2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

[wbbfan]

22 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Looks like Jeremy Murphy retired. 

Whelp drafting  a wr now lol. Doesn’t need to be high but might be a good idea to get more upside at ni wr, Demski isn’t a young pup any more.  

[Noeller]

23 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Whelp drafting  a wr now lol. Doesn’t need to be high but might be a good idea to get more upside at ni wr, Demski isn’t a young pup any more.  

He was already in Ottawa... Left during FA. 

[Booch]

23 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Whelp drafting  a wr now lol. Doesn’t need to be high but might be a good idea to get more upside at ni wr, Demski isn’t a young pup any more.  

he was prob tired of not getting to be on the roster in lieu of slugs like Thomas...Kolo...etc....and said eff it....especially when we showed several yrs running we would play hurt guys over our "other number ones"...dont blame him

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

He was already in Ottawa... Left during FA. 

Left like BOLO did.....said eff this crap

[bigg jay]

13 minutes ago, Noeller said:

He was already in Ottawa... Left during FA. 

Yep, Bombers left him on the PR to end the year so he clearly wasn't a top priority for them.

[WinnipegGordo]

The CFLPA confirmed today that they haven't decided what to do with their share of revenue sharing.

Just give everyone roster bonuses.

https://3downnation.com/2025/03/27/cfl-salary-cap-increase-not-set-in-stone-cflpa-still-working-through-revenue-share-allocation/

[MOBomberFan]

First BOLO now Kelly when will the Bombers stop hemorrhaging this generational talent

 We will miss his no stats registered

[GCn20]

14 hours ago, Booch said:

he was prob tired of not getting to be on the roster in lieu of slugs like Thomas...Kolo...etc....and said eff it....especially when we showed several yrs running we would play hurt guys over our "other number ones"...dont blame him

Left like BOLO did.....said eff this crap

Or maybe he came to the realization that he isn't good enough to be rostered and moved on from football. Seriously, we get your point on roster but digging in your heels about Murphy being denied roster time is a strange use of this argument. At no time did he ever demonstrate that he was better than anyone on our roster.

[Bigblue204]

Murphy was an odd pick imo. Didn't play special teams at all, didn't really have any tangibles that set him apart as far as I'm aware. Always thought it was an odd pick, especially in the 3rd round. oh well, good luck to him in his future endeavors. 

[GCn20]

13 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Murphy was an odd pick imo. Didn't play special teams at all, didn't really have any tangibles that set him apart as far as I'm aware. Always thought it was an odd pick, especially in the 3rd round. oh well, good luck to him in his future endeavors. 

He had some potential that went unrealized....but yea...kind of a bit of a flyer in the 3rd round. Probably a 6th round talent really.

[M.Silverback]

41 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

Murphy was an odd pick imo. Didn't play special teams at all, didn't really have any tangibles that set him apart as far as I'm aware. Always thought it was an odd pick, especially in the 3rd round. oh well, good luck to him in his future endeavors. 

I watched him play a lot in RSEQ. 3rd round was a bit high, but he was also very productive in the RSEQ. Real clutch WR with great hands and could catch in traffic. But, he wasn't a big play game breaker like Kevin Mital was. Still, I'm surprised he wasn't a rotational WR in the CFL. Maybe he could have been on the Redblacks, but he's moved on. Good for him. 

[MOBomberFan]

https://www.cfl.ca/2025/03/28/bc-toronto-saskatchewan-ottawa-exceed-2024-salary-expenditure-cap/

"In addition to being fined, the BC Lions will forfeit the highest of their first- and second-round selections (Nos. 3 and 9) in the 2025 CFL Draft due to the amount by which they exceeded the cap. BC retains its lower second-round selection (No. 11)."

It wasn't worth it, BC. Way to shoot yourself in both feet

[wpgallday1960]

BC forfeits their 1st and 2nd round draft picks for 2024 salary cap violations.

$350K, wow!

 

[Captain Blue]

It seems odd to me that Calgary benefits now by getting extra picks (last ones in the first two rounds) due to BC forfeiting. Am I understanding that right? 

[wbbfan]

17 hours ago, Noeller said:

He was already in Ottawa... Left during FA. 

Dang I forgot all about that. 
 

17 hours ago, Booch said:

he was prob tired of not getting to be on the roster in lieu of slugs like Thomas...Kolo...etc....and said eff it....especially when we showed several yrs running we would play hurt guys over our "other number ones"...dont blame him

Left like BOLO did.....said eff this crap

And woli, petermann, Simonize etc. we don’t really have a good history of giving our ni guys a chance at wr. 
 

2 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

Murphy was an odd pick imo. Didn't play special teams at all, didn't really have any tangibles that set him apart as far as I'm aware. Always thought it was an odd pick, especially in the 3rd round. oh well, good luck to him in his future endeavors. 

Pass catcher up side I guess but yeah. I think that’s just how we view ni WRs. If you aren’t extremely versatile good luck. 
 

