Farhan Lalji is suggesting KL89 fractured his arm and probably headed to the 6 gamer.
looked like it when it happened. He knew something was wrong when he took the hit head on. Ugh
Someone needs to write "The Ballad of Kenny Lawler", cause there's a whole lot of trouble and misfortune in his life. Not sure he'll be here next season with his contract coming up for renewal, if Jeffcoat and Grant were deemed unreliable, what does that make Lawler at a much higher price tag?
We need a reliable productive #1 reciever, and we don't have one. Man would Dominique Rhymes have looked good in blue!!
Quote from: dd on June 07, 2024, 10:11:19 PMWe need a reliable productive #1 reciever, and we don't have one. Man would Dominique Rhymes have looked good in blue!!
lol. Rhymes is the definition of unreliable.
Quote from: dd on June 07, 2024, 10:11:19 PMWe need a reliable productive #1 reciever, and we don't have one. Man would Dominique Rhymes have looked good in blue!!
Really: DS83 35 games, 146 REC, 2725 yards, 688 YAC, 26 TDs, 18.7 Avg. Longest 81 yards. This is our #1 receiver and has been for the last two seasons.
Broken hand 3-6 weeks, Broken wrist 6-9 weeks.
I was at the game so didn't have a great view - what did it look like on TV?
Most unfortunate. The only positive is that we'd be saving quite a bit of SMS.
Quote from: Pigskin on June 07, 2024, 11:30:16 PMReally: DS83 35 games, 146 REC, 2725 yards, 688 YAC, 26 TDs, 18.7 Avg. Longest 81 yards. This is our #1 receiver and has been for the last two seasons.
Oh ya, he's the guy who dropped the pass in the end zone. Clutch.
Quote from: dd on June 08, 2024, 12:29:36 AMOh ya, he's the guy who dropped the pass in the end zone. Clutch.
Yikes, the pass was knocked down, don't think Schoen even got to touch it.
I think for the cap% I prefer Schoen
But man, we have a great 1-2-3 punch
Quote from: BomberFan73 on June 08, 2024, 01:35:56 AMI think for the cap% I prefer Schoen
But man, we have a great 1-2-3 punch
Lawler has not been able to put together full season. He's going to see a pretty significant pay cut next season.
https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/winnipeg-blue-bombers-wr-kenny-lawler-has-fractured-arm-trip-to-six-game-injured-list-likely-1.2131832
Quote from: Jesse on June 08, 2024, 01:38:39 AMLawler has not been able to put together full season. He's going to see a pretty significant pay cut next season.
But knowing Kenny, he won't like that
Quote from: The Zipp on June 07, 2024, 11:40:09 PMI was at the game so didn't have a great view - what did it look like on TV?
Didn't see anything @PAS. On TV it was very clear he took a helmet directly to the arm/wrist and 2 secs later was looking at it like something was wrong.
Kenny's body type is a lot like Nick Moore, super lanky and (relatively) skinny. He's made for those gumby jump catches, not for taking a huge head-on hit.
I always wondered why we put our massive $$ star receiver at wide out, but this here is the reason... it's to keep him healthy since he'll really only ever get one-on-ones in space, or corner/sideline exits where you can avoid the hit.
Remember, he had a lengthy injury in EDM too, and one of his worst years.
I'm a huge Kenny fan, but the price is soooo high and clearly hurting us elsewhere, and now it'll be a repeat of 2023 where we don't see Kenny until mid-season... it really hurts our team, especially since we don't have any hot IMP receiver-in-waiting. I'm happy Clercius may get his big shot, but he ain't the answer as a Kenny replacement.
Get better soon Kenny!!
Depends on the fracture. Could only be a month or so if it's best case.
Quote from: dd on June 07, 2024, 10:11:19 PMWe need a reliable productive #1 reciever, and we don't have one. Man would Dominique Rhymes have looked good in blue!!
Disagree all. Our receivers are exceptional, but this injury hurts.
Rhymes has spent a lot of time in the tub too. And many stretches where he looked totally "meh". AND he screwed up that play that would have sent BC to the GC instead of us...
Pass on Rhymes. You want to play woulda-coulda, how about White who was available in FA at around Kenny money...
Quote from: Blueforlife on June 08, 2024, 02:27:52 AMDisagree all. Our receivers are exceptional, but this injury hurts.
Exceptional receivers score touchdowns....how many touchdowns did our receiving corps score last night?? Zippo. That's far far far from exceptional
Quote from: dd on June 08, 2024, 02:57:08 AMExceptional receivers score touchdowns....how many touchdowns did our receiving corps score last night?? Zippo. That's far far far from exceptional
We have excellent receivers. It was ONE game dd. Stay calm until/unless a real storm develops!
