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I'm not sure why they spent money on a centre. That's the only spot they had a good player between Clark and Bandy. Blake is a solid guard, Ferland probably the other guard (meh) Bandy might be ok, Godber at centre, total question marks at tackle.

There's on a couple of CFL free agents I could see the Bombers having interest in, but will be heavily dependent on their willingness to play and play cheap/incentive laden. Bouka, DB national, you'll mostly know him from Sask. Has been a reasonable safety, played every position in Sask in that mess of a defense, would basically be here to cover kicks and provide depth, guy has a nose for the ball too, could see Richie Hall enjoying him being a ballhawk and a guy who can play all over. Coleman, American DL, veteran, has been one of the most disruptive guys in the league in his prime pre 2020, but appears to be well past it. Would be looking at him to be a rotational guy, play both inside spots, and play cheap with no guarantees. At this point he might be retired or looking into US spring leagues. Otherwise it'll be guys coming up from the US and draft picks.

Like who? Willing to go on record that in hindsight you think MOS should have coddled Hajrullahu and not pursued Medlock? Seems to be who/what you're hinting at. Or are you talking about Rob Pikula? 🤣 Liegghio will be the option until there's a better one, and if he remains inconsistent he forces their hand to look at other options like they did with Castillo in 2021. There's no time to "grow" now. It's year 3 for Liegghio and he's on a team that expects to win. We know what Liegghio is capable of (especially as a punter) but like all positions on the field if he can't consistently meet the basic expectations and meet the standard he sets for himself too his career will be abbreviated.

2022 scored 30 points a game and punted 5 times per game, kicked FG/PAT 5 times a game, kicked off 5 times per game. The only players on the team who touch the ball more than Liegghio are Collaros, whoever is at centre, Benson and sometimes Oliviera. They won't get too far into 2023 watching Liegghio struggle on place kicks again and we have the DI spot easily for an American kicker.

Boateng is garbage. Sure situational rusher, but to have his name in the same sentence as a guy like Jeffcoat who is the top TFL guy in his era, as well as top pass rusher, as well as a guy who drops out and covers as well as any LB in this league...silly. Embrace the fact that you'll get to learn some new names. Not sure why so many people lack confidence in the exact same group of personnel people who have rebuilt this roster year after year with great players.

Maybe, but Moore plays the 3 technique spot which has never been an issue. There's no shortage of guys coming from the US who can pass rush well from that position, I wouldn't spend money there. The weak spot has been the nose without Richardson. The nose spot in Canadian football basically doesn't exist in American football. Their nose tackles are required to have basically no mobility so you're converting a 3 technique guy who's played that his whole life or if you're really lucky you find an extra athletic nose who is a bit smaller like Richardson.

Do you think Walters wants to run the non-football side of a professional football team? I don't.

The high end guys got paid. Everyone below that didn't. Look at who is still unsigned. Agudosi played one game and suffered a tib-fib fracture in the 2nd game. He's still a prospect, not much more.

Nevis has played one football game since the 2019 Grey Cup. I get that people know his name but it boggles the mind that anyone thinks he could shore up a DL spot at this point in his career. If you bring him in you're hoping he can contribute in a small way. You're not counting on him even playing half a season, it would be a depth move.

They will be all-in as long as Collaros is playing. That's what having a QB is like...I know we don't really know the feeling.

Unlikely to have a better player for 2023 or 2024. Most of the high end ones are going to chase the NFL and the ones who will be players immediately will probably be gone at our pick. Hamilton might be tempted if we give them a couple picks between the 1st and 3rd rounds.

There's a crapload of 3-4 type veteran American receivers on the board. Adams, Ambles, Bailey, Jorden, Rogers, Walker. Toughest part for most of them is that they think they are more than that. Not going to help any of them get paid.

Rhymes has to be a little careful. He’s a good player, not an exceptional one. Given the list of veteran receivers on the market still he’s not irreplaceable.

Schoen won't get anything extra unless he adds years to his deal. Wouldn't be surprised if he got bumped up to the 110-120 range this year with a 2 year 500k extension or something like that with 50 percent guaranteed in 2025. Not sure why the concept of a player being of more value than guys being paid much more than him is offensive.

Edmonton has more than replaced Lawler too. They are the only ones who can talk to him after today.

I think we have a pretty glaring need on D, secondary but really any spot where someone could fit as a backup/rotational guy. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be the draft or the first round pick that remedies it. Also depth at RB/Receiver where we probably want to maintain 3 starters. Anybody who ever enrolls at the university level goes through the draft. He was at Guelph right out of high school.

