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“Those guys are not going to be short-term things, but they’re not necessarily going to be long-term things,” Redblacks general manager Marcel Desjardins said. “It’s probably going to be somewhere in the middle. We’re just trying to figure out what the exact prognosis is. We have a pretty good idea, but, until we know, there’s no sense in saying anything.”

The Redblacks signed former Queen’s Gaels lineman Daniel Hayes for what the team called “depth purposes.”

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Tate, who left Thursday’s contest for examination under CFL concussion protocol after receiving a helmet-to-helmet hit, also didn’t practise.

“He’s getting better,” Campbell said. “It’s actually encouraging. I’m not a doctor, but he feels a lot better. He was out here watching practice. That’s looking good, but obviously we will follow the medical protocol. You never know with those (head-injury) things. It could be a day or three days or whatever. Based on what I’ve seen in the past, it’s encouraging that he’s coming around this quickly.”

New quarterback joins roster

Earlier in the week, Danny Collins was in Germany, playing football for the Frankfurt Universe.

On Saturday, the quarterback was on the football field at TD Place stadium, practising with the Redblacks.

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“I was there (in the German Football League) for two weeks,” Collins said. “This game brings you everywhere, teaches you a lot of things. I never thought of going to Germany or being in Buffalo (briefly with the Bills) or being in Ottawa, but it happened. This is, I feel, the right move for me as far as moving along with my career. I couldn’t be in a better place, I don’t think, and I can’t wait to get started here.”