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Right? Honestly this is gross for both of them.

Its all kind of blurred lines now. If you got a guy like cole who can play some sam and S and is really good on teams while also being able to play wil it's easy to see him as a 4th imp lber. Even Ayers, Could be groomed to do some of that and brings a ton of value on teams.

That’s a tough one. Not counting dbs taking half the snaps at wil last year and sams prior to Kramdi, we’ve frequently had 3 with a di lber playing teams. I believe we have a few times had 4 imp lbers just between wil and Mac. In 18 I believe we had all of biggie, wild, jsk and kyrie on the ar once or twice.

Dare to dream but with the bodies we have already idk. Imagine if Walter’s whole thing about over spending cus we host the gc this year was for deception lol. Fa starts and we go full bc scooping guys. Man that’s be soo sweet. ol and dl are what I’d really like to see us spend on. And spend well.

My concern is that by over pricing the secondary and Canadians, that we will lose many of Dobson, lawler, schoen, ford etc and have to replace them all with cheaper league vets who are slightly better than replacement level but much more expensive than replacement level players. If biggie is the only hard guy to let go of (and he’s the easiest by far imo) it’s not going to be a great off season. At that rate we will likely need one or more roty type first year guys.

Yep. Ford is high on the list of guys in the secondary I want to retain. But we are in a damn tight spot with soo many expensive dbs already. When I roughly broke down the league avg salary for the top 10 at each position group, it was clear we had a ton of guys over that amount and were over the average by a lot at some spots. Db and dl is where we’ve been saving money. It won’t likely be the case this year. Gotta cut from some where.

Could do a full roster of his man crushes. Heavy balls, sticky stala, every rider player ever etc

Thats it back to saskatchewan

Parker is a Sam, and bonds is the other corner. We will likely be flipping a guy who’s used to playing inside, out. I don’t think we will need to start a rookie I think we will have plenty of vets with in to promote At very best. Also the D changed substantially.

But not a grey cup ring wearing place. This is a very interesting point. I think you’re right. Lab coats n tranqs

Same healthy Matt Nichols who got booed off the field twice at home in 19? He always played his best in the play offs, but nah captain check down on 2nd down wouldn’t have got past the riders. If he was healthy, and buck was the oc, we’d have a chance of getting to the cup.

Ba opened the door. But Strev wasn’t leading us to winning regular season games. How do you think he’d a won that close west final and win the gc? We could’ve done it with out ba at S. Our dl was tearing teams up. Same one as usual 😝 I never expect good from our schedule makers league wide. I feel like they piped us, and did overall similar to last year for us and league wide. Snafu

How so? That’s the starter quality top half of the Canadians on our AR. It’s the next group of 10-12 guys that needs to improve. Our ni depth is solid upper middle tier in the cfl. Every single teams needs to improve it every single year. As much as any thing, our gc wins were based on incredible ni talent and depth. That’s extremely rare to have at such a level. We need another ni db who can cover. We need another ni de, ni wr, ni rb, and one or two Ni ol development guys. On top of that every year you need to bring in 1-2 ni teams guys to push and be the next man up as needed. Highest needs are ol, db, rb, and de imo. Yep. Imo he’s already good enough to be the average cfl ni S. A basic role player, but he’s flashed the ability to make really smart plays and the athleticism to fill bigger gaps. I really like the kid, he’s a a rich man’s hallett who is also healthy. If he can take a step forward in progress he gives us a great chance to move on from BA as a starter. (Ba would be tremendous as the dime sub db/NA)

With out ford we will have the most expensive secondary in the league.

He’s not just a member of the old boys club. He’s the president too.

Waddle back Boy if we soft foot the starters through camp that first 1/3rd is gonna be worse than last year.

He just won the starting job.

Not even just the production either. That darvin adams play in his regular season game completely changed expectations and attitude. We went from a great team with qb health issues to team that believed they could win any kind of game, and really did. That is one of the most pivotal plays in team history. We went from a semi final team to a back to back winner on that play. they aren’t getting 3s any more. They aren’t getting 275 any more either. They will be a bit a head of dl, but not much.

Don’t think you can make a bad choice tbh. We’ve seen how lawler deals with all kinds of adversity though. We’ve also seen angry lawler going hulk mode on teams. Daltons age might win it for me. Plus the fact we have possession guys, but we struggled greatly with out the scramble guy in schoen. I think his fit is harder to replace. TLDR, get both lol. A little bit high, but not bad at all. I think we pay a bit more for his prime age.

First few Games he did. But was excellent especially down the stretch. Room to improve, he wasn’t dominant like he could be. I love his upside and athleticism. But I like Wallace better. Unless Dobson takes a big step this year I don’t think he will even hit his potential ceiling. I wouldn’t want to pay a young ni ol top dollar on potential. I’m not sure how I feel about not our MM. he’s shown to be a very high level positional coach. He’s under achieved on bad teams as an OC. He’s certainly fresh blood, and as had been said the Argos have trounced us in coaching the last few years. Jackson im a big fan off. I think with our weapons and no toxic jones to over come he’d really excel here. Honestly having MM as the worst case is pretty awesome. If it’s either of them lll be pretty happy. I don’t think strev is a must sign. But I think he is a lock to be back. With a new oc I’d be very interested to see how he does. I really want to see that. But for short yardage we got guys and for vet back ups I like the options in free agency. ford isn’t one as I think it’s a better chance some one else over pays him or he’s gone to the nfl. Big time want back but my expectations are low. with schoen out to start the year Lawler is the next closest. We could get another guy that level in free agency but not nearly as good a fit with zach. Dalton I think no one is gonna give a pay day to see how he is 6 games into the season.

Yeah, no interest for me in stevens. If we were gonna drop dole a few other league vet qbs are pending free agents and would be much better. That said, I think we see the same QB room we entered the year with. Maybe we add 1 rookie, thats it imo. Unless some thing crazy happens. Imo the window to lock up QBs is between the GC and Free agency. Doesn't seem like many extensions get done out side of that window. At that point, it will almost certainly be in Browns best interest to hit FA. And this why we see soo much turn over in qbs now. Either guys get over paid early, and if they don't live up get booted out. Or they go to market, or the are a success. But most aren't successful qbs on winning teams. If I was brown, and they didnt give him a good extension before this season starts, Its FA or bust. Short of rourke money.

Yeah seems like. I do think it’s a good chance for us to take. Low risk high reward. We have had success with aged reclamation projects on the ol.

I can’t even keep track lol. appreciate the break down. Guess we will wait for the 2025 article and hope for the best. Honestly that’s better transparency that we used to get from the league so I’ll take it. lol no kidding yikes Plan b, maybe even A should be bring back Dru brown next off season.

Did he get a raise this off season though? Pretty sure hes the 3rd highest with rourke now. The modern argos team has always been shrewd. They haven't chased guys who want top dollar. But this seems different. They're moving young guys who aren't crazy expensive. I think boochs' notion that they are reving up to hit one or a couple specific FAs hard is possible. Maybe the new owners have sent down a mandate to be as cheap as possible as well. Or maybe they have some other FA of their own they they plan to give kramdi esq money to. Idr ever seeing a team this active in trades in the whole of an off season. This is still weeks before free agency.

I think the potential article on the official site has his name on it too. Though that was entirely speculation as well. https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/12/05/buck-to-b-c-goveia-to-hamilton-whats-next-for-the-blue-bombers/ Was he ever a serious contender for the spot? We will never know, but I kind doubt it. If they wanted him, he'd be here, not a guy who loses opportunities on interviews either.