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4 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Pretty restrained excitement...

yea I didn't really see anything beyond a textual golf clap in the possibility of signing him..  depth and having experience in the CFL game and not being totally inept is not really a bad thing..

 

not quite sure where he saw excitement... off-season cant end soon enough I suppose.  

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Mr Dee
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It's been proven, in this league, that if you don't have a good backup....

Fatty Liver
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The Bombers really need to kick the Riders ass sideways in their first game in the new park to set the tone for the season and send their fans off on the crazy train.  Nothing else matters.

17to85
17to85

Riders haven't lost yet so their fans feel emboldened to venture out of their own little bubble. Won't have to wait long for them to scurry back into their holes.

Bigblue204 Grand Master

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14 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Context is also 'coming off achilles injury'...

right but, it's not like we sign him and he's 100% going to be on the team. What are the options at CND Rec right now? You'd rather old man Getztlaf? No one is suggesting the bombers sign him for $240,000. There is zero harm in bringing him in and letting him compete.

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36 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Watt would be nice. I also like vaughan. Wouldnt mind having him case one of our 2nd year guys take a step back. 

Imop watt would be the better WR while JFG the better teams, blocker etc. 

I've always been curious...what does the P stand for in IMOP? I know IMO = In My Opinion, but what's the P for?

Atomic Experienced

Atomic

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Just now, rebusrankin said:

Watt is worth a look. People say don't sign him but are happy with Richards who has done less than Jade his first two years and Coates who in his career has less yards than Watt last year?

Well, potential plays into it, of course.  Richards and Coates are 23 and 25.  You probably wouldn't say we should re-sign Jeff Keeping because he has way more starts than Michael Couture.

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Just now, Atomic said:

Well, potential plays into it, of course.  Richards and Coates are 23 and 25.  You probably wouldn't say we should re-sign Jeff Keeping because he has way more starts than Michael Couture.

Oh, I like Richards potential and hope he breaks out. Just saying can't always hope it happens. Coates, I don't see the upside.

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11 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Well, potential plays into it, of course.  Richards and Coates are 23 and 25.  You probably wouldn't say we should re-sign Jeff Keeping because he has way more starts than Michael Couture.

I think the argument against would be Richards up side plus JFG for a steady guy means we dont need watt. But with cfl vet deals not being guaranteed and watt not being a guy whose gonna get a monster bonus to come the cost difference is moot. We arent in a position even with watt of having too much competition at a spot (see montreal and qbs last year) and its our lowest production spot so certainly a push would be good. I think richards needs a big push this year any way. 

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5 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I think the argument against would be Richards up side plus JFG for a steady guy means we dont need watt. But with cfl vet deals not being guaranteed and watt not being a guy whose gonna get a monster bonus to come the cost difference is moot. We arent in a position even with watt of having too much competition at a spot (see montreal and qbs last year) and its our lowest production spot so certainly a push would be good. I think richards needs a big push this year any way. 

Well Richards has barely been able to play and is again returning from significant surgeries.  We probably need to have 2 NI receivers on the roster to fulfill the one starting spot, otherwise you're looking at making a ratio change on the OL or playing Normand every down if there's an in-game injury.  We only have 3 to choose from as of today, plus 2017 picks (pick really as BTP is not really a receiver prospect).  Also a bit of a reach to think that whoever makes the team lasts all 18 games, chances are we'll end up dressing 3-4 by the end of the year.  IMO they need to add someone for training camp and if they don't will more than likely need to add someone during the season.

TheAardvark Newbie

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10 minutes ago, WBBFanWest said:

Is anyone else thrilled by the fact that we're this close to training camp and the most contentious issue is who our 5th receiver is going to be?

I think the question mark at MLB might be a little more contentious, but yes, it is awesome that we are no longer worried about if we have enough starters, rather that we are going to have to make some decisions about backups who may be too good to be backups...

JCon Grand Master

JCon

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19 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Apparently salary was one of the reasons he was let go in Hamilton.

His salary, yes, that makes sense, but not necessarily his salary demands. He was signed two years ago, coming off a big year in Toronto. It makes sense his contract was big. Then he got hurt and had low production last year.

If I were the Ti-Cats, I wouldn't be excited to pay him what he was worth two years ago when he signed as a FA.

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1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

Watt is worth a look. People say don't sign him but are happy with Richards who has done less than Jade his first two years and Coates who in his career has less yards than Watt last year?

I'd love to see another NI Rec in camp... but again a 28 year old REC with bad knees and ACL surgery is not that guy

 

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Fatty Liver

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2 minutes ago, Floyd said:

I'd love to see another NI Rec in camp... but again a 28 year old REC with bad knees and ACL surgery is not that guy

 

Exactly, better options could present themselves once teams begin to cut down their rosters after TC.

BBlink Veteran

BBlink

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12 minutes ago, Floyd said:

I'd love to see another NI Rec in camp... but again a 28 year old REC with bad knees and ACL surgery is not that guy

 

If you define him by his age and injury history... But if you can get him on a "last chance in football" contract it's probably worth the "chance".

You have the incumbent, the high draft pick, the safe depth guy. Why not go for the home run? At worst you cut him in training camp. At best he's better than JFG.

Besides, who else is out there?

BBlink Veteran

BBlink

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15 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Exactly, better options could present themselves once teams begin to cut down their rosters after TC.

Sure. So you cross that bridge when you get there. Waiting and hoping is not a great strategy for a CFL GM

Atomic Experienced

Atomic

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2 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Sure. So you cross that bridge when you get there. Waiting and hoping is not a great strategy for a CFL GM

Also nothing stopping us from cutting Watt after TC and picking up one of these awesome Canadian players that other teams are cutting for some reason

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