Bombers re-sign Willie Jefferson

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

And people are allowed to call that kind of thinking magic thinking.

Zach has been feasting on a diet of magic beans, he's ready to explode, a colossal rebirth is about to occur!

[Tecno]

Willie said negotiations were a bit more difficult than other years.

No kidding.  I should hope so.  He was probably looking for current salary + inflation bump.  This comment means he didn't get that.  Maybe he even got a bump DOWN from '25.  And if KW got that to work then major kudos to him!!  That would be some major poker face moves/bluffs going on.  After all, Willie J is the de facto team leader and we could fall to pieces without him, having no heir apparent.

[Tecno]

Willie's taking a fair bit of guff these days, but he's done what has been asked of him without complaining even though it affects his stats, that's FIFO.

Comment of the year so far.  People need to realize this.  We're complaining about Willie's stats when 75% of the time he was helped by only 2 extra guys, and at least 1 of them was pretty sub-par?

I think Willie did the best he could, and basically did exactly what he was told to.  And he did it well.  Contain.  Batdowns.  Lane-clogging.

If the team really did ask him to "make more plays in the backfield" then I hope they are giving him the extra tools (personnel and schemes) to do that!

[Tecno]

I'd like to know the number but I'd like to see a DI that takes some of his reps. We need to have a succession plan as well as spell him at times.

Uh, don't we already have buckets of packages where Willie is off the field?  He hasn't been an every-down guy for a number of seasons.

[Tecno]

You don't improve anything by retaining guys well past their prime.

Said Buono about AH33 in FA16.