are being done just need to look a bit harder and you will see that quite a bit is happening this off-season so far. Yup no coaching announcements but lots of other news for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 end of 2014 cap money means should be some activity .... big Q is will we lock up any more of our key free agents before year end nothing great or poor here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweep the leg Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I wonder how much we can really save on the cap with Jones with a bonus in 2014. As a 4th round pick, I assume he would have been on a minium deal next year anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Would imagine this one had very little to do with using existing cap space. Probably just hammering out an extension on a guy they wanted to keep. blitzmore 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It was done by Dec 15 so Walters obviously wanted the bonus against this years cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It was done by Dec 15 so Walters obviously wanted the bonus against this years cap. I'm confused by this. Today is the 16th? And I wouldn't automatically say a 2nd year backup 4th rounder would necessarily get a bonus. But what's the significance of the 15th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It was done by Dec 15 so Walters obviously wanted the bonus against this years cap.I'm confused by this. Today is the 16th? And I wouldn't automatically say a 2nd year backup 4th rounder would necessarily get a bonus.But what's the significance of the 15th? Someone posted or tweeted that Dec 15 is the date where contracts must be signed if the team wants that bonus money to count towards the current years cap.And here's what Cameron told me on Twitter: @Darren_Cameron: @garrettbillan1 appreciate it. And yes, it was done by Dec 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It was done by Dec 15 so Walters obviously wanted the bonus against this years cap.I'm confused by this. Today is the 16th? And I wouldn't automatically say a 2nd year backup 4th rounder would necessarily get a bonus.But what's the significance of the 15th? Someone posted or tweeted that Dec 15 is the date where contracts must be signed if the team wants that bonus money to count towards the current years cap.And here's what Cameron told me on Twitter: @Darren_Cameron: @garrettbillan1 appreciate it. And yes, it was done by Dec 15. Oh cool. You learn something every day. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holoman Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It was done by Dec 15 so Walters obviously wanted the bonus against this years cap.I'm confused by this. Today is the 16th? And I wouldn't automatically say a 2nd year backup 4th rounder would necessarily get a bonus.But what's the significance of the 15th? Someone posted or tweeted that Dec 15 is the date where contracts must be signed if the team wants that bonus money to count towards the current years cap.And here's what Cameron told me on Twitter: @Darren_Cameron: @garrettbillan1 appreciate it. And yes, it was done by Dec 15. Which is funny cause his blog indicates it was in the midst of being done today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 unless ofcourse he wrote that blog yesterday and it was just posted today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holoman Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Which would make sense, but I like to be argumentative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Which would make sense, but I like to be argumentative No you don't! SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I think Walters sees Derek Jones as a potential starter and he's protecting himself in the event Bucknor doesn't re-sign. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holoman Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Which would make sense, but I like to be argumentative No you don't! You're right. I'm going to go back and sit in the corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Which would make sense, but I like to be argumentative No you don't! You're right. I'm going to go back and sit in the corner. glad that this thread has gotten around to something I can understand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBieber Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Not too often does a Canadian rookie get an extension after his first season, so quite the accomplishment for Jones. Good player. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Not too often does a Canadian rookie get an extension after his first season, so quite the accomplishment for Jones. Good player. And awesome drafting by Walters. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBieber Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Not too often does a Canadian rookie get an extension after his first season, so quite the accomplishment for Jones. Good player. And awesome drafting by Walters. Yup. Great pick and value. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrg Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Not too often does a Canadian rookie get an extension after his first season, so quite the accomplishment for Jones. Good player. And awesome drafting by Walters. Yup. Great pick and value. It wasn't a well kept secret that the Bombers were high on Briggs and Jones leading up to the draft. Walters made the moves to get players he wanted rather than picking from what was available when our turn came around, and that's what I give the biggest thumbs up for from his first draft as GM. He worked to take control of his destiny. Time will tell if his pre-draft scouting of these players was correct. Good signing. If this is a guy we want to keep, make sure we keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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