Bomber Free Agents

[Waffler]

Post game Harris said he could have played this game without shoulder pads

True but their game plan was get the ball out quickly. So it was a bit of both OL and game planning. I wish we did the same thing. We have a QB of the same vintage as Harris, no reason to expect he can scramble anymore.

[Pete]

Id sign an import tackle, move randolph to guard ( as was the plan ly til we decided to use a spot for a return tackler specialist)
 Id like to replace Kolo but mot sure whose out there for centers)
Im hoping the new de's we signed make an impact.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Id sign an import tackle, move randolph to guard ( as was the plan ly til we decided to use a spot for a return tackler specialist)
 Id like to replace Kolo but mot sure whose out there for centers)
Im hoping the new de's we signed make an impact.

We basically need to rebuild both lines.

On the defensive line: Only Lawson and Woods really should be here next year.

The offensive line is tricker. Ideally, Randolph and Wallace should be back with Neufeld moving to the 6th OL. That means three new starters there. 

[Blue72]

BIG difference between both those teams and ours. We have NO pass rush especially with a weak 3 man front and our O line is surely bad compared to yesterday. Also when they tackled it was at the feet NOT shoulder bumps like our guys. The bombers have gotten soft and OLD in the last couple years.
Things we need are: o linemen, D linemen, better backup QB, receivers, better "coaching" both sides of the ball and getting younger. That is a lot but do we have the management to make those changes?

There is money for a better OC if we get rid of Hogan, Hall and Jackson. Maybe it is time for MOS to take more control over his team.

It is amazing how Sask changed by getting a better HC and not holding on to guys not producing. We seem to be going in the wrong direction.

[theaardvark]

Id sign an import tackle, move randolph to guard ( as was the plan ly til we decided to use a spot for a return tackler specialist)
 Id like to replace Kolo but mot sure whose out there for centers)
Im hoping the new de's we signed make an impact.

Eli is a C.  He's been the next one for long enough, its time for him to take the spot.

Neuf, Eli and Wallace is a good middle to an oline... and we have enough beef coming to camp already we should be able to find a couple of OTs

[Tecno]

Eli is a C.  He's been the next one for long enough, its time for him to take the spot.

Never.  Eli can't even get to Ko-man levels.  He is low on the beef scale.  Eli is a great, very affordable NAT C backup though, and good at jumbo.  As such he is a keeper.

Brady almost spelled out that for him to re-sign he wants Stan/Neuf/Zach.  So the replacements will be at LG, C, RT -- if we go that route.  The "unloved" guys (that no one has said boo about) is Ko-man and Rand/Loft/whoever-is-at-RT -- those guys are on the bubble.

If we had a league top-3 C and a Yoshi level RT we may instantly be in the pound seats.

[Tecno]

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

It's astounding, isn't it!

Trevor got touched just once the whole game: early on when he took a little too long to get the ball out, they smacked him a little bit after the dump pass.  The rest of the night no one got to touch Trevor.  Yes they were short-mostly, but they did do 1 deep shot and 3 mid shots -- so a DL did have time to get there 4 times (but didn't).

Zach gets creamed every other play most of the season (but not the ESF to their credit) and half the time doesn't even get the magic 2.7s.  90% of snaps should give Zach 2.7s, and failing at that is why we sucked so bad.

[Tecno]

Bridges would be a solid pick-up.

But we don't need the fast WR type.  Pokey is that, Wheatie is that, Mitchell is that (though he's probably gone-zo), even Demski is that.  The big thing we lacked was the middle/crosser good-hands bruiser type.  Not sure who would best fit that role (and will be in FA), but that's what we need most.

[Tecno]

The reports coming out about the Hogan/Mitchell feud are disturbing.

I looked and looked but couldn't find this info... do you have links?  Or the TL;DR Aards version?

[Tecno]

not sure what the penalty for blowing the front office $SMS is, but we should do that and hire the best.  Is Lapo ready to return?

You have to give up your 2RDP in the Coaches Draft?   

[Tecno]

Hamilton went from last to 1st in 2025.

But it was fake 1st and everyone knew it.  No question MTL was going to cream them in the post-season -- they were only 2nd because Alexander was out a bunch of games.  Even TOR would have probably beaten them had Kelly been healthy in week 1.

Kenny had a miserable final-third of the season and got no home runs in the EDF.  DCs and DBs figured out how to neutralize him by mid-season.  Remember, he didn't do squat against us in our 2 games!

Yes, HAM improved a lot, but only from near-last to 3rd-ish.

[Tecno]

That doesn't mean a Canadian starter should get $300K ( as an example ) just because the SMS went up.

Yes, it kind of does, because the players haven't gotten much of a raise since pre-covid, and yet gov has inflated away our dollar by basically 33% since that time.  Now that there's finally some extra CFL money, most players that have any leverage should be demanding a 10, 20, 30% raise.  Even then they won't be keeping up with real inflation -- so they aren't really winning.  (It's the same reason Canada is seeing so many strikes across many sectors these last 2 years.)

[Blue In BC]

Yes, it kind of does, because the players haven't gotten much of a raise since pre-covid, and yet gov has inflated away our dollar by basically 33% since that time.  Now that there's finally some extra CFL money, most players that have any leverage should be demanding a 10, 20, 30% raise.  Even then they won't be keeping up with real inflation -- so they aren't really winning.  (It's the same reason Canada is seeing so many strikes across many sectors these last 2 years.)

Nope. Don't agree.

[Pete]

I think that the pay for cdns is obviously not proportionate to talent
 Gms have to be more creative in how we utilize them. You cant just fill up your oline.
We have been pretty set over the last 5 years in utilizing 3 oline 2 receivers 1 dline and 1 sam with Olivera giving us a bit of flexibility. We may have to relook at this.
 Sask for example went to 3 and at time 4 noncdns oline and 4 cdn receivers

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

But we don't need the fast WR type.  Pokey is that, Wheatie is that, Mitchell is that (though he's probably gone-zo), even Demski is that.  The big thing we lacked was the middle/crosser good-hands bruiser type.  Not sure who would best fit that role (and will be in FA), but that's what we need most.

Schaffer-Baker would be a great pickup, he has good size and runs those crossing routes and picks up YAC as well as anyone.  He doesn't seem like a great route runner but gets by more on athletic talent and refusal to go down as the Philpot boys do. Bonus being a Natl. gives them a legitimate #3 receiver to compliment Demski and improve on Clercius and Corcoran.