The return of Odds and Sods - Banjo Bowl edition

[TrueBlue4ever]

With apologies to Do or Die for the plagerism and not matching your masterful brevity:

Bombers come home, looking to avenge the LDC, clinch a playoff spot, and once again quiet the narrative that they are on the decline after a loss. 

Perfect weather for a game, and pre-game tailgate with the Strevelation in the house…..

Castillo with the 9 iron chip shot kickoff and the Riders are immediately at midfield……

And a couple of short passes and a Walker Jr. head slap for an RTP later, and the Green gang are quickly into the red zone…..

Where Dolegala misses a wide open KSB on the goal line, the the Bombers dodge an early bullet, 3-0 Sask…..

Bombers take it at the 40 and Brady O wastes no time picking up where he left off last week….run of 9…..catch of 10…..run of 11….and a rare Zach scramble, and the offence is off and rolling

The inevitable Rider discipline rears its ugly head with a helmet tear-off and Winnipeg works its way down to the 1…..

Where Prukop follows the Tui Eli and Damian Jackson blocking across the line….Bombers up 7-3 

Another short kickoff - this Bomber kick coverage still leaving lots to be desired…….

Quick 2 and out courtesy of a solid open-field tackle by Holm on Sterns, the waif does not let many get away or give up yac yards……

Parker showing more assertiveness on his first return than he did all last week, and the Bomber offence is back on the turf starting at midfield……

Brady O has decided to own this game early….gashing and exploding for 36 on the ground…..

And after a Dalton Schoen sweep????, Collaros evades the rush just long enough to shovel it to Brady on the check down, who turns around and sees nothing but open field….and will not be denied, 17 yard TD and a 14-3 lead.

No time to rest as Sask goes 2 and out again, Dolegala’s sights starting to look off, and Rider receivers hearing footsteps……

When are coaches going to return to the ancient “let’s put 2 returners back on punts to cover the entire width of the field”? These Aussie punters and their sidewinder kicks to the far side are the new flavour of the day…a second returner would destroy that play’s usefulness pretty quickly……

Someone in green might want to cover Oliviera, who starts off drive #3 with a simple swing pass and charges up the sidelines for 23 more…..

Demski in on the act after a well-placed ball by Collaros and the short pass offence continues to move…..,Buck clearly talked to LaPo about returning to  a run-heavy, ball control, simplified offence during the week and has gotten away with the long bomb misses that plagued the offence last week….

More simplicity with Bailey on a couple of crossers to keep the chains moving….

And then a classic Rasheed block to seal the end while Prukop goes around the corner for 7…..

Before Zach finally throws a pass beyond 10 yards to Kenny Lawler, who spins, pushes, and (with an assist from Jackson pushing the would-be tacklers) stretches down to the 1…,.but wait…..

and wait…..

and wait……

while the command centre looks for a knee to the turf and can’t find it…,TD Lawler, and this game is on the verge of becoming a blowout…3 drives, 3 scores, 21-3 Bombers. 

Kick coverage marginally better with Castillo getting it deeper, and Parker looking much more settled this week on both ends of the return/coverage game with a sweet tackle……

More huddles from the refs, who must be making dinner plans and are asking command centre for suggestions………

Dolegala does have a decent arm when he dials in his accuracy…..

Redha Kramdi sighting, as he cleans up the Walker-Jake Thomas pocket collapse for a sack, and Saskatchewan settles for a mere 3, now down 21-6…..now, if their defence could get a stop…….

And they might after Collaros throws his first incompletion of the game 22 minutes in (what a difference from last week’s zero yard first quarter performance)…

But he is now hitting some intermediate throws, finding Lawler for 25 before offsetting fouls give the Bombers a 5 years advantage but wipe out the pass gain….

Oh yeah, we still have Oliviera, who is chewing up real estate, run or pass…..

Buck has kept it mostly short, simple, and high percentage with his play calls today. to great effect……

Finally, a deep shot on 1st and 20, and Schoen out-positions the defender for 42…..

Before completing the drive with a corner route and a 16 yard TD….

My lock of the week comes through , and the Bombers are fast locking down a playoff spot, up 28-6.

Riders can’t get anything deep on their passes with a swarming secondary, and find themselves 3 down at midfield…..

Where behind a deafening crowd, Pipkin gets nowhere, and this game has spiralled out of control at the 3 minute warning of the first half….

The less said about the TSN panel shenanigans, the better….

