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agree. I like the talent but they paid him like he was already who they hope he will become.

Dl are one of the highest paid positions in the league, and he’s alone a top the like of best ni des. But the market is down on dl and D over all. Maybe every position save ol. I get why they paid him that and I’m not surprised he got it. I think we’ve had worse contracts for sure. All that said, I wouldn’t want to be into him for 260/270k. Hes too much of a Joe Fleming type. Dominates in spurts when he gets a great match up. Invisible otherwise. IMO he’s a fair value at 200-230k over a full season.

That will come down to how the cfl comes down on the lions for their 2024 offences against the cap. If it’s a light slap on the wrist again, I expect more of the same. On that note, I wonder how that will work since ambroise is now gone and the league is going to be looking for a replacement.

Yeah pretty much. If Strev comes back, which is a very strong possibility, we are out of the running. I don’t think we will even see a rookie qb in camp at this rate. The only chance is if they leave strevy un signed till he’s healthy and bring in a guy. Maybe some one the new oc likes. But that’s not a great chance of happening. I do like this move as well. Guy has extraordinary upside and raw talent. If he’s coach able at all he’s worth having on the pr.

Wish nik well in his new endeavour. Was a ton of fun to watch play.

I imagine the blue chip guys and QBs get a full salary most of the time yeah. I knew some guys back in the afl who ate at soup kitchens every day and had pb sandwiches for dinner every night. Guys supporting a family back home may well have their family relying on food banks. With the cost of housing and food idk how people do it these days. When I was young and struggled hard 20 bucks went a long way.

Good question, I presume every one was offered the chance since the turn out was soo high. Great insight here. How does it work for us guys, do they pay both sets of taxes or do they get part of the Canadian taxes back? some what true. Thing is, in modern sports you don’t have an off season any more. You can’t just be off fishing and drinking. Maintaining a high level football level of athleticism, and sharp skills is a full time job. Unless you’re Jake Thomas. Canadian linemen get to fish and drink all off season. does the excess count against the cap? I’d be interested to see how often this happens.

A lot of other factors though. Is 70k a livable wage in Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal? How much does an American player take home in usd when earning 70 cad? How many players are supporting their family back home and them self here, is 70k a living wage for two full sets of bills? I hate the actual take home of the average player who starts half the season or less? I don’t have a lot of those answers, but I strongly suspect that the guys making less than 100k aren’t living an easy life. So having quality transpo and free grub is probably very important.

Surest bet of the off season imo who might be in the market? Bc, ssk, then maybe us, Hamilton or Ottawa depending on what other pending back up QBs and these teams do. You’ve got Evan’s, crum, Masoli, strevy, and shiltz. For qb2 roles with, bc, ssk, us, ham and ott. Maybe Calgary jumps up too. Unelss Masoli retires, one of those guys or maier will have to be a qb3 or less. this is also all assuming Toronto keeps arbuckle as qb2. but it looks like for the first time in a long time we are going to see league wide parity with respect to qb depth. I’d put my money with yours.

$&@% you need to do a free agency one now with us getting a bunch of impact guys! Mac cheese I could even see retiring.

It’s really damn sad that’s for sure.

Yep. Some times rookies just need to get acclimatized to 18 game seasons. It’s a real adjustment. Interesting trade. I like it for Montreal. It does consolidate styles styles really well for both. Makes sense to have Fajardo who can atleast run with ford. Bet faj takes over before ldc.

That’s a great point on timing. The fact we lost Ted and haven’t replaced him, and don’t have a top level guy lined up to replace him. ssks bounce back certainly helps. And I think just the general hype machine that is national media.

Honestly our deficiencies are as well. We aren’t doman wealthy but we should be flying in a plane that’s falling apart, struggling with food either. Tc being bad is not surprising but interesting. I wonder if that boils down to teams just handing out bad deals vs being frugal.

He hit the wall seemingly with cardio. Was damn good before that. Really like that get for the Argos.

