Bomber Moves 2018

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

They'll probably bring him back once his foot has recovered.  Bad luck and bad timing.  Medlock needs to work with a new holder who can stay healthy.

this is what im thinking and hoping. 

[Colin Unger]

3 hours ago, sweep the leg said:

Maybe. Couldn't they just put him on the suspended list if they wanted to keep him and free up a camp spot?

I think the issue is roster spots.  After his injury they loaded up on receivers in the draft. Who do they cut when he comes back?  Are we really going to carry more than 4 Canadian receivers on the roster?  Im assuming Wolitarsky, Simonise, Petermann, and Demski on the roster. There's also Henry, Blaskco, Thera-Plamondon and Pierre to think about for dev roster and practice roster.

[Colin Unger]

3 hours ago, Mike said:

Ruthless.

This is an area where the league needs to institute an injury settlement policy. In a case like this that it happens in the offseason there should be a settlement but it doesn't count against the cap.

[voodoochylde]

 

[Booch]

shocked about Wolff...possibly he has some NFL interest again..

[Mike]

Not too bummed about Wolff ... I like the idea of Tharold Simon better anyways ... also like Travis Howard ... but who knows, I liked Prewitt too

[M.O.A.B.]

4 minutes ago, Mike said:

Not too bummed about Wolff ... I like the idea of Tharold Simon better anyways ... also like Travis Howard ... but who knows, I liked Prewitt too

I won't be surprised if those two will be the next cuts... that's the dreaded "Mike-Liked" curse 😁

 

Edited May 15, 2018 by M.O.A.B.

[Booch]

true...we do have Simon now in the mix...bigger body and younger

[sweep the leg]

37 minutes ago, Mike said:

Not too bummed about Wolff ... I like the idea of Tharold Simon better anyways ... also like Travis Howard ... but who knows, I liked Prewitt too

Travis Howard's not listed on our roster page anymore...

[rebusrankin]

Any guesses on who emerges at the two open DB spots?

[rebusrankin]

Just now, sweep the leg said:

Travis Howard's not listed on our roster page anymore...

The Mike Curse strikes again. 

[M.O.A.B.]

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

The Mike Curse strikes again. 

I hope Mike doesn't like me... or Rich will cut me here. LOL!

[Rich]

 

[M.O.A.B.]

29 minutes ago, Rich said:

 

Barring any injurey in TC, this move pretty much put Simonise and Petermann in the active roster.

Both are high picks.
Simonise is highly-skilled and got some looks down South.
While Petermann got a good combine and will definitely figure in ST early on. 

Unless, of course, anyone of Henry, Thera-Plamondon and Pierre beat them. 

Edited May 15, 2018 by M.O.A.B.

[rebusrankin]

36 minutes ago, Rich said:

 

Demski and Wolitarsky to start. Simonise and Peterman to backup. Not sure who makes the pr.

[M.O.A.B.]

Or maybe we carry 7 OLs (Spooner being the 7th) to cover in case of an injury.

And just go with Demski, Wolitarsky and Simonise.
Harris/LaFrance technically rotates as the fourth Rec. Petermann goes to PR. 

[Atomic]

At this point I'm confident Demski, Wolitarsky, and Simonise will be on the opening day roster.

Thera-Plamondon and Tyrone Pierre are pretty much exclusively special teams guys (but could make the roster as the fourth NI receiver based on that).

LaFrance may factor into the receiver picture at times, meaning we only dress one backup NI receiver.

Petermann and Henry could both use some practice roster time, IMO.

[Dirty30]

This was liked by Darren Cameron. 🤔

Just sayin’

[Atomic]

I'm curious if the Durant shitstorm has left us with any additional cap room.  I know we're out 70k... and we still have to pay a backup QB but the total salary is likely much less than Durant's.  Say the new backup salary is 120k less than Durant's, then that gives us 50k to play with.

Some funny math no doubt, but the general idea being we may have a few bucks to throw at a stud like Bighill.

[WBBFanWest]

3 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I'm curious if the Durant shitstorm has left us with any additional cap room.  I know we're out 70k... and we still have to pay a backup QB but the total salary is likely much less than Durant's.  Say the new backup salary is 120k less than Durant's, then that gives us 50k to play with.

Some funny math no doubt, but the general idea being we may have a few bucks to throw at a stud like Bighill.

Personally, if I were Walters, I'd be calling the league and saying that whatever we spend on salaries this year, we expect that we'll be forgiven 70k of it.  It's not a team's fault that they might have to pay a douchecanoe tax, and there should be some way of making that right.  In golf you have a mulligan, in the CFL call it a Durant.  Everyone (except the Riders) gets one Durant.

[kelownabomberfan]

3 hours ago, Atomic said:

At this point I'm confident Demski, Wolitarsky, and Simonise will be on the opening day roster.

Thera-Plamondon and Tyrone Pierre are pretty much exclusively special teams guys (but could make the roster as the fourth NI receiver based on that).

LaFrance may factor into the receiver picture at times, meaning we only dress one backup NI receiver.

Petermann and Henry could both use some practice roster time, IMO.

I will have to see a full assessment of every single players' hair, and the hotness of their mothers, before I agree to any of the above.

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, Atomic said:

I'm curious if the Durant shitstorm has left us with any additional cap room.  I know we're out 70k... and we still have to pay a backup QB but the total salary is likely much less than Durant's.  Say the new backup salary is 120k less than Durant's, then that gives us 50k to play with.

Some funny math no doubt, but the general idea being we may have a few bucks to throw at a stud like Bighill.

I am by no means a cap expert. I would think it freed up a good chunk of cash for us though. I would not be surprised to see a couple other vets pushed hard by rookies though. 

4 hours ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Barring any injurey in TC, this move pretty much put Simonise and Petermann in the active roster.

Both are high picks.
Simonise is highly-skilled and got some looks down South.
While Petermann got a good combine and will definitely figure in ST early on. 

Unless, of course, anyone of Henry, Thera-Plamondon and Pierre beat them. 

Itll depend a bit on teams play. If they use petermann and or simonise on the return team or on teams in general they are both locked in. Those two plus wolitarski and demski are not cemented, but they will be bloody hard to beat out. I imagine that is who will be ahead on the depth chart to start camp but you never know. Should be a great battle. + we have some very promising young imp wrs that could push us to adapt the ratio else where. 

[MOBomberFan]

Very unfortunate. I thought he was going to be in the mix at WR.

Edited May 15, 2018 by MOBomberFan

[Brandon]

4 hours ago, Dirty30 said:

This was liked by Darren Cameron. 🤔

Just sayin’

I made the mistake of skimming this and thought I read Blue and Gold.... nearly had a heart attack lol . 

[Dirty30]

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

I made the mistake of skimming this and thought I read Blue and Gold.... nearly had a heart attack lol . 

I wish. Does Bighill deserve to be the highest paid International Defensive Player in the CFL?