Collaros dinking and dunking the  Riders apart, Brady sapping their will to live…..

And Roadhouse with the kill shot over Nick Marshall, 31 yard TD, 35-6, 5 drives, 5 touchdowns, and a near flawless first half…..

And we’re not done yet, as the kick cover team finally pins the Riders behind their 20, and the D forces a punt after a thundering Kramdi hit. Can this offence pull one more score out of their hat with only 47 seconds from their own 37?

Why not?  After looking like they are content to run out the clock with Brady, Zach decides to heave it downfield to Kenny Lawler…..

Who gets behind the oft picked-on Nick Marshall, having a half to forget…..

And suddenly a 60 yard bomb later, Winnipeg knocking on the door again….

And Schoen answers with an 8 yard crosser over the line….40 seconds, 73 yards, turn out the lights,42-6 Blue at the half.

3 TDs for Schoen, who now has a league-leading 10, one more than teammate Brady Oliviera. Collaros an unconscious 16/17, 285 yards, and 5 (5!) TD passes in the first half………

Whole Bomber offence tied a club record with 42 points in the half……clearly, reports of their downward spiral have been exaggerated, at least this week…..

Nice halftime tribute and speech by Ring of Honour inductee James Murphy…..the pre-Milt GOAT of the Bomber receiving corps…..you young’uns who never experienced the 1980’s  era missed seeing a real gem in Murph……..

Bombers start on D again for the second half, and the Riders look like they aren’t ready to quit yet, stringing together some first downs, before another KSB missed goal line pass….

And then Jackson Jeffcoat blows through his block for a sack, and was that a fumble?…..

Break out a novel while the command centre looks at it……

Bomber ball. 

What is John Lu wearing? Hoodie suit jacket with Rider Grey cup tribute striping?…….

Another TSN third quarter interview while the game may not may not be going on, who knows?….but it’s James Murphy, so I’ll allow it…..

O’Shea seems content to play 30 minutes of kill-the-clock keep away, with Oliviera grinding out yards and burning time…..

Short yardage offence seems to be finding its footing with Prukop and the Eli-Dobson-Jackson heavy set…….

Zach finally tries to stretch the field to Lawler twice…..

And despite a mugging on the second throw, Lawler gets behind coverage and has one drop into his bread basket……

Drop being the key word, as he muffs the sure TD catch…..

First mistake on offence all day, but we’ll take the 3, now 45-6…

Willie J time, annihilating the Schafer-Baker jet sweep, then blowing around the edge to set up another Kramdi sack……according to the in-house stats feed, the Riders are ahead in time of possession (hmm, maybe the CFL stats team has been flown in to run the IG Field scoreboard today), but no sign of fatigue from the Bomber D…..

TSN with their “Coors Moment of Chill” featuring two Riders, well the Bombers certainly have put them on ice today…..

More Brady, because why not? Tack on another 33……..

Woli-world sighting as Guitarsky gets in on the fun…..

Injury spotters now saying “you know what this game needs? Another 5 minute command centre delay”. I’m all for safety, but could these breaks be measured in faster intervals than hour glass?……..

Prukop again making short yardage look easy, and though it won’t show up in the stats sheet, you can bet seal Jackson will get props in the film room for his blocking on these plays, as he and Eli manhandle the Rider front……

Final 15 and time for the reserves to come in and give the roster depth some reps……

Castillo chip shot to start the 4th, and the Bombers inch closer to the big 5-0 once more……48-6….

Another TSN in-game interview instead of watching the plays. Wonder if MBB will complain since it’s Streveler? 

Sarcasm aside, that’s how you do it in a blowout game, short and sweet by John Lu, no real game action overlooked….,

Dolegala outmuscling Jefferson to avoid a sack….give him time to grow, and we may have a future competant CFL QB……

Dru Brown in and quickly adds to the Bomber rushing totals….

Bailey the smoothest of the jet sweep runners, great vision, speed, and timing on his cuts…..

Another back-up steps up, as Johnny Augustine comes in and knocks off a 34 yard carry on first touch…….

Drive stalls as Lawler can’t make what would have been a great but makable catch, and Sergio knocks in another trey as the rout is complete at 51-6……

Rider scrubs in at last as the Bomber D chase yet another starting QB from the game this year……

Dickenson doing his flock of seagulls impression and calls for the morale-building “let’s keep it to 6 scores” field goal, but the Roder humiliation is capped off with a miss, and Parker finishes a nice bounce-back game with the return. Simple, straight ahead, effective…….

