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It continues to sound like the B.C. Lions are going to fight to keep Solomon Elimimian.

Lions general manager/coach Wally Buono was asked Friday if he was worried that Elimimian, the 2016 CFL most outstanding defensive player, is a pending free agent and his linebacking cohort, Adam Bighill, had just entered a limited window to look at NFL interest for next season.

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“No. Not really. They both want to be here,” said Buono. “This is not because they want to go somewhere else in the CFL.

“This is part of the new CFL. This is part of the new sports landscape. It’s everywhere. They have to do what they’re doing.”

CFL free agency opens on Feb. 14. Buono said that he plans to sit down in the near future with Elimimian, 30, and “try to get this resolved.”

Bighill, 28, meanwhile, has until Jan. 27 to sign a deal with an NFL team or his rights revert to the Lions through the 2018 season, according to a club press release. Oddly enough, the last time the Lions announced a Bighill contract extension was February 2015, and they listed him then as signed through the 2017 campaign. That means this Bighill NFL news doubles as a contract re-signing news as well.