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[Stats Junkie]

Tim Baines @TimCBaines - 1h
Hearing QB Dru Brown is in #Ottawa. You'd have to think a deal with the #Redblacks is imminent.

Farhan Lalji @FarhanLaljiTSN - 25m
I'm told QB Dru Brown has agreed to a 2-year deal with #RedBlacks

A good day in Ottawa with the team also resigning DE's Mauldin & Carter.


Note: should be re-signing, not resigning

[DM83]

Riders take him back... I mean who do they have?  Nobody.

[Jesse]

Tim Baines @TimCBaines - 1h
Hearing QB Dru Brown is in #Ottawa. You'd have to think a deal with the #Redblacks is imminent.

Farhan Lalji @FarhanLaljiTSN - 25m
I'm told QB Dru Brown has agreed to a 2-year deal with #RedBlacks

A good day in Ottawa with the team also resigning DE's Mauldin & Carter.


Note: should be re-signing, not resigning

It'll be interesting to see the numbers on Dru's deal if they're released.

[Stats Junkie]

Farhan Lalji @FarhanLaljiTSN - 18m
Dru Brown's contract will pay him 290k in 2024 & 350k in 2025 in hard money, plus another 50k in playtime incentives each season, to get to 340k and 400k.
Reasonable numbers for both sides.
@CFLonTSN

[Pete]

at 290k this year plus bonuses, and 350 for 2025. He's done better than most of us thought.  Seems a bit high for relatively unproven  commodity.
  https://3downnation.com/2024/01/24/qb-dru-brown-signs-two-year-contract-with-ottawa-redblacks/
Ottawa's been busy with signing him , Rhymes and much of their dline.
Speaking of which I'm getting a little concerned about ours with Thomas, Jeffcoat and Walker all unsigned.

[theaardvark]

at 290k this year plus bonuses, and 350 for 2025. He's done better than most of us thought.  Seems a bit high for relatively unproven  commodity.
  https://3downnation.com/2024/01/24/qb-dru-brown-signs-two-year-contract-with-ottawa-redblacks/
Ottawa's been busy with signing him , Rhymes and much of their dline.
Speaking of which I'm getting a little concerned about ours with Thomas, Jeffcoat and Walker all unsigned.

Not a huge concern... lots of TC bodies coming in, and we usually have a lot of action the last week.  The new tampering window makes things a lot more interesting.  Players get a chance to see "what they're worth", and we get a chance to shop too, and know what its going to cost if we need to replace someone. 

There's no defending against teams coming hard after our FA's, but for every one they do, more opportunities open up.

Walters has always proven to be able to play this game with the best of them...

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Farhan Lalji @FarhanLaljiTSN - 18m
Dru Brown's contract will pay him 290k in 2024 & 350k in 2025 in hard money, plus another 50k in playtime incentives each season, to get to 340k and 400k.
Reasonable numbers for both sides.
@CFLonTSN

Was hoping Brown would bargain hard for a 2 year contract with the potential of coming back to the Bombers in 2026.

[TBURGESS]

Brown will make more than Adams.   Ottawa is over paying IMO. 

[VictorRomano]

A two year deal means he'll be a FA at the end of 2025...same time that Zach's newest (final?) contract expires......

I said before, he's going to get 2 years of seasoning in another system, and we'll pick him back up later if he turns out to be any good....

[Jesse]

Brown will make more than Adams.  Ottawa is over paying IMO.

He'll make about the same as Adams did last year and you're not going to sign a starting QB for less.

I'm sure Adams is going to get a significant bump his next contract anyway.

[theaardvark]

Brown will make more than Adams.  Ottawa is over paying IMO.

They are getting him for better than market rate for a starter, if that is what he turns out to be.  And he got far more than we could afford to offer, plus the chance to start right out of camp. 

Jones paid more for Corny, with guaranteed money to boot.

I don't think anyone here questions Dru's potential to start, Ott gets a team friendly deal in year two if he makes it as a starter, but has the option to cut him at anytime if he flames out.  I don't see mention of any signing bonuses or roster bonuses, or guaranteed money...

I think it is a fair contract, and that his next one will be much larger.

Unless he's the next Drew Willy...

[Blue In BC]

They are getting him for better than market rate for a starter, if that is what he turns out to be.  And he got far more than we could afford to offer, plus the chance to start right out of camp. 

Jones paid more for Corny, with guaranteed money to boot.

I don't think anyone here questions Dru's potential to start, Ott gets a team friendly deal in year two if he makes it as a starter, but has the option to cut him at anytime if he flames out.  I don't see mention of any signing bonuses or roster bonuses, or guaranteed money...

I think it is a fair contract, and that his next one will be much larger.

Unless he's the next Drew Willy...

Signing bonus of $137,500

Masoli and Adams probably start the season on the 6 game IR. I'm guessing Arbuckle is not re-signed. However one of their other QB's might not survive the numbers game and might be some one we take a look at in TC if he gets cut.

[TBURGESS]

They are getting him for better than market rate for a starter, if that is what he turns out to be.  And he got far more than we could afford to offer, plus the chance to start right out of camp. 

Jones paid more for Corny, with guaranteed money to boot.

I don't think anyone here questions Dru's potential to start, Ott gets a team friendly deal in year two if he makes it as a starter, but has the option to cut him at anytime if he flames out.  I don't see mention of any signing bonuses or roster bonuses, or guaranteed money...

I think it is a fair contract, and that his next one will be much larger.

Unless he's the next Drew Willy...

They are paying him above market rate for a 'possible' starter. It's a Dru friendly, not a team friendly contract. 

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

They are paying him above market rate for a 'possible' starter. It's a Dru friendly, not a team friendly contract.

So you're proposing both sides negotiate a contract as if the worst possible outcome is the likely result of their union, instead of the best? 

[theaardvark]

They are paying him above market rate for a 'possible' starter. It's a Dru friendly, not a team friendly contract.

If he plays up to his potential and is a starter, its a team friendly contract. 

If he flames out and they cut him when Masoli gets healthy, he gets to keep his signing bonus (info not available at the time of my post), then that's a Dru friendly contract.

If he is a m'eh starter, and plays well enough for tehm to let him play, its still a team friendly contract, one of the cheapest starters deals in the league.

Its a good deal for both, really, and allows OTT to afford to pay extra for backups, which will not include Arbuckle.