-
Posts
23,640 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
61
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Articles
Everything posted by wbbfan
-
Sergio is the only vet kicker around I’d want right now. Assuming we bring him back, I’d rather let him punt unless we can find an ni or maybe a global who has a bede Esq kick off leg as well. Sergio is a good punter, his kick offs suck but who knows how the kick off will even work this year. Not worth sacrificing all those net punt yards and having consistent punts from our end that put the other team in field goal position to start. Yeah and he started out better than he ended up but damn it can’t just be the coaches call when he was soo horrid at punting from deep in our end.
-
Poopkup can qb keep though. Which for some reason is treated like it’s suddenly super hard? I’m betting walker was getting north of 100k from cal. Not far north but a bit. I don’t think even with proximity to home and possible tax savings / conversion that he’d make that down south. It’s also a fledgling league that already has more players than spots.
-
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Too damn many threads on the same stuff rn -
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Way too much for a guard. Even a great guard. Repeat for infinite salary for him lol. -
I could see us going after a couple rando low level free agents. Robert priester, rice, or even James tuck. Or a slightly above that tier guys like Christmas, jagared Davis, kongbo could be another teams former project imp db, or ol. Could bring back lofton by boy I hope not. I could see oakman going to xfl 6.0 too though I’d love him he’d
-
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Hunter signs an extension in Toronto for 275k and 285k for 25/26. Was under for 209k this year. Wwwtttffffff I thought desjarlais deal was high how do you pay a guard that much money? That’s insane. -
Yeah pretty meh imo. I expect most of the Ts we had in camp the last year ish to be back for this tc though. You’re right. Hansen I think the only limiting factor will be health. That guy loves football. If he can get and stay healthy he will be back. I think Clement’s will be back, though I also think getting an imp lber the same quality is some thing our scouting team should be able to do. Kramdi ideally is a back up db to ford. Or in general. If he takes a step forward that could change but he has to make that improvement first. the impact on ba is interesting to consider. We aren’t generally slow to get rid of over the hill or dbs who can’t recover from injuries. So maybe the two years out from surgery and JY running the D could be huge for BA. If he goes back to his prior level of play and impact that’s a game changer. If he can’t, then we need to move on and I don’t think they’ll hesitate to do so in camp if that’s the case. We definitely need to add dl depth especially ni dl quality. Draft, kongbo, trade even drafting a global would be great. He’s older, but jagared Davis would be a good low risk high reward guy to bring into camp. He’s not a guy you can pencil in as a starter, but a great lemon Esq upside guy who can push rookies and would be cheap. I’m sure Hamilton would be looking to move on from his deal. He’s really close with wj too. It’s ideal to bring in some low cost league vets to push rookies for camp. To be fair, very few teams go ni at Sam. He’s a better Sam than the hallets are safety’s. Usually that’s where the passport is hidden and it becomes a make the td saving tackle spot instead of a real coverage aid or play maker.
-
As jbr said cover 0 we played in the 4th, that cost us more than bend but don’t break. Really every one plays that style now. Though not all as soft as we have. If we showed cover 0 and dropped all but 3/4/5 as equally as we ran 0 in the 4th we win the game. Master of none commander of a roster spot. I don’t even count him as a dl. Bailey would be more effective at de.
-
It’s front 6, but we have kyrie biggie with cole as a back up and Clement’s behind that. Some good teams rotational Canadians. Need a couple more rookie imps for camp but lber is in fine shape. At de we have wj and Habba as starters with Hansen backing up. Hoping for kongbo and again rookies. At DT we have fox and Lawson which I’d be fine with as our starters. We have some camp prospects already, plus korny back. More rookie bodies another Canadian from the draft would be nice. Personally I’d love to grab a guy like oakman as well, he’s still a fa with a dropping price I’m sure. the front is pretty much where you’d think it would be. Jj retiring was a surprise but thought he’d walk in fa any way.
