Bombers acquire QB Dru Brown

[tlf]

Well, we all knew going into the season that it was Zach or bust.  Perkins and Elgersma wouldn't be winning any games as starter, because they are both too green.

Elgersma is like an Alexander project: give them 2-3 years to develop properly.  If he's the next Rourke then the reins are his.

Dru is the "we have a fighting chance" QB we needed now IF Zach were to get hurt.  And I think we got the better deal vs signing MBT.  If you believe we will need a backup for more than half a game this season, Dru is our best option.  Myself, I would have thrown the dice at just keeping Zach in the game.  But I'm a gambler... KW is not.

MBT is awful.  I'd 10x rather have Dru than him. I quite like the deal. 

I was joking (joking people joking!!) with a friend that since we have Dru now if Elgersma could help out the D a bit and knock down passes on our D due to his height.

Onwards, nice to see Dru back.  He'll play better when he's in an environment he's happier in.

[Blueforlife]

Let's see what it costs us first, hey? And what Brown actually does when he gets here before we fall over ourselves and say it's the best deal ever.  It's going to have roster implications, the current QB room is going to change, and even if Brown is mostly paid out he's still more expensive than either of our current backups so there's a delta of some kind.

Nah you didn't like the deal I do

Its a good deal regardless imo

Nobody called it the best deal ever but thanks for the return to fantasy 🏝

Roster implications yes but whatever thems the dets

Brown will come cheap for what he is imo

We know what Brown is already
7th inning stretch anyone

[Tecno]

Lol. Stolen.

Colloquialisms.  When a 3rd party sees a deal between 2 other parties that is highly lopsided, one tends to say someone got "robbed".  Robbed.  Stolen.  Whatever.

Surely you're not saying we couldn't have made a better deal?  What other team was going to relieve OTT of Dru?  EDM maybe?  That's probably it.

[Blueforlife]

But OTT calls you up sniffing for an unexpected trade.  Offers you their supposed #1 QB.  Ya, you start smelling that miasma wafting your way from our nation's capital.

Your Bad-Tradar starts tingling.  You hang up and brainstorm with your braintrust.  You ask yourself, why is OTT doing this?  Who could be on their radar?  What are they trying to accomplish?  Are they trying to do WFC a solid because they are Nice Folk?

I'd say most smart people suss it out.  And to be honest, I bet we did... it's just that we don't care.  We're so straight laced and play everything "fair".  We're like "ya, we know you're desperate and will take 3RDP, but Dru is a great add for us right now so here, we'll give you a fair 1RDP".  OTT is dog river.  WPG is Woolerton.

Whatever, it's ok.  There is more to life than wringing every last ounce of blood out of an opponent.  However, the blood-wringers are the teams that seem to be winning the GC lately...

Tinfoil on sale sounds like this week
Not buying it
I would have jumped

[M.O.A.B.]

But OTT calls you up sniffing for an unexpected trade.  Offers you their supposed #1 QB.  Ya, you start smelling that miasma wafting your way from our nation's capital.

Your Bad-Tradar starts tingling.  You hang up and brainstorm with your braintrust.  You ask yourself, why is OTT doing this?  Who could be on their radar?  What are they trying to accomplish?  Are they trying to do WFC a solid because they are Nice Folk?

I'd say most smart people suss it out.  And to be honest, I bet we did... it's just that we don't care.  We're so straight laced and play everything "fair".  We're like "ya, we know you're desperate and will take 3RDP, but Dru is a great add for us right now so here, we'll give you a fair 1RDP".  OTT is dog river.  WPG is Woolerton.

Whatever, it's ok.  There is more to life than wringing every last ounce of blood out of an opponent.  However, the blood-wringers are the teams that seem to be winning the GC lately...

You make your decision based on what makes your team better. Not based on what other teams will do.

[bunker]

But OTT calls you up sniffing for an unexpected trade.  Offers you their supposed #1 QB.  Ya, you start smelling that miasma wafting your way from our nation's capital.

Your Bad-Tradar starts tingling.  You hang up and brainstorm with your braintrust.  You ask yourself, why is OTT doing this?  Who could be on their radar?  What are they trying to accomplish?  Are they trying to do WFC a solid because they are Nice Folk?

I'd say most smart people suss it out.  And to be honest, I bet we did... it's just that we don't care.  We're so straight laced and play everything "fair".  We're like "ya, we know you're desperate and will take 3RDP, but Dru is a great add for us right now so here, we'll give you a fair 1RDP".  OTT is dog river.  WPG is Woolerton.

Whatever, it's ok.  There is more to life than wringing every last ounce of blood out of an opponent.  However, the blood-wringers are the teams that seem to be winning the GC lately...

You have no idea what led up to our offer. Off the top of my head, neither Sask nor Calgary have much backing up their #1 QB, and VAJ is injury prone, and Harris is 40. I doubt Dinwiddie just called up Walters without checking out other team's interest, and the first round pick may have been what was necessary to obtain Drew.