Augustine showing nice bursts….8 different Bombers ran the ball today……

With 20 seconds left, the 9 for 9 drive scoring streak ends as Sheehan comes on to punt (dammit! - does O’Shea have no sense of the moment?)……and skys one 56 yards with a picture-perfect coverage tackle by Hallett - all 3 phases now checked all the boxes……

51-6 final. Bombers again show who is the top dog and quiet the doubters following a loss, Collaros still has never lost 2 in a row as a Bomber starter…..

Playoffs clinched, step one accomplished…,

Blowing out the Riders, always satisfying….gin consumption, always satisfying. 

[17to85]

13 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Where Dolegala misses a wide open KSB on the goal line, the the Bombers dodge an early bullet, 3-0 Sask…..

I said it in the GDT, if he hits the receiver the db underneath likely picks that off (think it was Nichols). The almighty Schaffer-baker should have stopped up where the ball was thrown because that was the soft spot. Wasn't actually a horrible throw, just a receiver not understanding.

[Booch]

Just now, 17to85 said:

I said it in the GDT, if he hits the receiver the db underneath likely picks that off (think it was Nichols). The almighty Schaffer-baker should have stopped up where the ball was thrown because that was the soft spot. Wasn't actually a horrible throw, just a receiver not understanding.

Also why he got no NFL shot....dudes a lousy route runner and technical receiver...

[Slimy Sculpin]

19 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

With apologies to Do or Die for the plagerism and not matching your masterful brevity:

Bombers come home, looking to avenge the LDC, clinch a playoff spot, and once again quiet the narrative that they are on the decline after a loss. 

Perfect weather for a game, and pre-game tailgate with the Strevelation in the house…..

Castillo with the 9 iron chip shot kickoff and the Riders are immediately at midfield……

And a couple of short passes and a Walker Jr. head slap for an RTP later, and the Green gang are quickly into the red zone…..

Where Dolegala misses a wide open KSB on the goal line, the the Bombers dodge an early bullet, 3-0 Sask…..

Bombers take it at the 40 and Brady O wastes no time picking up where he left off last week….run of 9…..catch of 10…..run of 11….and a rare Zach scramble, and the offence is off and rolling

The inevitable Rider discipline rears its ugly head with a helmet tear-off and Winnipeg works its way down to the 1…..

Where Prukop follows the Tui Eli and Damian Jackson blocking across the line….Bombers up 7-3 

Another short kickoff - this Bomber kick coverage still leaving lots to be desired…….

Quick 2 and out courtesy of a solid open-field tackle by Holm on Sterns, the waif does not let many get away or give up yac yards……

Parker showing more assertiveness on his first return than he did all last week, and the Bomber offence is back on the turf starting at midfield……

Brady O has decided to own this game early….gashing and exploding for 36 on the ground…..

And after a Dalton Schoen sweep????, Collaros evades the rush just long enough to shovel it to Brady on the check down, who turns around and sees nothing but open field….and will not be denied, 17 yard TD and a 14-3 lead.

No time to rest as Sask goes 2 and out again, Dolegala’s sights starting to look off, and Rider receivers hearing footsteps……

When are coaches going to return to the ancient “let’s put 2 returners back on punts to cover the entire width of the field”? These Aussie punters and their sidewinder kicks to the far side are the new flavour of the day…a second returner would destroy that play’s usefulness pretty quickly……

Someone in green might want to cover Oliviera, who starts off drive #3 with a simple swing pass and charges up the sidelines for 23 more…..

Demski in on the act after a well-placed ball by Collaros and the short pass offence continues to move…..,Buck clearly talked to LaPo about returning to  a run-heavy, ball control, simplified offence during the week and has gotten away with the long bomb misses that plagued the offence last week….

More simplicity with Bailey on a couple of crossers to keep the chains moving….

And then a classic Rasheed block to seal the end while Prukop goes around the corner for 7…..

Before Zach finally throws a pass beyond 10 yards to Kenny Lawler, who spins, pushes, and (with an assist from Jackson pushing the would-be tacklers) stretches down to the 1…,.but wait…..

and wait…..

and wait……

while the command centre looks for a knee to the turf and can’t find it…,TD Lawler, and this game is on the verge of becoming a blowout…3 drives, 3 scores, 21-3 Bombers. 

Kick coverage marginally better with Castillo getting it deeper, and Parker looking much more settled this week on both ends of the return/coverage game with a sweet tackle……

More huddles from the refs, who must be making dinner plans and are asking command centre for suggestions………

Dolegala does have a decent arm when he dials in his accuracy…..

