Jesse

Isn’t this a pretty normal thing for teams to do?

I feel like he was one of the guys who has said he’s coming back if we’ll have him. He’s not even that old.

Both, if possible. Brown would be my focus. I wonder if this is the year we get Ian Book in camp. He's been on our neg list forever and seems to have run out of NFL chances.

Mike Miller is the easy answer, but we still kept him on the roster all season so it wouldn't even surprise me to see him come back. Stanley Bryant apparently walked off in a huff and probably is the guy who was saying he's done. But I'm putting my faith in Walters who thinks he just needs to cool off and then will talk him into coming back for another go.

Not expecting to lose any starters. Maybe some depth guys.

That’s how we developed Brown in the first place. We’re paying Zach too much to overly invest in the depth. Prukop + rookie is what I’m expecting.

You’re not saving a whole lot on each of those moves. Probably have to make a bunch of those just to pay for the bumps for other starters you want to keep. Big bumps like Brady and Dalton are going to require more significant moves.

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Haven’t added anyone, everyone’s just working on the same deals as last year, I guess.

I know I wouldn’t stick with Fajardo if I was Montreal, he’s still the weakest link.

Man, I can’t think of anything worse than that scenario. Money wont keep Dru here, it would never come to that. Keeping Schoen means finding one or two guys on rookie deals in the starting line-up. I don’t know if that would ultimately be worth the trade off.

Weird that Meier and Corny and Adams got so much then. What you’re saying makes sense, TBurg, it just never works like that in real life. There’s a world out there where Dru signs with Ottawa as the back-up to Masoli and takes a low base with start incentives. But if Ottawa cuts Masoli and sign Dru with the intention of being their starter, they are going to give him a starting salary.

We do nothing but have different opinions - there are several threads devoted to Zach vs. Dru comparisons moving forward. But you bringing it up while we're on a different topic sounds like you're trolling. I am one of the people here who welcome other team's fans - but there is a low tolerance on this forum as a whole, so if you would like to post here, consider it a friendly warning.

His base was 285, but he also got 20k for taking the first snap of the year and another 5k for every start. It was just a little insurance in case Rourke came back - As a starter, he made 350. There was no starter, top tier or bottom tier, who made less than Adams' 350k. Again, with the exception of Kelly. Again, no guarantee that Brown will be signed as a starter - but if he is - you still need to pay him a starter salary.

Probs meant Cameron.

Like I said, maybe a 50/50 shot. They could trade his rights. But they also may just "do right by the player" and give him a head start on FA so he can talk to teams early.

If Brown IS leaving and knows where he wants to go or wants the opportunity to talk to teams, there's a 50/50 chance the Bombers just release him early.

Like you say, he's their safety net and it's their job to find that next guy. It's the hardest job in sports: find a starting QB.

The top receivers have topped 300k for the past 2-3 seasons. Top RBs, including Hall of Fame calibre Canadian Andrew Harris, has not hit 175k. I agree that Brady will set the market, but he's going to set the market as a RB, which is simply at a different scale than other positions.

Zach's fine. And he's ours for at least the next two years whether he starts to decline or not. Gotta start looking for our next developmental guy. Stop trying to pull us into the weeds man, or you're just gonna get yourself banned.

Not Dru, it's too late for that, but Harris was a great bridge option to the next guy had they been able to plan it out. There is president (the Burris/Harris deal), for giving Dru a contract that pays him as a back-up in the first year and as a starter in subsequent years tho. For teams like Ottawa/Hamilton/Sask with old busted QBs in place.

Highest contract ever given out was by us, to Andrew Harris, at 170k. Brady could top that, but he's not blowing the pay scale out of the water. RBs are too replaceable.

2 years in your late 30s is kind of a big deal. We all expect Zach to potentially retire in 2 years after his current deal. I think it's a good idea to have a guy like Harris in the building as part of a rebuild. But what they need to do - starting with last year - is get a guy like Dru to be ready to step in and take the job.

I'm a huge Brady fan, but that would surprise me a lot. His ask will also be limited by the position he plays. There's a ceiling for RBs. If he's brought in as a starter, proven or not, the starting salary starts with a 3. Of course, that's not a sure thing at this point.

Not counting Kelly, who was on his rookie deal, the lowest paid starter was Adams, who got 350k. The higher paid back-ups (Arbuckle and Shilts) received 130ish and then play time bonuses for starts. to get them in the low 200s. It all depends if someone is going to go all-in on him as a starter, or if Dru is willing to bet on himself as a back-up somewhere where he thinks he can beat out an established starter or go behind a starter who's at a higher risk of missing time.