1st & 10 | The Blue Bombers Pending Free Agent List

[Tecno]

One certainty, the bombers unlikely to pursue a DB or LB in FA, they prefer to recruit them or pick them out of the discard bin.

Darn right.  And we also almost always find a very good (starting caliber within 2 seasons) DB via USA scouting.  That's at least one part of our scouting game that is working really well.

LBs seem easy to draft and to steal from other teams.  They seem plentiful -- except maybe top MLBs.

[Tecno]

I don't know that is true for Bonds regarding him going onto 6 game IR. He's a potential free agent and they would have to re-sign him before adding him onto IR.

All true, but like you said, off-SMS so really the $$ doesn't matter at all.  He was probably close to ELC anyhow, and no one will steal him in his current state.  There's precedent for re-signing a guy like this.

[Tecno]

Bonds took a step back this year as teams picked on him
He was average at best and with Youngers defence ie a heavy focus on coverage vs pressure thats not good enough.

I don't know.  I stand by my assessment that he was improving at a good pace, week to week and YoY.  Bridges & Lawrence were weaker, and Bridges was axed and Lawrence was off the AR by year end.  Bridges was the one they really picked on.

The did test Bonds a fair bit too but I think he started to dissuade them from thinking that's he was a freebie.

Bonds knows the system well, been here 2 whole seasons, started a ton of games, and at 29 should have some tread left.  If we scout a new D.Alford then ya, Bonds is likely the guy on the bubble, but if we don't, we need the starter-capable guys -- even if they are going to sit on 6GIR a while.

Also depends on whether Lawrence is back.