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There’s also the reality that I see a lot of people on social media (not here) missing, which is that a lot of our veterans aren’t getting raises. I guarantee you Willie, Kyrie, Bryant, Neufeld, Eli, Castillo as a whole make less than they did last year. We also let go of some big ticket low impact players … Ceresna over Vaughters was less than $100k increase. Tim White over Dillon Mitchell was maybe a $50k cap increase. Jonathan Jones and Peyton Logan are gone and their cap hits were decent. Even Jake Thomas had a decent cap hit that is now off the books. We paid big money to Pokey, Holm, Lawson, Kramdi, Brady and some others but a lot of that went on the 2025 cap and a lot of it came from offsets elsewhere and that’s probably exactly why we were able to come out swinging on a guy like Broxton. It may not result in a return to the glory days (also, it may) but I can’t help but be impressed with what Walters has done with the cap so far.

Really going to miss Schoen on the Bombers, it was a treat getting to watch him play when he was fully healthy. Always going to be a big what if. If he could have stayed healthy I think he could have turned into one of the greats. Dumb decisions to play him injured, and man the guy took a pounding after the catch on some less than stellar passes.

It was a very good day. Happily surprised that Ceresna signed here.

I think you can pretty much count on the Bombers starting 3 American OL with Elsbury being a strong contender to win the centre job too....possibly 4. They have 13 American OL signed for 2026.

I would imagine Shay and Smith will get reps otherwise I’d be starting to ask why we drafted them. But hey, I’m not the coach.

What kills me is... wtf was thislats year. You know. Something. Something. Grey. Cup. Hosting. Something.

Maybe we didn't go after a backup because we are fairly confident in getting Taylor Elgersma here? 🤞

Riders taking a nice eviceration ...

BUMMER....go get Gittens

I’m curious to see if we actually use the roster exemption spots this year, since we never have. It’s been a bit murky so I may admittedly not completely understand it. Pretty sure we have to start 8 “Canadians” but one of them can be an American with enough service time. This is the one that baffles me, since we consistently deploy enough veterans. We could also use the designated Nationalized American and I’m wondering if that’s what they do with Ceresna. The Bombers have been adding a LOT of DT types to the negotiation list lately, which makes me wonder if they’re still going to try and find a big body there and utilize the inside-outside ability Ceresna has. Not being inside the mind of Walters or O’Shea, it’s impossible to say what they’re thinking but what I would personally do at this point with the way our roster is built … I’d declare 6 Canadians (Brady, Demski, Nield, Neufeld, whoever plays center and Stan) on offense and 2 Canadians (Lawson and Kramdi) on defense to get to 8 and then I’d start a rookie DT next to Lawson and make Ceresna the designated Nationalized American on defense … rotate him in for Lawson up to 25 snaps, rotate him for Willie or the other American DT the rest of the time. We also could use a designated Nationalized American on offense in addition, but I’m not really quite sure how you’d work that since your 6th OL is probably Gabe Wallace which you’re happy with.

We already have most of these replacement pieces in house. Shay, Kelly, Smith, Bailey, Novak, Ball Griffin was resigned

I don’t necessarily think he’s done but I think the big impacts have been made. Still a couple interesting pieces I’d love to see us in the mix for. Charleston Rambo is one that I do really want to see … feels like a guy on the come up and he would jive well with what we already have here. Plus, you could theoretically give him the offensive DA spot to let him sub in for Nield/Clercius or hell even Brady 25 snaps a game. Blessman Ta’ala the global DT out of Ottawa would be another big piece. Wouldn’t imagine he’s going to return after they signed Baldonado and I know the two globals on the DL may redundant but I like him as a depth rotational piece for sure, even if you just use him instead of Kornelson. Wouldn’t mind Ciraco to compete, also wouldn’t hate to see us acquire Sean Thomas-Erlington … think Tommy Condell knows him quite well if I’m remembering right.

That Eberhardt deal is total, not annually.

Nothing in that organization breeds loyalty. Riders have taken a massive hit.

Micah Johnson, Carney, Baldonado from the dline, Reavis and Allen from the linebackers, Nield and Robustelli from the wr group and the back up QB, that's a lot of loss.

There must be discussions. The fact we didn’t pick up a vet indicates I think they’re confident Elgersma comes to Winnipeg barring a last minute NFL opportunity. I’m also curious to see how Bryce Perkins performs as well as I think he’s has a solid pedigree.

oof yeah that’s ugly. Idk that you can be a lot worse than what we did with strevy but yeah. Shiltz retired too. Masoli is probably just a formality. The rest is a coin toss of, experience but not success and neither experience or success but they’ve been around.

No it isnt. They haven't lost anyone of importance according to their "forum". Scouting will take care of everything. Hi GR55, the Bombers never stopped being the class of the league. They just decided to share the spotlight for a bit.

