And better than most when you factor in cost!
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https://3downnation.com/2025/04/14/qb1-money-cfls-highest-paid-quarterbacks-for-the-2025-season/
Those people wanted to know where the money was coming from.. when we are paying BLM less then 340k in hard money with 375 max in bonuses and such.. then Powell is not even listed in the top 13 paid QBs allows us to pay up at other positions
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Yea I think Powell signed an extension at about 95K a year,
I think Powell is betting on himself and after probably talking to BLM over the last couple of years knows that there is a lucrative starting job up for grabs in Hamilton in 2026/2027/2028 if he’s patient.
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https://3downnation.com/2025/04/15/cfls-highest-paid-receivers-for-2025/
We have #'s 1, 5, 18
Interesting note here
5) Tim White, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (A)
Hard money: $224,800
Maximum value: $250,100
The 30-year-old native of Santa Clarita, Calif. has yet to receive any money this offseason, so he could still be asked to restructure his contract before training camp gets underway.
smith went from 70-75k rookie to 176k with incentives
I find this quote strange. I think White is being paid exactly what he should be getting paid. I’m not sure why 3-Down thinks he might restructure?
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I’ll agree, if you’ll agree that Lawler, after comparing everything we know about the two receivers’ CFL careers to date, is being paid more than he should be.
I say that, well aware that White was not at his best last season, but he was our team’s top WR, for the 4th straight year, and stood 3rd., among all in the league, in yards receiving.
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Lawler’s Ted’s guy.
I think everyone in the League feels Lawler is a 1500 yard MOP type receiver if he can stay healthy. I think Tim is at his ceiling as he has consistently stayed healthy.
To me it’s a wash and I agree, Lawler and White should make about the same money.
I think you have confused could with should
and
Lets face it,
He has had some costly drops in key situations
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There is alot of Kenny Lawler in here
when you watch your own every game drops happen. Here is a cut and paste from a 2 second google.
He has a league-high 26 catches — four more than anyone else — and is third in the CFL with 323 receiving yards. He also has two touchdowns.
But Lawler also had four glaring drops in the last two games, all on plays that would have extended drives, and the son of a football coach from California is not letting himself off easy.
“I really pride myself on being a sure-handed receiver and the last two games I had four drops,” Lawler said in a one-on-one interview over the phone Tuesday.
“That’s not very sure-handed. It’s something I’m definitely gonna fix.
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Agree I don’t think he’d agree to a restructure anyways
He knows he can get employment elsewhere quite easily
The nice thing is he’ll be the number two receiver now
He still has to make it through training camp
Sooner or later somebody takes your spot
It’s just the way football is
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1) Kenny Lawler, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (A)
Hard money: $277,200
Maximum value: $303,000
The six-foot-three, 197-pound target got a $125,000 signing bonus to head to Steeltown where he became the CFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback for the second time in his career. The 30-year-old will also earn $110,000 in base salary, $25,000 in marketing money, $14,700 in housing money, and a $2,500 travel allowance. As for playtime incentives, Lawler can receive a $10,000 bonus the first time he makes the active roster, $3,800 if he’s active for at least 15 games, and $500 each time he plays more than 51 percent of Hamilton’s offensive snaps in a game.
If you minus the signing bonus for Lawler the contract really isn’t that bad
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Another great read from Milton
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I believe Dalton Schoen has the best hands
Christian Covington has always been aware of his Hall of Fame father’s many football achievements, but he now has a deeper appreciation of them.
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“What he was able to accomplish is mind-boggling,” Christian Covington said. “It really is insane what he was able to do and his body of work.”
The elder Covington, now 69, was a nightmare for CFL offensive tackles and quarterbacks from 1981-91, amassing a league-record 157 sacks over that span. He was a division or league all-star a combined 11 times (league four times, East seven times), helped Hamilton win the Grey Cup in 1986 (while being named the game’s top defensive player) and two years later was the league’s outstanding defensive player after registering a staggering 25 sacks.
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“He was quick enough to beat you from the outside but then could use his strength when he had to,” Christian Covington said of his dad. "And he did what he did at a time when if you forced a fumble by the quarterback, you didn’t get credit for a sack.
“Now, you can get me on the record, I know he had over 200 sacks, I know that for a fact. He told he about one game against the Ottawa Rough Riders and in the first half he sacked the quarterback five times but he fumbled every time. He finished that game with no sacks, no tackles and no forced fumbles but whoever recovered the ball got credit for the recoveries.”
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https://3downnation.com/2025/04/16/the-cfls-20-highest-paid-offensive-linemen-for-the-2025-season/
5) Brandon Revenberg, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (N)
Hard money: $210,500
Maximum value: $221,000
The 32-year-old native of Essex, Ont. received a $25,000 offseason roster bonus on Feb. 1 and will earn another $162,700 in base salary, $13,800 in housing money, and $9,000 in marketing money this year. Revenberg will also earn $250 each time he plays more than half of Hamilton’s offensive snaps in a game and another $6,000 in potential all-star and awards incentives. The six-foot-four, 300-pound blocker is a four-time All-CFL selection and five-time All-East Division selection at guard.
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9) Liam Dobson, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (N)
Hard money: $205,000
Maximum value: $214,000
The 27-year-old native of Ottawa, Ont. was named All-West Division last season and parlayed that success into a big-money free-agent deal in Steeltown, receiving a $35,300 signing bonus to join the Tiger-Cats. The former first-round draft pick will earn $145,000 in base salary, $14,700 in housing money, $10,000 in marketing money, plus $12,000 in playtime, all-star, and awards incentives.
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15) Coulter Woodmansey, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (N)
Hard money: $170,500
Maximum value: $183,700
The University of Guelph product got a $15,000 offseason roster bonus on Feb. 1 ahead of his fifth season with the Tiger-Cats. Woodmansey will also make $131,700 in base salary, $13,800 in housing money, and $10,000 in marketing money this year, plus an additional $250 each time he plays more than half of Hamilton’s offensive snaps in a game.
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Passport bonus.
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If you look at Smith and Look at Philpot, both have very similar contracts except for Philpot has less base and more bonus while Smith has more base and less bonus
Was more suggesting that Smith is only worth $176K due to his passport. If he was American he wouldn’t be getting anywhere near that.
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