[Blueforlife]

You make your decision based on what makes your team better. Not based on what other teams will do.

Facts

You have no idea what led up to our offer. Off the top of my head, neither Sask nor Calgary have much backing up their #1 QB, and VAJ is injury prone, and Harris is 40. I doubt Dinwiddie just called up Walters without checking out other team's interest, and the first round pick may have been what was necessary to obtain Drew.

Facts 2.0

Great insight both of you

[tlf]

Facts
Facts 2.0

Great insight both of you

Mind your own business... just get business done.  Period.

[Blueforlife]

Mind your own business... just get business done.  Period.

Cleaver man well said

I might use that but don't tell my wife that one 🐵

[Tecno]

What are going on about now, every contract we have access to shows marketing money. Brady, White, Demski, Broxton, Holm, Nichols, etc.

I thought it was less people than that.  I know Zach & Brady, that's it.  And when we get the number it's always like $10k (maybe $20 for superstars).  I seriously doubt Holm/Nichols are getting more than $5k MMM, if not outright $0.

And you can easily make a case for our top superstars getting MMM.  How do you make a case for our backup QB?  Is any backup QB (who wasn't anointed starter previously) getting MMM?  I can't think of any.  I'm sure Elgersma & Perkins aren't getting any, and neither did Wilson last season.

My main point still stands, we use MMM less than any other team, especially the MMM-"abusers" like BC.  And you're missing my tongue-in-cheek -- I think we should be paying everyone league-max MMM.  It's a SMS cheat code that we're too boy scout to abuse like the teams that serious about winning.

[Tecno]

You make your decision based on what makes your team better. Not based on what other teams will do.

That's first-order thinking.  That's why we often lose.  It's not just this trade, it's what we do on D and O.  We are the chess player thinking 1 play ahead.  The other team or coordinator is thinking 3.

It seems pervasive in the WFC culture.  It goes hand in hand with their KISS.  So how's that working out for us last year and this?

At least I gave KW/Mafia credit for having scruples!  The alternative is that they are simpletons!

It's like when I watch for a whole year how teams learn to key on something we do, say an obvious route, and then they start jumping it and INTing us.  And our reaction is just keep doing it, or ditch the play.  Lapo, when here, would use it as bait to get the jumping DB burnt as there was a guy sneaking in behind him.  2nd, 3rd order thinking.

I'm actually hopeful we are getting back to that with high-brain Condell.  He seems very much capable of higher order thinking.  And I couldn't be happier.  (Buck wasn't capable, either, and that's why I'm not too afraid of BC winning a cup.)

[Jesse]

I thought it was less people than that.  I know Zach & Brady, that's it.  And when we get the number it's always like $10k (maybe $20 for superstars).  I seriously doubt Holm/Nichols are getting more than $5k MMM, if not outright $0.

And you can easily make a case for our top superstars getting MMM.  How do you make a case for our backup QB?  Is any backup QB (who wasn't anointed starter previously) getting MMM?  I can't think of any.  I'm sure Elgersma & Perkins aren't getting any, and neither did Wilson last season.

My main point still stands, we use MMM less than any other team, especially the MMM-"abusers" like BC.  And you're missing my tongue-in-cheek -- I think we should be paying everyone league-max MMM.  It's a SMS cheat code that we're too boy scout to abuse like the teams that serious about winning.

Only Rourke and Kelly have MM for over 100k. Virtually every other player on every other team is between 5-25k.

[Tecno]

given that Dinwiddie knows QBs as well as anyone and Brown hasn't been able to stay healthy or do much since he's been gone.

I recall Dru having 1, maybe 2 good games since leaving.  He really hasn't done anything as a starter, and as you said, is always hurt.

Yes, it is disturbing Dinwiddie gave him the thumbs down.  However, it could be a personality mismatch.  Dru is like the anti-Dinwiddie.  Dinwiddie is a hot-head firebrand.  Dru is like the most chill guy ever.

For F1 fans, Dru is Kimi Raikonen.  No emotion at all.  Wins?  Ok great.  Loses?  Ok great.  Big TD, ok great.  INT, ok great.

Zach isn't terribly emotive on the field, but man, Zach seems like a bundle of emotional energy compared to Dru!!  At least Zach will give himself a little YES on a good TD.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

You have no idea what led up to our offer. Off the top of my head, neither Sask nor Calgary have much backing up their #1 QB, and VAJ is injury prone, and Harris is 40. I doubt Dinwiddie just called up Walters without checking out other team's interest, and the first round pick may have been what was necessary to obtain Drew.

Brown's agent would have been shopping him and I can't see any reason the Riders wouldn't be interested at that price, so Walters had to act fast or miss out.  Dinwiddie must have had the deal with MBT in his pocket ready to go before he pulled the trigger on Brown. Obvious difference in personality between the 2, Dinwiddie probably couldn't ring enough fire out of Brown.

[blue_gold_84]