10 minutes ago, wpgallday1960 said:

BC forfeits their 1st and 2nd round draft picks for 2024 salary cap violations.

$350K, wow!

 

Wooooow. That’s a smack down. 

Just now, Captain Blue said:

It seems odd to me that Calgary benefits now by getting extra picks (last ones in the first two rounds) due to BC forfeiting. Am I understanding that right? 

It is odd. Makes no sense at all. 

[JuranBoldenRules]

3 minutes ago, Captain Blue said:

It seems odd to me that Calgary benefits now by getting extra picks (last ones in the first two rounds) due to BC forfeiting. Am I understanding that right? 

Yeah the expression is "sucks to suck" to "pays to suck"

I guess "pays to suck" is the oldest profession.

5 minutes ago, Captain Blue said:

It seems odd to me that Calgary benefits now by getting extra picks (last ones in the first two rounds) due to BC forfeiting. Am I understanding that right? 

Basically penalizes us for playing the most Canadian snaps by knocking that pick down 2 spots.

[greenrider55]

Boy it’s a good thing BC has the marketing money to make up for those lost draft picks!

[blue85gold]

42 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Basically penalizes us for playing the most Canadian snaps by knocking that pick down 2 spots.

No extra picks were added though right? So isn't that pick in the same spot?

Our 1st rounder would have moved up a spot since BCs pick was moved the end of the round for Calgary. 

[3rdand1.5]

Two lost draft picks and almost 650K in fines if teh 3down article is correct.....ouch!!!!

[blue85gold]

47 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

And woli, petermann, Simonize etc. we don’t really have a good history of giving our ni guys a chance at wr. 

How was Woli not given a chance? He started for years. 

Him and Demski are the reason no other Canadians got a chance at receiver.

[Bigblue204]

1 hour ago, wpgallday1960 said:

BC forfeits their 1st and 2nd round draft picks for 2024 salary cap violations.

$350K, wow!

 

BC still has 2 2nd round picks though....? 3down article is confusing 

[GCn20]

38 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

How was Woli not given a chance? He started for years. 

Him and Demski are the reason no other Canadians got a chance at receiver.

Yea...he has a point on Petey and Simonise but Woli was literally starting the last 5 games of his year 1 and held the starter position after that. As for Petey and Simonise, they did play many snaps for us and we moved on. Sometimes it is unfair to say they never got a chance when their production was pretty meh in the snaps they were given. Neither Petey nor Simonise has done much of anything since they left so it leads me to believe they just weren't good enough. 

When we release someone who actually produces somewhere else, the argument can be made we held them back but until then it's kind of unfair to criticize the brass for not playing inferior talent. I mean it's not like we held them on our PR until they were too old to be developed. Both Petey and Simonise were young enough when they left here that they could have shown they were being held back. Neither man did.

Edited Friday at 05:10 PM by GCn20

[JuranBoldenRules]

19 minutes ago, blue85gold said:

No extra picks were added though right? So isn't that pick in the same spot?

Our 1st rounder would have moved up a spot since BCs pick was moved the end of the round for Calgary. 

Depends on how you look at it RE adding picks.  BC forfeits the picks but then they are added back at the end of each round for Calgary.  Not sure how they decided they are added before the extra Canadian picks instead of after.  Nice reward for failure for Calgary.  Could be gifting them two impactful players for nothing…because BC f’d up.

To me, they are added picks.  Teams lose their picks for supplemental draft and they aren’t handed out to other teams.  Teams have lost picks for SMS violations in past years and they are just dropped from the draft.

[GCn20]

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Depends on how you look at it RE adding picks.  BC forfeits the picks but then they are added back at the end of each round for Calgary.  Not sure how they decided they are added before the extra Canadian picks instead of after.  Nice reward for failure for Calgary.  Could be gifting them two impactful players for nothing…because BC f’d up.

To me, they are added picks.  Teams lose their picks for supplemental draft and they aren’t handed out to other teams.  Teams have lost picks for SMS violations in past years and they are just dropped from the draft.

Yea....this makes no sense whatsoever. The fairest way is everyone move up a slot like in past years.

[blue85gold]

19 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Depends on how you look at it RE adding picks.  BC forfeits the picks but then they are added back at the end of each round for Calgary.  Not sure how they decided they are added before the extra Canadian picks instead of after.  Nice reward for failure for Calgary.  Could be gifting them two impactful players for nothing…because BC f’d up.

To me, they are added picks.  Teams lose their picks for supplemental draft and they aren’t handed out to other teams.  Teams have lost picks for SMS violations in past years and they are just dropped from the draft.

Ya totally agree that it doesn't make sense. The picks should just be forfeited. 

Bombers aren't any worse off though. Just Calgary gets a huge bonus. 

[rebusrankin]

Losing a 1st and a 2nd, plus a fine for finishing 3rd and losing in the first round of the playoffs. Way to go BC.

Calgary getting 2 extra picks for being incompetent is foolish.