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LOL that lasted long

I guess DT knew earlier in the day, LOL!

Put me down as someone who would be very excited if our edge rush rotation this year consisted of Willie, Kongbo, Mason Bennett and whatever American shows off in camp

The negotiation window does not apply to Streveler. He has been a CFL free agent for a couple years now. The negotiation window is for players who are still under contract. Teams have already been negotiating with Streveler and can sign him any time.

Regardless of who we put across from WJ this yr, if Osh continues the joke being Jackson on the roster...effectively eliminating the chance of any impact DE to get on the roster, then we will see more of the same, and games where our starters burn out, and have to take some plays off....Rotating in guys like A Bennett does nothing, and same with Thomas in the middle. If not thru free agency...the draft, or the use of another Canadian already on the roster to assume the role of blocking back for 6 to 9 reps a game and zero threat to get the ball, let alone doing anything with it....that a viable replacement is found...then thats a fail on so many levels. If you wanna go that route sign a big bruising "real" full back type straight outta the NCAA....Jackson at his age now, with his experience offers us absolutely nothing other than a cool story...he was horrible and out matched on defence when he got reps in garbage time, and his role on offence could be filled by literally anyone

I believe the logic there is you gotta be good to be lucky and making plays at key times is what that team did all year.

Dear Walters, Please release Damian Jackson and save MOS from himself. Sincerely MBB

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe

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When he's on the field Jeffcoat is still legitimately one of the best defensive players in the league... problem is he can't stay healthy for a whole year and needs to be spelled off a bunch to maintain that effectiveness. Can't really over pay for that type of usage. This is where Kyle walters and Co. Need to earn their keep and bring in younger cheaper and quality players.

I'd be happy to see one of, if not both Mason Bennett and Kongbo.

Our first date was the 50-14 thrashing of the B.C. Lions! One of the funnest football games I’ve ever been too and probably one of the best first dates too!

Luck is the residue of hard work. The last two gcs we seemed to be happy to be in it and didn’t seem to want it nearly enough. 100%. If we do bring back jj, we need a de who will split reps with him, and to carefully manage his snaps. the problem is he is that guy, but that guy is only here for 1/3 of the season instead of 2/3. If jj had played the volume of snaps and games wj has played here he’d be a sure fire hofer. As is, he might be a guy who gets sorely disappointing by a lack of a market value. For most teams, getting to a championship is good enough. For great teams, dynasties, and real contenders to those two things, there is no such thing as good enough. Good enough is the death of improvement, and competition. Eventually of competitiveness. Apathy is what kills great teams. We were good enough to get to the last 2gcs but not good enough to beat two teams we should’ve handled. Jordan, Brady, the un defeated dolphins, pick a great dynasty and sport. It’s the hatred of losing that drives the ship. This team loves playing together and loves playing for the mafia, loves the FIFO the fans the market etc. but they have lost that hatred of losing. The 1 week at a time mantra has become a way of forgetting about getting slapped by bad teams or losing ships instead of a way to keep from getting to high on them self. It’s excruciating for me, you and some others. For some people, not soo much. Neither is right, and no king rules forever. If we don’t win in 25, I think it’ll be the end of the mafia/fifo as we know it. Kongbo and his adventure in bc is a case study in this. He’s a guy who knows how to win and is pure motivation for winning. Bc thought they wanted that, until they saw what it involved. Then they folded like a cheap tent and shipped him out so they could be content in their mediocrity. I’d rather give kongbo an over pay than most of our guys. We need that attitude back. Part of that is the change in not having a nose, and the way we layer pressure. Jj was creating tons of pressure, wj was coming in hot frequently, but also want often in control or in a position to finish a tackle. Our not adapting the rush to not having the inside presence we used to has put our rushers into worse positions to make a play. If wj played the previous seasons like he played the first half of last year it would’ve been maybe the greatest season by a de ever in the cfl, but a couple times over.

Jeffcoat has never been healthy his entire career. He is dominant when he is. Is it time we get a more reliable, even if less talented, guy...maybe. The only thing pathetic is your post above.

I honestly expected him to hit Free agency a couple of years ago, when Willie and Darrin went down to Texas to convince him to stay. Was super surprised when he re-sign then, but now I'm kind of surprised to see him looking elsewhere. We're a different defence when he's not on the field. Would be a huge hit.

If they do that, we should sign Oullette

Next thing you know I'm playing on the d-line

The Argos have already paid a bonus to Williams.

Imagine how embarrassing and pathetic you have to be for even the Riders to think you are too embarrassing and pathetic

@Mark H. knocks it out of the park here.

Streveler has already expressed interest in returning to the Bombers.....It was also reported he was making his decision 2 weeks before fa, so I would think we will hear something soon one way or the other.....

Stronson? Or maybe he wouldn't ever come out from behind his keyboard...

I’m pretty sure Pederson hates him too.

Ballsy is just so terrible at everything. He can go join Pedersen on his podcast.

Agreed, He was also touted as the most pro-ready DL available and that's a big reason we took him. Didn't seem like that to me so I'm not sure how much room there is to grow for him.

Bennett was an older university player and an older rookie. He's 27 and will turn 28 this year. I don't think he's getting any better. If we can upgrade there, cut bait.

