Mr. Perfect

Josh Bourke, for those interested. Listed as a tackle. Click on career for a run down. http://en.montrealalouettes.com/roster/show/id/2471

See now Bourke is a guy that you could justify over spending on. That being said, not sure you can overspend on easily the best non import left tackle in the CFL.

Walters has already explained why he traded for Neufeld. He felt that with what Neufeld gives you that you wouldn't find that in this year's draft with the said pick

Desjardins says he intends to keep all three. I'd be surprised to see all three in camp for Ottawa but we'll see.

Former Ticats quarterback Henry Burris landed the big pay day he was looking for on Tuesday, signing a two-year deal with the Ottawa Redblacks worth in the neighbourhood of $450,000 a year, making him one of the highest paid players in the league. - The Scratching Post Boom.

But at the end of the day Burris lost against the west as he usually does.

The touch and accuracy on the Simon corner route touchdown was mighty impressive.

Week 5 against Hamilton. Pay attention to his footwork under pressure and how he always keeps his eyes down field under pressure. Nice quick release too. http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/87029

Who needs a GM when this guy apparently knows more than Walters ever could?

Doubt it. Willy knows with it being this close to free agency he is better to wait and see what comes his way. Walters knows this too. Nothing is saying Willy would have to talk to Walters before Tuesday even if he did trade for his rights.

Kyle was quite calm and said it was a scenario they planned for. It's apparent he feels good about what the team can still do going forward.

Admits Winnipeg has not had a great reputation, and that it's a challenge in recruiting players. Reputation doesn't change over night. Winning changes it. Walters already kicking tires on other teams to see what QB's may be available. "Again we weren't prepared to mortgage our future and that's the bottom line."

"We're not prepared to mortgage our future at this point" - Walters on why he didn't match the offer.

Kyle Walters will be on with Jim Toth shortly on CJOB for those interested.

The team had the best offense in the league and the worst defense in the league. Wasn't his fault. Bottom line is today is a massive failure for the Bomber organization. I'm constantly defending the Bombers but today was a colossal failure. Walters really let us down. You said the same thing twice already or did you forget? One thought mind! I've never been so angry as a loyal Bomber fan. No matter how fans try to spin it, today was a huge failure. Woohoo...we saved $25,000! Meanwhile Ottawa has their man. Ottawa has TWO starting QBs that have been in the GRey Cup the TWO previous seasons. We have Max Hall.. Who i actually like.. But realize he is not at the same level as any other starting QB in the league, Well at least with last years offence. And both looked beyond awful in those games, one of whom will be out of the league in two years while we still have a chance to grab a QB who has more of a track record than Mike Reilly has, yet everyone was SO enamoured with him. If those two QB's were such prized possessions, their teams would not have parted with them. Simply making an appearance in the Grey Cup is not the be all and end all. If it was they wouldn't be under contract with an expansion team.

Sounds good to me but not to a lot of others. Others: We didn't sign Burris. We should have offered 500k. Oh right...and we need a new O-line. Oh and we need a lot of NIs. And we need to sign some receivers. Ours can't catch. And why have we got so many players going to FA. We should have signed them. MILLER AND WALTERS ARE FAILURES. Some Others: Sign Burris at the low end of what QBs make. Spend the money elsewhere. Sign Drew Willy. BUT DON'T OVER SPEND. But we need a new O-line, new receivers and all those FAs need to be re-signed. BUT DON'T OVERSPEND. So what is it boys. Do we empty the bank or do we cheap out. And how in hell do Miller and Walters satisfy you all. Collaros obviously wanted to be with Austin. Not Walters fault unless you wanted to pay him 450k. Ottawa throws money at Burris that Walters can't match because he knows the rest of the team needs to be upgraded. Again not Walters fault. Don't be surprised if Taman signs Willy or trades him to BC just to get back at Wpg with the way he was dumped. Simply put it's just about being smart. One could justify overpaying for a young or even a middle aged quarterback because it in turn gives you that stability as a franchise that many covet. Essentially Walters is in a game of poker right now, he knew what he had in Burris or what Burris had to offer the team and when the stakes got to high he folded his cards, and it was a very smart decision. Just as there is more than one hand when playing cards, people can bet their bottom dollar that Walters has other cards that he has yet to play.

4-12 against the West the last 2 seasons. Half a million bucks for a likely 6 win 39 year old QB in Blue and Gold. That would have been an epic fail. Bingo.

Taking the low end of your range, if you really think Burris would give us 5 extra wins (bringing us to 8-10) in 2014, please pass me what you're drinking. This TEAM, as a whole has way to many problems to be 8-10 this year.

The bottom line is this folks. Regardless of the cap going up or how much room we have you just DO NOT pay that kind of money to a 39 year old quarterback. It's just not in any way, shape or form smart business. His track record doesn't justify it, his age doesn't justify it and us being a rebuilding ball club does not justify it. All that being said Henry isn't the bad guy here. It's quite clear what he wanted: One last big pay day before he retires, and hey good for him, he got it. Today should be much more about the Ottawa business model than us losing out on a quarterback. It's clear that Desjardins hasn't learned from his Hamilton days, and that Ottawa as a whole has not learned from one of the many reasons behind them folding yet again.

It's all Kyle Walters fault. Guy is just useless...

Based on that Penton tweet, as much as getting a #1 QB would have been nice today Walters did what was in the best interest of the ball club and balked at that price. That is absolutely ridiculous.

It's February. People need to stop getting their panties in a knot, sit their ass down and just watch it all play out. We have no slightest idea what the final product will be. People need to relax. Maybe you and Noeller don't. But I know we're going to suck major ass again this year. Bookmarked... Last year 75% of the internet Bomber fan community believed we were going to be good even though it was obvious we weren't. This year, it's Mr. Perfect and Noeller. Please show me where I've said we will be a good team this year. From this very thread... "Everyone was super optimistic and excited too and at the end of the day it resulted in a four win season. It's just too much of an unknown at this point how things will pan out." Also from this very thread... Of course we're going to suck, we were 3-15 last year and have more holes than Portage Avenue in April. The point is, is that there are still lots of time to add pieces to the puzzle to start to get the ship turned around. This was never going to be a one year process. People need to realize that."

Three? Burris, Collaros and ?? Reilly Reilly was traded to Edmonton before free agency last year then was extended. He never hit the market. We could have made a trade before Edmonton did. Sure, and the GM at the time has since been fired. To say however that Reilly was a free agent that we missed out on is not true. He was never a free agent.

It's February. People need to stop getting their panties in a knot, sit their ass down and just watch it all play out. We have no slightest idea what the final product will be. People need to relax. Maybe you and Noeller don't. But I know we're going to suck major ass again this year. Bookmarked... Last year 75% of the internet Bomber fan community believed we were going to be good even though it was obvious we weren't. This year, it's Mr. Perfect and Noeller. Please show me where I've said we will be a good team this year.

If that's the case he's on par with Ray, and Burris is no Ricky Ray, not by a long shot.