-
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
We said the same thing about desjarlais sitting around hoping for an nfl deal for a year with out getting one. And he, was certainly good enough. It’s not clowning, it’s just reality. It’s not enough, to have the talent. It’s not enough to have the talent and athleticism and the size. The nfl pr and tc is bigger than ever but the active roster is the same. Our rosters are small enough you shouldn’t see tcf here any more. But it’s very real in the nfl. No cfl guy making ar money should take an un paid no bonus nfl tc invite. It’s a huge risk with only a chance at comparable money. they should only go for a signing bonus and contract where they will get a buy out the deal if an injury happens. -
Yeah I doubt he’d be interested. Before guys leave they have exit interviews with mos and front office. Contract offer comes in or doesn’t. Front offices aren’t filed with free time. Is it nice for them to say hey we are moving on sure. Is it realistic? No. Some times plans change and you need guys back you didn’t plan on. If you are getting close to fa even half way and haven’t had an offer you should be preparing to move on. That’s also the job of the agent. Follow up, schedule calls etc. if the agent didn’t do that they failed if you represent your self you have a fool for a client. I don’t know that I buy jj didn’t have any offer, I suspect just like Harris he didn’t like the offer and or strings attached. Jj have an agent? I dont buy that they have dpr calling guys to talk contracts or let them know we aren’t bringing them back. There’s no hand holding at this level. Does any one think Houston, or hardrick called the bombers before taking a higher contract with another team? Or had their agent do it?I sure don’t.
-
I think he viewed him self as Willy’s equal. But Willy plays a hell of a lot more football every year, and his pass knock downs impact offenses on a whole other level. Reality is a harsh thing. No bad blood for me, I’ve loved his play and defended him his whole career. Fact is, he under achieved his potential despite being a beast. Jj should be a hofer. He’s that damn good. Instead Jake Thomas might pass him in career sacks. JJ should stay calm and in shape. Might be a call from some one like lemon mid season. That’s the real disrespect. Friesen uses JJ as a soap box to write yet another crappy negative article.
-
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I can not imagine a world where cfl players want to get cut late and be surprise free agents and lose 50-60k. That’s a big chunk of their earnings. pass on woody baron imo. Same 3t type smallish dt we’ve let walk this and last off season. Sayles is hands down better than him. Save the money and bring in import nose tackles. -
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
I wonder if players ever stop accepting off season roster bonuses. Soo many guys lose that money. Not surprised awe he’s dirty is back, but I always hope teams will move on from clowns like this. -
Yeah, that’s a great description. It’s hard to tell how big he is currently. 260,267 bigger even. If he is close to or 270 he might even be the dt spot for us. Seems like one of those hard to quantify athletes. Iowa is a good place to be recruiting dl too I bet atleast 1 guy renegs on his agreement.
-
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
wbbfan replied to Noeller's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
If it’s an incentive based deal with a lower base I’d be good with it. Love what he brings when he’s actually on the field. -
With how they benched rose for the gc, and the changes we’ve seen already I don’t think ba will be old boys clubbed into a starting position. Great guy to have in camp, low risk high reward. Perfect scenario is he trains up other young dbs to becoming the next him. 5% for 5 yards of depth or more? I would, as long as it’s not at the cost of hang time. Those bede kick offs make it real hard on the return team. Another guy like that isn’t in the league tho imo I think that’s going to be the plan A. Hard to pay grant big money with the unknown state of the ko return game. He played it for money last fa and didn’t get it. He was awesome last year, when healthy. But not healthy nearly enough.
-
Stove made others better where as sayles became better as an individual player. Stove was more than the sum of his individual play imo. He also didn’t come close to maxing out his potential. Damn shame. Sayles though stays healthy and gets better constantly. We still haven’t seen his best yet either.
-
Completely different players though. And Sayles was excellent. Normally we would run a nose, and a guy who would play some 3t as well as some 2, and end and really line up a diverse numbers of ways. Those guys were the smaller athletic guys who were basically interior pass rushers. Sayles and walker are both guys like that. Thomas has played that spot too when we had nose tackles. 3T is a very under rated pass rusher in modern football. They often get initial pressure, and either feast off a nose tackle or create space for an end. When you see 30 front defences get a bunch of pressure, it’s generally with the des starting in the B gap in this type of alignment or working into it with their rush move. They can be harder to grade in 40 fronts when you just have one and they dont take the 3t spot every snap they play. But their primary role is to get in the back field and break up plays. They start the pressure ball rolling. Walker took a good step forward last year after the first few weeks. But honestly I’ll be happy to have new blood at dt. Having a 3t is significantly diminished when you just run 1 and don’t have a nose tackle.