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You guys need to relax. There is still a lot of time before FA begins and we all know that at the end of the day Demski wants to be a Bomber.

Ellingson is a gamble, in comparison to Weineke. That being said Weineke's production last year worries me too.

Totally 100% correct. Unless they are letting other players walk, they did not open any cap room at all, no matter what flawed and nonsensical math equations closet BC Lion fans want to put forth.

Moe Khan throwing his hat into CFL scuttlebutt with a I heard this from an insider prognostication. However, the Lions save zero cap space from Rourke departing and all of Burnham's salary now goes to pay Vernon Adams. Insider info my ass!

Damn, I was hoping they would run it back one more year with the most over rated DE that I can remember. Like honestly, if this guys doesn't play opposite Charleston Hughes with Micah Johnson on the line he would have been exposed a long time ago. If you are going to play like a pylon one should learn to pose like one too.

Yep, and the guy who loses out on the starting centre and 6th OL jobs on our team is still a better OL than anyone the RIders currently have on their roster.

He hadn't played for two years when we signed him the first time. For guys in the trenches, especially the OL, it's easy to get back into the game. Weight maintenance and cardio will be his biggest obstacles and he has 6 months to deal with that. He must have been ahead of Gray because he was the one who got the start when Neuf went down in 2021 and he played at a very high level that game. If he doesn't go covidiot he is probably our starting LG right now. He is a very talented O lineman. As long as he isn't 50 cheeseburger overweight and no breath he can easily come in at centre for us, as this is his natural position and is the easiest OL position physically.

He knows the number that other teams are willing to offer, just needs them to file it with the league so that he has the leverage.

The RIders already have the most toxic announcer in all of pro sports. They won one FA battle there. lol

I think that chance is small. Demski is likely wants to look at the numbers and then circle back to the Bombers with his perceived worth and will likely take less to come back as long as it is close.

If I am the Riders I would have paid what it took to get him. They could justify it. We can't though, not with the pre-existing talent. Funny how that works, the Riders have made yet another massive mistake by not getting him under contract, and we probably dodged a bullet by not taking on that contract.

They should be. The best OG in the CFL by a considerable margin was up for grabs and the team that should have been the most desperate to get him completely whiffed in their attempt.

Absolutely. I don't think anyone would have an issue with us bringing back Sheed. However, I doubt Sheed is looking at #4 status receiver or the money that brings. That being said, I don't see a lot of teams where he is a top 2 guy either.

Wait until Sankey, and Dean leave, and they strike out in FA, for the exact same reasons BLM said no thanks...RF heads are going to explode. True...and that's exactly the type of crap the Riders organization insists Harvard hires in their PbP guy. You can't speak a negative word about the Riders in a year where they keep piling cars onto the train wreck.....what's left to say that won't sound deliriously optimistic or foolish. Couple that with a guy known to be a blowhard and you've got what we see now. Just straight up ridiculousness and not all of it is on Ballsy. Although, he sure makes no effort to minimize it either. It's their fan base that drives this. Ever read anything negative about the Riders online that has a comment section? Pure gold the reaction it gets. However, when you are in THAT market, THAT reaction is business suicide so you have to skip merrily down lollipop lane so as not to trigger Riderfans who are blissfully adrift in their delusions.

I agree. Bailey's a team guy and will play to the whistle every down and not air his stuff out in the media but based on some visible frustration he showed last year. I think it is pretty apparent he wants to be featured more in an offence. I am not sure we can really provide him with that opportunity. Also, we traded away a DE for Darby...Keion was an emergency type signing. Maybe if he comes in cheap enough or the Bombers scouting staff poops the bed on DE prospects, but otherwise I don't expect him back.

Very under rated teamer.

Friend of mine just taught me to refill 1lb cylinders from a 20lb tank with an adaptor he bought from Amazon. Game changer. I ordered one and should be in next week. I feel so stupid for buying them at full cost now. I have a hose adaptor for a 20 lb tank but I hate hauling the 20lb tank when I just pop out of a couple hours in front of my cottage so I go through a fair amount of 1lb tanks out of convenience. Now I can refill them easily off my BBQ. Geez.....

I have fished both and have seen bohemeths out of Clearwater. Athapap you can spend days trying to get one or two of the same size fish as you will get in an afternoon at Clearwater. Could you break a world record at Athapap? Yep. Will you? Not unless you know that lake like the back of your hand and get lucky. If you go out on a guided trip from Bakers Narrows they will put you on some good spots but even the guides there aren't going to find you anything that you can't get at Clearwater. For my money Clearwater is the best bet. You will catch big Lakers and you will catch numbers. Even Reed Lake is a better destination than Athapap because you will get on walleye, and big pike at the same time as you are fishing the Lakers. Honestly, the allure of Athapap is that it had the world record Laker for a long time and that brings the people there, but it's Laker population and sizes for a guy making a trip once a year just don't mesh up with what is reported about that lake. I know crap loads of serious ice fisherman from the North and they all tend to agree with me on that. Nothing against Athapap....but the size of fish you can expect out of there is pretty wildly overstated. I did GBL when I was a teenager with my Dad. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. We didn't catch anything overwhelmingly big but weather didn't cooperate with us either.

Evans contract is a hefty bonus (not sure how much) upon reporting for TC and passing his physical. Something that Andrew Harris would not sign up for last year btw and the Bombers were called oderous for asking for that provision, although it is standard in most contracts.

I am sure IF Saskatchewan is willing to pay his current contract that Evans would be fine with that. If he is released, his best option at starting is still probably Saskatchewan and I don't believe they will offer him 440k. Saskatchewan desperately needs a starting QB before FA or no player will touch them with a 10 foot pole. Hamilton has all the leverage to force Saskatchewan to trade for his contract. It really is essential they have their QB in place soon.

They were messing with us. I thought holy crap here we go again around the mulberry bush...lmao.

After the deadline NFL teams are not allowed and won't make offers anymore. Offer has to come in before the deadline. This was the only way the NFLPA would allow the NFL to talk to/sign players currently under contract (option year window) with the CFL. They were initially dead set against it.

If Hamilton really wants to do right by Evans they trade him and not release him. I am positive that Evans would be OK with that because he wants his current contract in place at his new destination.

Wow....this really was the Riders only hope at having any kind of a chance at a winning record this year. Hear me out before laughing. With BLM, there could have been an outside chance he would inspire and bring a path to a winning culture. Yes, I know he would have got killed behind that OL. Really so will anyone else that the Riders could sign. Harris...dead....Evans...dead. All you really got is a hope and a prayer at BLM, and that he brings a culture change with him. That dream is now dead...and so is their season. Sankey, Lanier, Dean...they all waited to see if maybe BLM was coming and now that he is not I would be shocked if they don't go to FA...unless of course the Riders massively overpay.

I doubt the NFL would react kindly to CFL teams attempting to sign players that are under contract in their league. Soooo...basically anyone else.