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Some Saskatchewan Roughriders fans may recoil at the once-incomprehensible sight of legendary quarterback Darian Durant in Winnipeg Blue Bombers garb.

But, considering the circumstances, could there be a better fit?

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Durant, whose signing was announced by the CFL’s Blue Bombers on Saturday, is to be reunited with former Roughriders teammate Weston Dressler.

“Once we moved apart in Saskatchewan, we both kind of felt like we had our run and we probably would never be teammates again,” Durant, a cohort of Dressler’s from 2008 to 2015, said Sunday during a conference call.

“Even leading up to this process, I talked to him a lot. I texted him last night and I told him, ‘I’m excited just to talk football with you again,’ because those are some of the things you miss — not only his playmaking ability, but just being in the meeting rooms talking football and talking routes and defences. Those are a lot of the things I miss so I’m glad to be able to get that back.”