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CUTTING EDGE: Here are some of the more notable cuts from around the league: WR Rob Bagg, Chad Owens and Bakari Grant, OL Travis Bond, RB Bryce Vieiera (Saskatchewan) OL Dillon Guy and WR Anthony Parker (Calgary), DL Evan Gill (Toronto), WR Scott Macdonell, DB Brandyn Thompson and DL Mark Mackie (Edmonton) and DL Faith Ekakitie (Winnipeg). Do any of the releases from around the league interest the Redblacks? Said Desjardins: “We have to explore all our options, both Canadian and American. If there’s something out there that makes us better, we have to go down that path.”

THE END AROUND: Former Redblacks all-star DB Abdul Kanneh has been dealt from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to the Toronto Argos for an eighth-round draft pick … Former Western standout DL John Biewald, who looked like he was on the verge of earning a roster spot with the Redblacks a year ago before an ACL injury KO’d his season, has been added to the Argos’ practice squad … Local kicker Tyler Crapigna and former Redblacks WR Jake Harty are both on Saskatchewan’s six-game injured list (it’s been reported both will be gone for the entire season) … When asked about his team’s defence, which looked excellent in the pre-season, Desjardins said: “The proof is in the pudding as they say. We need to deliver. We need to be aggressive, we need to make plays, we need to be all the things we say we’re going to be. I like where we’re at on paper, now we need to go out and prove it.” … Asked if he liked his team’s bye in the opening week, Redblacks coach Rick Campbell said: “I think so. When there were two bye weeks, I don’t know if I would say that. But when there are three bye weeks, we will have two more coming, I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all. The other teams play, we get to see them and they don’t see us.” … Campbell made it very clear that, in the quarterback pecking order, Dominique Davis is the backup to Trevor Harris.