Jeffcoat maxed out last year at 185k. Wj maxed out at 200k. The only ends above wj was mauldin, who got that money off an insane season where he put up the same amount of sacks as jj did from 19 through the 22 season. (4 years 3 seasons of course) more sacks than jj has had in any 2 back to back seasons ever. The same amount as his 2 best seasons. I love jj, I wish he could stay healthy for once and put up a monster season. But he turns 34 this year, has never played a full season, and was already in the top tier of paid des. Jj hasn’t been underpaid, and isn’t appreciating by any stretch. I mean Habba for 110k a year less isn’t going to be as much of a beast but he’s going to have similar or better production. I wouldn’t give jj more than 140-150k unless it’s very low base with high bonuses for high stats and games played. 100k base 40k for playing 16 or more, 30k for division all star, 40k for league.

Kongbo has at least shown he can rotate and make plays. Anthony Bennett has shown he can wear a uniform and not make an impact at all.

same well here....he had 2 studs ahead of him B.C was a clusterfuck....Hammer makes odd personell decisions even more so than we do He would be great here in rotation, and allows us to remove a useless canadian off the roster as well...win win

Getting to the Grey Cup has nothing to do with how we played in the Grey Cup. We were not lucky to get there at all, we earned it. We were lucky to win.

At the moment, I want us to keep certain vets like Jeffcoat but lose others like Kolo. It dawned on me that this is me

No? He is only about 1000x better than Bennett...

No real interest in Kongbo.

It isn’t lucky to dominate the league in a historical fashion all year - then make plays at critical times. That is ******* insanity.

we were pretty fortunate to get it done in 2021 as well when u think about it

Blame the ******* Riders, they just re-signed Anthony Lanier for $250k and he probably sits out more games than Jeffcoat.

Jeffcoat is the exact kind of piece I’m glad we’re moving on from That’s a super weird take lol

I don't know you but it can't be worse than Schmekel.

I don't think it has anything to with mediocrity or what ever... The bottom line is: We didn't get it done in 2023. we didn't get it done the before in 2022... are we making any moves that shows that we are improving? Yeah, 3 years ago- 2 of those it didn't, and we are trotting out a lot of those same players in 2021.

Neufeld, Dobson, Eli and a high draft pick would work also. Just saying. I am struggling to see the vision and fear Unfinished Business 2.0 but agree with @Jesse that TC is a long way away. So not panicking yet.

3 yrs ago....thats a long time in football yrs...

Not over reacting at all. just don’t see the vision here. Bringing back the gang never works. Some of our guys are gonna age out by 25 also.

Just be careful or you might wind up with a certain coach humping your leg.

My girl friend had a pair of season tickets, and we started dating in July and she took me to every single game and refused to take payment so I planned on getting her a jersey as a thank you. Schoen is her favourite player so waiting until he signs a three year deal with us to bite the bullet 😉

People over reacting yet again

You know by the pff stats Eli graded out as better than kola to ya. One guy nominated kola for mol, based of gut review. No one else is touting him as the strength of our ol or grading him out well he didn’t rank high on the pending free agents no one was targeting him. If you don’t n agree with the reviews on here, I think that’s pretty strong neutral evidence. Though I’ll again say the pff stats are a bit suspect, and at best single stat analytics like that are extremely un reliable for centres. When you don’t play a guy every snap you just can’t compare efficiency numbers to guys who do. It’s much easier to continue to develop and start developing Dobson/gray at centre than to develop kola into more than a C for sure. Ideally I’d develop gray at a rt and Dobson as a c so you have extra coverage for each spot. It was a fantasy football tool in its base wasn’t it? Some of those guys really know their stuff, but it’s hard to translate imo. Football outsiders was a much better advanced break down site for the nfl. those 3 inside would dominate the line in the run game and wear down dls fast. They would make the pass rush of other teams worse as much as improve pass pro. Love any excuse to nerd out lol. For any one who wants to get a quick evaluation of an ol, watch the depth of battle. Where do they engage a dl, usually + or - 1.5 yards from the los depending on pass or run pro. Then watch where they are when they disengage. If they are getting deadlocked or losing position the dl is winning even if they keep em locked up. You can only lock horns and get pushed back soo many times before you are just beat. It’s easy to look at sack plays and be down on any one involved, but every ol gives up sacks and some times it’s not intuitive as to why or how they got beat or if it’s their fault. You might not know the play call or understand the scheme and that can under rate guys too. But If they are winning heads up battles it speaks volumes to the rest of what’s happening.

Agreed. No one is promising a starting role to either Gray or Kolankowski or even that they will survive training camp or not be traded. Que sera, sera.

They might go with Cassar and Hoyte in the middle.

Longtime Stamps Left tackle Bruce Covernton passed away two days ago in his sleep. Apparently, he had a massive heart attack. He was only 57 years of age. I knew Bruce as he coached with me at Centennial High School in 2008 here in Calgary. Covernton was born in Morris, MB. After Covernton played HS football in Winnipeg, he attended Weber State & then was drafted by the Stamps in 1992. He played LT for them from 1992-98. Covernton was named the CFL's Western Division ROTY. Covernton was a CFL West Division All Star in 1993 & 94. He was named an All Canadian at Left Tackle in 1994. He was a two time Grey Cup Champion in 1992 & 98. Upon retiring, Bruce took up permanent residence here. He was an entrepreneur & was active in local charities in Calgary. He founded a company that imported coffee from Columbia. Then Covernton bought a personnel staffing company & it was very successful. He was quite a character & will be missed.