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Elgersma signs!

One way or another - its good we signed Elgersma. We get to see him in camp - and evaluate. I'm glad they didn't sign him last year with the 'squid' of an O.C. we had (Hogan) - would have been disastrous.

Yawn.

It’s crazy, because if anything I think he’s underhyped at this point. We all really have no idea, he’s raw and will need coaching but the NFL liked his tools and I don’t see why we wouldn’t either. But because the majority of us are butthurt, we just expect him to suck. He might but he also might be our next QB1. We’re so far removed from what he’s been working on to have any idea if he’s good or not.

Who advised him to do this? They've been wrong the whole time and I'll bet they're wrong now!

Finally came to his senses. Excited to see how he does n TC.

Anyone ever heard of this Elgersma kid?

As much as it pains me to defend the Riders, they were the ones who brought the issue to the league so they did the right thing. They also confirmed that he won't be resigned when his suspension is up - if they were douchebags like Montreal or Toronto, they would gladly take him back.

Looking forward to the daily Elgersma TC report.

And promptly replace him with…Lauther

I hope they do... He'll look great in green!

The visa was never coming.

I don't think we will even get a decent idea of how good he is/can be this year. He's extremely toolsy but just as raw. I suspect he will be glued to qb4 or qb3 spot this year unless something crazy happens. Either moving him up, or failing one of those early practice red flag checks.

Hopefully everyone can handle the truth!

At 6'5" he might be a good idea for the short yardage QB.

Probably gonna need some seasoning before he is able to walk on water.

I once heard that Zach Collaros would never play for our team because his wife was a teacher out in Ontario.

I heard he was never going to sign here and was only willing to play closer to home...

@wbbfan , you're hired. I don't know about everybody else but I can offer remuneration of one coffee a day.

next the riders sign ward and hype him up into a medlock level kicker

glad he finally made it here, it’s good timing for us and for him. For us, it doesn’t fix our qb situation but it does deepen our talent pool and we need any help we can get at qb. That said, now that he’s signed if any one would give us a second or higher back for him in this draft class i’d take it in a heart beat. He does have a ton of talent, and I think he has a chance to be good. I could see mos falling in love with him. It would be hilarious if he was one of the first cuts though. Small chance it happens too, we have a quick process of elimination for qbs no matter the talent. if they don’t show the mental toughness and mental capabilities quickly they get shown the door. taylor didn’t see the field today, but he was giving this blank stare i don’t like, should cut him. Saw him throw a ball under arm to a coach on the side line and not to over blow it, he might be the goat

I mean we have to take it with a grain of salt like any quarterback that comes here after a college career, and some time in the NFL. There’s a lot to be excited about but there’s no guarantees. I hope he can come in with a good attitude and not let his cup of coffee in the NFL go to his head. He’ll have to continue to work hard and earn a spot. A lot of guys have come up here and underestimated the talent and thought they would instantly dominant and get a ticket back to the NFL but that’s very seldomly the case.

I think he becomes one of the most interesting training camp stories now. Let's see how fast he gets up to speed.

The success rate of my "seems like a dingus" detector remains perfect.

I’m like W5, why couldn’t he get a work visa? ICE saw his social media postings?

The lotto would solve some long term problems. Pick 1 you obviously grab McKenna but any of the top 3 4 hell honestly I think at 6 or 7 currently we also will get a legit stud but lotto win allows us to basically chose who. Any of the top 10 outside of McKenna could go 2.

Looks like a good year to be picking in the top 10. Lots of good options and no real consensus on rankings beyond McKenna at #1. All going to come down to the lottery and team need/philosophy.

Connor Scheifele Rosen?? Perfetti. ??? Vilardi Koepke ??, Yager Chibrikov Barron ??? Lowry Iafallo. - shutdown line not played like a typical 4th line 2 c is the biggest problem.

For all the hype Elgersma has received and people basically making him 3rd string already, I’m not sure he’s on the active roster. He might be 1 gamed for a bit. He’s not rourke and he hasn’t played a truly competitive game since school. There’s gonna be some rust I’d imagine and some learning curve. I hope the kid shows up and shows out but I think he’s being overhyped lol. Canadian trained QBs just don’t work out normally. Personally I like that thorn kid who called up Kent Austin to talk cfl then came up here and signed. I personally don’t care if a qb is Canadian or not, we already sell out every game, it’s not like he’s gonna draw in more people. All I know in the cfl the guys who come in with hype or former other league mvps, it doesn’t normally work out. It’s the unknown dude nobody talks about who you end up going hmm. Thorn sounds like that guy. I hope Elgersma does well tho and lights it up. Who knows maybe it’s Zach Elgersma Thorn. Who knows really. I don’t think terry is a lock at all and the UFL mvp has as much cfl experience as Elgersma and Thorn.

I actually think tall QB’s are a little over rated running the short yardage, sometimes it’s better to run under your Line, even if you’re tall you’re not going to bulldoze your way through a 315 pound lineman, best is to go low and keep your legs moving forward.

Bomber training camp opens in about a month. Won't be a long 5 months for me.

Watch him get cut in the first round of training camp cuts and then sign with the Riders and this board explodes :D

We've got our QB3 now... I can't imagine he'd stick around on the PR as a 4th, so they'll keep him as the 3 and let Wilson and UFL MVP Duke it out for QB2...

Not even Senator Tommy Tuberville could help Taylor Elgersma in Birmingham. He's now where he needs to be. Just as long as he's got that bullshit, "I wanna play in the NFL" finally out of his system. As Mick Jagger once sang, "You can't always get what you want". Now, we'll see if he's as good as the hype we've been hearing about for almost a year.

Did anybody doubt he would..........?

As for Ajou, suspension seems well deserved.

What will they have with their beef dip now??

Good on the Riders for taking this seriously.

Excellent news on the financials.

we must have quite he rainy day fund accumulated now....and imagine what it could be if not for the 2 covid yrs Proof positive that if you put in the leg work, and do things right a franchise can be profitable....Hopefully other squads take note and reach out to try and replicate...tho it's also not rocket science either....you just need the right people in charge and ability to listen to and get a sense of your fan base

They are using the Florida excuse...injuries

We’re losing this game so badly the nhl might bump us up to 6th in the draft.