2022 Off Season - Back 2 Back Champs Edition

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

2 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Wtf do wings on a helmet have to do with the Bombers?

The Blue Bomber is a a bird of prey, native to the dried out salt lakes of Salar de Uyuni... Wait...

*checks notes*

... sorry, according to this- that is absolutely wrong.

[TrueBlue4ever]

4 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Wtf do wings on a helmet have to do with the Bombers?

Meant to be a pilot’s wings. 
 

[JCon]

I missed this. 

 

[Goalie]

We are Marshall was a hell of a movie. What a tragic event that was. 

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, JCon said:

I missed this. 

 

Great arm talent and size. Mentally tough and aggressive decision making but not great at reading a d and not mobile. Very mbt skill set but much better experience. 

 Interesting pick up not our usual type of qb

[Tracker]

4 hours ago, JCon said:

I missed this. 

 

Sooo....someone else gave up the Chase?

[JCon]

 

 

[wbbfan]

28 minutes ago, JCon said:

 

 

I was wondering what was going on. They had him listed on the roster but not the active roster ir pr etc  

I bet he's here this year now. 

[bigg jay]

9 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I was wondering what was going on. They had him listed on the roster but not the active roster ir pr etc  

I bet he's here this year now. 

 I wonder if this news affects the team's draft strategy?

Edited May 2, 2022 by bigg jay

[wbbfan]

1 minute ago, bigg jay said:

 I wonder if this news affects the team's draft strategy?

Same. I also wonder if it effects Eli. I could see them having been waiting him out to get him on as cheap a deal as possible. If they can get him on a min or close to it, and Dobson comes up this year, plus the possibility that Desjarlais gets cut that's all gotta play in heavily. 

 I also think we will be inclined towards gambling on a lotto ticket pick who has NFL options, not just for the upside but for financial savings just like with dobson last year. 

[rebusrankin]

One of Dobson or Eli would be a huge add. Would be nice to know for the draft but that's life in the CFL.

[Stickem]

Apparently the contract that Dobson signed, only allowed him to try out for the NFL if he's not playing in the upstart league...Does that mean he can't come north if he's not successful catching on with a NFL club.....I'm confused

The Eli release hasn't been updated since the Covid episode of last year just before the Cup......Would be nice to hear if something has changed with that situation

Edited May 2, 2022 by Stickem

[JCon]

3 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Apparently the contract that Dobson signed, only allowed him to try out for the NFL if he's not playing in that league...Does that mean he can't come north if he's not successful catching on with a NFL club.....I'm confused

He couldn't sign the contract because he couldn't get a work visa. I would say it's null and void. 

[Stickem]

1 minute ago, JCon said:

He couldn't sign the contract because he couldn't get a work visa. I would say it's null and void. 

Well that clears that up.......Hope he lands with us.....or Desjarlis comes home would even be better

[JCon]

3 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Well that clears that up.......Hope he lands with us.....or Desjarlis comes home would even be better

That would be awesome. 

Just to be clear, he may have signed the agreement, but any terms would have been subject to him receiving a working visa. 

[Bigblue204]

The fact that Eli hasn't been signed by any team should probably indicate he's not going to be. I'll be blown away if he's playing in the CFL this year.

[bearpants]

If I could chose only one of Eli (assuming he's fully "cleared" to play all games) or Dobson... I'll take Eli all day... we hope Dobson will be a great player.... we KNOW Eli is a great player 

[Mike]

Bombers sign the new runaway camp favourite based entirely off name and name alone, DB Zeno Hannibal

[wbbfan]

16 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

The fact that Eli hasn't been signed by any team should probably indicate he's not going to be. I'll be blown away if he's playing in the CFL this year.

I can see the logic in that, but the CFL seldom works that way. From eli being drafted in the first place, to ruby being re instated, and soo many more moves. The level of awareness in cfl front offices on peripheral players is extremely bad. To some extent its always going to be a fact of life. CFL teams have a fraction of the scouting funds that every other league in north america has, and they have 10x more ground to cover than every thing short of baseball and soccer. 

 If it wasn't for danny macs fringe relation to eli the entire league would've slept on him. 

9 hours ago, Mike said:

Bombers sign the new runaway camp favourite based entirely off name and name alone, DB Zeno Hannibal

Still behind whopper, but in a normal year he'd be the run away favorite for TC Most Valuable Name. Craphonso Thorpe is still my all time favorite. 

[Bigblue204]

Who the hell is Cameron Lawson?

[Goalie]

Canadian DT 

Him and pick 13 for picks 9 and 18. 

Gotta think bombers looking at a futures pick at 13 now 

Edited May 3, 2022 by Goalie

[Mr. Perfect]

7 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Who the hell is Cameron Lawson?

https://youtu.be/OQkIRCz1qF0

[Goalie]

9 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I can see the logic in that, but the CFL seldom works that way. From eli being drafted in the first place, to ruby being re instated, and soo many more moves. The level of awareness in cfl front offices on peripheral players is extremely bad. To some extent its always going to be a fact of life. CFL teams have a fraction of the scouting funds that every other league in north america has, and they have 10x more ground to cover than every thing short of baseball and soccer. 

 If it wasn't for danny macs fringe relation to eli the entire league would've slept on him. 

Still behind whopper, but in a normal year he'd be the run away favorite for TC Most Valuable Name. Craphonso Thorpe is still my all time favorite. 

Pretty sure Duane Slay made the team based on name but was cut early. 

[Goalie]

Lawson, 24, was the 16th overall pick of the 2020 CFL Draft out of Queens. He appeared in four games for the Als last season.

A native of Caledon, Ont. ,Lawson was named the OUA Lineman of the Year in 2019.

[Mike]

I don’t mind this at all, obviously value wise they graded this out as a better option and we needed to find a new Jake eventually so I’m happy with the move.