Redha Kramdi sighting, as he cleans up the Walker-Jake Thomas pocket collapse for a sack, and Saskatchewan settles for a mere 3, now down 21-6…..now, if their defence could get a stop…….

And they might after Collaros throws his first incompletion of the game 22 minutes in (what a difference from last week’s zero yard first quarter performance)…

But he is now hitting some intermediate throws, finding Lawler for 25 before offsetting fouls give the Bombers a 5 years advantage but wipe out the pass gain….

Oh yeah, we still have Oliviera, who is chewing up real estate, run or pass…..

Buck has kept it mostly short, simple, and high percentage with his play calls today. to great effect……

Finally, a deep shot on 1st and 20, and Schoen out-positions the defender for 42…..

Before completing the drive with a corner route and a 16 yard TD….

My lock of the week comes through , and the Bombers are fast locking down a playoff spot, up 28-6.

Riders can’t get anything deep on their passes with a swarming secondary, and find themselves 3 down at midfield…..

Where behind a deafening crowd, Pipkin gets nowhere, and this game has spiralled out of control at the 3 minute warning of the first half….

The less said about the TSN panel shenanigans, the better….

Collaros dinking and dunking the  Riders apart, Brady sapping their will to live…..

And Roadhouse with the kill shot over Nick Marshall, 31 yard TD, 35-6, 5 drives, 5 touchdowns, and a near flawless first half…..

And we’re not done yet, as the kick cover team finally pins the Riders behind their 20, and the D forces a punt after a thundering Kramdi hit. Can this offence pull one more score out of their hat with only 47 seconds from their own 37?

Why not?  After looking like they are content to run out the clock with Brady, Zach decides to heave it downfield to Kenny Lawler…..

Who gets behind the oft picked-on Nick Marshall, having a half to forget…..

And suddenly a 60 yard bomb later, Winnipeg knocking on the door again….

And Schoen answers with an 8 yard crosser over the line….40 seconds, 73 yards, turn out the lights,42-6 Blue at the half.

3 TDs for Schoen, who now has a league-leading 10, one more than teammate Brady Oliviera. Collaros an unconscious 16/17, 285 yards, and 5 (5!) TD passes in the first half………

Whole Bomber offence tied a club record with 42 points in the half……clearly, reports of their downward spiral have been exaggerated, at least this week…..

Nice halftime tribute and speech by Ring of Honour inductee James Murphy…..the pre-Milt GOAT of the Bomber receiving corps…..you young’uns who never experienced the 1980’s  era missed seeing a real gem in Murph……..

Bombers start on D again for the second half, and the Riders look like they aren’t ready to quit yet, stringing together some first downs, before another KSB missed goal line pass….

And then Jackson Jeffcoat blows through his block for a sack, and was that a fumble?…..

Break out a novel while the command centre looks at it……

Bomber ball. 

What is John Lu wearing? Hoodie suit jacket with Rider Grey cup tribute striping?…….

Another TSN third quarter interview while the game may not may not be going on, who knows?….but it’s James Murphy, so I’ll allow it…..

O’Shea seems content to play 30 minutes of kill-the-clock keep away, with Oliviera grinding out yards and burning time…..

Short yardage offence seems to be finding its footing with Prukop and the Eli-Dobson-Jackson heavy set…….

Zach finally tries to stretch the field to Lawler twice…..

And despite a mugging on the second throw, Lawler gets behind coverage and has one drop into his bread basket……

Drop being the key word, as he muffs the sure TD catch…..

First mistake on offence all day, but we’ll take the 3, now 45-6…

Willie J time, annihilating the Schafer-Baker jet sweep, then blowing around the edge to set up another Kramdi sack……according to the in-house stats feed, the Riders are ahead in time of possession (hmm, maybe the CFL stats team has been flown in to run the IG Field scoreboard today), but no sign of fatigue from the Bomber D…..

TSN with their “Coors Moment of Chill” featuring two Riders, well the Bombers certainly have put them on ice today…..

More Brady, because why not? Tack on another 33……..

Woli-world sighting as Guitarsky gets in on the fun…..

Injury spotters now saying “you know what this game needs? Another 5 minute command centre delay”. I’m all for safety, but could these breaks be measured in faster intervals than hour glass?……..

