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DT seems thin as hell for free agents, he’ll genuinely don’t see a single one I would love
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Would like to see us dip our toes in the FA pool.
Pickett or Kam Kelly would be interesting for sure, but I imagine we think we’re set there with Darby. That is an old-ass group of LBs though. Don’t love that
If Bailey doesn’t come back (sad) then I’d love to see Dunbar replace him.
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Jeez lol the undercutting of a guy just because he’s a Rider
lmao to that stupid contract but Lanier is a force out there. FWIW to all you “he’s not a FIFO guy, he’s a selfish player, he’s worthless” people in the building, the Bombers were one of the teams that inquired about him yesterday.
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You don’t sign your aging franchise QB to a 600k deal and then put him in a situation to lose every single one of his top weapons in one offseason
Demski will be back
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55 minutes ago, 17to85 said:
Who would you move on from though?
I think what happened last season with Harris does show they are willing to do it... but for the most likely candidates to move on from I think they view their other attributes as highly important (thinking guys like Bighill or Jefferson)
The one I was really hoping they'd move on from was Bighill.
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Personally, I'm a bit worried we're not really moving on from anyone. That list of guys we haven't brought back yet does give me some hope though. I'm thinking we likely move on from Taylor (he's gotta be finished after the Achilles sadly), Ellingson, Couture (wouldn't love this but if Dobson is ready, I trust it), Maston and Darby. That would likely free up some cash to make a splash here and there, especially since I can't imagine any of these names we've brought back in aside from maybe Willie got a raise.
Hoping (selfishly) we hear some good for us, bad for him news on Schoen soon and then we can look at shoring up an extension with him.
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I wish we could decline the option on TBURGESS
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4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Without the Lions signing Rourke where would he be? Do you think he'd have a dozen NFL clubs wanting to work him out? Rourke was undrafted. He never even got a sniff as a free agent from the NFL when he left Ohio. So, without the CFL his football days would be over, Collaros said the same thing last night. Without the CFL, he said he has no idea what he'd be doing with his life other than living somewhere in the Ohio Valley right now. That is pretty powerful stuff.
The CFL changed both those young men's lives just by being here. It's a league where they could play at an extremely high level. Collaros at 34 understands it because his career is almost over. Rourke, maybe he does or maybe he doesn't get it yet at 24 because his career is just starting. However, he will someday when he looks back on his playing days after he retires.
I was critical of Rourke (maybe) missing the CFL Awards based on a story I read so I was glad he was there to accept the MOC award. He made a nice speech.
And without Rourke, how do you think the Lions season goes? It works both ways.
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3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:
Gotta say about the Bomber gear out now...and maybe CFL overall not sure since I only look at Bomber stuff....is extremely low quality. Used to get polos with stitched logos now its just vinyl press on crap and the price is 1.5x or double. A polo is $90.
It’s absolute trash. Most teams do better than Bombers for merch. Ours is such low quality junk.
My wife and I ordered two matching Grey Cup Champs hoodies last year in two different sizes and they came in two different colours - hers was royal blue, mine was some kind of pale ugly blue that looked nothing like hers and the best answer I got from the Bomber Store was that the supplier uses two different colours so they got a mix and matched batch and if I didn’t want mine, I could get my money back (which I did)
Love the Bombers but they are light years behind on merch.
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6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Well, there was a story yesterday where it said that he may miss the Awards for an NFL workout. I'm glad he's there. That is the right thing to do. Once it's okay for players to skip league awards for personal matters relating to something not related to health or family that'll be the end of it.
Sorry, why?
your last post was insanity. You’re talking about HIS life. Had he missed the awards to attend to something like a workout for an NFL team, who cares? The NFL is so cutthroat that you need to utilize every opportunity you’re given.
this mentality some CFL fans have where they act as if the players owe them or the league anything is absolutely bananas. This kid played two years in the CFL, his dream is the NFL and you think he has some kind of obligation to show up for some award he probably couldn’t care less about because why?
