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He calls it rehab for his brain, which has been affected by years of suffering concussions while taking big hits on the field and playing a head-first style of game.

The 56-year-old from Texas was a quarterback in the CFL and a great one at that. He won two Grey Cups, was a CFL all-star three times and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

He holds the pro football record for passing yards in a game (713), set with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in July of 1994.

He spends half his time now in Texas and half in Toronto, where working on CFL broadcasts has become his lifeblood.

“I’ve often said this is medicine for me because of my situation, where I had to leave the game due to concussions and post-concussion syndrome,” Dunigan says.

“I know my bosses are aware that I continue to push through every day. This forces me to. Otherwise, I don’t know where I’d be.

“This continues to help me be exact, precise, concise and clear with my thoughts because you don’t have time to screw around on national TV.”

Beside Dunigan is Stegall, the Hall of Famer who starred for the Bombers for 14 years and set a league mark for career touchdowns with 144.

Stegall flies in from Atlanta, where his wife and two sons live, every week, to be on the panel.

The 47-year-old has been on the show for nine years and admits it took a while for him to transition from player, where he knew his craft down to the last detail, to broadcaster, where he was a green rookie at first.