Quote from: dd on June 08, 2024, 02:57:08 AMExceptional receivers score touchdowns....how many touchdowns did our receiving corps score last night?? Zippo. That's far far far from exceptional
Seen this sediment from you before, got the t-shirt. Your negativity around the club has been proven incorrect many times over the past number of years (especially pre dynasty). It's one game. Our receivers are exceptional and played a bad game and so did Zach. As a group they have proved to be exceptional over a long time frame. No need to panic just like Zach said. Our QB and receivers have scored countless TDs over the years.
Quote from: ModAdmin on June 08, 2024, 02:59:09 AMWe have excellent receivers. It was ONE game dd. Stay calm until/unless a real storm develops!
Facts are presented above. Just a little rain shower, hopefully clouds clear soon. Kenny going down was a lightning strike.
Yes we ve scored countless TD s in the past, but the past is the past, live in the here and now.
The grey cup ZC struggled, he was pitiful last night. Is it a boring , predictable playbook we keep running—-how many times do you run the Demski sweep?? Teams are well prepared for us now, got lots of film on what we like to do, we re not adapting, we re not changing, we re not making plays.
Exception to the above is the play of Olivera and Augustine who both ran very well last night.
Quote from: dd on June 08, 2024, 03:18:44 AMYes we ve scored countless TD s in the past, but the past is the past, live in the here and now.
The grey cup ZC struggled, he was pitiful last night. Is it a boring , predictable playbook we keep running—-how many times do you run the Demski sweep?? Teams are well prepared for us now, got lots of film on what we like to do, we re not adapting, we re not changing, we re not making plays.
Exception to the above is the play of Olivera and Augustine who both ran very well last night.
We have a very different take on things. You look game to game I look season to season. Buck calls a good game but yes wasn't great yesterday, generally he is a good OC. I think you are over stating the negative on him here. Our sweep is a key play but needs to be deployed at the right time. I didn't like the timing of that play. We do adapt all the time and we will learn from this loss. Yes we made few plays yesterday. Doesn't mean that will continue but we shall see.
Yes we live in the now but our present is guided by our past success. I believe strongly in our offense and if our D can gel we will be ok. I expect an average season.
We can agree on the strength of our RBs yesterday.
Quote from: dd on June 08, 2024, 03:18:44 AMThe grey cup ZC struggled, he was pitiful last night. Is it a boring , predictable playbook we keep running—-how many times do you run the Demski sweep?? Teams are well prepared for us now, got lots of film on what we like to do, we re not adapting, we re not changing, we re not making plays.
All true. They had 7 months and they barely tweaked the O playbook. They trotted out the same garbage that lost us the GC. MTL not only took the good from the GC, but studied their butts off and brought like 5-10 new plays to exploit our D tendencies. Sad.
To be fair, we did add 1 or 2 brand new plays to specifically attack MTL's tendencies, one being that brilliant fake-Zach-scramble, Kenny double-move to get him an open corner. That is astoundingly smart to get those pesky star MTL DBs to cheat up to the line. Too bad Kenny whiffed and Zach overthrew by a foot.
But 1 or 2 new plays is not sufficient work for 7 months in a sets-the-tone game against the guys who hosed us in the GC.
My beef about the Demski sweep is compare it to the MTL sweep later in the game. Demski got maybe 3? The MTL guy got 6 or 8 on the same play. That's inexcusable by both the O and D. Why not use the some-other-player-sweep like we did with Lawler late in last season? You have to do what they are not expecting, and use what they are expecting as misdirection. That's what 7 months of OC planning is supposed to provide.
Johnson or Wheatfall will draw in for Lawler. Like to see the Bombers resign Cody Case or Sy, Barnett for the PR.
Quote from: Pigskin on June 08, 2024, 04:43:15 AMJohnson or Wheatfall will draw in for Lawler. Like to see the Bombers resign Cody Case or Sy, Barnett for the PR.
Who is your preference to start? I don't know much about these new faces
Agree need one call back
Quote from: Pigskin on June 08, 2024, 04:43:15 AMJohnson or Wheatfall will draw in for Lawler. Like to see the Bombers resign Cody Case or Sy, Barnett for the PR.
Who's the guy who had #74 and was making plays a lot in PS2. Minus the fumble I thought he was the best. Adams? Get him back.
Quote from: Blue In BC on June 07, 2024, 11:52:54 PMMost unfortunate. The only positive is that we'd be saving quite a bit of SMS.
The savings wont be as much as some may think as he received a 150k signing bonus. As well, his replacement on the game roster will need to be paid.
