Rasheed Bailey released?

[dd]

I can almost guarantee we won't sign him unless we get further injuries to our receiving corps. MOS will stick with 'his guys' and not take one of the young prospects out of the lineup unless he's injured. I am surprised though that Bailey hasn't caught on with another team looking for a reliable reciever who can block, but then again, most teams are set right now and not in need of a #3 receiver—maybe Calgary will pick him up since Barnes is out. They need to send a message to that group of sad sacks that just going through the motions in a game is unacceptable. Man they were awful last night.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

The reason he didn't sign here was because we did not offer him a contract.

We had Schoen, Lawler, Demski, Wolitarski starting, all at substantially more than ELC.  5th receiver, from an $SMS viewpoint, needed to be an ELC.  And SHeed had signed here last year for less than he could have gotten elsewhere, pretty sure the club wanted him to get his full value rather than the ELC they could afford to offer, so no offer.

With Schoen out for the season, and Lawler's 6 game IR savings, we are in a totally different position now, both from a need and a $SMS position.  We can offer him $130k without issue.

He didn't retire rather than sign here, any thoughts of retirement were because he couldn't sign here.

But Pinball signed him, and then discarded him as trash.

4 veteran receivers likely to return next year, so the same situation applies to Sheed, they will likely run with younger cheaper options like Wilson and Clercius if the other 4 are healthy enough to play. If Woli was not a Natl. it could be him on the outside looking in.

[Jesse]

Guys, I hate to be a wet noodle, and when I heard Sheed had signed with the Argos I was crushed, but I really don't think he wants to be here. Remember, he chose to retire rather than stay with us. It kinda reminds me of what happened with AH, who also, remarkably, chose the Argos over us. Gawd I can't stand the Argos.

We chose not to re-sign him, but our circumstances are very different now. He's a piece we could very much use right now.

[ichabod_crane]

Kyle Walters....get on the horn ASAP! NO time to waste as almost mid season. Calgary crashing and burning last night helps the Bombers cause. Remember 2019 when they broke the drought? 3rd place they were that year and MUCH tougher opponents on the playoff road in my estimation that year. Bombers sneak in and healthy they could make some noise in the West I still believe. They key is GETTING in and getting healthy and PLAYING BETTER....Don't like this ol' Jack Matheson BOZO syndrome they seem to be in this year. We need call in some help from up top from "Cactus" Jack Wells!

[The Zipp]

If I was Sheed...I would see what other teams besides the bombers have to offer

[dd]

If I was sheed  i d sign anywhere else but here!!

[Jesse]

If I was Sheed...I would see what other teams besides the bombers have to offer

I think he did in the off-season already...He wasn't exactly signed on the first day of FA...

[bwiser]

The need to add Bailey may have become even more urgent after the injury to Woli. Its a short week so it makes sense to add someone who knows the offense.

[theaardvark]

Bailey's price just increased, especially if Woli is dinged.

I don't care.  Sign him.  Sign him now.

[Jesse]

Bailey's price just increased, especially if Woli is dinged.

I don't care.  Sign him.  Sign him now.

Bailey gets the minimum salary allowed for vets prorated for the final 10 games.

[Blue In BC]

Bailey's price just increased, especially if Woli is dinged.

I don't care.  Sign him.  Sign him now.

I disagree his value went up. I'd try to sign him, but Whitehead is still an option.

[theaardvark]

I disagree his value went up. I'd try to sign him, but Whitehead is still an option.

How so?  Our need just increased.  He has a better bargaining position with Walters today than the day he was released.

I don't care what it costs, we have $SMS from Schoen/Lawler 6 game, sign Sheed.  He will make the team better.

[Jesse]

How so?  Our need just increased.  He has a better bargaining position with Walters today than the day he was released.

I don't care what it costs, we have $SMS from Schoen/Lawler 6 game, sign Sheed.  He will make the team better.

Unless there's another team trying to sign him, he has zero bargaining power.

[theaardvark]

Unless there's another team trying to sign him, he has zero bargaining power.

A bidding war can make it very costly, but there is an alternative for Sheed, and that is not signing yet with anyome, and wait for his value to go up.

The other bargaining chip we just lost is the idea of post season money.  There is a chance we don't even get the minimum bump for a WSF appearance now.  Whereas last year, he made the reduced salary he agreed to, but got significant playoff money.

[dd]

If I was Bailey I d be calling Montreal or BC to see if there is any interest there. I m thinking that's hapoened already and there isn't. So then call the contenders, which he has and there's no interest. Now it's up to him if he wants to play for peanuts for the sake of playing, which I think he does, but then teams have got to factor in is he a want or need right now. In our lineup he's a need, but he's got recent history with management and I don't expect the phone to ring on our part, which is sad, as he'd make us immediately better and when Lawler comes back we d have 3 of our top 5 receivers from last year. BOO would have been nice to have around this year as right away he's in the lineup, but what the heck, nothing has went as planned this year personnel wise