2024/2025 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread

[Mark H.]

58 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Imagine if Walter’s whole thing about over spending cus we host the gc this year was for deception lol. Fa starts and we go full bc scooping guys. Man that’s be soo sweet. 

Act like Scrooge, spend like Santa.

[rebusrankin]

Hopefully our scouts find some OL and DL gems.

[Blue In BC]

On 2025-01-18 at 10:02 AM, Booch said:

We've now got way too.much money tied into a positional group that should really be your cheapest...add Thomas into that mix and somebody is gonna face the "sorry we can't pay you " talk...which sucks as it's likely Dobson and or Ford...or both

 

Not really...he not even gonna be ready to open season so why allocate anything now...good chance nobody will until spring to see where he at

Cole will add way more value...versatility...and youth at a nice chunk of change less than Biggie...

Sure but like I said, it's a math problem as well. I'm hoping Ayers is back. I can't remember if we had 4 import LB's on the roster at the same time. Cole we be # 4 IMO for the reasons you mentioned but are we convinced O'Shea are willing to not put Bighill on the roster. To a certain degree I was surprised we re-signed Wilson so that leads me to think we might see Bighill returns.

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Blue In BC said:

Sure but like I said, it's a math problem as well. I'm hoping Ayers is back. I can't remember if we had 4 import LB's on the roster at the same time. Cole we be # 4 IMO for the reasons you mentioned but are we convinced O'Shea are willing to not put Bighill on the roster. To a certain degree I was surprised we re-signed Wilson so that leads me to think we might see Bighill returns.

That’s a tough one. Not counting dbs taking half the snaps at wil last year and sams prior to Kramdi, we’ve frequently had 3 with a di lber playing teams. 
 I believe we have a few times had 4 imp lbers just between wil and Mac. 
 In 18 I believe we had all of biggie, wild, jsk and kyrie on the ar once or twice. 

[Blue In BC]

5 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

That’s a tough one. Not counting dbs taking half the snaps at wil last year and sams prior to Kramdi, we’ve frequently had 3 with a di lber playing teams. 
 I believe we have a few times had 4 imp lbers just between wil and Mac. 
 In 18 I believe we had all of biggie, wild, jsk and kyrie on the ar once or twice. 

Now we have Kramdi at SAM, otherwise there would be 3 starting import LB's and probably a DI. Things have changed with starting more than 7 Canadians overall in the past couple of seasons. I think we expect to lose Ford one way or another. What happens on the OL if we lose Dobson could change our ratio.

I'm not against 4 import LB's on the AR so it's a wait and see who we do or don't re-sign including another import LB in free agency.  There are always some good ones potentially available like the one the Argos released. Where any of them fit in regarding SMS is the other question.

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, Blue In BC said:

Now we have Kramdi at SAM, otherwise there would be 3 starting import LB's and probably a DI. Things have changed with starting more than 7 Canadians overall in the past couple of seasons. I think we expect to lose Ford one way or another. What happens on the OL if we lose Dobson could change our ratio.

I'm not against 4 import LB's on the AR so it's a wait and see who we do or don't re-sign including another import LB in free agency.  There are always some good ones potentially available like the one the Argos released. Where any of them fit in regarding SMS is the other question.

Its all kind of blurred lines now. If you got a guy like cole who can play some sam and S and is really good on teams while also being able to play wil it's easy to see him as a 4th imp lber. Even Ayers, Could be groomed to do some of that and brings a ton of value on teams. 

[SpeedFlex27]

Here's something that will make us want to throw salt into our cornflakes instead of sugar. Today is the 6th anniversary of Darian Durant signing with the Bombers.

[rebusrankin]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Here's something that will make us want to throw salt into our cornflakes instead of sugar. Today is the 6th anniversary of Darian Durant signing with the Bombers.

It help us win a Cup (albeit indirectly)

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Here's something that will make us want to throw salt into our cornflakes instead of sugar. Today is the 6th anniversary of Darian Durant signing with the Bombers.

I see the salt in your corn flakes...and propose that we also throw some manure in his general direction.

[Bigblue204]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Here's something that will make us want to throw salt into our cornflakes instead of sugar. Today is the 6th anniversary of Darian Durant signing with the Bombers.

Once a Bomber....ALWAYS a Bombers....ahahahahahaha

[Blue In BC]

16 hours ago, wbbfan said:

Its all kind of blurred lines now. If you got a guy like cole who can play some sam and S and is really good on teams while also being able to play wil it's easy to see him as a 4th imp lber. Even Ayers, Could be groomed to do some of that and brings a ton of value on teams. 

I'd expect we have the kicker, a returner, a DL and a DB as DI's. Since we start 8 Canadians we have roster within the ratio to have one import that is on the AR but not a DI.  As you've suggested it's blurred at the moment. Do choose to start 4 imports on the DL with the Canadians as the rotation players and still have an import DL as a DI?

Cole could be the DI or extra as a substitute DB but I don't think that would be the direct choice if we add him. IMO he'd be used in a more traditional role as a LB rather than a coverage player per se.

All of this is somewhat in the expectation of losing Ford and giving us 1 more ratio option than we'll have needing to start another import at CB.

It also presumes we do not lose Ayers and choose not to re-sign Bighill.

I'm waiting to see what happens with both of those questions.

There should be more players re-signing this week but which happen 1st is a TBD.

 

[GCn20]

On 2025-01-18 at 4:50 PM, wbbfan said:

Dare to dream but with the bodies we have already idk. 
 

Imagine if Walter’s whole thing about over spending cus we host the gc this year was for deception lol. Fa starts and we go full bc scooping guys. Man that’s be soo sweet. 
 

ol and dl are what I’d really like to see us spend on. And spend well. 

Walters cannot possibly commit to blowing the wad while he tries to get value for every dollar up to the verge of FA. He will spend once that door opens until then he would be foolish to say that he has dollars to spend.

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

I see the salt in your corn flakes...and propose that we also throw some manure in his general direction.

Nah....I feel sorry for him. He has to live his life as Darian Durant. 

[Doublezero]

Anyone else wonder why it's taking so long to hire a new OC? Maybe we will hear something this week. Rumours?

[bearpants]

On 2025-01-18 at 3:26 PM, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

This Bighill news makes me think theyvare eyeing Winton Mcmanis... he would look amazing in Blue and Gold.

I try not to think too much about this… it’ll just make it more painful when he inevitably re-signs in tor…

[Fatty Liver]

2 hours ago, GCn20 said:

Walters cannot possibly commit to blowing the wad while he tries to get value for every dollar up to the verge of FA. He will spend once that door opens until then he would be foolish to say that he has dollars to spend.

Nah....I feel sorry for him. He has to live his life as Darian Durant. 

Noticed Durant has gone back to milking his Rider roots, guesting on The Sports Cage semi-regularly, guess he's found that one place in the wide wide world that will pay him some attention. 

 

 

[HardCoreBlue]

14 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Noticed Durant has gone back to milking his Rider roots, guesting on The Sports Cage semi-regularly, guess he's found that one place in the wide wide world that will pay him some attention. 

 

 

Can we have our money back DD you milked from us? Oh wait it was the BB's fault for not being family friendly enough for you, sorry I forgot.