Bombers acquire QB Dru Brown

[Tecno]

It's been awhile since the Bombers made deals with anyone other than Hamilton.

It seems like most seasons lately we're making trades in the draft.  Weird ones that leave people shaking their heads.  Hey, like this trade!

But yes, other than draft trades, trades are pretty rare in the CFL overall.  I think last season's trade deadline saw zero trades.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Oh, I guarantee OTT shopped Dru around.  They probably called everyone.  Because you want a bidding war.

The thing is, clearly, no other team was willing to give up a 1RDP for him.  Heck, we don't even know if another team was willing to give up a 2RDP, though that does seem possible.

We may even find out.  Maybe.  KW could have a conference and defend his high price by saying there was no other option on the table because of a bidding war.  However, OTT could have just been playing us & lying.  And like I said, if he thought it was fair, I can't see KW dickering on price.

As for SSK/CGY, ya, possible suitors.  I think Dickenson The Greater would be a good fit.  But I can't see Dru being popular in SSK and meshing with Mace.

I bet Dru would be happy to go to Sask. to back up Harris, good shot at playoff money, shorter time to succession and if he can pick up on TH's quick passing game, he'll find success and stay healthy for longer than he would imitating Zach.  I doubt Mace has much to do with the QB room as long as it's working well.

[Jesse]

It's been awhile since the Bombers made deals with anyone other than Hamilton.

CFL trades just don't happen all that often.

[Doublezero]

Excited to see this. I was one of the few who wanted to keep Dru Brown over Collaros before he left for Ottawa. Brown has been out with injuries and concussions while he was a Redblack. Every one reacts differently to hits on the noggin, but he did seem to slow down at a certain point. You wonder if he is processing things as quickly as when he was in Winnipeg the last time. Condell should know. So you have to see this trade as a positive and that the club believes he will be able to step in and produce this year.

[CrazyCanuck89]

That probably isn't the main reason he's here. We don't have a back-up plan and the FA QBs were garbage so we kinda had to put Elgersma in that role which he completely isn't ready for.

Based on what is Elgersma not ready?  He can make all the throws, read a 12 man defense, is accurate.

[bunker]

Name one time we reamed another team on a trade.  Now think about all the times we were sitting there breathing in noisily shaking our head at the steep price we paid for someone.

The Zach trade doesn't count.  EVERYONE thought his brain was scrambled and he would never last 1 game again in his life.

Other than that, no one ever looks at Mafia trades and says "oh ya, WPG got away with one that time!".  But it's fine.  I'm not even that much against it.  I just think we might do better overall if we were more cut-throat.  Certainly might be worth a try?

We got Matt Nichols for a conditional 7th round pick

[Blue In BC]

I suggested earlier that Brown would get traded to dump SMS possibly and to avoid being bumped to back up. That said I don't know I thought he'd be traded to the Bombers.

More than likely he ends up on the reserve list this week and maybe for a few more weeks. Part of the trade is conditional but would we be surprised if his deal is being re-negotiated and that we were able to speak with him prior to the trade.

Overall I think this is a positive move in both short and long term. Any injury to Collaros and we'd have rookies becoming our # 1 QB.

So. Welcome back Dru.

[Jesse]

Based on what is Elgersma not ready?  He can make all the throws, read a 12 man defense, is accurate.

Based on being a rookie and not rushing a young guy in his first professional season.

It's not a shot against the kid, but in an ideal world you have a vet back-up and develop your prospect. This gives us that opportunity.

[Blue In BC]

Based on what is Elgersma not ready?  He can make all the throws, read a 12 man defense, is accurate.

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

[Tecno]

We got Matt Nichols for a conditional 7th round pick

Fair cop.  Good example.  Except kind of proves the point because that was, I think, 2015 -- a long time ago.

Now THAT'S the kind of trade we should have been making for Dru!  Holy smokes.  KW should get out the ol' photo album and see how he used to ream other teams in trades!

Now you're making me think we could have gotten Dru for just a 3RDP.  Stop depressing me! 

[Tecno]

Here's a theory for you: Dinwiddie wants Kelly and knows somehow he'll get him.  Probably conspiring with him on the down-low ever since leaving for OTT.  No idea how they'll finagle it without Kelly sabotaging the season.

Dinwiddie & Kelly are a match made in heaven (or.. the other place).

MBT is to put lipstick on this throwaway "rebuild" year.  Feel sorry for the OTT STHs that bother to show up every other week.  On the bright side, all of us who said Maier won't win anything were just proven right.  Perennial mediocre backup, that's what he's good for (and I mean that sincerely -- he's not completely useless).

The next question will be does Maier remain in OTT after this all shakes out or is he back to SSK or wherever.  OTT still needs a backup, and I don't think MBT will be it in 2027.

[GOLDMEMBER]

I like the trade as it help us this season.

[theaardvark]

I wasn't a fan of losing Dru, but had moved on. 

I know Ottawa wasn't a good team, or well coached, and Dru might not have been able to show his true abilities there, but I'm not sure he is the "heir apparent" still.

I like what our QB room has been so far this year.  I was quite happy to go forward with the group.

I'm not sure what this does to that dynamic.  Are we relegating one to the PR (probably get scooped)?  Does one accept a stint on the IR?  Do we release one?

Decisions will made, I guess we will find out if they were correct.

[Tecno]

I'm not sure what this does to that dynamic.  Are we relegating one to the PR (probably get scooped)?  Does one accept a stint on the IR?  Do we release one?

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.

[Blueforlife]

Based on what is Elgersma not ready?  He can make all the throws, read a 12 man defense, is accurate.

Based on PS he is not ready like 90% of other QBs with his experience