2)
Kenny Lawler, Winnipeg Blue Bombers (A)
Hard money: $285,000
Maximum value: $285,000
The two-time West Division all-star renegotiated his contract early this off-season to lower his cap hit from $310,000 to $285,000,
collecting a $150,000 signing bonus in the process. He will also earn a $115,000 base salary, $13,800 in housing money, and $7,200 in travel money this season in Bomberland.
https://3downnation.com/2024/05/09/the-cfls-15-highest-paid-receivers-for-the-2024-season/
Quote from: Pigskin on June 08, 2024, 04:43:15 AMJohnson or Wheatfall will draw in for Lawler. Like to see the Bombers resign Cody Case or Sy, Barnett for the PR.
Definitely would like to see Sy Barnett brought back. While I saw him only in TC, he caught virtually everything that was thrown his way.
Quote from: Pigskin on June 08, 2024, 04:43:15 AMJohnson or Wheatfall will draw in for Lawler. Like to see the Bombers resign Cody Case or Sy, Barnett for the PR.
I think it would pay future dividends to stick with the current crop of receivers in house including the PR list instead of looking for outside solutions, use the first half of the season to identify the best and get him up to speed by the time Lawler returns. Always good to have a healthy receiver familiar with the offence ready to go for the playoffs in case a late season injury occurs, rather than an inexperienced player that hasn't had any reps all season.
Quote from: BomberFan73 on June 08, 2024, 02:04:06 AMBut knowing Kenny, he won't like that
Tough cookies! 🙄 Paid to perform, not sit in the tub. Fluke injury maybe, but that's football life. It's what have you done for me lately often and not what you have done before.
Quote from: ModAdmin on June 08, 2024, 05:32:54 AMDefinitely would like to see Sy Barnett brought back. While I saw him only in TC, he caught virtually everything that was thrown his way.
I liked Johnson, Barnett and Adams in that order. So if they promote Johnson and put Barnett on the PR that would work for me.
Quote from: dd on June 08, 2024, 03:18:44 AMYes we ve scored countless TD s in the past, but the past is the past, live in the here and now.
The grey cup ZC struggled, he was pitiful last night. Is it a boring , predictable playbook we keep running—-how many times do you run the Demski sweep?? Teams are well prepared for us now, got lots of film on what we like to do, we re not adapting, we re not changing, we re not making plays.
Exception to the above is the play of Olivera and Augustine who both ran very well last night.
Your comments in this thread are straight up unhinged.
Kenny is officially on the 6 game - let the auditions commence for the next all-star receiver.
If we're going to lose Kenny for a portion of the season I'd rather lose him early and have him later than vice versa.
As to the over-the-top criticism of our offence, what crystal ball are you guys using that tells you we all-of-a-sudden suck on offence? I don't have a crystal ball but what I can look at is past performance and it's pretty darn good and we went to great lengths to keep most of those components in place.
Quote from: J5V on June 10, 2024, 01:51:36 AMAs to the over-the-top criticism of our offence, what crystal ball are you guys using that tells you we all-of-a-sudden suck on offence? I don't have a crystal ball but what I can look at is past performance and it's pretty darn good and we went to great lengths to keep most of those components in place.
I predicted the O would win the game for us, as our D is stinky on paper. But the crystal ball we had that made some of us on edge when studying the charts was:
a) Zero snaps for most of the O starters in PS;
b) Heavily revamped OL (including potentially much weaker RT) rightfully made a lot of us nervous;
c) Unsure how good a Yoshi and Gray-less run game would be for Brady;
I think the only huge shocker was just how horrid all the receivers and Zach were. Zach specifically being unable to dial it in was very disconcerting. Even washed-up BLM was able to dial in by the end of his game. And did you see the accuracy of T.Harris?!
I made the comment to my buddy before the games started that I hoped the defence could hold us in the games until the offence settled in, he told me he was expecting the exact opposite.
But Zach looked uncomfortable and had no timing with his receivers.
Brady was not his usual self and, like we said in the Grey Cup, if you're not healthy enough to practice, maybe you shouldn't be playing (we'll do this same dance next week too, I imagine).
OL was settled in day one of practice and should have had some pre-season snaps.
Play design was pedestrian. We just went quick routes when things got tough instead of adding motion and getting Zach out of the pocket looking for streaking receivers. It was a classic case of, "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"
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All that said, I don't think we need to go scorched Earth here. Even if this is the season that ends the ride we've been on, these guys deserved the opportunity to keep it together until they couldn't. But I think they got some more juice left, they just might have to work for it a bit more this year.
