Kenny Lawler

So far less questions about Hamilton.

And I think, you know, if Bo wasn't coming back and there was a big question mark at the quarterback position, what does that do to the likes of Kenny Lawler and some of the other top players? I think they basically have their answer right now.

So Ticats on to 2027, running it back with Bo, trying to be better.

And I'm sure that's a popular decision in the hammer because the alternative was a massive question mark.

And, you know, we've just seen what's happened to the Ottawa Red Blacks where they didn't have any legitimate quarterbacking.

They just went 1-17.

Yeah, and unlike Ottawa, Hamilton can kind of look at their bad luck and... still think that they would have done damage with Boley Mitchell and by all accounts they likely would have right they were rolling with Bo they've been rolling with Bo for a while now I'm glad I'm glad you touched on the production of other players um because I think that's the biggest reality of the situation is you look at Kenny Lawler's season he didn't eclipse a thousand yards Keandre Smith who absolutely balled out was arguably one of the best receivers last season I don't believe it clips to 1,000 yards.

So everyone, you know, everything took a hit.

We've seen the receiver market go kind of haywire recently.

with contracts like Kenny Lawler making 300K.

There was the monster deal to Eugene Lewis at 300K not that long ago in Edmonton.

You've got Tyson Philpott.

Because I'll pose the question to you guys.

Maybe, Justin, you can go first.

But if your choice was to have Davis Alexander on a million-dollar contract throwing the ball to rookie receivers or modest veterans like Jareth Stearns, who's earning around $100,000, You could choose to have Dustin Crum on a discount quarterback contract, throwing the ball to a $285,000 Tyson Philpott or a $300,000 Kenny Lawler.

What are you picking? The cheap quarterback and the expensive receivers or the expensive quarterback and the cheap receivers? What are you picking, huh? I'm putting you on the spot.

So far less questions about Hamilton.

And I think, you know, if Bo wasn't coming back and there was a big question mark at the quarterback position, what does that do to the likes of Kenny Lawler and some of the other top players? I think they basically have their answer right now.

So Ticats on to 2027, running it back with Bo, trying to be better.

And I'm sure that's a popular decision in the hammer because the alternative was a massive question mark.

And, you know, we've just seen what's happened to the Ottawa Red Blacks where they didn't have any legitimate quarterbacking.

They just went 1-17.

Yeah, unlike Ottawa, Hamilton can kind of look at their bad luck and... still think that they would have done damage with Boley Mitchell and by all accounts they likely would have right they were rolling with Bo they've been rolling with Bo for a while now I'm glad I'm glad you touched on the production of other players because I think that's the biggest reality of the situation is you look at Kenny Lawler's season he didn't eclipse a thousand yards Keandre Smith who absolutely balled out was arguably one of the best receivers last season I don't believe it clips to 1,000 yards.

So everyone, you know, everything took a hit.

Yeah, honestly, and I know he wasn't able to stay healthy this season, but with the past two seasons before that, when there was a lot of people who were upset that he wasn't MOP, even with missing the playoffs the one year... getting him at $500,000 next year is an absolute bargain.

Like that's going to allow them to, to, you know, keep Kenny Lawler and some of these other guys who may be, if they were up for, for renewal.

And I don't know for sure if Kenny is, but like, that is a hell of a bargain when you have Chad Kelly, his agent saying that he's openly looking to get paid more than double that next season.

So if you can have a starting quarterback, the caliber of Bo Levi Mitchell for 500 grand right now in the CFL, that is insane.

That is very fair.

Now, Ottawa kicking an onside kick.

Kenny Lawler gets hurt.

Limps off the field.

And because they know that one of Zach Kolaris' Achilles heels, because he has two, because you have two heels, and this is just one of them, he has the gunslinger mentality.

And when you have a phenomenal O-line and you have Dalton Schoen and Kenny Lawler and Nick Dembski at their peak and Drew Wolitarski and Rasheed Bailey, yeah, go and cook, man.

Put up six touchdowns on Edmonton when they're starting Taylor Cornelius.

But the checkdowns were open.

Like, we want to talk about some of the names.

Bo Levi Mitchell, Brandon Revenberg, Trevor Reed, Liam Dobson, Kenny Lawler, Curly Gittins Jr., Carrick Wheatfall, Keiondre Smith.

Like, your core group.

for next season is already set before you have to do a lot of the heavy lifting of signing new free agents and resigning guys of your own that you would like to bring back.

It tells you something about the way it's been structured.

It tells you something about some days this person gets double teamed and so this person's open.

Tells you something about Kenny Lawler because he was willing to only have one or two passes a game Some games because it freed up somebody else in single coverage.

That's what I like about this.