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I love Yoshi but man is that ever an over-pay. Good for him though... get that money while you can!

He played for them before us so it's not the first time he's done dirty things for money. 😂 I'm sad to see him go due to his personality and energy. On the field, I think we'll be just fine with Richmond.

I would have to think he plays this year. I get why he didn't come back and play part of last year after NFL shots weren't happening - he felt a shot at a prorated NFL PR salary was worth forgoing half a year of CFL rookie money. A full season might be a bit different though and since he has had no other NFL workouts (afaik), it doesn't seem like he has too many options. He can come play out the last year on his rookie deal, get some more film and see what happens from there.

They can agree to terms but the current team will still have 48 hours at the end of the tampering window to try & get a deal done. No deal is official until FA starts.

You're talking as if Behar is a super old guy when he's only 29. He's the same age as Lawler - who missed a 3rd of the season this year (suspension) and last year (injury). Would you advocate for the team to move on from him since he fits the same criteria as the one you're applying to Behar?

And their respective records back-up their smarts. If I'm another GM, I'm not necessarily inclined to follow their lead.

Is it accepted though? Jones keeps signing receivers to that number (first Lawler and then Lewis) but no other GM has gone there. Lawler is making $250K but after that nobody was close to that mark (Tim White had the highest max at 220k). Maybe it's different this year but Jones "reset" in 2022 did not make 2023 salaries follow suit.

No, those are must have players! https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/darrell-davis-saskatchewan-roughriders-have-re-signed-all-their-must-have-free-agents

I hope it's a retirement gift. He can collect his money, spend the entire season on the IR and it won't count against the cap.

Yup, only one Canadian. We need more local stars I guess.

No love for Donny O? 😂

Sounds like he was advocating against climate change, not for it.

Not sure if this belongs in this thread or the MMA thread. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7099104 BC junior player chokes out the opposing goalie with a guillotine choke. Would not be surprised if charges are laid over that one.

CFL transactions page shows him being removed and re-added to the Lions roster today.

Take out the podcast part and you've described most of this board. 😂

3DN reported that Yoshi is looking for a significant increase over the 166k he made last year. With Richmond waiting patiently for his shot, it makes sense that we may move on.

Depends on his role I guess. Does a team want to pay north of 170k for a back-up? Kolo making 140k as a starter will not help him any, it sets a low bar for teams to use as a comparable. There are teams (western teams in Green in particular) that like to do dumb things so they could certainly give him a bad contract.

They need a new image for Return of Strevy Day. Might need to make that one a bit bigger though.

Bladek was also a healthy scratch for the last two-thirds of the season so I don't think 200k is realistic again this year for someone who wasn't even good enough to dress as a back-up.

Wade couldn't make the announcement until he made sure he was able to get his hands on enough fur coats to start selling them at the Bomber Store. 😂

FWIW, Kenny Lawler ran a 4.64 at the NFL combine. Hasn't seemed to hamper his ability as a receiver.

Bombers have signed this guy, according to the CFL transactions page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytaon_Thompson

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.