Reavis, Allen and Carny is a big set of hits to the Riders D.

My guess is some Sasky players were uncomfortable with their fans ‘arrangements’ with other family members.

Reminder, these deals aren't official yet.

Osh ruined Schoen & probably cost him his career. Playing two games on a newly torn ACL?? Schoen tore it in July. Streveler tore his on October 25th against the Als & some posters here think he'd be ready for training camp in May?? Dream on. It ain't happening.

Wow...he made bank...good for him but not sure he a 300k guy

We got him!!! On Instagram, some random fans are saying Walters tampered with all these signings Guess that means we won. .

U can guarantee most if not all those big deals we did prior to Jan has money on the 2025 books We had and likely still have $ to spend..and wouldn't shock me if we grab another nice piece I wouldn't be shocked if its another one of the best available canadian recievers

Holm..Nichols...technically Griffin too as he in yr 3

Stan, Willie, Kyrie or Ceresna could be for us. It’s 3 with one team or 5 with any team.

I wouldn’t be opposed to 4 American OL. They just couldn’t really go with 8 Canadians again then right? Starting 7 would be 1 OL, Olivera, 3 WR, Lawson, Kramdi, unless I’m forgetting someone.

in that case it would be tremendous value for ott. he hasn’t, but he should be in the 200k range in this market. 150k a year for 2 years is peanuts for that guy.

nah he’s locked up sadly nil money is no joke. Very very few will retire on that money, but it certainly slows down the flow of guys here. And leaves them far more comfortable sitting and waiting for chances at a pr spot. Cfl qb money for the young guys has to go up. It also hurts that a guy like rourke put up a huge season and barely got a sniff. It’s been a long time since the days of the cfl prouducing qbs like garcia flutie etc for the nfl. Or the nfl taking long looks at guys like dickie and burris.

Yeeeeeppp

NIL definitely isn't helping things here. The baseline for a power 4 QB has to be around 500K/yr for NIL at this point? Tough sell getting those guys to come up here for 2 years making peanuts just for a chance to be able to make almost as much as they made in college.

I think no QB signing because that kid they drafted is coming here. Time will tell. Walters had attitude in the pressor and had intent for change. I'm not surprised. I am happy we managed to land clear targets for us What a great start to feb

Just curious, but Mace has only been a HC for 2 seasons. When did he throw players under the bus or develop a reputation for doing that? I don't recall any examples of players sbeing called out. I'm no Rider or Corey Mace fan but I can say that he developed the Riders into what the Bombers were 2019-22 with FIFO. Players love playing for him. The problem with being GC Champions is everybody wants to get paid. NOW. And they can't pay everyone. Plus for most players, money is the only true loyalty they'll ever understand. hence the endless one year contracts. They want to get paid. It has very little to do with loyalty.

Welcome back Kyle Walters. Finally addressing our trenches. A year too late but nothing can be done about that now.

Though it makes sense when O'Shea said you should wanna win the Grey Cup every year no matter if you're hosting or not, it sounded like a big excuse at the same time.

Ott grabbing Eberhardt sucks

Am I reading the news on Eberhardt wrong? I read 2 years, 300 k total or 150k per which is fine.

and ford gone to hamilton

pretty much. Some good guys are gonna get cut. If woodbey, or allen take the sophomore step forward, they will push some one out. Same if Bonds bounces back. Vaval kind of blocks the back up spot, be great if he could take a step forward in coverage and be a super useful di. When ever a kr is also a db, and not great in cover i wish they’d get some practice reps at wr. If you can catch a punt reliably (ish) you can catch enough to run sweeps and screens. much easier to make use of kr dis on offence isn’t that basically done and just waiting to be made official?

Give him a role like Brandon Alexander within the organization. He doesnt take up a roster spot and is still able to be around the fans.

And the Bombers have all their draft picks and will be picking 4th in each round. Plus they will be getting the bonus 19th or 20th pick.

Waaaay better.

You know what? Let the tackles shake out whatever way works best..better to have too much talent than not enough..remember what happened when Hardrick left 2 years ago?

And 2 moves to the d line. Thomas out and Ceresna in. Both lines will be vastly improved. If you subscribe to the notion that teams are only as good as their lines, you're loving this. Receivers vastly improved with Tim White and Tommy Nield Running back status quo (great) QB. Zach is Zach. He will likely thrive with the overall talent built around him. But it might be nice to get a good backup. Linebackers status quo (should be fine but obviously would be nice to be better) DBs should be just as good if not better with Moxey Special teams we are status quo (good) It should be a great year.

Walters going bananas. Love it. What a reload of talent. Just an f’ing shame he didn’t do this last offseason.

Always 2 there are, a master and and apprentice