Bombers acquire QB Dru Brown

[Pete]

whats interesting as well. Brown signed a 321000 contract (388 with playtime incentives)
but 150000 of that was in bonus money... so we will only be on the hook for 171000 less two game so  133-140k. Not bad for a qb of his caliber

[tlf]

whats interesting as well. Brown signed a 321000 contract (388 with playtime incentives)
but 150000 of that was in bonus money... so we will only be on the hook for 171000 less two game so  133-140k. Not bad for a qb of his caliber

Jesse posted the numbers at the bottom of page 3 of this thread if you wish to look.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

whats interesting as well. Brown signed a 321000 contract (388 with playtime incentives)
but 150000 of that was in bonus money... so we will only be on the hook for 171000 less two game so  133-140k. Not bad for a qb of his caliber

Good salary for this season, bad for next unless Zach retires or accepts a drastic chop. A QB room of Brown, Elgersma and Perkins could be decent going forward with the hope Elgersma someday becomes an elite QB. 

[Pigskin]

Brown left Winnipeg to be a starting QB. He might be okay backing Zach up this season, but next year mite be a different story. Maybe the Bombers know ZC8 is playing his last season and are just being proactive?

[Tecno]

I wouldn't read anything at all into this move beyond this season.  However, if Zach quits for 2027, it puts our foot in the door to avoid being left without a chair when the music stops.

Dru's not ideal as starter, but he's probably better than year 1 through 2 Elgersma.  And it none of this precludes us making a huge FA splash going after a top-5 QB.

[bomb squad]

Brown had some strong games with Winnipeg and with Ottawa. Enough that he looked like starter material. He had a tough year injury-wise in Ottawa, but you would've thought Ottawa would stick with him as a starter again this year. They certainly don't have anybody better. A bit of a head scratcher how it all kind of went downhill for him in Ottawa. I don't think it was all Dinwiddie either. Perhaps the players and/or the organization had an issue with his leadership. I don't know, but it had to be something we didn't see from the outside.

Whatever. Brown does add lot of needed depth at the most important position. No doubt about that. Green or not though, Elgersma and Perkins are for sure going to be disappointed and maybe feel a little betrayed as well. Especially Elgersma. It did look like the Bombers were committed to going in his direction in the not to distant future. That must have played a significant role in him signing here. This move now casts doubt on that. Them trading for a vet qb was not on his radar screen. Obviously, he has all the tools to be a very successful CFL quarterback. Sometimes an organization just has to stick with a plan when it comes to finding it's next franchise quarterback. Was this maybe the time to do that? I'm not saying they shouldn't have done this, but yeah maybe I'm not as silly giddy as some others, because I'm a little concerned about how this move might upset the harmony of the team. 

Considering all that, it does appear to be a good trade for the Bombers, for this year anyway. But a bold and maybe risky one for the future as well. We'll see how it all unfolds.

[BlueInCgy]

Interesting dynamic in this chat.

I'm a fan of the move.  It's been years since we've had actual succession planning at QB, and given that in the first two games of the season I'd say Zach has lost a bit distance on the ball (not saying he can't throw, but the long ball is deteriorating), the time to setup for the future is now.  Well mentored Brown/Elgersma/Perkins has the potential to be really, really good.

The first thing that came to mind with this was the Argos with Ray/Collaros/Harris.  That turned out pretty well, be nice if we could do similar.

For sub 200K, fantastic.  The MBT thing is curious though. 

[Tecno]

For those that didn't watch every game, nor read my commentary on OTT game thread :

There was a strange point in the OTT game where it was hopeless and dinwiddie pulled maier. So dru was coming on, right? He was charted as #2.

Nope, dinwiddie put in some noname rookie.

That could be the moment it all fell apart. Dru might have reacted poorly. He looked pretty nonplussed on the sidelines. Tsn made sure to get some good shots of him being dissed.

Maybe dru asked for his release. Or maybe this was dinwiddie setting dru up to be happy with being traded into an environment where he's guaranteed to be just a backup this year. What transpired with this trade may have been put in motion at that moment.