I do agree. Ayers might benefit from a bit more muscle and some nfl coaching at the same time. A camp down south would be good for him, but hard to imagine that would be better for us than a sophomore camp. I’d really hate to see him jsk, find his stride and bail. they’ve really been trending smaller and smaller for wil/sam and de. As much as they look at measurables, the ability to dominate plays ish huge. Right though? Ajou isn’t 10% as good as big kev at any role. And Kevens excels blocking and is good on teams as well.

Boy they really worked every one eh? Ayers is a bit of a surprise, but his ability to make major impact plays on teams solo is huge. If he can bring that to D he’s gonna be special.

That’s a great point. Maas in Montreal has been a completely different animal vs how he was previously. Idr the last famous Maas meltdown. Always a keen football mind and talented coach. Hes certainly turned a corner in Montreal. yeah ssk had decent possession WRs. Mtl has guys who are extremely dangerous with the ball in their hand. But the ol is the big difference. Literally from worst ol to best ol in the league.

he deserves the look. That said he’s gonna be 27 before camp next year and has 1 year starting as a pro, while his college time was at a low level. Hes gotta make a really calculated decision on his football career this off season. Dee Alford had a lower level college career,(still higher than ford) and is 27. But he’s played 44 nfl games over 3 years. Ford should be very particular with nfl interest. Guys like stiggers and Alford got good chances. Ford shouldn’t consider any thing that doesn’t come with guaranteed money up front. Some one will likely give him a fat 3 year deal this off season if he wants it. Probably in the 180-200k range a year. And with his passport he can easily get a contract after he turns 30. In order for him to make 700k+ in the nfl some ones gonna have to give him a real shot. No doubt lots of teams will give camp invites. But taking a no cash camp invite, getting cut or even worse getting hurt then trying to come back mid season with out camp etc will leave him in a bad spot. Kongbo signed a couple good deals but only managed to cash like 300k plus pr money. The broncos coaching staff loved him too. He was lucky that he played a premium position and B.C. was handing out money like drunken sailors. Db isn’t paid like de/dl. If this off season goes poorly for him he stands to lose a life changing amount of money.

I think a lot of that comes down to Maas doing a great job of off setting fajardos weaknesses. Plus having stellar talent at ol and wr. But he has certainly matured and doesn’t just need to rely on spin move left to right! lol Qft

Yeah I’d agree with that. He’s like the cfls Johnny manziel.

Broken plays, and extremely fast timing plays. Hes really effective at one step drop timing routes. I don’t think his issue is actually football iq, It comes of to me more as being mentally soft. He doesn’t have that mental toughness that Dru brown or zach does. If he went through what either did he’d break 10 times over. If you tell him he can’t make a throw enough times, he won’t be able to. Public opinion has a huge sway on his confidence as a player as well. Which isn’t good.

Good point. Though as I recall neither was really filling a vacancy. January I think is the best bet though at this point. Yeah is really hard to say. I can’t imagine they would’ve requested to interview him if buck left to delay it a month plus. I could see wishing he a double edged sword. Oh one hand a bunch of top guys will be gone. On the other hand, a bunch of guys who wanted a chance to move up didn’t get it and we will be their last shot. That could be the case for some one like beau Baldwin, Howell, or even jackson.

Pro football players, especially QBs are weird people. What a guy goes through especially playing ball in the us growing up warps their perception of reality. And of them self. Mbt as a player is an oddity as well. He’s a guy who can put up numbers and not propel you to wins. But he’s also a guy you can win with. Hes the strongest testament to football being a team game and wins not being a qb stat that exists. I group him with Trevor Harris in terms of quality. I actually agree a lot with his criticisms of the league last year. He is a nut though even by nutty qb standards. Imo Damon Allen was a smoke and mirrors guy till his renaissance. Some times QBs need that. Like ac did.

I believe it was rumoured that they had started, but you’re right it is possible. They might be trying to fill Ted’s spot first. I hope they are working on both at the same time but any thing is possible.