Prukop again making short yardage look easy, and though it won’t show up in the stats sheet, you can bet seal Jackson will get props in the film room for his blocking on these plays, as he and Eli manhandle the Rider front……

Final 15 and time for the reserves to come in and give the roster depth some reps……

Castillo chip shot to start the 4th, and the Bombers inch closer to the big 5-0 once more……48-6….

Another TSN in-game interview instead of watching the plays. Wonder if MBB will complain since it’s Streveler? 

Sarcasm aside, that’s how you do it in a blowout game, short and sweet by John Lu, no real game action overlooked….,

Dolegala outmuscling Jefferson to avoid a sack….give him time to grow, and we may have a future competant CFL QB……

Dru Brown in and quickly adds to the Bomber rushing totals….

Bailey the smoothest of the jet sweep runners, great vision, speed, and timing on his cuts…..

Another back-up steps up, as Johnny Augustine comes in and knocks off a 34 yard carry on first touch…….

Drive stalls as Lawler can’t make what would have been a great but makable catch, and Sergio knocks in another trey as the rout is complete at 51-6……

Rider scrubs in at last as the Bomber D chase yet another starting QB from the game this year……

Dickenson doing his flock of seagulls impression and calls for the morale-building “let’s keep it to 6 scores” field goal, but the Roder humiliation is capped off with a miss, and Parker finishes a nice bounce-back game with the return. Simple, straight ahead, effective…….

Augustine showing nice bursts….8 different Bombers ran the ball today……

With 20 seconds left, the 9 for 9 drive scoring streak ends as Sheehan comes on to punt (dammit! - does O’Shea have no sense of the moment?)……and skys one 56 yards with a picture-perfect coverage tackle by Hallett - all 3 phases now checked all the boxes……

51-6 final. Bombers again show who is the top dog and quiet the doubters following a loss, Collaros still has never lost 2 in a row as a Bomber starter…..

Playoffs clinched, step one accomplished…,

Blowing out the Riders, always satisfying….gin consumption, always satisfying. 

Thanks for picking up where Do or Die left off. Appreciate the effort. Hoping it was Hendricks gin.

[wbbfan]

8 minutes ago, Booch said:

Also why he got no NFL shot....dudes a lousy route runner and technical receiver...

Funny thing is the rider fans used to say much of the same stuff about Demski and about him never coming back to the ball. 
 Ssk has lots of young talent at wr but are pure crap when it comes to developing them.  
 Bourgoin doesnt get the credit he deserves for the job he’s done here. 

Demski would’ve enjoyed way better early years if we had drafted him out of the U. 

[Booch]

6 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Funny thing is the rider fans used to say much of the same stuff about Demski and about him never coming back to the ball. 
 Ssk has lots of young talent at wr but are pure crap when it comes to developing them.  
 Bourgoin doesnt get the credit he deserves for the job he’s done here. 

Demski would’ve enjoyed way better early years if we had drafted him out of the U. 

Yeah a shame he ended up there originally..but he home now and likely retires here

[wbbfan]

13 minutes ago, Booch said:

Yeah a shame he ended up there originally..but he home now and likely retires here

Yeah I can’t see Demski or Brady ever leaving for another team. 

[Jesse]

2 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Yeah I can’t see Demski or Brady ever leaving for another team. 

Brady's gonna cost us a fortune next year (I'm sure he'll sign a reasonable deal with us and everything, but obviously needs a raise).

With Schoen's new deal and Lawler getting a bump, it's going to take some slick deals by Walters to keep the group together. 

[Booch]

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

Yeah I can’t see Demski or Brady ever leaving for another team. 

Nope...or us letting them....I also see both knowing when to accept a limited role for team friendly money too

[17to85]

2 hours ago, Booch said:

Nope...or us letting them....I also see both knowing when to accept a limited role for team friendly money too

Was hilarious to listen to tsn hyping up Andrew Harris for taking a lesser role and mentoring another rb. Like he had a choice! Bombers said that was his role going forward and he pitched a fit and went to Toronto. In short **** that guy.

[Booch]

28 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Was hilarious to listen to tsn hyping up Andrew Harris for taking a lesser role and mentoring another rb. Like he had a choice! Bombers said that was his role going forward and he pitched a fit and went to Toronto. In short **** that guy.

yeah....kinda funny for sure

[BigBlueFanatic]

35 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Was hilarious to listen to tsn hyping up Andrew Harris for taking a lesser role and mentoring another rb. Like he had a choice! Bombers said that was his role going forward and he pitched a fit and went to Toronto. In short **** that guy.

