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I can't see how. Just drive up QB costs is all.

There is nothing flawed about this at all. It's business 101. You pivot as the budget allows. I was in business for many years and available cash flow has a massive effect on everything. If you have budget room to spend so as not to take an even bigger loss you do so.

In the past, sure. Made their best offer another team offered more. Nothing more to be done. This year teams got an unexpected windfall of SMS halfway through the week. I'm not suggesting Kenny necessarily comes back, but I guarantee Walters is upping his pitch. He would be an idiot not to do so. I don't give a fig what Dunk is saying, no GM is going to talk to him about waiting until the exclusive window and re-entering talks with their pending FAs. Some guys will have been moved on from, other guys were losses that teams were forced to make because of the old SMS number. Kenny is one of those guys.

Who is doing that talking. Certainly not the players, or the GMs. One would have to be pretty naive to think that some teams won't circle back on players they really want to keep as is their right to do so. The cap just went up unexpectedly by 10%, that changes everything.

He just woke up yesterday with a sack of money under his pillow. You seem to be discounting that. You keep thinking that agreeing to terms on a dollar amount with another team is an obligation by the player during this window. It is not. For all intents and purposes it is only an obligation by the team making the offer that if you don't re-sign with your team we will honor the dollar amount we discussed.

Sorry man you are dead wrong on this. Last year the SMS didn't move halfway through tampering week. If you don't think that entirely changes things then I guess math isn't your skill set.

So far, but no player is obligated to any of the terms they have accepted. NONE. The only people that are obligated are the teams that made the offer and they are only obligated so that teams don't make offers and walk away simply to drive up a player's price. Mike does not seem to grasp what this tampering period is for. It is meant only to establish market value for players and give teams time to prepare for what the market bears for their pending FAs and who they may no longer be able to afford. No one is obligated to anyone and each team and GM is fully aware of that when they file the offer. There isn't a single team that isn't 100% cognizant that the player they have offer sheeted may still sign with their former team. Normally, in these scenarios the player leaving will leave but this year a little half million monkey wrench may lead to some teams still retaining FA's they thought they were losing for SMS reasons and not a single team will cry about it when it happens.

You don't know that. This week was set up entirely so that teams would have 48 hours to talk to their pending FA's. No team in the CFL or player has signed anything and agreed to terms is worth nothing until each team has that 48 hours. If the Bombers make a final pitch to Kenny and he accepts it there was absolutely ZERO obligation for him to sign in Hammy, nor would there be any hard feelings at all by anyone. This is how this week was designed to work. All Kenny agreed to was that IF the Bombers don't step up I will go to Hamilton...nothing more. People keep suggesting that this agreed to terms is some kind of obligation by the players. It isn't and it was never designed to be one. Kenny could go to FA as well, and there would still be no hard feelings. It is his right to do so. It is the Bombers right to have an exclusive time to try persuade him to stay as well.

They cannot counter in the 48 hour window. They've had 2 days now to go back to Kenny and raise the offer if they so wished. Once the Bombers get the league info on what the exact offer is that Kenny accepted then the Bombers have an exclusive 48 hours to seal the deal. If Kenny wants to see if a Hammy counter will come he needs to go to FA. If I'm the Bombers I am insisting Kenny signs now or the offer is off the table come FA. However, after signing Sterns I think we may have moved on. Hope not tho. We offered 225 apparently. If we go to 260 I would think Kenny would sign with us. You keep throwing around 275 as the number we have to match. We don't. Kenny took a lesser offer two years ago to be with us, no reason to believe he wouldn't again.

Kenny doesn't have to accept any deal offered right now. If Walters is to make a play for Kenny he will need to sign on the dotted line right now but even if he doesn't he can still opt out of the Hammy deal and hit FA. He is not obligated to any offer this week.

For sure. You spend what you have. 2 days ago that was not much, now that's half a million. Lawler loves Winnipeg, who is to say that he doesn't meet us in the middle at 260 or something.

Fair enuff. Sorry took offense to your wording and appreciate the clarification

Some people see what they wanna see. Don't give me this crapola about anyone disagreeing with your take not having football knowledge. That is pure bullshit and an absolutely garbage way to conduct a discussion on a forum. I have played and coached football at a high enough level to know what I am talking about. You are not the only guy on here with football experience. No one is suggesting that JT isn't a problem, what some of us are saying is that you seem awfully fixated on one roster player being the root of all evil. Perhaps it is you that has lost perspective? Have you ever considered that? For two years now you have been suggesting that the rostering at the bottom of our game day depth chart outweighs the positives of MOS's coaching overall and that my friend is just plain bias on your part because that assessment isn't coming with any kind of football acumen behind it. If that is not what you are saying then why the 2 year long circle jerk about it? Yes, JT got way more reps last year than he should have. No one is disagreeing. What you always and conveniently never take into consideration is that injury was the main reason for a lot of them. Look...We ALL agree that MOS has some negative coaching habits, Just not going to dwell on them because he is outstanding in so many other areas that it makes up for his weaknesses. Good gravy man....hearing you talk about MOS one would think he stole your wife. Not good at all.

I just don't see a universe where Jake outplays Lawson for the vast majority of reps this year. Last year was easy for Osh to give the reps to JT. there was no proven commodity behind him. This year, it would be near impossible knowing what we know about Lawson's ability.

I get your worry, but I just can't see it happening.

Yep there were a multitude of calamities particularly in the first half of the season. I though everything tightened up a lot better by the midway point. For sure. A big part of that was O scheme too.

If he is used as he was last year very problematic, however, context is everything. Last year we lost Lawson in TC leaving too many reps for Jake.

Nope not all pressures and sacks are on the OL. However, last year we saw an inordinant amount of average to below average OL play.

Last year he had more pressure on him than all the other years combined.

Meh...I guess BC must see something in him...not sure what.

Sorry I meant to include a return of Lawler to that group as I just feel it's going to happen.

I agree with you on JT. Last year's injury to Lawson really threw him into way more reps than he should have had.

Mitchell, Schoen, Demski, Clercius, Lawler, White and the return of WIlson is as good as it gets in this league. This would give us ample skill starting and ample depth with a 5 IMP option as well when needed.

It's all very doable now, hopefully Walters has taken off his handcuffs and will put pen to paper on some talent.

In any other year I totally agree that 275 is an over pay. This is our GC hosting year. I am not against over paying/exceeding the cap this year to get our cup on home soil. For that reason I want KW to bring in difference makers. He hasn't done so yet and Lawler would be a great start.