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[TecnoGenius]

Brown did say he welcomed the chance to settle down in Ottawa with his wife, Meghan, with the hopes of starting a family and planting some roots in the nation's capital.

Ya, that's what A.Bowman said too when he was in WPG for, what, 3 months before being cut (a couple of seasons ago)?

Football is a tough business.  Your best plans and real estate purchases don't always work out.  I hope it does for Dru!

[TecnoGenius]

I d take brown over Maier any day of the eeek and twice on game day!!

Yup.  I'd gamble on Dru over a whole bunch of other CFL QBs, some of them starters.  But not over Zach!!

[Waffler]

Yup.  I'd gamble on Dru over a whole bunch of other CFL QBs, some of them starters.  But not over Zach!!

Agreed Zach is better today.  Our choice was to have Zach with a roster that is going to need retooling or sign Dru and be able to keep everyone else we don't want leaving. It's a 300k saving at QB which I would assume would have solved all our other money problems. Dru is a gamble in Ottawa but much less so here as we have seen what he can do in this system.

Also, we have the 2025 Grey Cup which we go all in to win. How are we going to look in 2 years? Time will tell but I assume the Bombers considered it. Zach will be 38 by that Grey Cup.

Anyway, it's done now. We just wait to see who and how many we lose and what we do to fill those holes. It can still work, we just have more questions than we are used to.

[theaardvark]

"Settle down in Ottawa"?  Has he seen the house prices there?  I hope she has a work visa and a high paying job...

Best advice... rent for a couple years, then sign a big deal back here and buy a house.

Average house price Ottawa - 623,900
Average house price Winnipeg - 332,100

[ModAdmin]

Farhan Lalji
@FarhanLaljiTSN
Hearing the #Argos & all-star LB Wynton McManis have agreed to terms on a 1 year extension. Total compensation is worth just over 200k

[Pete]

Farhan Lalji
@FarhanLaljiTSN
Hearing the #Argos & all-star LB Wynton McManis have agreed to terms on a 1 year extension. Total compensation is worth just over 200k

Another big ticket for Toronto, wonder if they will be able to sign Pickett. With Kelly at 650. Orimolade at 240  and Ceresna 205 thats a lot tied up.
I would imagine riders had their eye on Mcmanis may try to get Pickett and Oakman now. they still have Oulette to sign.
If we cant sign Schoen I'd also like us to look at Coxie at wr.

[Blue In BC]

Another big ticket for Toronto, wonder if they will be able to sign Pickett. With Kelly at 650. Orimolade at 240  and Ceresna 205 thats a lot tied up.
I would imagine riders had their eye on Mcmanis may try to get Pickett and Oakman now. they still have Oulette to sign.
If we cant sign Schoen I'd also like us to look at Coxie at wr.

Kelly re-negotiated his contract but I didn't see the details on how much impact it had on SMS.

[Blueforlife]

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[TecnoGenius]

If we cant sign Schoen I'd also like us to look at Coxie at wr.

Meh.  Coxie will probably cost med-hi SMS$$ too.  He's never excited me to any extent.  I thought similar-level Bane looked better.

Our FA WR pickupss haven't worked out well in many years.  They almost always spend a lot of time in the tub (Ellingson, Moore) or just suck (Bowman).  I'd rather spend the extra SMS on improving the D and going with a new scouting-find WR.  Isn't that how we ended up with Schoen & Bailey?  Sometimes they turn out to be Agudosi.  Sometimes Schoen.  McManus et al have to earn their supper too!!

[Pete]

Meh.  Coxie will probably cost med-hi SMS$$ too.  He's never excited me to any extent.  I thought similar-level Bane looked better.

Our FA WR pickupss haven't worked out well in many years.  They almost always spend a lot of time in the tub (Ellingson, Moore) or just suck (Bowman).  I'd rather spend the extra SMS on improving the D and going with a new scouting-find WR.  Isn't that how we ended up with Schoen & Bailey?  Sometimes they turn out to be Agudosi.  Sometimes Schoen.  McManus et al have to earn their supper too!!

most of the free agents wrs we've signed that haven't done well were on the downside of their careers. Id much rather spend the money on free agents that are still in the prime or just getting there Coxie has great size 6ft3 200 lbs and his average yds per game is not far off Schoen. Olinemen that are any good and not over 32 cost a fortune (Dejarlais 250k)

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[DM83]

QBs in Canada need to be able to read defenses.
Secondly have a good enough arm to throw a wide side out,
Escape ability
Some swagger.

[theaardvark]

OK, what was this?

Toronto gets:  5th, 24th, 25th and a conditional 3rd and Neg rights to Deontay Burnett

Ham gets:  7th, 16th, 36th and a conditional 4th and the Playing right to Jordan Williams.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Dan Ralph
@danralphcp
Hearing Saskatchewan Roughriders have also signed DL Anthony Lanier to a one-year contract extension. Deal would make him one of CFL's top-paid defensive linemen.

Last year he was the highest paid defensive player in the CFL @ $250k. That's a lot  for an Import DE that only contributed 19 tackles and 5 sacks,

[theaardvark]

Dan Ralph
@danralphcp
Hearing Saskatchewan Roughriders have also signed DL Anthony Lanier to a one-year contract extension. Deal would make him one of CFL's top-paid defensive linemen.

Last year he was the highest paid defensive player in the CFL @ $250k. That's a lot   for an Import DE that only contributed 19 tackles and 5 sacks,

Is Jones still running the Riders?

I guess you have to overpay to get guys to wear those ugly uniforms...

[Jesse]

Dan Ralph
@danralphcp
Hearing Saskatchewan Roughriders have also signed DL Anthony Lanier to a one-year contract extension. Deal would make him one of CFL's top-paid defensive linemen.

Last year he was the highest paid defensive player in the CFL @ $250k. That's a lot   for an Import DE that only contributed 19 tackles and 5 sacks,

And this is why JJ is going to look to see what's out there.