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I’d puke if we signed Fajardo
Mentally the weakest player I’ve seen in the CFL in as long as I can remember
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14 minutes ago, bearpants said:
Just lock this plan in... it's so easy to turn a team around in the CFL... especially the O-line.... I imagine there's teams lining up to sign him as their GM as we speak!
Just go get some receivers off the receiver shelf, sign all the other good players you want and voila! Dynasty!
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Thoughts:
Based on my complete lack of knowledge on the topic, I think Collaros is going to start next week and it’s not even a question. His limp disappeared almost immediately and he was on the post-game show … not usually going to let a guy go answer questions that soon after an injury if it was serious
Darby is unbelievable. What a great add by Walters late in the year.
Looked like Alexander got maybe nicked also.
Sweet Christ is Derek Taylor a tough listen on the post game. First one I’ve listened to all year and it was a hot mess. For a guy who is such a stats hotshot, he sure doesn’t seem to have a hot clue about the actual flow of a football game and based on some of the interactions, he seems to have absolutely zero rapport with the players.
Let’s go win a third Cup
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This all-star list is embarrassing for the CFL, honestly.
Bighill, Rutledge and Rose aren’t all stars. Not this year.
15 minutes ago, Geebrr said:😂 great argument - he had 26 fewer yards playing 5 games less.
You can say “why him?” - but he was the best RB in the division when he was healthy.
We’ve spent the last month talking about how stupid it is that there are people who want Rourke to be MOP. This is no different.
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13 hours ago, CodyT said:
Regarding Rourke. Maybe I'm misinformed here, or just hopeful, but does the team not have the kids best interests in mind?
I just feel like if they thought he had a good chance of getting hurt they wouldn't play him. I saw the study booch put up with the soccer/rugby players. Surely Rourke himself has seen it or something similar
I really just find it hard to believe THAT level of neglect would happen in a pro league, even if it is the CFL. It just seems strange. There's more to the story
Football teams rarely, if ever, have their players best interests in mind.
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3 minutes ago, Noeller said:
interesting tidbit from Our Man Tait:
https://www.bluebombers.com/2022/10/28/game-preview-bc-vs-wpg-5/?utm_source=dlvr.itTake note: Winnipeg’s depth chart features a significant change at the linebacker position, with Shayne Gauthier starting at middle linebacker and Adam Bighill moving to the weak-side linebacker position.
“For us middle linebacker and the weak-side linebacker… it doesn’t make a lot of difference in our defence. He’ll play both,” said Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea. “It has to go on the paper (depth chart) somewhere. He’ll play both. Shayne, Malik (Clements)… you’re going to see all sorts of guys playing different spots.”
which prompts the question, "why change it then?"
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Danny Austin is that annoying message board poster who spews off smooth brain take after smooth brain take and then says he’s doing it just for laughs and discussion when he gets called out on it … but with media credentials
Collaros and Schoen easily win MOP/MOR, Demski may or may not be the West Division nominee for MOC but if the season ended today, I’m probably voting for Gittens over him anyways. Demski is on an incredible hot streak, but Gittens is doing what he’s doing while drawing all the defensive attention in Toronto and his yardage numbers pace out slightly better than Demski’s even with more games played.
I wouldn’t blame anyone for voting Demski but my vote would go to Gittens.
Liegghio takes MOSTP easily, defence is a tough one but I think I’d probably give it to Nichols this year. He deserves it and even more than that, Bighill and Jefferson don’t.
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Just now, Booch said:
I agree....and we did insert those 2 other guys right away...so...we could see him on roster and reps given...when we created havoc...it was when we had 4 ends on roster...and at times all on field together
I just like the guy’s activity level. Not built at all the same way but with the active hands, the motor and the aggressiveness … reminds me of Willie a bit
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I know it’s not the way we do things typically, but I sure would like to see Boom Massie get a shot in the lineup before Adams.
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Don't Look Back - 2022/2023 Bombers Off Season
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Lawler at 250k is about what I’d like to see, any more than that would be unnecessary to me.
We still have Schoen to re-up next year.