Stanley Bryant back for one more year

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

[Tecno]

I'm going to be concerned with our Oline if we don't grab a Canadian during free agency. Either at centre or left guard.

It could still be in the cards.  Or we have 1-2 OL pegged for early round DPs that we think can start week 1.  Or we think one of the IMP TC guys are starter material.  Or we think Eli & Wallace can step up.

So many possibilities, and only Mafia knows what Mafia is thinking.  Or they are just guessing and crossing their fingers like we are!!  But one cannot say they don't have a myriad options!

[Tecno]

It all depends how TC is run and that's up to O'Shea, are they going to compete or are the jobs going to the incumbents even if they don't break a sweat?

You know the answer to that question!  I think the only vet re-signing that has to worry about earning a spot is Eli.

[Tecno]

This just seems so dumb, what happened to the plan of gradual renewal every year?

Brady (and maybe Zach) said the 4 Musketeers were required before he's re-sign.  (Yes, I'm speculating, but he basically said it out loud.)  That's why we have the 3 oldsters back as a group.

Before getting ornery, go watch the Neuf presser.  They seem fully aware of how they dropped the ball last year.  They seem to take full responsibility.  I think they will work harder and take less for granted.  If they redouble their efforts it may pay off, even if they are a year older.

[kkc60]

Brady (and maybe Zach) said the 4 Musketeers were required before he's re-sign.  (Yes, I'm speculating, but he basically said it out loud.)  That's why we have the 3 oldsters back as a group.

Before getting ornery, go watch the Neuf presser.  They seem fully aware of how they dropped the ball last year.  They seem to take full responsibility.  I think they will work harder and take less for granted.  If they redouble their efforts it may pay off, even if they are a year older.

If Brady needs Bryant and Neufeld in order to return, why did he sign a 3 year deal?

And yeah, I would hope that they realize that losing in the first round is worse than making the GC, does not change the fact that as players get older they tend to get slower and weaker.

[Tecno]

If Brady needs Bryant and Neufeld in order to return, why did he sign a 3 year deal?

Because they all want it for one more year.  After that it's who-knows and open-season.  Maybe Brady makes the same pitch for the musketeers in '27... who knows.  Maybe he (and everyone else) see 1, 2 or 3 fall off a cliff and let them go quietly into that good night.

Regardless of what those other guys do, Brady will be here longer term, because he's the youngest.