bigg jay

100%, I love those shows. I just finished re-watching Breaking Bad with my wife, who hadn't watched before, so I'm looking forward to watching BCS again

Except it's an actual quote from Walters - you can hear it directly from him. https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/11/26/kyle-walters-november-26/ (just after the 20:20 mark).

He also said they haven't discussed it but that MOS & Wade would probably be fine with going over. https://3downnation.com/2024/11/27/kyle-walters-blue-bombers-havent-discussed-but-would-probably-be-all-for-violating-salary-cap-in-grey-cup-host-year/

It's interesting (but not unexpected) that this list is QB heavy, compared to past neg list releases. Some of these guys have been on the radar for a while and were listed on the fall list (Artopoeus) or on the 2023 lists (Book, Gronkowski). I find it interesting to look back at previous years to see how guys have turned out - last year we had Ontaria & Ayers listed (amongst others who did not make the same impact like Kody Case). I wonder who it will be from this year, if anyone, that makes an impact for us in 2025.

If it's all the same to you, I'll pass on losing the WSF in Regina! 😂

I'd like that but he's not a pending FA this off-season. BLM might be the present starter in Hamilton but not the future so I imagine the ticats will try to extend Powell before 2026.

Yep, it's a bit early to be panicking. At this time of year, you'll get a few key guys signed (which we have already) and some TCF signed (which we have also done) but most of the signings come in January & February Compare what we did last year at this time to what we have done so far, it's a very normal start to the off-season. I'd actually say we're ahead of schedule by having 2 key guys (Castillo & Bryant), and another important guy (Jones) already locked up - last year we only really had Willie signed by this point. 2023 signings after GC: Nov 27 2023: Collin Kornelson, Max Charbonneau, Breton Macdougall, Jonathan Rosery Dec 7, 2023: Ronnie Blackmon Dec 11, 2023: Willie Jefferson Dec 19, 2023: Pat Neufeld Dec 20: 2023: Tanner Cadwallader, Redha Kramdi Dec 21: 2023: Deatrick Nichols, Anthony Blue Dec 22: 2023: Cam Lawson

Losing Goveia & Pierce was just a matter of time. As far as McManus goes, if Goveia wants to bring him along to Hamilton, he'd have to get permission from the Bombers. Given the loss of the other two from football ops, I could see the club declining that request this time.

History says different. The last two years Willie re-signed in November while Stan re-upped in January. Previous to that they both signed new deals in January (Willie was first one year and Stan was first the other).

Article says no sex offender list but yes he'll have conditions to abide by. Still seems to be an extremely lenient sentence. "Christophe Normand will, however, be able to serve his three-month prison sentence intermittently, i.e. during weekend. He will then be subject to three years of probation, with several conditions to be met, including two years of monitoring for any sexual issues. His name will not be entered in the Sex Offender Registry."

He was charged in August 2022 and found guilty in April 2024 so just over 2 years which seems about right for our system. He had been out on bail so credit for time served doesn't apply.

Should be years but it's only months.

Welcome him back to where? Hamilton?

I think Collaros is (and has been for years) is closer to that scenario than Masoli is.

Just finished his 3rd year of eligibility.

I was thinking about that during Grey Cup when the Argo's re-added Robert Priester to their active roster. He's a prime example of a recycled DB who has bounced around, going on and off the active & practice rosters for us (twice), Edmonton and Toronto but never seems to really stick. He's been cut & brought back like 15-20 times between the 3 teams - his transaction page on the CFL site is really long for a guy who's only played 28 games in 6 years.

I would say as far as the Bombers go, we are under exposed. We used to get good TC reports and things like that but now we get next to nothing. We mainly just get to see guys like Jackson waste a roster spot on game day and have to speculate as to why. Was he doing something in practice that showed promise and we just never got to hear about it or see it?

Yep

Only if he paid attention to them. Coaches/players/officials are probably best served by not going anywhere near places like this - we're all on the outside looking in so what we say doesn't hold any weight but could still be bad for you mentally. You could be the best ever in your role but one slip and people will s**t all over you.

Sask re-signs Harris... good luck with that! https://3downnation.com/2024/12/05/staying-in-saskatchewan-riders-re-sign-veteran-qb-trevor-harris/

I don't think that's the case at all. Both guys have been candidates for GM/HC jobs for a couple years now so it was only a matter of time. If either guy wanted to advance their career (which they both did and now have done), it wasn't going to be in Winnipeg, at least not at this time with Walters & MOS here. As far as a thank you goes, it's only been a day (for Buck) or less (for Ted) since their hirings were made official. Give it time. Winnipeg was very important to Buck and his family so I'd be shocked if he didn't say something at some point. I don't think I've ever heard anything from Ted - he's been more of a behind the scenes guy so I'm not sure that will change.

Lofton was a Bomber before he was a Rider as he played for us in 2022. He also wasn't cut, he played out his contract with Sask and came back here early in Free Agency.

Agreed - just pointing out that it wasn't all homeruns. There are other examples too (Josh Johnson) but the bigger issue with those guys is the fact they were wasting active roster spots which has nothing to do with scouting.

TBF, other than Dobson, the only other 1st round pick we've had in the last 5 years was Bennett. We traded down this past draft to get 2 early 2nd rounders in a deep draft (Clercius & MCI). We traded our 2022 pick for Lawson & we traded our 2020 pick in the Collaros trade.

I agree with you for the most part but we've definitely seen some meh talent here (see Damien Jackson).