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It’s been said 10,000 times and it probably won’t happen, but kola is the big problem. Every guard we’ve had has struggled next to him. Change him and what we see from the rest will improve drastically. Honestly, I’d be open to trying Dobson or Neuf at C, or going imp, or ofc Eli. The guards struggle covering and working with kola soo much. Everyone will improve with that change Wallace is gonna steal some ones job imo. If he takes half the step forward next year took this year he’s gonna be our best interior ol. We really need to bring in multiple legit imp tackles and more Canadian interior ol depth. We can’t keep hoping a former guard is gonna become the next big thing at T for us.

For me they all have major knocks. Mbt has the same level of performance team to team and it never seems to impact the out come. Cf loses you as many as he wins. Masoli is the best of the bunch but miles away from what he used to be. Schlitz has the best upside with a chance to achieve it but he’s be 32 before the end of the year. I can understand how people don’t value Strev as much as a starter, but he can contribute the most as a qb2 by a lot, and I know he can achieve a high level of play with a decent offence to run. Value wise I don’t see any separation. Mbt isn’t gonna get a starting job going into the season. No one is gonna give him starting money. As we saw in bc even if you spend all the money, you just can’t balance a team with a 250-300k back up qb. I don’t think any of these guys gets 200k. None of them are signing for under 125k either.

125-150k base, ability to make 300k ish if he takes back the starting job. Same kind of deal I’d offer to mbt, strevy, schlitz, crum, Masoli etc. not saying I want all those guys or any specific order to them. They are all in the same tier and have the same kind of value imo.

he played well since he came back from injury. Our ol struggled in the gc with some run blocking assignments, but it was an over all problem with the spread of the dl and the way they played gaps. If we doubled and skipped to the second level properly on 2-3 plays Brady probably has another 50 yards maybe one more big bust. Crazy as that is. The Argos fought off our run game by the skin of their teeth. before injury paddy was as bad as he’s ever been. Which one shows up next year? No clue. But the chances of the best version showing up and playing a whole season plus off season is slim and none. It’s a gamble with him. Definitely needs to be an open competition in camp.

Best vs best, passer vs passer I tend to agree. Attitude, leadership etc, hands down win for Nichols.

That’s pretty standard. He wants the guy to get surprise and enjoyment of hearing from the nfl team directly. I suspect that is actually Wilson. As it would be old hat for a guy like ford. Even holm got calls last year. Bonds played in the nfl, but could be him. Griffin could be the guy got a look but just a camp invite. Ayers could be a sleeper pick as a teams and development guy. He made some exceptional solo effort plays on teams and D last year.

People will hate this, but I think he’s a lot like Matt Nichols. Has played some of his best football late in the year, not great with the deep ball, very reliant on a couple basic concepts (timing routes at seams vs check downs and screens) etc. Nichols didn’t have the last play chokes, but the 19/21 Ds we had were some thing else. If Fajardo didn’t run into us, he probably has atleast 1 more ring and two more gc games. if reasonably priced every team in the league would take him as a back up. That’s what he is at his best imo. Really good back up and stop gap solution. Let him run the short yardage etc, develop a better passer like Wilson behind him.

Last year we all talked at great length on how much Brady was worth. I think that’ll be the thing again this year. He’s really young and should get an nfl look. I think he might get a top of the market pay day if some one is desperate for the ratio breaker. But they will need a back up who can go in if he’s hurt at the same time. But only one db got more than 159k last year. Pickett got a maximum of 171k. for us, we gave kramdi almost 140k. Cam Lawson got max value of 141k. I think we chase to a maximum of 160k. Maybe a tiny bit more if he locks up for like 3 years. If hall leaves you probably see ott go after him. But we might see other cfl teams not want to give him elite db money, just based on questioning if he’s a systems guy here. Can he succeed if half his drop backs have him in man coverage? Or if he has to play a different role in a split field zone coverage? Can he succeed in that scheme without the guys he had around him? Some of those are yeses but not all. pretty much. They always play out the contracts now. It just makes the most sense. Changing coaching staff's partially is really hard to do especially if it’s the top half. I don’t think it means any thing, other than they figure out that cap every year as they have to. I had a feeling mos would want to go back to Toronto previous to dinwiddie turning them around. At this point, I can’t see him wanting to be any place else. I also don’t think walters n wade want to make any change in the brass. They want to keep what they have for better or worse.

Really wonder how much Alexander got.

I could see ford getting an extended look down south. He got a look off our bench the previous year. He certainly deserves it for his play this year. In that case I’d go hard after brown to come back.

