Remaining Blue Bomber Free Agents as of January 9, 2023

[Blue In BC]

I guess John Hodge had his wires crossed on this one.

USFL has already been filling rosters so he may not catch on down there.

Only about 97 potential free agents that haven't landed yet.

[Pigskin]

Still nothing recorded about Bailey or Adams.

Apparently no longer on Bomber radar: Maston, Taylor, Ellingson, Couture, Sayles and probably Prukop.

Ellingson:  Montreal
Couture:  BC
Sayles:  Hamilton
Purkop:  USFL

[theaardvark]

Prukop is 3rd on the DC behind Brown, and our SY QB.  So, I get it, there are better opportunities to play out there.  And I wish him luck.  It would be cool to see him tear up the USFL after being a #3 CFL QB... and a USFL gig is going to be closer to home and pay more.

Have to to whats best for you.  now, next man up.  O'Conner?  Is there a UofM guy that might slot in?

[blue_gold_84]

Still nothing recorded about Bailey or Adams.

Apparently no longer on Bomber radar: Maston, Taylor, Ellingson, Couture, Sayles and probably Prukop.

Ellingson signed with MTL.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Sounds like Bailey is signing with the Stamps.

[theaardvark]

So, with Bailey to CGY, Prukop to USFL, Ellingson to MTL, that about finishes off the roster, right?

Keion Adams, Mercy Maston, Nic Taylor left on our board.

Rate the FA action, are we weaker, same or stronger than we ended the year? 

The roster as it sits looks pretty darned good to me, and we still have no idea what is coming in camp.  Do we have another Schoen coming in?  Will one of the new DB's jump off the page?  How have the injured rehabbed?  Does Brown take the next step?

Being a betting favourite for the GC right now is good, lets hope that the horrible for betting odds come true.

[Blue In BC]

So, with Bailey to CGY, Prukop to USFL, Ellingson to MTL, that about finishes off the roster, right?

Keion Adams, Mercy Maston, Nic Taylor left on our board.

Rate the FA action, are we weaker, same or stronger than we ended the year? 

The roster as it sits looks pretty darned good to me, and we still have no idea what is coming in camp.  Do we have another Schoen coming in?  Will one of the new DB's jump off the page?  How have the injured rehabbed?  Does Brown take the next step?

Being a betting favourite for the GC right now is good, lets hope that the horrible for betting odds come true.

We're weaker at the moment.

Adding Lawler is great but we lose Bailey and Ellingson.

Lost Couture but added Eli. Couture was the starter but Kolankowski was next up. Long term advantage, short term maybe?

No specific replacement for Sayles or Adams. So that's a TBD.

Losing Taylor and Maston was expected but depth hurt for the moment.

Aside from that the team is fairly intact overall.

[Pete]

Lawler and whoever (Agudosi, Mcrae or a rookie) is more dangerous than Ellingson and Bailey hence why we signed him
Sayles is a loss
Eli and Kolankowski offsets Couture

As for Maston and Taylor weve replaced their depth with Parker Holm and Lawrence who have all now had added experience so I count that as a plus

To me i think its a toss up over improvement but if we find an adequate repacement for sayles we will be better

[BlueGold8597]

Yes. Lawler is the best receiver in the league. Bailey and Ellingson are average at best. They both lack speed and we had too many similar players (possession receivers with limited speed but great route running and smarts) last year. Now we have a proper mix between blocking, route running and smarts (Schoen, Wolitarsky) along with deep threats (Lawler and Agudosi) and someone who just does a bit of everything (Demski).

Anyone who can't see that we've MASSIVELY improved in the receiving corps has hater-tinged glasses on. We probably have the best receivers in the league for Zack to throw to. IT's going to be fun to watch. Glad I have my tickets!

Lawler and whoever (Agudosi, Mcrae or a rookie) is more dangerous than Ellingson and Bailey hence why we signed him
Sayles is a loss
Eli and Kolankowski offsets Couture

As for Maston and Taylor weve replaced their depth with Parker Holm and Lawrence who have all now had added experience so I count that as a plus

To me i think its a toss up over improvement but if we find an adequate repacement for sayles we will be better

[Pigskin]

We need a receiver. Could Adams make a return.

DT ?

Short yardage QB?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

We need a receiver. Could Adams make a return.

DT ?

Short yardage QB?

Certainly could use some backups, but I think the receiving core is set with Lawler, Schoen, Demski, Woli, BOLO and Agudosi.

[GOLDMEMBER]

We're weaker at the moment.

Adding Lawler is great but we lose Bailey and Ellingson.

Lost Couture but added Eli. Couture was the starter but Kolankowski was next up. Long term advantage, short term maybe?

No specific replacement for Sayles or Adams. So that's a TBD.

Losing Taylor and Maston was expected but depth hurt for the moment.

Aside from that the team is fairly intact overall.

Kicker?

[kkc60]

Dline needs some depth brought. Jeffcoat missed time with injury and Walker is unproven at best

[Blue In BC]

Kicker?

I have no problem with Liegghio. It was his 1st year as a full time starter. Every TC we bring in competition but I don't expect a change. I imagine some posters will be complaining all TC and all season regardless of whether he improves or not.

[dd]

Certainly could use some backups, but I think the receiving core is set with Lawler, Schoen, Demski, Woli, BOLO and Agudosi.

For sure, would love to have kept Bailey but whatever, there?s only 1 football and we have more than enough quality receivers. Lawler makes a huge difference. We d have won the cup this year with him but will have to settle winning this year?s cup with him