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Pride will also weigh heavily in Burris’ decision. He’s been told he’d have to play a backup role to Trevor Harris. That could make it a non-starter for Burris, who was peeved when he played second fiddle for part of last season.

“Trevor was paid to be the starter,” said Burris. “(GM Marcel Desjardins) said Trevor will be the starter (in 2017). I don’t know if I could be a backup. Maybe I go into TV, I worked with CTV Morning Live last off-season and I had a blast. If there’s a good time to step away from it, it’s right now. There’s nothing else to prove. However, the chance to win back-to-back Grey Cups would be pretty awesome as well. That’s why I’m torn.”

Either way, what won’t be soon forgotten is what Burris did in the Grey Cup game. Defying both Father Time and a knee injury that sent him to the locker room during the warmup, Burris completed 35-of-46 passes for 461 yards. Three of those pass completions went for touchdowns. He also rushed for two more touchdowns.

It was an amazing performance, helping cement the legacy that will make Burris a Hall of Famer one day soon.

It sure didn’t look like it would be any kind of story-book finish when Burris broke his pinky finger in the first game of the regular season and Harris grabbed the starting QB job. When Harris got hurt, Burris was rushed back from his injury. Harris again took the job, then Burris snatched it back.

“I came back to try and help the team even though I’d been out for a month,” said Burris. “I was at a disadvantage, I wasn’t in sync, I couldn’t hold on to the ball. There was a lot of pent-up anger when I came out and started playing. Maybe that made me a better quarterback — I was thinking, ‘They’ve given up on me so I really don’t care.’