2025 SMS increase

[Blue In BC]

All very exciting.

Weird. Strv has a knee held on by one connective tissue and they sign him.
Yet others like Andrew Harris or Biggie are basically ignored.  How is that?

Now I like Strev, but I think, that knee will not be ready anytime soon. So, when he comes for the physical, they cut him then?  No he would still be on the inj list would he not? He has to be signed to get medical coverage?

Anyway, Dollengia Dolegala, seems to be the odd man out, If we sign Patterson.

I don't think he has to be on the IR to have medical coverage.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

I don't think he has to be on the IR to have medical coverage.

He does not. And the length of time a player receives coverage has been extended somewhat from the Hefney days.

A few things though: The Bombers treat their players the right way. They have the money to help a guy like Streveler and if anyone legitimately deserves marketing money it's him. So the thinking may be, most of his salary this year is going to be sheltered with him on the IR, he's great at fan/sponsorship stuff and while he collects a paycheck, he gets to be around the team during the rehab and will absolutely mentor and help the young QBs. 

[Blue In BC]

He does not. And the length of time a player receives coverage has been extended somewhat from the Hefney days.

A few things though: The Bombers treat their players the right way. They have the money to help a guy like Streveler and if anyone legitimately deserves marketing money it's him. So the thinking may be, most of his salary this year is going to be sheltered with him on the IR, he's great at fan/sponsorship stuff and while he collects a paycheck, he gets to be around the team during the rehab and will absolutely mentor and help the young QBs. 

I don't know if that is what they are doing. He might be ready for TC to compete. There is an issue about putting him on the 6 game IR and then cutting him when he's healthy if he is not ready. Then that falls into the timeline about veteran cut down dates involved.

So either:

1. He's ready.
2. He'll be ready after 6 game IR and then plan to activate him.
3. They plan to keep him on the 6 game IR all season to shelter his entire salary etc.

Since I didn't expect the Bombers to re-sign him, the reason is not as obvious. I took that to mean he was ready to compete but that may not be the case. It may be a loyalty thing as you suggested.

Adding Patterson further made me wonder exactly what his status or the QB plan will turn out to be.

[theaardvark]

Big difference if they use him in 2 QB sets which is allowed. Making him a FB that is not on the roster as a Qb takes a spot from a DI. Not many teams have used the 2 QB idea often or well. It's more of an emergency when a receiver is hurt.

Streveler is not exactly a good receiver and putting him in as a QB with Collaros going out wide is not effective either.

He played college ball as a Rec when he couldn't get a QB spot. He has decent hands, and has the ability to block.  Not saying he's my #1 choice as a backup SB, but it is intriguing.  And adds a layer of trickery... lateral pass deep shot..

[DM83]

I doubt he can walk normally at this point. That would be his immediate goal.  Having people take shots at a reconstructed knee seems unrealistic. Like I said, I think his re-signing is for administrative, covering his medical bills. I don't expect to see him compete in the CFL again, as a player.

[Blue In BC]

I doubt he can walk normally at this point. That would be his immediate goal.  Having people take shots at a reconstructed knee seems unrealistic. Like I said, I think his re-signing is for administrative, covering his medical bills. I don't expect to see him compete in the CFL again, as a player.

As mentioned, he doesn't have to be on the roster to cover rehab and medical expenses. I guess we'll see if he's able to compete again. His re-signing was still a surprise so it's a wait and see issue right now.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

As mentioned, he doesn't have to be on the roster to cover rehab and medical expenses. I guess we'll see if he's able to compete again. His re-signing was still a surprise so it's a wait and see issue right now.

It makes sense that Strev. might not be ready for TC, why else would they sign Patterson?  Really hard to figure what they're attempting to do with the QB room this year and it's a struggle to have a good feeling about any of it.

[Pigskin]

Hearing the Bombers have some interest in Global LB Tyron Vrede. Interesting, he played with BO20, Holm, and Mason Bennett, in North Dakota.

[Jesse]

I doubt he can walk normally at this point. That would be his immediate goal.  Having people take shots at a reconstructed knee seems unrealistic. Like I said, I think his re-signing is for administrative, covering his medical bills. I don't expect to see him compete in the CFL again, as a player.

Strev? He's doing a lot more than walking.

He post videos of him doing jumping and running. I don't know when he'll be cleared for contact but he certainly seems to expect to play again.

[Blue In BC]

It makes sense that Strev. might not be ready for TC, why else would they sign Patterson?  Really hard to figure what they're attempting to do with the QB room this year and it's a struggle to have a good feeling about any of it.

It may be that they feel he's an upgrade over Dolegala, Wilson or both. There are more questions than answers at this point but I'd expect they will look at some rookie QB's in mini camps.

Nothing is fixed in stone at the moment.

[dd]

Patterson is definitely an upgrade from Dolegala and Wilson. The fact the Bombers had zero faith in Dolegala when Collaros was hurt in the GC and put Wilson is, makes me question why are we even handing onto this guy??

I don't think Strevy passes the physical so Wilson will be SY Qb, Patterson our #2 Qb and Dolegala get demoted to PR and if he doesn't like that, is released. But training camp will sort all of this out.

[TecnoGenius]

He was utilized in 2 QB sets.  Rather than calling him FB, how about SB?  There are only 3 AR QB spots, we could keep Paterson and Wilson on the AR for development, and use Strevy in SY like Litre...

That's an interesting thought...

Wilson might still be allowed to compete as the SY QB.  Wilson may already have lost the #2 spot.

So it could be this scenario in TC:

SY competition: Strev, Wilson
#2 competition: Dolegala, Patterson (maybe add Wilson in here, esp if he wins SY)

[TecnoGenius]

A few things though: The Bombers treat their players the right way. They have the money to help a guy like Streveler and if anyone legitimately deserves marketing money it's him. So the thinking may be, most of his salary this year is going to be sheltered with him on the IR, he's great at fan/sponsorship stuff and while he collects a paycheck, he gets to be around the team during the rehab and will absolutely mentor and help the young QBs.

That's also a great idea and interesting thought.  However, that's not very "WFC-like".  They wouldn't do it just for that.  But it could be an idea if they legitimately think he'll make the AR this season.

There's also the aspect that you really want to spew out the "magic marketing money" (MMM tm) for the top tier players who you need to entice with extra $$ and can't fit it into the SMS (see: BC).  Then again, since there's no limit: spew it out to everyone!  Yay!

[DM83]

If you have extra money why wouldnt anyone. Pay a few more dollars to retain the best receiver in the league?

[Blue In BC]

Hearing the Bombers have some interest in Global LB Tyron Vrede. Interesting, he played with BO20, Holm, and Mason Bennett, in North Dakota.

The extra global comes at the cost of another Canadian on the AR. Most of the time we only had our global punter on the AR. When injuries to Canadian depth added up we switched to a 2nd global as the only other option.

At times we had 3 globals on the PR. Another two will be drafted in the upcoming draft.

I can't see much point in adding a global from another team at this point.