Bomber Free Agents

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Not sure you re accurate there, he made some very good plays last year.  I think he was nicked...  or got on Hogan's bad side.  He's still a top notch talent, and we should see him back next year, doing good things.

I believe both Clercius and MCI have one year left on their contracts, but neither have improved their contribution in their second year as would be expected. At this point they seem to be little more than place-holders, good enough until something better comes along. They remind me of Carl Volny, a super talented RB that played 4 years for the Bombers but rarely touched the ball....which maybe Peterson's fate as well.

[Blue In BC]

We have 13 Canadians on our potential free agent list. 4 of those I don't expect back.  So who will be the 1st to re-sign and which are really most likely to test free agency?

At the end of the season teams have a good sense of what to expect and contract offers are ready for many.  There are some obvious favourites but there has been some discussion about our ability to change the ratio if necessary with lower SMS hits with an import. So pros and cons.

I think sorting out the Canadians on the OL is the 1st priority as far as who do we want and who don't we want. 

I won't be surprised if we see about 5 or 6 re-signings before the end of the year.  In theory I think we'll have some SMS left and will sign some players early.

[Pigskin]

Like to see us lock up Holm, Demski, and Lawson, early. BO20 could wait for FA. Very deep draft this year for OL and DL. 11 of the 20 top prospects at this point are either play OL or DL.. Also 2 Manitoba kids in the the top 20 and one is a OL. Vaccaro 6"3" 305.

[ModAdmin]

Like to see us lock up Holm, Demski, and Lawson, early. BO20 could wait for FA. Very deep draft this year for OL and DL. 11 of the 20 top prospects at this point are either play OL or DL.. Also 2 Manitoba kids in the the top 20 and one is a OL. Vaccaro 6"3" 305.

Early lock ups should include Sergio Castillo.  Good kickers are hard to come by.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

We have 13 Canadians on our potential free agent list. 4 of those I don't expect back.  So who will be the 1st to re-sign and which are really most likely to test free agency?

At the end of the season teams have a good sense of what to expect and contract offers are ready for many.  There are some obvious favourites but there has been some discussion about our ability to change the ratio if necessary with lower SMS hits with an import. So pros and cons.

I think sorting out the Canadians on the OL is the 1st priority as far as who do we want and who don't we want. 

I won't be surprised if we see about 5 or 6 re-signings before the end of the year.  In theory I think we'll have some SMS left and will sign some players early.

The Bombers have a few Natl. players that negotiate their own contracts and are smart enough not to price themselves out of a job. Neuf being the leader on offence Jake on defence, they know once they're done with football a $100k+ salary is not that easy to come by. I expect that strategy has been passed on to a few players on the team as the majority of players probably do not own homes. 

[Blue In BC]

Like to see us lock up Holm, Demski, and Lawson, early. BO20 could wait for FA. Very deep draft this year for OL and DL. 11 of the 20 top prospects at this point are either play OL or DL.. Also 2 Manitoba kids in the the top 20 and one is a OL. Vaccaro 6"3" 305.

Well yes but can we maximize left over SMS in this group or 2nd tier re-signings. The top players will probably see the larger early money in Feb 2026?

Re-signing early would be great but is that an SMS advantage? Possibly it could be but I think you can chip away at the next level with SMS from 2025.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Well yes but can we maximize left over SMS in this group or 2nd tier re-signings. The top players will probably see the larger early money in Feb 2026?

Re-signing early would be great but is that an SMS advantage? Possibly it could be but I think you can chip away at the next level with SMS from 2025.

Doesn't look like there was any SMS left over from this season as the only player they re-upped was Pokey, I don't know but I think they have till the end of the year to use it up.

[Pete]

Doesn't look like there was any SMS left over from this season as the only player they re-upped was Pokey, I don't know but I think they have till the end of the year to use it up.

its still too soon, most teams havent announced any signings, maybe after grey cup weekend?

[Blue In BC]

Doesn't look like there was any SMS left over from this season as the only player they re-upped was Pokey, I don't know but I think they have till the end of the year to use it up.

We used more on hiding players on the 1 game IR but I think there will still be some left. Yes they have until the end of December to use any remaining SMS in the form of early money. Regardless of whether we think some players should or shouldn't get any large increase, that's different than early money.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

We used more on hiding players on the 1 game IR but I think there will still be some left. Yes they have until the end of December to use any remaining SMS in the form of early money. Regardless of whether we think some players should or shouldn't get any large increase, that's different than early money.

Not a whole lot of players deserving big raises after this season, most should keep keep their head's down and hope they're still on the team next season. No underpaid DB's really shone this year, Griffin, Schmekel and Cam Lawson may require bumps but nothing big.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Like to see us lock up Holm, Demski, and Lawson, early. BO20 could wait for FA. Very deep draft this year for OL and DL. 11 of the 20 top prospects at this point are either play OL or DL.. Also 2 Manitoba kids in the the top 20 and one is a OL. Vaccaro 6"3" 305.

Yep. And we're picking 4th in the draft for a change. Good year for it and so far we've got all our picks and possibly the playing-too-many-Canadian pick too.

[dd]

The difference between Saskatchewan's O and D line and ours is night and day. Post game Harris said he could have played this game without shoulder pads—Zach gets **** near killed every game and sass 4 man front got pressure all night long on Alexander. We need to invest in the big boys on both sides of the line and gets some speed and power on our lines vs just slow bulky guys

[RebusRankin]

The Riders have excellent lines just like we did in 19 and 21.

[Blue In BC]

Not a whole lot of players deserving big raises after this season, most should keep keep their head's down and hope they're still on the team next season. No underpaid DB's really shone this year, Griffin, Schmekel and Cam Lawson may require bumps but nothing big.

That's true but many will want a piece of the higher SMS.

[peg_city]

Replace neufeld, wallace and one of Thomas/Lawson. Canadian talent is our issue. We either have to sign some FAs or it's going to take years to build it back up.