Everyone knows Darian Durant is stuck on the IL once again following a season-ending Achilles rupture, but one former teammate is worried the Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback might actually be MIA.

Then again, it turns out it might just be a bad case of 2K.

“It's been kind of strange, I've been calling him all week just trying to talk to him and everything,” said Edmonton Eskimos defensive end Odell Willis, who played with Durant in Saskatchewan in 2012. “I haven't even talked to him at all and I'm kind of upset about that, but it is what it is.

“I still know he's good. I mean, he will probably hit me up sometime but it's kind of strange.”

It could be Durant doesn't want to let any information slip that would take away even a single fraction of a percentage of competitive advantage his Roughriders may hold coming into Edmonton this week. Or he's just too busy keeping his foot elevated 23 hours a day.

“That means his phone should be right next to him,” Willis said. “I know you see me texting you. I know you see me calling you. I know you see me when I pop up on the Playstation 4 when I see you playing NBA 2K(15), and when I message you, you could message me back.

“That game is not that important. You can hit pause and be like: 'What's up little bro?' I ain't got none of that this week, so hopefully he comes to the game, but if not I'll see him when I see him.”

Until then, Willis will have to track his buddy's activity on Playstation Network – not that he's looking to cross paths on the virtual hardcourt. Not with someone with as much time to kill as Durant, anyway.

“Exactly, so he should be better than me,” Willis said. “He's that guy in 2K, he plays that all day.

“I'm playing Rory McElroy right now, I'm trying to get my PGA on.”

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