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Declan Cross won a Grey Cup title with the Argonauts three years ago, his second season as a pro.

In his rookie year of 2016, Cross was on an Argos team that sported a 4-2 record with backup quarterback Logan Kilgore filling in for an injured Ricky Ray after leading Toronto to a win over the host Redblacks.

What followed could easily be described as a football disaster, the Argos losing 11 of their final 12 games, including their final seven in a row.

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The axe fell.

Even though the Argos would win it all the following year, the team did finish the regular season with just a 9-9 record.

Cross, in other words, has never experienced a winning season as a pro and he won’t again.

By far the biggest difference between the four-win Argos of 2019 compared to last year’s four-win team is how this year’s group has refused to surrender, the result of Canadian kids being allowed to play and first-year Americans being able to showcase their talent in a glorified audition process with the franchise looking to 2020.