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It is known though. I mean we’ve seen half a dozen articles on the silent stoic type that is Bryant since 19. Have you seen him publicly even at the fan day stuff? https://3downnation.com/2024/12/09/bell-media-denies-report-about-tsn-being-for-sale/ boy I wonder what a tsn sale could mean for the cfl? Would we see a long over due change in production/direction? Would they slash the budget? I feel like the cfl has to be really good margin wise for tsn. The draw is pretty strong, think average viewership was like 500k a game last year. Considering they don’t have much else that time of year that’s real good. I might not mind if they cut the pregame show and panel. Just had the sideline and color/pbp do a mini panel and mini post/pre game.

That type of role isn’t chosen though. That’s exactly how it doesn’t work.

Because he doesn’t say things often. And you need guys who keep the tone set daily. football is a grind not a once n a while thing. Have you seen sheed talk to a room? He isn’t wanting to be any one. He and yoshi were the two biggest vocal leaders and tone setters. Sheed talked to the whole room all the time. Yoshi talked to every player before every game. You gotta have leaders like Bryant. And you also need the vocal guys. Yeah that’s been the word out of bomber camp for a long time.

Bryant isn’t that guy. That was sheed and hardrick. Haven’t seen or heard of any one filling those spots.

Not all vets are leaders or culture setters. We’ve lost a ton of the biggest culture setters in the locker room. you don’t just remove the top of the list on your teams leadership and retain the same locker room culture. When’s the last time a guy was interviewed post win and said some thing to the extent of, “we aim to go 1-0 each week, we will enjoy it tonight and get back to work tomorrow?” The 1-0 mantra is gone. The concept of the D having to win the games is gone, so is the we don’t give up majors in the 4th, and a bunch of other culture trends. Locker room is very different, the experience and culture from the 21 and prior squads is barely hanging on roster wise. Haven’t seen any young guys step into those roles save maybe Brady who has been around a while. I get that, I think it’s more about how he fits with the locker room. I don’t think he does, even if the 21 and prior fifo culture is gone and replaced with what ever else.

That is a really interesting concept. I wonder how much fifo is left in the locker room. Wj is the only major culture setter left on D. On O, idk with hardrick and sheed gone might be none of the old fifo left. It’s certainly come to that point in the front office and with coaching imo. How we react to the lose of Ted and buck, combined with cfl free agency will really tell us how it’s going to be this year.

I don’t think he’s particularly fragile. He played the whole back half of last year plus play offs. I’d say he’s in the same boat as any other seasoned vet qb including zach. I do agree, not a great likelihood that this happens.

That would be a great fit. And the mafia were hard after Masoli a couple times prior to zach.

Faj and mbt are in the same boat for me. Really talented guys who are ideal as the back up on a contender. Until you look at the mental side. Both are such negatives I don’t really want either.

If B.C. kept going at that clip he would’ve won it imo.

I don’t think it was as much questionable, though it was surprising. Injuries played a good role in it, but also giving other guys chances. We did the same. We had karamoko then Cole playing the wil/dime reps that griffin ended up excelling in. A few people here wanted one or both when we struggled early. COVID year eligibility. The u sports are generally much more willing to grant injury exceptions etc as well than the ncaa. Plus it just doesn’t make sense for us college teams to play most kids that old with the availability of young talent every year.

Thomas was really good as a depth piece for most of his career, and for a while very good as a starter who rotated. I don’t think any one denies this. The problem has been in the time since stove left we’ve gone from using him wisely to using him like he’s an elite American nose tackle in his prime. And he’s not any of those things. If you look at our dl play in the era from stove back to even poop and early jj/wj, we had tons of great play and guys who all rotated a lot. Since stove we rotate far more sparingly and the line has been a fraction of its former self. Rotation (lack there of) is a much bigger problem than Jake. We had soo many highly effective guys in the rotation era. Craig roh, Kongbo, hansen, Nevis, stove, Thomas, sayles, Bryant, okpalaugo, even guys like corney and walker had their uses. That’s not including the Jeff’s. That’s a ton of guys bringing strong value from 18-21. 22-24 we got wj, maybe one total season from Jeff coat, sayles for a year, and Lawson. Part of that is we went from air lifting in nose tackles and 3 techs all camp till we found gems (when we didn’t start with them) to settling for what we had. This last years camp was the first time we got back to that. Continuing, has to mean moving away from every down Jake. Or half downs Jake.

