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He may or may not have any offers on the table and no one's saying it's Walters fault or that Lirim can do no wrong.

I have no problem if he walks. He wasn't even our starter by the end of last year. Medlock would be a huge upgrade IMO. His only downside is his passport.

Poor performance will always be used in bargaining. You simply don't pay those who performed badly the same as those who were average or great. If we sign Lirim, it will be at a bargain basement price with incentives.

Lirim was pretty much useless last year and lost his job because of it. That being said, I'd bring him back at the right price to compete for the job again this year because of his birth certificate and his strong leg especially if we don't land Medlock (Import).

Now we can say that we had the best offer. Good signing. Great price for Dressler IMO. No need to keep Moore on the team anymore. Might as well cut him today.

The Bombers have a 'firm' offer on the table rumoured to be $170K. We have no idea if it's the best offer or not. The other rumoured team in the running is Calgary who have the advantage of very likely being in the playoffs and making a run which equals more money for Dressler. We don't know what their 'offer' is or if it's actually in a contract or just verbal at this point. Dressler's going to take a huge drop in pay no matter who he signs with. $170K CAD is approx equal to $120K US which is just over half of what he was making. There's no downside to him waiting to see if anyone else wants to bid for his services. I doubt either Wpg or Cgy will drop out and there may be other interested teams who didn't think they could get him at around the $170K mark.

Tanner Marsh ✔@marshmadness16 Thank you @MTLAlouettes for past 3 years, it has been a pleasure. Thank you mainly to the teammates and friends I've made. Good luck n 2016!

gary lawless ‏@garylawless 3m3 minutes ago now @Wpg_BlueBombers not the only team after Dressler. Can they close? Next little bit will be interesting.

Darian Durant signs new contract: http://620ckrm.com/ckrm-on-air/ckrm-local-sports/15044-darian-durant-signs-new-contract

VETERAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DOMINIC PICARD JOINS ALOUETTES: http://en.montrealalouettes.com/2016/01/19/veteran-offensive-lineman-dominic-picard-joins-alouettes/

CFL News ‏@CFL_News - #Riders John Murphy says there's no truth to anyone suggesting Durant won't be Riders QB.

He kinda has to be as his scouting department hasn't been able to supply enough CFL quality players.

The heading needs a ?. Arash Madani ‏@ArashMadani 26m26 minutes ago Wouldn't be a shock if Blue Bombers OL coach Bob Wylie joins Hue Jackson's staff in Cleveland. Wylie was Jackson's OL coach in Oakland.

Carter is very high on my imaginary 'FA's I like us to pick up list'.

The newsfeed doesn't offer anything to me. It's just a waste of space. That being said, I simply ignore it like most folks.

Drew Tate signed an extension with the Stamps: http://www.stampeders.com/2016/01/07/tate-signs-extension/

My take: 1. Burris - MOP say no more. 2, Mitchell - Consistent even when everything around him was changing. 3. Collaros - Could have been MOP if he'd stayed healthy 4. Reilly - All he does is win and that's the whole point of the game. 5. Harris - Made the most of his opportunities. 6. Jennings - Young and athletic. Huge upside. 7. Ray - Still throws the best deep ball in the CFL, not sure how much more time he has left. 8. Willy - Injury prone but gets the job done when he's healthy. 9. Glenn - The Rodney Dangerfield of the CFL is still a good QB. 10. Lulay - Not the same since his last injury, but can still get the job done when he's healthy. 11. Franklin - Young and athletic with a big upside. 12. Nichols - Good backup

Hopefully this contract was done last year so the bonus is in the 2015 SMS.

JUST IN: @cwillkl80 (Chris Williams) has signed a contract extension to stay with the #REDBLACKS.

Barron Miles will not be #Esks DC but DB coach & will work in player personnel...via @RickMoffat #CFL

Stamps release Juwan Simpson → http://ow.ly/WCBMu

Good release. One giant salary gone. Still need to pick up a FA NI OL for depth and draft one too.

It's a great signing IMO. Use up the remaining 2015 SMS and get another year out of Bryant.

Merry Xmas to all the positrons and negatrons alike.

I don't like O'Shea because of his record, because he provided less wins in season 2 than season 1, because his team didn't beat any of the top 4 teams, because we didn't have even 2 wins in a row since the summer of 2014 and a myriad of other reasons, none of which relate to his media policy. I wouldn't like this policy if Huffer or Trestman or anyone else that I like and respect made it. I'm not hoping that something a coordinator says might not be on point with what O'Shea says. Who cares if a coordinator has a different view than the HC anyway? They're adults and 'experts' in their field. I expect some differences but I'm not looking for them. I'm sure that there are a bunch of things that I care about that others don't and just as sure that they care about a bunch of things that I don't. Differences make for better conversation IMO. I'm not sure why some folks around here believe that wanting more info on the Bombers from more sources must have some sinister ulterior motive. It doesn't.