[jdrattops]

unnecessary and bad trade. succession plan, sure. but a 1st? with few quality canadians already? on a one year deal?? man I wish I had KW ego. Although I didn't realize at first the second is conditional. I guess we will see but at first glance, this pick looks closer to 2nd overall than 9th

Ottawa will be last this season and have the 10th pick (1st of round 2).  The Bombers get that pick but lose their first (which could be anywhere from say 9th - 5th).  Not that big of a deal dropping a few spots.

[Blue In BC]

Elgersma can sit on RR: still practice, develop, get paid.  PR would be fine too, as the mythical dreaded "scoop" never happens in real life.  But since we have used 0 or 1 RR spot each week (like many teams!), it's sitting right there screaming to be utilized.

I think Brown will go to the RR for a couple of weeks until he learns the playbook. Then Elgersma will be switched out.

Teams must have had some sort of budget to add 2 players to the RR but few seem to be using it yet. That " budget " will come into play now. Also we haven't lost many man days on the 1 game IR due to using the 6 game IR. That may change if some are pulled off early but that's all TBD.

So we've been saving a few SMS $$ so far. I don't see the SMS hit by adding Brown to be an issue.

[CrazyCanuck89]

Not experienced CFL player. He could be great or take significant time to be ready.

Who cares?  Other teams have gone with rookie backups in the past.

[blue_gold_84]

Brown left Winnipeg to be a starting QB. He might be okay backing Zach up this season, but next year mite be a different story. Maybe the Bombers know ZC8 is playing his last season and are just being proactive?

This was my thinking when I saw the trade last night. I have to imagine Brown factors in to a succession plan of sorts, and I wonder if Collaros intends to call it a career after this season.

Time will tell what happens, but the addition of Brown helps the QB situation going forward, IMO.

Who cares?  Other teams have gone with rookie backups in the past.

That doesn't mean it's the right play, though. Letting Elgersma develop without undue pressure should help him.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Ottawa will be last this season and have the 10th pick (1st of round 2).  The Bombers get that pick but lose their first (which could be anywhere from say 9th - 5th).  Not that big of a deal dropping a few spots.

We get back our second round pick that we traded them at the draft. So we may be picking towards the middle, end of the second round next year depending on how we do. It's not the end of the world but different than the above.

[kkc60]

Ottawa will be last this season and have the 10th pick (1st of round 2).  The Bombers get that pick but lose their first (which could be anywhere from say 9th - 5th).  Not that big of a deal dropping a few spots.

Bu

Ottawa will be last this season and have the 10th pick (1st of round 2).  The Bombers get that pick but lose their first (which could be anywhere from say 9th - 5th).  Not that big of a deal dropping a few spots.

I hope it's anywhere from 5th-9th. But looking at the quality of the league (really outside of Ottawa and maybe BC) The pick could be 3 or 4. Again, we won't know. It's just a risk. As well, the 2nd we got back is our own in the Daniels trade-up, not Ottawa's. So really the better quality the second round pick is, the worse the trade is.

But again, I'm just not a big fan of dealing first-round picks when you don't know where they will land (and with no conditions)

[bunker]

For those that didn't watch every game, nor read my commentary on OTT game thread :

There was a strange point in the OTT game where it was hopeless and dinwiddie pulled maier. So dru was coming on, right? He was charted as #2.

Nope, dinwiddie put in some noname rookie.

That could be the moment it all fell apart. Dru might have reacted poorly. He looked pretty nonplussed on the sidelines. Tsn made sure to get some good shots of him being dissed.

Maybe dru asked for his release. Or maybe this was dinwiddie setting dru up to be happy with being traded into an environment where he's guaranteed to be just a backup this year. What transpired with this trade may have been put in motion at that moment.

I thought that was odd also. Suggests Dru was not in Ottawa's future plans at that point. Maybe trade talks were already ongoing and Ottawa didn't want a Brown injury ruining it all.