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That's the size of most of the DB's in the league. Guys who cover and block on punts/kickoffs. I expect if he made the roster he'd be the 2nd returner on kickoff.

Cobb is fine if he can play a role on special teams, covering and blocking too. If they have an illusion he'll be a player on O I'd be a little weary. Like you need to sign/draft another Canadian receiver who can play this year. You basically flip Augustine into him and Logan is your backup RB/returner instead of a receiver/returner. I like Nield that the Argos just cut. Kind of a Wolitarsky style guy, maybe -4 savvy but +2 athleticism.

Not at all explosive. To me, I'm bringing in and discarding American rush ends and WIL backers until I find someone special. These are really the two simplest spots on the field. Do the same job everytime, beat your opponent and flow to the ball. If you're not at all explosive, sayonara. Really no need to settle on a handful of guys who are not at all special. If you're waiting on guys to be good you'll be developing them just in time to see them sign with your rivals.

I like McKellar. I think he still has a lot of upside. Otherwise that's just a pile of guys. Some way over the hill, and we probably already have more than enough of that on OL, some who have never been good CFL players. Personally I would have planned on going 3 Americans on the OL both for ease of competition for spots, running the OL a bit cheaper and allowing depth. I'd feel a lot better about 3 Americans then 4-5 Canadians filling out the other 3 spots. We'll have to see what's to come but we've kind of ****** ourselves for Canadian receiver/RB depth.

Is there a betting site where I can lay down a bet on Tyrell Ford being cut by Feb 1 next year? Bombers effectively hid him at field corner. Made some nice plays on the ball, one of the best athletes out there for sure. Still a lot of struggles with stopping and locking to read what's happening. He's a major vulnerability if he's playing any position other than field corner IMO.

Trump's trade policies will end up being good for CFL players if they are sustained. Tariffs and any potential reduced trade deficits will drop the US dollar. Issue for Canada will be the price of oil and where that lands to determine what our dollar is worth. They'll be fighting the US on income tax increases. Might see even more guys staying in Canada.

Haba should be gonzo. Garbutt is at least a stable contain guy, maybe work him into being a guy who can play 3 technique a bit too on passing downs. Vaughters can pass rush off edge and inside too.

I could see him here. They seem to be collecting that type of receiver. Hollins is a real technician but he's small and not the kind of guy to get too dirty. They brought in about 20 guys they hoped would be a Hollins here last year. Wilson was good and the rest looked surprised somebody would think about paying them to play football.

You're panicking a bit here haha. There's not many guys they've wanted at a reasonable number who haven't re-signed since about 2017. Only real big loss was Desjarlais. Janarion was a bit of a tougher one coming off a pretty terrible season and a couple years in a row with significant injury. I can understand why they moved on. I can't understand what the **** they did in the 2024 off-season/training camp/season to try to replace him. Generally haven't had a big problem with choices they've made to not pay guys. Personnel side aside from DB's has been brutal going on 3 years. And unfortunately I think we lost the most competent guy we had over there in Goveia. But nice that they've added onto McManus because I think he's basically useless. Why the **** did they re-sign Kyrie Wilson?

Vaughters is almost the exact guy we need off the edge. Would be nice if he was 4-5 years younger.

There's no timeline forcing him to return. If he spends 4 weeks on a NFL practice roster he's netted more money than he'd make on his CFL deal. If he has any hope of latching on anywhere I could see a scenario, like with Ford, where he hangs out all year hoping for the call. In the old option year deal the CFL had with the NFL, before the CFL opted out of it, players had 10 days to sign another NFL deal before they had to return to their CFL club during the CFL season. All this to say that if I'm a CFL GM I'm not counting on having a guy in Wilson's situation back this year.

Not a fan of this move. A lot like the Janarion Grant issue last off-season. If you're all in to win in 2025 you can pay a guy like Wolitarsky that salary no problem. One of the biggest issues with the offense IMO without Wolitarsky and Schoen was that it lacked big and reliable targets. Collaros had to be damn near perfect to put the ball right on guys because we had a bunch of 6' under guys running around with Lawler or a guy like Wheatfall who had no clue what do to unless he was running right down the rail in man coverage. The reliability piece, the understanding what the defense is giving and where to be. How to get 2 yards after the catch instead of trying to race 3 guys to the sideline and losing 2 yards in the process, how to keep the sticks moving. Another piece to this is that it basically locks in that we have to start 3 Canadian OL. And at the moment we have two Canadian OL who have even been average CFL starters. If you're all in to win this year, you've kneecapped yourself.

And the biggest selling point to get A LOT of guys up here initially is that they can get some film and go back. Those are guys who get cut in their first camp here and guys who play up here for 15 years. The league has played around with rookie contracts, NFL window or not. Always comes back to this reality for the American players and an increasing number of Canadian players too. Guys will chase spots in NFL camps or play in spring leagues over the CFL if the window isn't there. And yet in a given off-season the league loses like 1 out of 100 players. It's not a problem at all.

Maybe he'd rather have Ed Hervey at a podium telling everyone why he sucks and isn't worth his game cheque. There's no real way to handle these situations and I'm not sure why a professional would expect or want a team to close a door on them. Maybe the Bombers have a couple free agent targets on D and if they don't sign them they'd circle back on Bighill. They have no obligation to publicize their off-season strategy to make Bighill feel comfy.

I mean it's basically two weeks until the tampering period. Would players rather be strung along with love and then hit the market? Maybe depending on what happens in the tampering period the Bombers would make an offer for Bighill. I honestly don't know what's running through Bighill's head and why he thinks he'll get paid enough for it to be worth his while to keep playing.