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We are at a point in time where we either have to play guys on rookie/RFA contracts in significant roles or eat crap and try trade away bad contracts for draft capital. Sure we could move an Iafallo, Pionk off bad/semi-bad contracts but we will have to pay teams to take on these contracts. They aren't going to return anything.

All of our 3 last 1st round picks are 6'1 minimum and 200+ lbs. We can't. That's the economic/cap space reality.

We weren't seriously in on these guys. We have 8.75 cap remaining after who we signed (all league min really and completely necessary) and 4 RFAs still left to sign. We maybe have 2-3 million in cap room left. That wasn't going to get Monny or Dillon to stay or Henrique. Everyone beyotching about us signing people with no cap space to do so.

People are criticizing Chevy for not spending money with no cap room to do so. Look at the cap people, the only way our team is changing signficantly is if we are moving pieces out too. Dillon was a cap casualty and there was no way we were signing Monahan unless he came cheap. Why not trade Ehlers and McG and do something with the freed up space? Because teams aren't buyers on the trade market at the opening of FA. Just a fact.

Hard to judge the DL right now with all the bodies we have lost but I tend to agree with your assessment. Playing with our current group is not getting it done, but that wasn't the plan for sure.

ST coverage craps out....Mike Miller loses his whole season to injury. Not the totality of the problem but certainly a big part of it.

Harris being injured, and likely injured again when he returns, was not unlucky it was inevitable. All discussions this offseason here the main criticism of the Riders running it back with Harris was that he was highly unlikely to be able to survive an 18 game schedule. It was a mistake re-signing him for that reason. I think the over under on when he would be out long term was about 3 games. He did not disappoint.

I defended the way the Bombers TC. However, hindsight has me clearly convinced that I was wrong and it was indeed a fiasco. No other explanation for the complete lack of cohesiveness we have seen thus far. Everything is out of sync, and only a portion of that falls to roster changes.

Sure. However, they didn't and we lost. Less injuries we likely miss those plays and win. This shorthanded, we had to have them.

Hard to win with this many injuries. Walter's.. get to work..the chopper is ready for an airlift.

Potato Pancakes...mmmm....sign me up. Now I have to go to my old stomping grounds in Transcona just so I can stop in at KP.

Yea....keeping Dunigan was definitely the right move. McManus went on to have a great career. No doubt about it but weighing in on a trade 2-3 years after in the CFL is a fool's game. Contracts are short term and beyond the term of the remainder of a player's contract is not really a way to judge a trade at all. The Bombers might have re-signed McManus if they had pursued him long before he went on to great success as a starter. Or...we could be in a worse situation. We still don't know what Brown is yet for certain. We should maybe let that play out before deciding he is better than Collaros this year and beyond.

It's a fine line. Sometimes you gotta give players rope to play through their struggles, like Zac right now for instance. However, sometimes you just gotta sit a guy down instead of beating your head against the wall. Kola likely toes the line right on the edge of both of those. Therefore, only hindsight will be 20/20 on what to do with him.

Thomas was never a starter type imo. He just doesn't have the gas in the tank. He didn't earn the nickname Fatboi because of his cardio.

One would hope.

I don't mind BO on if he is really close to ready to go and a day may make all the difference or if they feel it is best to ease him back on limited reps. However, if he is a longshot and they added him anyway than it's a waste.

I agree. One cannot look at tackles in iso. If a DB has a high level of tackles, pass break ups, INTs etc. then one can assume he is playing well, but then again maybe they are throwing his way a lot too because he is seen as weak in coverage. The eyeball test tells more than stats at many positions. Rookies are always scary, but I'm more fearful about our OL coming together, and our decimated DL right now.

Yea, context is everything especially in a stat like tackles. That's why I hate seeing tackles as an indicator of good MIKE play for instance. It might be....but it might not be as well.

Agreed. I attended a coaches clinic in Texas years ago that illustrated the art of breaking down film, and I had no idea at that point just how poorly I had been doing it previously. lol. I fairness to almost everybody here, we are all trying to be film warriors from broadcast film and that is difficult to do zoomed in for TV.

True..and to be honest I have some concerns as well. I think where we differ is on how deep the problem is.

Yea...that's what I meant. Thanks for clarifying. Of course at times he got more. Shouldn't have.

Why did you leave one kicking around somewhere?

Sorry, tried to get on a soapbox but I was told you and Mike have it rented out until at least Friday. Not arguing the roster build, just the statement that Bighill on = Woods off. Not true. All the IMPS on the DC being on is why Woods is off. Semantics, I know, but my argument actually backs up your point.

Yes, but who that import is has nothing to do with Bighill. It is therefore not a direct exchange really. It is one guy coming on, one guy going off and the coaches picking one of 25 imports to sit. I guess I'm splitting hairs but Bighill on does not automatically equate to Woods sitting. That was a coaching decision based on roster need/want throughout the lineup. I am sure the coaches discussed a few guys potentially coming off before landing on Woods. By that reasoning you could say Player X staying on is why Woods is off, or Player Z.

Because I have built rosters before I guess. If they wanted both on they would have both on. It isn't hard to do. Biggie coming on was only part of the equation on Woods. The other part of the equation is that they decided to keep all the IMPs on the roster before him as well. One guy coming on, equates to one guy going off, who that turns out to be is the guy on the roster deemed most expendable. Didn't have to be Woods, but it was.