Andrew Harris has that bad-kid-made-good history to him.  That chip on the shoulder and grit brought back home to Winnipeg was great for the team at the time.  It’s too bad it also carried him right back out of town on bad terms.

Brady Oliveira isn’t just Harris’ successor anymore.  Talking full value as the best RB in the league and will be one of all-time ambassadors for the sport and Manitoba.  The club will absolutely pay him what he’s worth.

[Tracker]

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Was hilarious to listen to tsn hyping up Andrew Harris for taking a lesser role and mentoring another rb. Like he had a choice! Bombers said that was his role going forward and he pitched a fit and went to Toronto. In short **** that guy.

TSN has been polishing turds for a long time now and has it down to a science.

[SpeedFlex27]

7 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Yeah I can’t see Demski or Brady ever leaving for another team. 

Well, we said that about Harris. This is pro football & two thing are cerrtain. Players move around & things change. I remember when Dieter Brock was our qb, I never thought he'd leave here either. Or that he never wanted to play here anymore. Figured he was a Bomber for life. Nope. Glad that he feels like part of the Bomber organization again. It was him & his agent that felt they needed to go to the NFL at 35. In his book, he said that was the biigest mistake he made as a player. He wishes now that he had stayed to play under Cal Murphy. 

Edited September 10, 2023 by SpeedFlex27

[TrueBlue4ever]

12 hours ago, Slimy Sculpin said:

Thanks for picking up where Do or Die left off. Appreciate the effort. Hoping it was Hendricks gin.

The Botanist. A friend who was a wine sommelier at Banville and Jones and does a lot of liquor tastings (especially scotch) recommended it. I have much more of a sweet tooth so I prefer ameretto, but when doing O&S, one must pay homage to the OG Do or Die. 

[Mark H.]

1 hour ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

The Botanist. A friend who was a wine sommelier at Banville and Jones and does a lot of liquor tastings (especially scotch) recommended it. I have much more of a sweet tooth so I prefer ameretto, but when doing O&S, one must pay homage to the OG Do or Die. 

If you like the sweet stuff, try Yukon Jack. It's one of the more hard hitting licquers.

[rebusrankin]

Well, we have Demski under contract through 2025 and Brady will get paid this off season. I don't know how they'll work it out so that Brady and Dalton stay but I know they will. Not my area of expertise, I'm more of a complain about roster management guy.

[Jpan85]

RB don't get paid like WR no matter how good they are. I could see the Brady topping out at 185k and he would be highest paid RB by a wide margin 

[Fatty Liver]

On 2023-09-11 at 7:26 AM, Jpan85 said:

RB don't get paid like WR no matter how good they are. I could see the Brady topping out at 185k and he would be highest paid RB by a wide margin 

I'd shave $25k-$30k off your too generous offer.  It's a business, kick the tires of a young Import RB willing to work for $85k.....say someone like Jordan Salima.  Brady will be quick to grab the money sign the contract and thank his lucky stars before Walters further contemplates the savings an all-Import backfield could provide him.

[wbbfan]

On 2023-09-11 at 9:26 AM, Jpan85 said:

RB don't get paid like WR no matter how good they are. I could see the Brady topping out at 185k and he would be highest paid RB by a wide margin 

And they normally age out fast. We really need to replace Augustine with a change of pace back who can take a few more touches off the Brady train. Not like Demski is getting younger either. 

[Jesse]

2 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

I'd shave $25k-$30k off your too generous offer.  It's a business, kick the tires of a young Import RB willing to work for $85k.....say someone like Jordan Salima.  Brady will be quick to grab the money sign the contract and thank his lucky stars before Walters further contemplates the savings an all-Import backfield could provide him.

165k is the absolute max I could see (and that's if Brady wants to take us for all we're worth).

[Fatty Liver]

4 hours ago, wbbfan said:

And they normally age out fast. We really need to replace Augustine with a change of pace back who can take a few more touches off the Brady train. Not like Demski is getting younger either. 

Hard to perform when you're not handed the ball, will say the same for the next replacement they bring in.

[Brandon]

8 hours ago, wbbfan said:

And they normally age out fast. We really need to replace Augustine with a change of pace back who can take a few more touches off the Brady train. Not like Demski is getting younger either. 

What is wrong with Augustine?   They already use Demski , Bailey,  Grant , McCrae (when rostered) as a change of pace.     

[do or die]

Still consulting my lawyers...