Kyle Walters extension presser

[VictorRomano]

Agree, Philpot will be stay in Montreal. 

Will he?  If some team desperate to improve Canadian depth at WR throws around some big numbers at him, why would he not take advantage of that?  We all saw (in the case of Kenny) that money talks and ******** walks, same with Couture.  Same with Dobson.  Same with Hardrick.....If Montreal re-signs him early, there's nothing we can do, but I can't believe Philpot's agent, after the season Philpot had (and last year, too), would tell his client *not* to test the market and see what he's worth....I feel like he's proven himself enough to be worthy of numbers in the lower Demski range as a Nat....

[dd]

I think it would absolutely be a mistake to bring Strev back (unless you want to give him a coaching spot).

And I think Philpot never makes it to FA. Their GM has already commented that he'll be back.

Agree. Montreal realizes full well what they have there in Philipot and aren't going to let him slip away. Premium NAT reciever, who I'd take over Kenny Lawler any day.

[markf]

The CFL west now, is much tougher than it was during the Bombers five trips to the Grey Cup.

Sask,B.C. coaching,was probably not great, Elks were in Turmoil,  Calgary had questionable quarterbacking till this season, and their defence is much improved. Sask, looks formidable. B.C. just needs to fix their D. Elks were improving, and lost some close games. Young head coach, should learn from it.

All of these teams are better now than they were. We are worse.

I'd say the Bombers need to do more than some tweaking, to keep up.

[gobombersgo]

On a positive note, not many Bomber free agents will be due large salary increases.

On the flip side, teams like the Riders and Als will be hard pressed to keep all their free agents.

Walters just needs better luck during free agency this year compared to last year.

He needs to target legitimate starters and not guys that have potential or just fill out a roster.

[Cool Spot]

I have no problem signing either Schoen or Strev to a short term (2 year), low guaranteed minimum, with substantial bonuses for games played + performance recognition.

Disagree.

Both players have hurt the same knee two years in a row, and this year those injuries were both non-contact - meaning that there's something biomechanical going on in the way they move. There's growing evidence that rehabilitation from a ligament injury is probably closer to 2 years than 1 year, and it's unlikely that players return to the same level of performance that they had prior to the injury.

It's true both players will work hard to return, but Mother Nature and Father Time both team up to come for us all, and some of us sooner than later.

I think the Bombers need to acknowledge that reality in the near term and look elsewhere to rebuild.

[Cool Spot]

- sky's not falling, we're 10-8, we'll get back to winning

I think this is an optimistic, and therefore unrealistic, take by Kyle Walters.

The last two games of the seasons were throwaway games by the opposition; Sask would very likely have beaten Wpg in that second-to-last game of the year if both teams took the game seriously, and let's discount the MTL one since it didn't matter to the Alouettes. The Bombers started 3-0 (finishing 10-8), but after that 3-0 start, and after removing the discounted wins at the end, and including the playoff loss, they were 5-9. That is, they trended pretty steadily downwards.

The sky is not falling, but it's clearly not rising, either.

[Jesse]

I think this is an optimistic, and therefore unrealistic, take by Kyle Walters.

The last two games of the seasons were throwaway games by the opposition; Sask would very likely have beaten Wpg in that second-to-last game of the year if both teams took the game seriously, and let's discount the MTL one since it didn't matter to the Alouettes. The Bombers started 3-0 (finishing 10-8), but after that 3-0 start, and after removing the discounted wins at the end, and including the playoff loss, they were 5-9. That is, they trended pretty steadily downwards.

The sky is not falling, but it's clearly not rising, either.

He also open his press conference by saying that we lacked quality wins. He admitted that even though 10-8 sound ok, we only had 2 good wins the whole season against good competition.

That last line was a through away comment when reporters asked why fans should be optimistic for next year. He had spent the whole time talking about how change was needed and everyone had to do better.

[dd]

The CFL west now, is much tougher than it was during the Bombers five trips to the Grey Cup.

Sask,B.C. coaching,was probably not great, Elks were in Turmoil,  Calgary had questionable quarterbacking till this season, and their defence is much improved. Sask, looks formidable. B.C. just needs to fix their D. Elks were improving, and lost some close games. Young head coach, should learn from it.

All of these teams are better now than they were. We are worse.

I'd say the Bombers need to do more than some tweaking, to keep up.

I agree. With Buck in BC, and Rourke at QB, you know their offense is going to put up points, thing is their defense has got to step up and they didn't. Sask offense and BC offense are pretty even with great Qb, decent run game and super recieving corps. BC has better kicker but their defense has got to take the next step before they break through. And Sask needs to replace Lauther, he's been too inconsistent, and that could bite them if BC closes the game and it comes down to field goals