Is "DD" actually Dariant Durant in disguise?! ;) Hope you enjoyed your little scam a few years ago Bud. Did DD even show up to training camp or just took his signing bonus and went home like a little spoiled boy?! :D
Quote from: The Zipp on June 09, 2024, 09:46:25 PMKenny is officially on the 6 game - let the auditions commence for the next all-star receiver.
Is he now? Not according to the Blue Bombers' official roster on their own website this morning:
https://www.bluebombers.com/roster/
I really don't understand the Three Stooges routine on the Bombers' website. Do any of you fellows talk to anyone in the Bombers' office?
???
Quote from: Foxhound on June 11, 2024, 06:38:53 PMIs he now? Not according to the Blue Bombers' official roster on their own website this morning:
https://www.bluebombers.com/roster/
I really don't understand the Three Stooges routine on the Bombers' website. Do any of you fellows talk to anyone in the Bombers' office?
???
We learned last season, for current information the Bombers roster page is not the place to look....in fact there is no reliable place to look except on the field gameday!
Quote from: Foxhound on June 11, 2024, 06:38:53 PMIs he now? Not according to the Blue Bombers' official roster on their own website this morning:
https://www.bluebombers.com/roster/
I really don't understand the Three Stooges routine on the Bombers' website. Do any of you fellows talk to anyone in the Bombers' office?
???
Pretty sure the cast gives it away...
The good news is we'll have cap space to sign someone else when the NFL cuts happen.
RT, DE, CB etc.
Quote from: peg_city on June 11, 2024, 08:18:21 PMThe good news is we'll have cap space to sign someone else when the NFL cuts happen.
RT, DE, CB etc.
Unfortunately, Kenny came with a pretty big bonus, so the cap savings will be pretty minimal.
Quote from: Jesse on June 11, 2024, 08:42:47 PMUnfortunately, Kenny came with a pretty big bonus, so the cap savings will be pretty minimal.
Man, between lastyear & this year we really could have used a bump in Cap $ on Lawler
Quote from: Jesse on June 11, 2024, 08:42:47 PMUnfortunately, Kenny came with a pretty big bonus, so the cap savings will be pretty minimal.
Not exactly. It will still be $2K or more per game compared to an ELC guy. If he stays on the 6 game IR, then there is a $12K+ savings. Keeping in mind he may be on the IR for longer but I doubt they take him off early.
That's half what we overspent on the SMS in 2023. So it adds up.
The unofficial roster shows his SMS @ $285K but doesn't state the early signing bonus. I made my calculation on $100K left but it could be $180K I suppose. If so then we could be saving $5K-$6K over an ELC as an example.
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Quote from: theaardvark on June 11, 2024, 07:52:00 PMPretty sure the cast gives it away....
I'm not usually on forward lists for such photos. I don't have any inside lines/contacts. All I ask for is timely public disclosure where such disclosure should be posted.
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Quote from: Foxhound on June 11, 2024, 09:47:33 PMI'm not usually on forward lists for such photos. I don't have any inside lines/contacts. All I ask for is timely public disclosure where such disclosure should be posted.
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It's mentioned on CFL.CA and that he was moved to 6 game IR.
Quote from: Blue In BC on June 11, 2024, 09:44:01 PMNot exactly. It will still be $2K or more per game compared to an ELC guy. If he stays on the 6 game IR, then there is a $12K+ savings. Keeping in mind he may be on the IR for longer but I doubt they take him off early.
That's half what we overspent on the SMS in 2023. So it adds up.
The unofficial roster shows his SMS @ $285K but doesn't state the early signing bonus. I made my calculation on $100K left but it could be $180K I suppose. If so then we could be saving $5K-$6K over an ELC as an example.
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That feels pretty minimal to me.
Quote from: Jesse on June 11, 2024, 11:55:04 PMThat feels pretty minimal to me.
If you read the entire 1st post you'd see I was speaking about the difference per game over an ELC. An ELC player gets about $4K and Lawler could still be earning $8K-$10K per game.
I also suggested that even at the lower estimate, it would be half of what we over spent in 2023. It's worth consideration.
Quote from: Blue In BC on June 12, 2024, 12:09:44 AMIf you read the entire 1st post you'd see I was speaking about the difference per game over an ELC. An ELC player gets about $4K and Lawler could still be earning $8K-$10K per game.
I also suggested that even at the lower estimate, it would be half of what we over spent in 2023. It's worth consideration.
Yes, I read and understood your post. The savings over an ELC over 6 games is what we're talking about.
And if you read the post I was responding to, I think it's pretty easy to agree that these minimal cap savings are not going to equal a signing later in the season.