The ****? How do you give a guy who hasn’t been a proven starter and made your offence worse when he went in that kind of money? I don’t get it. I could see giving him a deal with incentives to go up to that if he hits like 4k+ passing, 1k rushing, 25-30 passing tds min etc. but his base should be 150-200 max. and front loading that deal in 24 but with it going against the 25 cap? I wonder if mbt/masoli/fajardo retires, goes to ufl or takes a back up jobs. Over all level of talent at starting qb in the league probably won’t go up this coming year, but it looks like the depth will spread around more evenly.

Ba is one to consider as well. He was solid in Pass cover this year. Awful with tackling, can’t be in a run fit or blitz any more. We really need to keep grooming the next guy. Which comes down to Cole and Kelly. I’d even be happy to use them in packages and together some. Ba would be an excellent guy to be a player coach as well if he’s interested.

Two of about a zillion reasons why the ncaa is a garbage organization.

Kyrie idk. I don’t like how slow he is to get back up to speed after he recovers from the constant injuries. But if he’s cheap and behind ayers etc I’m ok with it. Biggie and Thomas are the big ones for me. Thomas will certainly happen, and I just threw up in my mouth thinking about that. But I do believe a healthy Lawson takes more snaps than him at one dt spot. If jakes playing 15 snaps a game range, I won’t whinge… too loudly. I’d really love to see woods, Lawson, adams, and Garbutt/wj on the field together. With Garbutt in that group good luck running.

That’s true, unless your an old vet then you get till you can’t walk any more. Though I’ll say Jy n crew did a great job early in the season with the secondary. It took a few weeks for the guys to mesh (and getting karamoko out of heavy rotation) but they really found their groove in the system. Especially the ford kramdi side. The lbers got decent run too, but just because of injury. I expect Cole to take a big step next year, but I could see Ayers taking that step first too.

If I’m not wrong they let you play in the cis till about 29 I joke I joke.

Is mos junior still with them too? Junior mafia bisons would be pretty cool.

Priester is an interesting guy for sure. As I recall they were high on him and the Argos first grabbed him quick, but since then has been on and off rosters more than he’s played games. For some reason hasn’t really solidified a spot, but he has the make up to succeed. His experience and understanding should be real good by this point. Plus the Argos have been up there with us for ability to find and develop dbs. Going back even further than us. So says a lot that they like him soo much.

Some positions also really benefit from a 2nd go round and year. It’s more optimal to have guys on the pr, but with that limited it’s just good business to bring some guys back. You also some times just have more talent than you do spots. We could bring back a couple of the lbers cut in camp this tc. Thomas got picked up by the ALs, but petrishen and gemmel would be nice. Moses depends on health. Be hard to do better than last year at lber. Maybe Coleman too, iirc he was a legit T who kinda suffered for reps. Grainger I think will Be back and I like that too. We often seem to recycle camp dbs into the next year, idk if that’s ever worked out for us. Db is especially in our system is kind of a quick make it or miss position. But it’s also hard like you said to get 20-30 db bodies in camp. If a guy brings some thing you like and has the upside makes some sense to fill out with them.

Adds a few names to the 3dn article list, drew tate(pass), Jason hogan(not even our best internal option pass) and beau Baldwin (would love it, needs a vet to work with though)

Yep. And oc, next to hc, has it harder than any other coach. need to have a short memory for bad stuff in a line of work like that, and stay out of the papers.

Not agreeing with the overall point being discussed, our scouting has been very good imo. But on Wilson idk what to make of him honestly. He’s shown some flashes and stepped up when needed. Idk if he’s an effective guy as the 4th passing option which is what he is when our wr core is healthy. What he shows in the sophomore year will dictate how good he really is. If he takes a step forward and can perform in the lesser used role he will be a real good find. Idk about his fit with our full unit but we will see. Not many kids step in the way he did and perform instantly. we traded for his rights, was he on the pr or some thing idr the details.

https://3downnation.com/2024/12/05/eight-candidates-to-be-the-next-offensive-coordinator-of-the-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ Hodge with a decent article on our oc options. I hadn’t thought about getting costanza back but do like that idea. Lionello is a big jump but he’d be an excellent get too, really like the refresh he could offer us. Mike miller of the Argos is a real interesting pick. Hes done the job a bunch in the nfl. I think he’s the perfect guy to pair with a young guy like lionello but idk if he’d want to be the mentor. All in all a good list.