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For first-year CFL players, initial impressions can often lead to earning a roster spot when all is said and done on cut-down day.

Even then, there are no guarantees in a league where rosters are limited and the ratio must be managed.

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But it’s never a bad thing when an impression is made and when film begins to make its way through the league, especially at this time of the year in the football calendar when opening day draws closer.

Brandon Burks and Trumaine Washington were two players to emerge from Toronto’s pre-season opener in Hamilton.

Burks lined up in the offensive backfield at running back, while Washington was in the defensive backfield.

Burks, 25, played for Green Bay and the New York Jets in the NFL before a knee injury sidelined his career. He was healthy enough to join the Spring League, where the Argos saw him play, the same backdrop that ushered in Johnny Manziel’s return to football with the Ticats. Burks and Manziel were on competing teams.