We need a backup quarterback!

[TheDeuce]

I remember we had a new quarterback playing for us in the 2023 pre-season who showed some talent.  He ended up in Ottawa iirc.

Just googled it - Tyrrell Pigrome.  Whatever happened to him?  He has some flashes, no?


m.

[theaardvark]

I remember we had a new quarterback playing for us in the 2023 pre-season who showed some talent.  He ended up in Ottawa iirc.

Just googled it - Tyrrell Pigrome.  Whatever happened to him?  He has some flashes, no?


m.

No.  Just no.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

I remember we had a new quarterback playing for us in the 2023 pre-season who showed some talent.  He ended up in Ottawa iirc.

Just googled it - Tyrrell Pigrome.  Whatever happened to him?  He has some flashes, no?


m.

Looked great in pre-season running around and throwing it when everything broke down. Super athletic. I don't think they liked what they saw when evaluating the player overall. Quarterback especially, you need the right dedication and mindset.

[blue_or_die]

I remember we had a new quarterback playing for us in the 2023 pre-season who showed some talent.  He ended up in Ottawa iirc.

Just googled it - Tyrrell Pigrome.  Whatever happened to him?  He has some flashes, no?


m.

I'm sure there are still terminally online fans who think we made a mistake moving on from Piggy.

[Pigskin]

I see Shiltz was just added to Calgary's AR. Shiltz could have been an interesting trade for the Bombers.

[Jesse]

I think we underestimate how hard it is to make trades. Especially at QB. Why would other teams want to help us go to our 5th straight Grey Cup?

[TecnoGenius]

It doesn't matter what I think of Durant, because I'm not the one making the argument that players (yes, plural, because that's the stretch your making) who once played for Saskatchewan, regardless of duration, then moved to other teams who were not the Riders, all have secret nefarious master plans to somehow get the Bombers to sign them from that non Rider team, so that they then can screw over the Bombers because that's actually the strategy of anyone who plays for the Riders, even though it's only happened once, but in your delusion it's a constant threat.

Nice straw man.  By your logic you would have said the day before Durant ripped us off that such was an impossibility.  Now that it's been proven it can happen you still think it's an impossibility.

I'm saying that any well-known Rider who is thinking of retiring presents a small, non-zero threat of pulling a Durant.  How do I know?  Because Durant literally did it.  Forget your straw man of "all" players.  All it takes is one.  Do you want to state the chance of this happening again is 0%?  Glad you're not GM.

The only suggestion I have made is don't give such players big signing bonuses.  There is nothing outlandish or crazy about that.  It is prudent.  Do you want to state that you want to give franchise-guys ex-Riders $70k signing bonuses in the future with zero consideration to being Duranted?  You can give them $70k more in other ways, just structure things so you minimize the signing bonus.  I'm flabbergasted; this isn't rocket science.

This is straight up unhinged.

Oh look, it's the guy who has literally never liked anything I've ever said.

[BlueInCgy]

Nice straw man.  By your logic you would have said the day before Durant ripped us off that such was an impossibility.  Now that it's been proven it can happen you still think it's an impossibility.

I'm saying that any well-known Rider who is thinking of retiring presents a small, non-zero threat of pulling a Durant.  How do I know?  Because Durant literally did it.  Forget your straw man of "all" players.  All it takes is one.  Do you want to state the chance of this happening again is 0%?  Glad you're not GM.

The only suggestion I have made is don't give such players big signing bonuses.  There is nothing outlandish or crazy about that.  It is prudent.  Do you want to state that you want to give franchise-guys ex-Riders $70k signing bonuses in the future with zero consideration to being Duranted?  You can give them $70k more in other ways, just structure things so you minimize the signing bonus.  I'm flabbergasted; this isn't rocket science.

Oh look, it's the guy who has literally never liked anything I've ever said.

My gawd you like the sound of your own voice.

I actually didn't say it was an impossibility, nor did I think it.  And you want to know why?  Cause he wasn't the first to do it, he's just the only one you're aware of.  You know who did it before him?  Mo Price.   You know who he screwed?  The Riders.

By your "logic", in an effort of prudence, and you're all about the prudent things, we should go out and immediately sign BLM, because once before we had a room full of injured quarterbacks, signed a vet last minute with minimal market value on a team that wasn't going anywhere in the playoffs, and we won the cup.  It happened once before, so it would be prudent to do it again, would it not?


So, back to your pillow Fort.

Dolegala - not a franchise guy.  Not well known.  Probably not thinking about retirement yet.  Also not a Rider.  So what part of your argument do you still think holds water?  I wasn't advocating for any bonuses, I was just pointing out how ridiculous your argument was.  Like I said, if the Bombers don't want to give out signing bonuses, they can't compete in free agency. 

You wanna know why good established players want and get paid money upfront?  Because (orders of magnitude times more) players get released in advance of latter contract bonus due dates, so they need some guaranteed skin in the game because they can't bank on the back end.  That's the reality of football contracts.  Is every GM who lets a player go in advance of a bonus bad?  No, it's just business.  It's a risk the players take in signing contracts with back end deals, in the same way the team risks it with upfront bonuses.  Did GMs stop with signing bonuses after Mo Price?  No.  Have 99%+ players who took upfront money made good on it?  Yes.  Are those good reliability odds?  They're fantastic.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Well that's a shot to the solar plexus.

[Pete]

Gotta be out if breath after that ramble

[theaardvark]

SO, no new news about our two potential QB's?

[Jesse]

SO, no new news about our two potential QB's?

Gotta wait until they get in the field first.

[theaardvark]

Gotta wait until they get in the field first.

I was meaning whether they are here, if they've been offered contracts, PR spots, or what?

They need some status to be able to start practicing...

[The Zipp]

I was meaning whether they are here, if they've been offered contracts, PR spots, or what?

They need some status to be able to start practicing...

yah - they don't practice till tuesday but you would think something should be coming out today.

[blue_gold_84]

Oh look, it's the guy who has literally never liked anything I've ever said.

You say literally too much.

Well that's a shot to the solar plexus.

Not the first. And it won't be the last.