Brady Olivera re-signs

[Pete]

You tell Demski he gets the ball 3-6 times a game and Brady 15-25 (run + pass combined for both).  Brady takes a massive beating almost every touch.  Demski gets a bad bump maybe 1-2 times a game.  You tell Demski we're still a run-first team.

You also give Demski a bump, as I'm pretty sure he'll get.  $25k more easily.  If young Kenny-esque Philpot The Greater is $275, then Demski is easily closer to $240 than $200.  The only reason Demski can't get $275 is he's way older and thus is a bigger injury or talent-cliff threat.

Brady is arguably the best rb in league, while Demski is maybe in the top ten receivers. Throw in the age factor and 210 is a good max.

[Blue In BC]

Brady is arguably the best rb in league, while Demski is maybe in the top ten receivers. Throw in the age factor and 210 is a good max.

Teams have 1 starting RB and 5 starting receivers. If Demski is a top ten receiver in a 9 team league that's pretty impressive.

[peg_city]

They really need to increase the league minimum because all that is going to happen is the top end player are going to end up with more money. The cap is going up for 10%, therefore Brady gets a 25% raise.....

[Jesse]

They really need to increase the league minimum because all that is going to happen is the top end player are going to end up with more money. The cap is going up for 10%, therefore Brady gets a 25% raise.....

I kind of think that's the way they want it.

[Blue In BC]

It would be interesting to know more of the details. If we had significant 2025 SMS money left and used it for a signing bonus that would be useful. If we used some Marketing Money that would also be useful. Marketing Money I would think would come out of the 2026 amount. Both these could really reduce the 2026 SMS hit.

I'm not expecting that the Bombers will have exceeded the 2025 SMS but we'll see how that goes and whether a signing bonus had impact on that.

From a player point of view I don't think there is a tax advantage that imports get. OTOH a player may use the early money to push into RSP programs to offset higher income tax burden for example.

[Waffler]

Some say too much and some say a bargain. Usually that means it was the right deal. I feel it is fair under the new cap.

What I do wonder is what he was told about the OC? I am not sure he was ready to sign without knowing what would change there.

[Blue In BC]

Some say too much and some say a bargain. Usually that means it was the right deal. I feel it is fair under the new cap.

What I do wonder is what he was told about the OC? I am not sure he was ready to sign without knowing what would change there.

Fair point. That said he'll be the same player whether we paid him $250K or $350K. The issue is less about him and what it does across the roster and spending the SMS.

Do we lose some players due to not having more to keep other top players? That was part of the argument last year in not being able to retain Dobson or Lawler for example.  There is only so much money to spread around.

It's too early to tell whether we have trim other salaries elsewhere.

Winning and losing is never all on one player but we didn't progress in the play offs and we didn't get to the Grey Cup.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

That's way too much money. Close to a million for him and Collaros.

Brady is likely to earn his keep, will Zach?

[gobombersgo]

[Tecno]

Brady is arguably the best rb in league, while Demski is maybe in the top ten receivers. Throw in the age factor and 210 is a good max.

210 is less than Demski got last year, no?  No way with all the recent inflation we can score Demski for 210.  Especially not after his stellar 2025 season where he was clearly our only #1 REC.  My guess & hope is we get him for $240, and lock him into a 2 year.

[gobombersgo]

Brady is live on the Huddle right now.

[Tecno]

Brady is live on the Huddle right now.

Does anyone know how you make it so you're part of draw for the jersey they usually do in The Huddle?  I can't see anything to click, and I don't usually use youtube.

[Tecno]

Great Brady presser.  Everyone should watch.  He's saying all the right things, and said nothing wrong at all.  No surprise, it was the same last time he re-signed.

Big takeaways:
- wants to be Bomber forever
- didn't expect the deal this early
- wanted 5 year deal if that was a thing, happy with 3
- pay players on production, not position

Brady may be the sneakiest, coyest player in the league... The dog rescue stuff, the dogs in the preser, the soft-spoken "I love dogs" thing... it basically guarantees everyone loves him.  Read the Riders forum and there's virtually no one who hates Brady.  Anytime some rare guy bashes Brady there are 5 people defending him "but the dogs!".

Contrast with the league-wide hate for AH33 when he was winning cups here.  Everyone (not in blue) hated AH and no one stood up for him on other forums.

Ya, Brady cracked the secret formula.

[blue_or_die]

Great Brady presser.  Everyone should watch.  He's saying all the right things, and said nothing wrong at all.  No surprise, it was the same last time he re-signed.

Big takeaways:
- wants to be Bomber forever
- didn't expect the deal this early
- wanted 5 year deal if that was a thing, happy with 3
- pay players on production, not position

Brady may be the sneakiest, coyest player in the league... The dog rescue stuff, the dogs in the preser, the soft-spoken "I love dogs" thing... it basically guarantees everyone loves him.  Read the Riders forum and there's virtually no one who hates Brady.  Anytime some rare guy bashes Brady there are 5 people defending him "but the dogs!".

Contrast with the league-wide hate for AH33 when he was winning cups here.  Everyone (not in blue) hated AH and no one stood up for him on other forums.

Ya, Brady cracked the secret formula.

People generally appreciate humble and kind people. That secret formula is to just be a good person. I agree with you that with far too many people (I'm talking beyond football), this "code" is apparently a secret still, unfortunately.

[gobombersgo]

Does anyone know how you make it so you're part of draw for the jersey they usually do in The Huddle?  I can't see anything to click, and I don't usually use youtube.

Click the link in the live chat.

You can only enter when the show is live.