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— Toronto Argonauts (@TorontoArgos) October 26, 2019

A question for people who follow professional football more than I do: Is there any likelihood that if either Irons or AJ have really outstanding performances in the CFL that they get a second look by the NFL?

Doug Flutie is the only CFL-to-NFL player who immediately comes to mind, but I'm sure there were others. I think there's more movement from the NFL to the CFL.

I think it's great that both Maleek and AJ have gone on to pro careers, and in a league that gets more respect than arena football or the XFL-type leagues. They also continue the run (pun intended) of Ohio players in the CFL now that Chip Cox isn't on somebody's roster.

He was probably the best, but Joe Theismann was pretty good as well. There’s a lot of shorter term wonders, so you never know.

Joe Kapp

Was there a Bobcat in the CFL in the early 70s? I seem to recall a gentleman at a happy hour (we are talking some 20 years ago) regaling our group with a story about playing a couple of years in the CFL? He told an amusing story about being dropped off at a dentist's office somewhere in Saskatchewan as the team bus was heading back to Winnipeg. It seems his mouth was swelling up due to an infection. The team brought him back via a pick-up truck the next day. He jokingly said at that point he knew he needed to re-evaluate his career path. I came in on the story and someone in our party said he played for he Bobcats in the late 60s and early 70s, but I was never able to confirm that part of the story. With this CFL discussion, the whole thing came back to me and I was wondering if anyone might know who that might be?

Thanks Ted, Bob Hournard might fit the bill, but looking at his CFL playing cards online the longer hair of that era can throw you off. Interesting to see those old CFL cards online. I vaguely remember as a kid seeing some CFL games on CBC, which I believe was available on our town's CATV package, which consisted of the three Columbus stations, the three Toledo stations, the the three Cleveland network stations, along with WUAB. For some families it was quite the debate, as to whether you got free TV with your antennae, or spent the whopping $25 a year with the CATV package to make sure you got a clearer picture.

Whatever the case, playing pro ball back in those days wasn't for the faint of heart. The pay in the NFL in the early 70's was pretty paltry, let alone the CFL. Talk about basic travel plans, long bus trips in the Canadian prairies was hardly glamorous by today's standards. Personally, I am sort of a back roads, scenic drive type of guy, but I am guessing the long bus trip to play the Saskatchewan Rough Riders or the Calgary Stampeders from Winnipeg was hardly exciting to most players.

Whoever it was, if would be great if AJ and Nathan played with or against each other next year. Unless of course, one or both find their way into the NFL. While there are some big time contracts, I believe the average CFL salary is near the NFL's minimum salary.

You gotta love Billy's subtlety. I mean what kind of time does he have on his hand that he regale us with CFL salary cap info? Maybe he's the smartest man in Ohio. Who knew?

Billy I love facts and figures too, but using them with a hammer is a bit much. The reason Cliff Clavin was sort of a likable sort of character was that he did it in such a disarming way.

Cameron Wake

"I hope you are not serious with that guess?" might be why.

I’m sorry, but when your guess is off that far, it deserves a chuckle. Opinions are one thing, but being just flat out that far off, well that’s another.

But again, congrats to AJ on his 1st TD