Target Date for Free Agency Feb. 9th 12 noon ET - 11 am Winnipeg - 9 am Kelowna 

The Bombers will lead into the pre-draft weekend with a press conference tomorrow, February 5th, at 10:00am to discuss Free Agency as it pertains to the Blue Bombers.

Below is a list of the Bomber's free agents:

Capers, Selvish    OL    International    

Gibson, Thaddeus    DL    International    

Hajrullahu, Lirim    K    National    

Marshall, Cameron    RB    International    

Newman, Graig    DB     National  

Pontbriand, Michel-Pierre    FB     National    

Washington, Demond    DB    International

Moore, Nick    WR    International 

Shell, Lin-J    DB    International    

Walker, Chevon    RB    International    
 

Extended :

Daniels, Jace    OL     International    Extended (12/14/15)

Nichols, Matt    QB    International    Extended (01/05/16)

Richardson, Louie    DL    National    Extended (01/25/16)

 

We already know N. Moore won't be extended, and I've assumed Walker and Shell are gonzo, so that leaves 7 players, including 3 Non-imports. How many of these 7 guys will be announced as re-signed by Walters tomorrow?

Any guesses or half wishes, preferences?

Marshall? Hajrullahu? Pontbriand? Newman? What about Washington?

Edited February 9, 20169 yr by Mr Dee

1 hour ago, do or die said:

long as one does not have to pay both......

I agree, yet here's something I don't get - when Cauchy was here he played like hot garbage, and yet he goes to Edmonton and wins a Cup?  What???  

Bourke is Canadian. 

3 hours ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

no worries i set them straight on riderfans, they were calling you (us) delusional over there, and reputations must be upheld online!

Yeah, it was rather uncalled for, TBH. They've never gone after MBB before. Usually, they're talking about esksfans.

3 hours ago, holoman said:

They aren't wrong by saying Walters is fighting for his job.  He is on a short leash

As the reason for the signings ? Would be like saying Jones went on a buying binge to kiss up to fans because he's new.

Different reasons.  Walters fighting for his jobs vs Jones depleted his roster the moment he got there, it was kinda useless to prop it up with U.S. Rookies

the situation entering FA might have been different,  but Walter could have easily done the same thing Jones did after a 5-13 season but rather then blow up the roster immediately after november, chose to keep most of the roster intact, load up on FA then make necessary changes.

I dont think the need to revamp was much different.  If anything Id say with our current scouts track record, the need of the bombers to load up in FA was more dire then that of Jones/Murphy who both have a decent scouting track record

not seeing tweets yet but RB Anthony Allen to lions

 

http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/11/anthony-allen-joins-lions-rb-competition/

So on the potential need to free up money, assuming Shologan/Thomas handle one DT spot and Cummings the other, Zach Anderson and Bryant Turner have to be gonzo, right?

1 hour ago, Taynted_Fayth said:

not seeing tweets yet but RB Anthony Allen to lions

 

http://www.cfl.ca/2016/02/11/anthony-allen-joins-lions-rb-competition/

So can we finally stop with the Wally Buono is a genius and can do no wrong?

He's made mediocre moves for the last handful of years.

Kirk Penton @PentonKirk

Former #Bombers RB Cameron Marshall has signed with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. #CFLFA

8:18 PM - 11 Feb 2016

 

Wow! Best of luck to him!

Edited February 12, 20169 yr by MOBomberFan
I can't work twitter like an adult

From Marshawn to Marshall. Not bad. Way to go Cameron, way to go..

4 hours ago, J5V said:

Bourke is Canadian. 

Does that make him perform better? 

Marshall should do alright...you know...since now he has 4 downs to make a first down. Ooooooh, shots fired!!

Marshall is camp fodder for Seattle Thomas Rawls is the running back to take over from beast mode.

Bourke at RT would have been great... would take that over Medlock and Cummings.

11 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Bourke at RT would have been great... would take that over Medlock and Cummings.

Bourke plays left tackle.

1 hour ago, Jacquie said:

Bourke plays left tackle.

Yes he does!!  And if we signed him, I'd move him to RT because Bryant is better...  see previous post...

On 11/02/2016 at 4:33 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

I agree, yet here's something I don't get - when Cauchy was here he played like hot garbage, and yet he goes to Edmonton and wins a Cup?  What???  

System?  Coaches?  Players around him?  

Many players look bad on bad teams and good on good teams.  Many players look good on bad teams and bad on good teams. Takes an entire team to win the grey cup.

 

As for Henoc Muamba.. he is a really good, ratio breaking player.  But he has an expensive ONE year contract and is young enough to have a conceivable chance at trying the NFL again after this season (whether it is likely at this point or not).  It would be stupid for a team to leverage a potential future player (draft pick) for a large chunk of salary and a temporary player unless they truly felt that he was the piece that would take them over the top THIS YEAR. 

 

58 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Yes he does!!  And if we signed him, I'd move him to RT because Bryant is better...  see previous post...

So you would sign a guy for really big bucks and then tell him he will have to play out of position. IIRC Bourke has never played RT and switching to the other side of the o-line would be quite an adjustment. He'd have to change his footwork, re-learn his angles, etc. No guarantees that he would be as good at RT as he is at LT.

3 hours ago, Floyd said:

Bourke at RT would have been great... would take that over Medlock and Cummings.

A lifetime 87% kicker will win us a lot more games than either (a) a top Canadian LT out of position in place of a decent Import RT; or (b) a top Canadian LT in place of a top Import LT.

The fact that we have much stronger potential Canadian starters this season, means that there's no need to put Bourke in place of Bryant, even if their skillset is a wash. Plus, their salaries sure as heck wouldn't be a wash!

3 hours ago, comedygeek said:

A lifetime 87% kicker will win us a lot more games than either (a) a top Canadian LT out of position in place of a decent Import RT; or (b) a top Canadian LT in place of a top Import LT.

The fact that we have much stronger potential Canadian starters this season, means that there's no need to put Bourke in place of Bryant, even if their skillset is a wash. Plus, their salaries sure as heck wouldn't be a wash!

Ain't that the truth. Herb Zurkowsky is saying Bourke will get between $230,000 and $240,000 from the Argos. We got Bryant for around $160,000 last season.

38 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

Ain't that the truth. Herb Zurkowsky is saying Bourke will get between $230,000 and $240,000 from the Argos. We got Bryant for around $160,000 last season.

We should have used a coupon and got 10% off that! What were we thinking?

7 hours ago, Jacquie said:

So you would sign a guy for really big bucks and then tell him he will have to play out of position. IIRC Bourke has never played RT and switching to the other side of the o-line would be quite an adjustment. He'd have to change his footwork, re-learn his angles, etc. No guarantees that he would be as good at RT as he is at LT.

exactly.  there is no promise that he can play the position as effectively as LT. some tackles can and have done so in the past but its more an added bonus then an expectation..

Funny...given his track record I'm not sure Marcel should be making comments like this...

 

CFL News ‏@CFL_News  4m4 minutes ago

.@REDBLACKSGM - “I would say a number of teams R overspending right now & will figure it out later.” #CFL #CFLFA #RedBlacks via @TimCBaines

I've heard criticism about the amount of players that the Bombers have signed but no one saying that we've been overspending on those targets. I think we got some good deals in there.

And frankly, I don't care if we are at the cap. It's where we should be.