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i'm very interested in tonight's game. i) to see what, if any, effect Bellefeuille has on the Bomber offence. ii) to get a look at Max Hall iii) to see if the Ticats are progressing (i think that they'll be the team leading the "rest of the East")

putting aside the comparative values you're suggesting for a sec... why would a team trade for a guy who isn't under contract?

could be that he doesn't want to sign prior to next year's new CBA. i expect to see more of this sort of thing.

b/c i think Garrett is a style of rusher that they need. i like CJ Gable's game a lot, but he's a square peg in a round hole there.

Austin ought to look into this.

but seriously folks, if i'm a CFL player agent with guys in the final year of their contracts, i'd be strongly advising none of them to extend until after the new CBA is agreed to. it seems to be generally accepted that the SMS will raise significantly after the new TV deal, so agreeing to a deal before finding out how much more you can ask for is just a bad idea. i think that the era of $200k+ NI star-level-players starts in 2014.

already have a pretty good NI safety (also had a drink with his folks on the night i met Henoc's)... but i expect that our 2013 second rounder will take the spot sooner or later. a good pair of GTA boys... so i don't think Cauchy would get on our roster... maybe a short drive down the QEW he'd have more luck...

they are lovely people.

possible... but unlikely. most newly installed coaches wouldn't want the old boss running their defence.

there you go pretending the Bomber O-Line could keep him alive more than 2 consecutive games.

Collaros and Harris are both FA come Feb 15, 2014. so Ottawa may not want to chance drafting one just to possibly see him sign elsewhere 2 months later. we have 5 QB on our roster now. Ray, Porter and Gale are under contract next season. likely Barker will try to sign either or both of Collaros and Harris just to try and get some return on the 2 years of investment Milanovich et al has put into their tutelage... but having shown the league his promise it is likely that Collaros will have a few teams in for him and the competition for his signature may see him in another city next year. likewise, i doubt we could have a contract like Ray's as well as two backups on their second contracts. i still have a feeling that Harris may be a better prospect for us since as a pocket-passer type his style is less of a departure from the Ray offence... but boy is ZC fun to watch with his moves. if i'm Winnipeg, i would already be tapping up ZC's agent... Walters on ZC's agent's voicemail: "hey buddy, Kyle Walters here... listen, i'm out of the office and i don't have my notes with me to check on this so i thought i'd just give you a quick call to ask if ZC is a free agent this coming February? i'm just walking my dog here and having some idle thoughts about our QB situation going forward now that i'm acting GM but i didn't want to waste time thinking about it if he wasn't going to be a free agent... anyway i'm almost home now. thank goodness, there must be at least a couple hundred thousand bugs out tonight. i'll talk to you later, stay in touch."

your roster and coaches plus Ray versus our roster and coaches with Collaros/Harris/Porter at QB? we still are ahead... and Ray might be the next Bomber QB in ICU.

no, it's udderly ridiculous.

interior linebacker and rush-end. (was also short yardage blocking-FB)

very interesting presser. Miller was in a very clear way, implying that the Bomber system was broken and needed to be addressed tout de suite. Miller: "Kyle's in charge of running the football operations and working in that and this is a change that this organization is going through where we actually work together and proper people are making the right decisions now in terms of players, of who's playing each week." that quote came out of the discussion about asking Walters who would be setting the depth chart. Miller's answer clearly implies that it was not always the HC who had final authority in that matter before and that Mack was sticking his nose in Burke's beeswax. all in all, it was a good move by Miller to do this. the company he's in charge of appeared like a gongshow with nobody in charge. Miller has shown that not only is he in charge, but that he has clearly delineated and communicated the roles of his subordinates. very astute of him and very un-Bomberlike.

you sure? my picks haven't been coming through for me...

pull a Labatte? where do his parents live?

doesn't matter when it started. he towed the company line and paid lip service to the boss' QB.

"liking" SDN's post for his new avy.

yup... and he promptly signed with Montreal afterward. Doc Handsome is right to say that he likely isn't an every down guy. undeniably a physical presence though.

that. he was saying all the good things about Mack's free agent (Buck Pierce) that he was told to. especially when his boss told him that there wouldn't be a QB riding in from out of town on a white horse, at that point, he may as well support his de facto #1.

hilarious and true! all of the most compelling CFL news is happening in Winnipeg these days...

it isn't really. you can resign and then be relieved by your successor.