Around the League: 2019 Off Season

[Goalie]

The fear mongering was strong this time but there really was no doubt. 

[rebusrankin]

Curious all the details but glad the CBA is done.

[Colin Unger]

How is it possible they got a deal done even though Ambrosie was in Mexico on a non-negotiating day?

[B-F-F-C]

Can't wait till we can close this thread and start the regular season thread.  No work stoppage, rookie camp is coming up and this team feels like it's loaded with talent.   

[B-F-F-C]

9 minutes ago, Colin Unger said:

How is it possible they got a deal done even though Ambrosie was in Mexico on a non-negotiating day?

Magic!

[GCn20]

12 hours ago, lyin' guy said:

Where? 

Defence and depth are massive question marks for you guys this year. Reminds me a lot of the 2018 Eskimos. I think you will finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th in the West. I do like your team more than the Riders or Eskimos right now.

Edited May 15, 2019 by gcn11

[Colin Unger]

New CFL Power Rankings:

1. The CFL Owners
2. CFLPA
3. The Fans

[bearpants]

19 hours ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

And weren't we ridiculed for signing Medlock to a large contract? A guy who actually puts up a ton of points on the board?

If Ryan could punt and kick field goals on top of being Canadian he would be worth $100k.

If Ryan could kick FGs even at 80-85%... he'd be worth 200k...

18 hours ago, Booch said:

Thing with Medlock is he is absorbing two salaries with his one salary being able to do all 3 facets of the kicking game..and as being one of the best at it...he is making basically a very modest salary at each when you break it down, so really we are saving money when you look at it

I believe it was reported he was making around 175k... so the way I always look at it is we're paying around 75k for an average punter and around 100k for the most accurate FG kicker in the league... seems like a good deal to me...

[Booch]

5 minutes ago, bearpants said:

If Ryan could kick FGs even at 80-85%... he'd be worth 200k...

I believe it was reported he was making around 175k... so the way I always look at it is we're paying around 75k for an average punter and around 100k for the most accurate FG kicker in the league... seems like a good deal to me...

I think you are referring to numbers in his original contract...he took a shave last year and I believe for this year he is under 160k...either way though...good value none the less for a guy who is tiops in his league at his position taking 2 jobs

[lyin' guy]

10 hours ago, Atomic said:

Essentially the entire defence, IMO. Definitely got some talent on offence but I don't see anything at DE or LB worth getting excited about. Your secondary is a who's who of "who?"

We play you first. I guess we will see soon enough. 

[lyin' guy]

1 hour ago, gcn11 said:

Defence and depth are massive question marks for you guys this year. Reminds me a lot of the 2018 Eskimos. I think you will finish anywhere from 2nd to 4th in the West. I do like your team more than the Riders or Eskimos right now.

They are massive question marks about depth everywhere for every team in May 

[Geebrr]

10 minutes ago, lyin' guy said:

They are massive question marks about depth everywhere for every team in May 

You also have a mostly new coaching staff.

[lyin' guy]

8 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

You also have a mostly new coaching staff.

I'm not sure that's got much to do with anything. ClayBrooks and Stubler are not rookies. I'm not keen on Jarious Jackson, but I'll give him 1 more year with a solid offence to see what he can do  

 

[Geebrr]

1 minute ago, lyin' guy said:

I'm not sure that's got much to do with anything. ClayBrooks and Stubler are not rookies. I'm not keen on Jarious Jackson, but I'll give him 1 more year with a solid offence to see what he can do  

 

I don't see what an unproven Head Coach and a journey man DC screams instant success for, either.

 

[bearpants]

1 hour ago, lyin' guy said:

They are massive question marks about depth everywhere for every team in May 

I've said from the day the Lions went on a FA spending spree... their season will be made or broken by their rookies... They have a ton of top end talent... it's a matter of how well their rookies/bottom end players perform... If they can find a few good rookie gems, no reason they can't compete for 1st in the west along with Calgary and Winnipeg... and Sask (haha, just kidding)... 

[Noeller]

if there's one thing this site has been missing, it's Matty Geebrr telling people why they're morons.......

[Booch]

I wouldn't say a ton of top end talent...I'll give them Burnham and Reilly as top end...Chungh in the top teir...but after that...nothing too spectacular...

[Bigblue204]

1 hour ago, lyin' guy said:

We play you first. I guess we will see soon enough. 

Meh, the first 4 games of the season are basically pre season. CFL is such a long road....1st game mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme.

[Geebrr]

3 minutes ago, Noeller said:

if there's one thing this site has been missing, it's Matty Geebrr telling people why they're morons.......

Haha...I am just too dumb to  understand things.

[bearpants]

3 minutes ago, Booch said:

I wouldn't say a ton of top end talent...I'll give them Burnham and Reilly as top end...Chungh in the top teir...but after that...nothing too spectacular...

fair enough... I suppose I meant 4 or 5 players... which doesn't necessarily qualify as "a ton"...

[Mr Dee]

 

 

 

[M.O.A.B.]

Jamie Nye@jamienye

It'll be interesting to see Ed Hervey, John Hufnagel figure out how to make their QB salaries fit in a cap that hasn't moved and minimum salaries going up by 10k. Have fun! #CFL

 

yep. good luck!

Edited May 15, 2019 by M.O.A.B.

[Fred C Dobbs]

 

 I guess that's how.

Edited May 15, 2019 by Fred C Dobbs

[Mr Dee]

 

[Floyd]

6 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

Jamie Nye@jamienye

It'll be interesting to see Ed Hervey, John Hufnagel figure out how to make their QB salaries fit in a cap that hasn't moved and minimum salaries going up by 10k. Have fun! #CFL

yep. good luck!

The problem is that the next batch of FA QBs will want the same deals...  I could see Sask paying big for a QB... or teams will start hiding 'incentives'