ShyGuy

One aspect to this is at least you are paying for his peak as a RB rather than the decline like his next contract will be

We really going to put ANY blame on Brady for the current playoff run? Since he became starter there has been 3 instances of RBs running for more than 100 yards in the playoffs... Brady, Brady and Brady. In those 4 games Collaros threw for more than 200 yards once and has a TD/INT ratio of 1/3. Running Backs are interchangeable for the most part, but for Brady at least you are buying his prime instead of the decline. It's likely this contract is his one pay day and then as all RBs do he hits the cliff at 29 and will likely be cast aside. The drop off from an MOP Running Back to whatever you can find will likely be reasonably steep, and if you can't trust the passing offense in the playoffs where will that get you? The team is built so the window probably runs out after 2025. I think short term Brady probably is going to be more meaningful than Schoen, especially with Demski and Lawler on the roster. Of course I would like to have them both back.

Does anyone in the world actually think Augustine has a chance to be RB1? As a first year starter, he would be the second oldest RB1 in all of professional football. That is legitimately insane.

Stanley Bryant is making 'slightly less' than his 2023 salary which was reportedly $190k and will be 38 when the season starts. He's been in the league what... 14 years now? Oliveira is coming off pretty much an MOP season, making $115k in 2023. As a 26 year old running back, the nature of the game is likely he has this and one more decent contract left in his career. The drop off for Running Backs as they approach 30 is huge. Dude needs to get the bag.

Where is a reasonable starting space for Brown? Calgary ahead of Maier? Saskatchewan ahead of Harris? Ottawa ahead of Crum if they don't bring back Masoli? Hamilton ahead of Bo? BC, Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto and Edmonton presumably all locked in.

Is Oliveira quietly putting together an MOP type season? With injuries and BC/Winnipeg running away from the West it looks like no QB will hit 5000 yards and you might not see someone throw for 4000 depending on Collaros' injury. At the halfway point, 703 Rushing yards and 274 Receiving Yards puts him on pace for almost 2000 yards from scrimmage. 1406 yards rushing would be the 4th most ever by a Canadian. Only on pace for 8 TDs which would probably need to come up a bit. He's been the focal point of a few 4th quarter, game sealing drives and is gaining a reputation as a back who is going to consistently eat clock for you in those situations. The bottom 4 teams for rushing yards against are MTL, CGY, HAM and EDM and wouldn't you know, that makes up 5 of the Bombers last 9 games.

West Semi Final -- 11 of 21 for 193 yards and a TD West Final -- 17 of 25 for 267 yards and a TD Grey Cup -- 17 of 23 for 170 yards I think the argument that is being made here, and that the Bombers were a 3rd place team, Streveler was at least somewhat injured (and underwhelming as a non-gadget player) and the depth QB was Sean McGuire. If you don't pick up Collaros, maybe you grab another QB instead and not have to trot him out there, but McGuire with his one career start, 15-36 for 221 yards that includes 1 TD against 4 interceptions doesn't really inspire much confidence.

Different situation in the NFL obviously because you can get a QB in the draft, but Peyton and Luck were never on the same roster. Manning messing up his neck had the Colts suck for Luck, and Peyton was released to join the Broncos. Manning managed to get Osweiler a fat contract as his backup, and when he retired he was succeeded by Trever Simian, Paxton Lynch (remember him?!?) and then Case Keenum over the next 3 years... so not exactly anyone to write home about. 2 success stories I can actually think about in the NFL are Rivers to Herbert, and Smith to Mahomes. The NFL is quite a different beast though, the quality of QBs sitting on the bench is obviously far higher.

I dont think football coaches with a legitimate MVP quarterback stay up at night working about QB Depth. I always fondly remember someone asking the Colts OC why their Peyton's backups didn't get more reps, "Fellas, if 18 goes down we're ******, and we don't practice ******." Probably pretty similar to how everyone feels about Collaros.

I was reading an article about the Ottawa game and it highlighted a real issue I see with how people deal with analytics vs 'the eye test'. Dude was complaining about how PFF was rating Crum so poorly compared to even say Collaros. You can do the right thing and have a bad outcome, and you can do the wrong thing and have a good outcome. I think with QBs this is a bit more obvious if there is a clear read progression. You can't really complain about a QB missing an open guy if he was the 4th or 5th read against a blitz. As a RB, there is only so much you can do if you run where you are supposed to and the hole slams shut, but if you mess up the hand off and end up having to spin around and bounce outside for 35 yards, that really isn't a super positive play 95% of the time.

Geez I'm not sure entirely whats going on but the Bombers are trying singlehandedly to keep the league scoring average up. If my Math is correct, when the Bombers play there is an average of 74 points in the game. If the Bombers aren't playing it goes all the way down to 35.

Looking at Keon Hatchers twitter and woof. Retweeting Andrew Tate and Daily Wire "What is a Woman". BC Lions PR should probably have a sit down with him.

Does the rain affect the pre-game tailgate? Taking the kids tonight and they love the bouncy setup at the game haha

This isn't a fair comparison though, the Bombers only got to play the Elks twice 🤣

I wonder if something happened near the end of the season to coincide with this 🤔

XFL Season runs until May 13th, CFL Training Camp opens on May 16th. Wonder if some players are trying to double dip. I'm not sure the contract requirements in the XFL but I know players can dip if they get NFL offer, wonder if its a 2 year contract with an out or if its year to year with an option.

I am never going to fault a player for getting the bag

For me the play is the Prukop interception. Grant kick return TD for take the lead. Missed PAT which was 👎. Hold the Argos to a FG on their next drive. 13 yard pickup by Oliveria. And then for whatever reason you have Prukop out there bombing a pass into double coverage and its picked and all the momentum generated by the kick return TD evaporates and the field is tilted in favor of the Argos.

a 2 at 10 is a 10 at 2.

It's like an advent calendar but instead of chocolate it's all my favorite Blue Bombers being resigned.

Isn't Huff like 20 years older than O'Shea? Not sure if Buck is willing to wait 15 years for O'Shea to reach retirement age and want to move upstairs.

The reason for the language is that for 95% of the cases you are never going to exceed that. Some canadian DB? Maybe throw them a bone (up to 10% increase) in their option year and you have more than one year of control. Or cut them loose if they don't work out When you have a generational Canadian QB (Rourke) or a very good receiver (KSB) you tear up the option year and keep them happy. This is a good look going forward because NCAA Canadians who might be considering doing the journeyman PR thing down south see that if they come back home and play well for a couple of years they will get paid one way or another. Also... if you opt out of the contract... you aren't on the first contract any more? why would you be beholden to the salary grid for 1st contracts at that point?

In the 2+1 Draft Pick Contract the "Option Year" is the +1. Yes, the base salary of the "Option year" is required to be no more than 10% of the 2nd year base salary. What happens if the team chooses to not "opt into" the "Option Year" of the draftee? Are they (the draftee) required to sign a single year contract at a rate not more than 10% of their 2nd year salary with whoever will have them? Is any team that signs them for any length of time required to have that first year be no more than 10% of the 2nd year?

I think Bighill and Jefferson end up staying. They are pretty entrenched in the community. I'd worry about Jeffcoat. Seemed like he took a bit of convincing to come back this year, he had a bit of a rough season injury wise as well.

What was the deal with the player package on that Prukop interception? That came off of a 13 yard Brady run for a first down, and only the 2nd play of the drive. I thought Prukop was effective where he gets a short yardage first down, and they keep him out there and try to catch the opponent with a mismatched package, either for a designed run outside or a quick pass... was he out there at the start of the drive or did they sub off Collaros for that play?