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Of course he is going to exhaust all opportunities first, there is a couple million dollars in lifetime pension at stake. Plus his best friend Woli is here too. There is, I just don't particularly feel like giving it a lot of my time. I stand behind my reasoning with or without examples to illustrate. Thanks for Ray though...he is the perfect example.

Sad but true,

Strev needs to be rostered for 6 more games to pull down a 30k American pension for the rest of his life. He is not in the same situation as most ex-CFLers. He needs to exhaust every avenue to try and get those 6 games. It's why there is zero chance he gives up the NFL dream this season. He will try and find a way to convince another NFL team to bring him in, and if he can't in the next few weeks, he will sign a pro rated contract and hope he puts up some game film to convince a team for one last shot.

You do realize that when Arizona, Baltimore, and Miami cut him it was our offseason right?

You are asking the wrong question then. The question you should be asking is how many guys return to the CFL from the NFL and don't attempt to get back to the NFL in the offseason following? Answer....not many nowadays. Most guys returning are on prorated contracts for the remainder of the year.

Ton of guys come to the CFL after failed NFL attempts and then get a 2nd look after their rookie year here. Most of the IMPs signed in the CFL have been through an NFL camp already. Almost all will tell you that they came up here to build some positive game film and keep their names in the hopper.

I agree, most guys never get a sniff again. However, Kongbo has shown it can be done. Others, such as Duke Williams and Reggie Begelton signed to the end of the year and checked out NFL interest before re-signing in the CFL. I am certainly not suggesting that if Streveler came North he would be a slam dunk to get NFL interest next year....he wouldn't, but like most of the NFL returnees of the past several years he will likely want to keep that option open. He can come back to the CFL for a GC run with us, and then pick his best CFL/NFL option in the offseason. I doubt he gives up his NFL option by coming back on a multi-year deal right now and no one is handing them their starting QB position without that commitment.

Strev coming here has simply gone from extreme longshot, to remote possibility. However, that's better than it was a few days ago.

I disagree. Off the top of my head without even looking at rosters...Jonathan Kongbo. There are numerous others but I will let you do your own homework. If he only wants to sign until the end of this year and keep his NFL option open for next season, then Winnipeg is exactly where he should sign. If he wants to give up the NFL dream, then definitely there are better CFL options for him. I just think he is not done with his pursuit of an NFL gig yet, even if no one picks him up in the next month I believe he will want to keep his options open before signing any multiyear deal.

I am unclear why guys would not see this as a viable possibility. First of all, Strevy loves Winnipeg and loves winning, secondly he is immediately familiar with our offence, thirdly he wants to keep his NFL dream alive and trying to learn a new offensive system and have success in an 8 game span is extremely risky to that NFL future, He needs to come to the CFL, play well, and keep his name circulating. Winnipeg, by far, presents him the best opportunity for that.

It doesn't have to raise his profile, it has to maintain it. The premise is that he would come here if he can't catch on anywhere. Being rostered in the CFL and getting some live action is far better than sitting on his thumbs. Not sure why this concept is hard to understand? A ton of guys come back to the CFL with exactly this in mind. A lot end up staying, but rarely do you see guys coming back from the NFL and signing multi-year deals when they come back.

Exactly. If his NFL dream still lives on then Winnipeg provides him with the best opportunity for team, and individual success over a short span. The only way he should go elsewhere is if he wants to come back to the CFL on a multi-year deal because it will take him the remainder of the season just to settle in with a new team, and a new offence. Who says this is his last shot? He comes up here, plays well, and maybe he gets another look with more film under his belt.

If he's coming back on a prorated one year deal, which is likely, then his best option is to come into an offence he is familiar with and will set up a package for him to get his film out there but most importantly to stay active and sharp. Are there better opportunities in the CFL for him? Sure....long term...but not short term. If he still has his eyes on the NFL and wants to come North to stay sharp but not ruin his chances of going South again then Winnipeg is the best destination for him.

I would think he gets a PR look somewhere, but if he doesn't in the next couple of weeks he would do well to come back for the stretch run and get some more film.

Strev may have extended his NFL hopes with his pre-season play. Might be a team that will PR him, and almost definitely one will pick him up in the offseason for TC if he doesn't land now. Therefore, I would say that because of his TC performance our chances of getting Strev back for a stretch run have increased exponentially. If he doesn't land somewhere in the next 10 days, his very best option would likely be to come back to the Bombers for a stretch run on a prorated one year deal and then set his sights on the NFL in the offseason again. I would say the chances of him coming back to the CFL on a multiyear deal are between slim and none this season. If he is coming back just to stay sharp until the end of the season it would almost certainly be with us.

It's not that he forgot how to pee, he was dehydrated and couldn't regain hydration in the 11 hours they waited for him to do so. Poor guy would have crumbled to dust if someone had touched him at that time. Only on Riderfans would "I couldn't pee" be a legit excuse for REFUSING a drug test, but Andrew suggesting he got a tainted supplement was clearly a lie by a chronic drug abuser.

There is only one comparable to Harris's situation on the RIders and his name is AC Leonard. Not hearing much about his mollycoddling. As for Marino, Riderfans would have you believing this is nothing more than a league wide fan's on social media smear campaign against him.

Ottawa may have a bunch of pansies that let their QB get hunted by Marino, but the Bombers sure as hell wouldn't take it up the arse without some retribution being levied in return. Meat puppet Marino best remember that...

How much of this soap opera does the management allow? It's one thing to be an ass clown on the field, but when you are being an ass clown to the club's own employees wouldn't/shouldn't that be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I can tell you with 100% certainty that a player would not disrespect the Bomber staffers without getting his walking papers minutes after. If the Riders allow this as an organization they really need a complete reset from the top down.

If that's a question that seriously needs to be asked then I have to wonder where the Riders are as an organization right now. I get the feeling that JOD, even though a few years removed from playing, would give Marino all he could handle.

Osh took the high road because, unlike some fans, he fully realizes that was just one of a hundred plays in a game and wasn't the difference in winning or losing. I highly doubt MOS even had a chance to see the play with his own eyes on replay when he was interviewed. I doubt he feels the same way after watching it. His team won the game so I doubt he cares about it now either.

I am not sure where he got the information that O'Shea was told by the officials that it wouldn't be overturned? From all accounts, O'Shea didn't believe it would be overturned, that in no way makes it the correct call. It just means the chances of it being overturned were not there because the CFL has been reticent to do so on RTP calls. There is a big difference between not wanting to challenge because the chance of it being overturned are small, and acknowledging that is was the correct call which to my knowledge MOS has never done....because it wasn't. I am super unclear as to why TB believes that MOS not challenging means he believes the call was correct? I mean really a blind squirrel could see that the RTP call was grossly incorrect. Every bit as egregious as the non-fumble incorrect call. Both plays had impact on the outcome of the game in their own way. Neither call resulted in one team winning/losing a game they shouldn't have.

For sure. TB likes to think he is being picked on, when really it is just that his arguments are so often flawed that illicits the responses.

Not to mention his pension status. The NFL owners are known for collectively blackballing guys like him. Desjarlais is not having a particularly strong camp from what I have read, but we shall see what his coaching staff thinks of him vs the self declared experts.

That's exactly what is so bothersome and tedious. The continual search for reasons to discredit our team's success has robbed him of his credibility when making his arguments. I am pretty sure he takes on the role of devil's advocate for his own amusement, and that is fine, every forum needs a foil. If he truly believes in his arguments though it must be tough to be a sports fan then. If you can't find joy and hope in the past 3 seasons of Bomber football and see nothing but negatives still.....I don't know if I'd bother continuing on.