He did heavily insinuate that. And that they are happy to see guys like him and desjarlais leave for big pay days. 🤢

Thing is, strevy made a max of 120 ish K. That is not a lot for a qb, especially one with his amount of experience. You simply aren’t finding many imp QBs cheaper. Dole was on the same type of deal in Sask. fine too. And Schlitz. Combine that with him sitting for the first 6 games on the ir, that means you’re looking at 80k against the cap. It’s not likely that swapping him with any of our other back ups to the pr will cost or save us any money. Hes basically a free flyer. poopkup doesn’t bring any bit of value over any other qb on our roster this year. They can all do the short yardage as easily as can a dozen other guys. He’s got zero chance to develop into any thing else. He’s less than replacement level at qb in the cfl. You’d have to try and find an imp qb with less value. qft. If it’s a Paul or buck, value be damned it’s just a waste of time. Other wise, you bring him back on the same kind of deal as a low risk high reward lotto ticket type player.

Honestly, we need to add atleast one or two premium ol for zach. I think we could lose 1 wr but not two. And this group isnt likely to stay healthy.

19/21 was a long time ago. Especially in football years. The same people who are content with 5 cups and 3 straight losses were the same ones mad at getting no respect in 21 and forward because cf/this team that team were past it. We were Hamilton in 19/21 the last two years. Now we’re struggling to maintain that level. And the same people who won’t be happy when we are at best the 3rd best team going into next year in power rankings. 19/21 team is never coming back from this squad. The only way back to that level is building up. We can’t maintain the status quo and expect to do better or as good any more.

I feel like in general coaches contracts will come up then be renewed with the way the cap works now. To min max things. pretty wild we have 2 ast coaches up for a total of 3 jobs, and 2 front office types up for gm roles. We’ve had one here two there now and then. With half the time the guy declining or pulling out. Never before have we had 4 guys taking interviews at once. Makes me think, is this the exodus? We’ve struggled to retain and regain guys with out over pays. It’ll be really some thing to see how we do retaining guys, and luring in new guys on the field and off. We should be in the market for new cfl vet players coaches and front office types.

That’s for sure. Brown was crazy sketchy first year. Yeah I love the mix of his tool set. His instincts and tendencies are really pro ready which we don’t see so much up here any more. Grainger has better upside, but he’s got a Dru brown level journey to being a pro. Wilson looks one step away from really having some thing. Ability to read the D, make quick decisions, take some thing off the ball for more touch, and more nuanced things like looking off the D will be big now. I liked how quick he got the ball out too.

That’s gotta be it. Mbt might draw out his decision to see if he gets a qb1 shot. Qft Really like his upside. Needs a good step forward and idk if camp and pre season is enough to cement that step. But it’d be great if he did.

Really? That’s pretty neat I’ve never heard of that niche before. He’s gonna be like 38 too. Long snapping can be pretty hard on the body especially considering he played before they protected the LS from dirty shots. I would’ve figured 100k floor for full time guys. It’s not a lot of days but you can’t really work in football and be on the panel full time.

Don’t think it matters either way. If we want the dole in camp, and it sure seems like we do, he will be in camp. We aren’t gonna see some crazy run on his services either way. I worry a bit that we might go into camp next year stagnant at qb. Don’t see us bringing 5-6 guys in camp even with 1 on crutches. May well be zach, dole, Wilson, granger and strevy with a clipboard.

That could be part of it. I know a bunch of guys who do really well on yt with football nerdy content. Might not have the same market share up here though. Might be entertainment quality, he’s a bit dry. Production quality really varies a lot. Might just need to find a way to each his market.

Comes in and hits the upright with the game deciding toss

Yeah idk he puts up great stuff but he doesn’t seem to be finding any market. Maybe 500 subs, 2-3 likes 1 comment under 100 views on average last I checked.

Yeah I thought B.C. would get more. I think they just wanted to get it over with. Would any one give up assets and take on mayor mccheese? I really doubt it but you never know. Cheap back up to Alexander in mtl makes sense to me.

He has been. Isn’t the most mobile last I heard. Maybe he’s had surgery and doing better (I want to say it was hip or knee issues) He loves Winnipeg too. He’s coached here for what 9-10 seasons? Interesting to say the least. Definitely seemed like he was winding down going into last season.

Not sold on him being the guy, can never drink the koolaid before the sophomore starting season. But I think his basement is pretty good compared to Fajardo. It’s a gutsy play to win move I like it for them. They could still scoop a back up like mccheese at worst imo. It’s gonna be a real interesting shuffle this off season. I feel like the team that acts first is gonna be in a great position. Fajardo might have to settle for a cheap deal and a back up role any way. I don’t see who would be willing to give him a no1 job at any pay rate.