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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Free Agent Acquisition

Last post by bomber beetle - Today at 05:57:22 AM

Hardrick and Stanley seem to maintain quite a strong connection.
Money and age are definitely huge considerations.
Gotta think they would love to play together again though. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/08/saskatchewan-roughriders-ol-jermarcus-hardrick-wants-to-play-cfl-football-until-40/

[My guess is that nothing other than the NFL will work there.]

#2

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by bomber beetle - Today at 04:48:09 AM

It's possible that the sports culture in Toronto has changed to the point that the people in the city no longer will support a league that they consider "second class."

The Argos are not alone. The city has tried the AHL and OHL either in the city or nearby suburbs (Mississauga, etc).  If the team is not the Leafs, the people tend not to support it

Toronto has gone from a metro area of under 3 million people to an international  city of over 7 million. My guess is that nothing other than the NFL will work there.

You are probably right.

The one glimmer of hope might be seen in the city's support for TFC of the MLS.

If the Argos could somehow gain an equal amount of credibility and fan support, they might do ok.
That's a tall order though. The NFL casts a huge shadow compared to overseas soccer.

I want to think it could happen. The new rules won't move the needle, but this might be the first baby step in the attempt.

#3

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by dd - Today at 04:05:06 AM

You forget some of the statements Brady made the last time he was a FA?  He pissed off a lot of Bomber fans me included, he's not afraid to play both sides of the fence to get what he wants, I got the impression he doesn't take his words all that seriously and sees negotiations as a game. He maybe right.

Count me in as one of the fans he pissed off, and I for one am tired of this BS negotiation tactic he's doing. I really hope he does moves on, as only then will he realize what a good situation he has here. I really couldn't care if he re-signs, Peterson will literally take the ball and run with it, better than BO ever did. He has way more talent than BO.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by Pigskin - Today at 03:22:17 AM

He still took us for all we were worth last time around and will do the same this time.

All those other factors only come into play when the money is close.

Well, of course the money has to be there. But, the Bomber just have to be close. Brady wants to be a bomber for life.

#5

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by Pete - Today at 03:21:08 AM

Sure you can, if you know that WPG will pony up at least close to that amount.  It would be a gamble, but you could run the numbers and be fairly safe.  It would be quite a poker accomplishment, though.  Not sure other GMs would want to spend so much brainpower and energy on the singular goal of shafting WFC out of an extra $50k SMS... but they could!

For example, if we offer Brady $250k and every one knows it, then BC could offer $300k knowing that Brady will take $275k to stay in WPG -- and WM will force it to make it happen anyway.

But if BC doesn't offer that $300k, then Brady MUST accept the original $250k or be jobless.  That's a very low-risk situation for BC (or whoever).  In fact the numbers could all go higher (with more risk, of course).

thats why you need to  be aggressive to sign him before free agency, BC did that with Hatcher signing him right away to avoid all the uncertainty

#6

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by markf - Today at 02:38:35 AM

NFL Monday night chargers eagles

End of 3d quarter

Total scoring

One td

Five field goals

We need MORE field goals, not less!

[Marries my two loves together.]

#7

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Heritage Classic

Last post by Jesse - Today at 02:21:06 AM

I was very sad to have missed the first one and so will do my best to get to this one. I totally get it's for the novelty and gimmicks and I'm fine with that. Marries my two loves together.

Novelties and gimmicks?

#8

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by Jesse - Today at 02:20:00 AM

But ya gotta think the money WILL be close. Even if the bidding gets uncomfortably high, I think we will keep pace.

Yes. And I think he's a Bomber at the end. I just don't buy into any narrative that he's going to sign here for non-monetary reasons.

[The CFL already has a no mans land area,]

#9

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by bomb squad - Today at 12:37:05 AM

But also consider that if you're on the team B 35 and you blow it on 3rd & medium, that team is only 15Y from midfield, and only 65Y from the other EZ.  In other words, if you blow the gamble you're giving them pretty good starting field position.

Coffin or hem them at their 5 and they must drive the entire field.

I can see only ONE thing possibly increasing: many 3rd & mediums in "no mans land" will be a 5YL, GL or EZ shot -- in other words a deep low-percentage shot -- because an INT will be equal to a punt.  However, once coaches coach every DB on batting down these shots instead of INTing them, it'll revert to being a failed gamble and you have that field position problem in my first paragraph again.

The CFL already has a no mans land area, and yet still only 1-2 coaches "go for it" regularly.  Namely Dickenson The Greater.  Why would the ultra-conservative other coaches suddenly be in The Gamblin' Mood?  MOS will still take his deep FG shots -- 62Y will become the norm for Castillo.  Teams with 43Y max FG range (read: Parades) and a strong Ozzie P will do a lot of coffin shots.

Maybe you'll have a few in-between coaches going for it more... maybe.  But if they get burned by a lot of failures, they'll be forced to do more kicking, less gambling.

That's just it. There really isn't a "no man's land area" now. Sure, maybe when you're close in, but that's not what we're talking about with NMLA. Where would it be then? 45 and in, it's field goal attempt. 45+? A full length punt and cover. If a coach wants to be bold and "go for it", that's his prerogative, but there is no place in the normal course of a game where a 3rd and mid gamble makes sense measured against a punt or a field goal. Unless your in desperation catch up mode.

There will be a "no man's land area" with new field

#10

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by jets4life - Today at 12:35:11 AM

There is also the theory that MLSE demanded these changes and the league bent to their demands.
Maybe this is the truth. And if it is, what of it?
If MLSE is not happy the Argos are probably dead and gone. The Argos could easily be the next Valour. Who could blame MLSE for dumping this franchise that almost no one in a huge city wants to watch?

Regardless of what the truth is, everyone should keep in mind the precarious state the league is in.
 

It's possible that the sports culture in Toronto has changed to the point that the people in the city no longer will support a league that they consider "second class."

The Argos are not alone. The city has tried the AHL and OHL either in the city or nearby suburbs (Mississauga, etc).  If the team is not the Leafs, the people tend not to support it

Toronto has gone from a metro area of under 3 million people to an international  city of over 7 million. My guess is that nothing other than the NFL will work there.