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The one good game idea is ridiculous. The Als won 7 straight games to win the cup. The longest winning streak in the league last year. You don't do that with a QB who only has one good game.

I can't image that BOOL wants to stay and I can imagine a few teams wanting him.

Pretend you're Ottawa's GM. Brown and Streveler are available. Which one do you take?

As I said in my posts Maier and Cornhole had way more starting experience when they got given the starting roles and the big bucks. Brown doesn't have that yet. Why would any GM pay a player more than they have to? We can't offer him a shot at a starting role. That is what he needs to be able to get the big bucks in the future. Also, we're not going to pay Collaros 600K + Brown 160K + 3rd String 80K & tie up 840K on our QB's. The extra 80K will go towards Shoen, BO, etc.

You don't have to pay Brown starters salary. You have to pay him more than any other team with a starting QB spot available to compete for. IMO, that's Ottawa and maybe Hamilton. Overpaying a guy who only has a couple of career starts under his belt is a huge gamble, especially if you don't have to pay him that much.

Adams a top 3 starter last year was @ $285K + bonuses. Brown, a wanna be starter isn't going to get a $300K+ salary.

We're not keeping him because we don't have the ability to offer him what he really wants and needs... A realistic shot at the starting job. $160K is double what he's making now & more than any other backup QB on the list. He hasn't started many games. His 2 best games were against 4 win Edmonton and 6 win Calgary. He's not a starting QB. He's a backup with a ton of up side. He's Arbuckle, not Maier. The only way he gets Cornelius money is if multiple teams see his as 'the guy'. Masoli & BLM are done IMO. I'd retire Harris too, but the Riders seem to like him for some reason. Maier and Cornhole are both majorly overpaid for their contributions to their teams, which is what usually happens when you overpay based on the hope they will eventually be worth the money. Maier started most of 2022 throwing for 2389 yards. Cornelius started most of 2022 and threw for 2768 yards. Brown started 2 games and threw for 983 yards. Looking at next year's QB's. Bombers - Collaros Lions - Adams Argos - Kelly Als - Fajardo Stamps - Maier Elks - Ford Riders - Harris Ticats - ??? - I'd guess BLM/Powell but I'd cut BLM to bring in Brown. Redblacks - ??? - Best choice for Brown

I'd say $160Kish all in. He's started 2 games on a dominant team. He's in Arbuckle territory, not Maier.

If Buck goes to Regina Spit Spit then it would be good for Brown to follow him. He'd be the QB with the most experience in Buck's offence.

I don't bother looking at the FA lists until a week before the end of FA season. Most of them will be re-signed by their own clubs.

Hang in there. It took me 7 days to shake my second Covid last week. It took my wife 10 days.

Bighill throwing other players under the bus is a bad look IMO.

DB made a great play on a slightly underthrown ball. Should have been thrown to Demksi IMO.

They should have done a 'Shoresy'... Call out each players name then say 'You ready', 'Your going'.

We were lucky to be up by 10 at the half. They could have kicked the FG at the end of the half for 3. Horrible roughing call gave us a TD instead of a FG. That's 7 of the 10 points we were up right there. We lost the game because we rostered hurt players instead of backups. We lost because we allowed FAJ-J to run for 13 yards on a 2nd and 18 then throw a 20 yard pass on 3rd down. We lost because we called cover zero at the goal to send pressure that hadn't worked the entire game. We lost because we thought all we had to do was show up and we'd win because we were the better team who'd been there before.

I hated 'Reclaim the Throne'. There's no Throne in football. It should have been 'Reclaim the Cup'.

I'm not making any excuses for Collaros.

When you use Edmonton as an example, you've already lost the argument.

Best QB in the league is best QB in the league no matter the level of competition. Collaros has been the best QB in the league for 3 years + a playoffs. Rourke was his only serious competition during that run. You seriously want to can the man because he may not be the best QB in the league next year? I'm glad you're not making the decisions.

Last week the big argument was that Collaros was the best QB in the league by far so Kelly shouldn't get the MOP. Now folks want to fire the man?

Was watching the pre-game show. Naylor and Farhan said that MOS was making all the decisions since the middle of the yrear & that Walters hadn't been offered a new contract yet. IF that's the case, then I could see Walters moving on.

You folks sure are getting your panty's in a twist over something we've all known was going to happen for more than a month. Kelly was the starting QB for the team that tied for the most regular season wins in the league ever. He was against Brady O who had the most rushing yards for a Canadian in a season but was not in the top 5 CFL rushing seasons overall. If Brady played for the Argos, he'd have won.

Yuk

Montreal is a good team. They won't be worried about playing us like a lot of teams. Beating the top team in the league by wins was huge for them last week. They are deeply invested in the 'Us against the World' storyline. We look better in most categories, but Toronto looked better too. I don't think they have the players to beat us straight up, but a couple breaks going their way could tip the scales. They have the D to control Brady O and a running game which means it won't be like it was last week against BC. Their O is a ton of short shots with the occasional deep shot. They have to hit some of those deep shots to have a shot. I'm hoping for a close game, cuz blowouts are boring to me.

I can't stand GC parties. I just want to watch the game. In fact, I sent my wife to a GC party without me once. Yah, just the once.