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History will not look kindly on the Darian Durant era with the Alouettes — one that seemingly came to an end Monday, after only one season, with the release of the veteran quarterback.

With Durant behind centre for most of the season, Montreal went 3-15, missing the Canadian Football League playoffs a third successive season. Durant passed for 3,233 yards and 15 touchdowns, but also was intercepted 16 times.

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“I have to emphasize, so much has been put on Darian’s shoulders. There’s so many other factors that went into the failures of this team,” general manager Kavis Reed told the Montreal Gazette Monday night.

The Als traded a pair of draft choices last January to acquire Durant from Saskatchewan — ostensibly because pressure was put on Reed to secure a home playoff game, combined with the fact Jim Popp, his predecessor, left him with no succession plan at the position.

Durant then went out and mainly crashed and burned, playing behind an ineffective offensive system. He was due a Tuesday off-season payment of $150,000 — part of the three-year, $1.25-million contract he signed. The Als weren’t prepared to make that payment to a quarterback not expected to start next season. When the two sides failed to complete a restructured deal by Tuesday’s deadline, the only option was to release Durant.