Kind of surprised Edmonton paid Dunbar and Lewis. Honestly think they would have been better off with someone like Bailey or Tim White if they wanted to spend next to Mitchell and one of Dunbar/Lewis. I think that'll be fairly easy if he's healthy. BC doesn't have a QB. Sask has a QB that will hit 70 percent of his 4 yard passes. Calgary has Maier who isn't likely to hit 300 yards a bunch. BLM is done Masoli is done Montreal doesn't have a QB Who knows who Toronto has at QB

This draft will be very interesting. There's about 10 guys that are probably NFL players for how long that last for them. Will be interesting to see how far they drop. Bombers could be a team to take a swing on one of them in the first couple rounds. There's also a lot of depth in the draft, and Canadian depth in general around right now. The draft is pretty heavy on linemen both ways and LB's. Not much for "skill" guys. Not sure if that makes those "skill" guys more of a target early or not. Korte-Moore is a great pass rusher in Canada West. I think he'll be gone before the Bombers pick. He's a guy that probably isn't quite good enough to get the NFL look, but might I suppose depending on his testing. He's an end from UBC, kind of hard to judge him because OL play in CanWest hasn't been great last couple years. Most of the guys who will be CFLers on the line are his teammates. Don't think he'll play anything but end in CFL. Anthony Bennett, Regina by way of FLA and will qualify as a national. Great rush end in Canada West, on lighter side but could be one of those "ratio breakers" and certainly a guy who will be able to be in rotation. Let's just say though he feasted on shitty teams (like the Bisons)...didn't do much vs Sask. Bemiy from Southern Utah might be gone earlier than the Bombers pick too. Probably available right away. Kind of a Sayles type. Would be able to rotate inside and outside. I watched Seguin at UND a lot, he transferred to another FCS school. Another inside-outside guy but I think likely to be a 3-technique guy in CFL. Obiang out of Texas State, where Dobson finished up, is an interesting one. Nose tackle type. Will be interesting to see how he tests at whatever pro day's he does, don't think he's participating in any of the Canadian combines. Sambu out of Maine, again where Dobson played until his last year, played a lot of OLB, stand up end. Likely to be a solid special teamer, probably like a 4th-5th round pick, came from a prep school too that a few of our Manitoban players who ended up down south went through. Bonhomme out of South Alabama via Indiana via the prep school circuit, huge recruit, another guy who played with a bunch of Manitoban kids in prep school. Stand up end type, played all LB spots in States but bet he's a rush end up here. Could be a great value pick mid draft, think he won't get NFL look. Schmekel, another Regina guy, greasy looking guy, big but agile, nose tackle type, dominant career in Canada West basically from day 1. I think he'll kill a lot of guys at the combine 1 v 1. Bison guys: Kornelson...not sure he's a DL in the CFL. Think a team might turn him around to OG. He's got the OL body. Probably run about 5.6 at the combine. Francis...3 technique type in CFL I think, played weak end for Bisons, basketball guy, got BIG later in high school so he has pretty good feet. Could be another turn around candidate to OL. Viner-Cox...tweener 3 technique type, played a bit of both for Bisons. Not sure he has the explosiveness to make the jump.

Caleb Evans would be a great add for us as a 2-3 QB. Great with the designed run stuff.

Moore is a great value play. 2nd year off ACL. Edmonton building the right kind of core around Cornelius. He's a quick game guy, not going to sit in pocket and make reads.

There's no ******* way they play politics with players like that.

The Rider fans are going to be even more upset when the Bombers sign the one receiver free agent they might want back.

There also is no "cap." It's stupid hockey fans who don't get that every other "cap" is much different. For the CFL it's completely cumulative. A team could have contracts signed today to pay out potentially $8 million in 2023 but they aren't over the cap. It's all tabulated at the end of the season and you have to end up under the number based on the bonuses and game cheques paid out. NHL you have to be under the cap daily and would have immediate consequences if over...the league would literally start waiving players to get a team under the number.

You can worry about age and how many teams a guy has played for, everyone else will worry about winning.

Key now will be finding the next Kongbo in terms of that rotational Canadian on the DL. Could really be DT or DE. Quite a few in this draft coming up both NCAA and CIS guys, also have Lawson. Kongbo will be overpriced when he comes back for good. Need to get Maruo back or replace him with a Canadian or Global too.