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In most markets, a CFL team signing offensive linemen to rookie camp contracts wouldn’t be all that big of a deal.

But when it’s Calgary and the Stampeders we’re talking about, Friday’s announcement that the team had added four o-linemen in advance of rookie camp was met with a massive sigh of relief among the team’s most vocal fans.

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Can one of the four step in and fill the big hole left by Derek Dennis, who was named the CFL’S Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman last season before bolting for a new gig with the Saskatchewan Roughriders? Who’s to say? The point is the Stamps have brought in reinforcements to a unit that has been consistently ravaged by injuries over the years.

The signings include Devonte Danzey, an 24-year-old Auburn product who attended a tryout camp in 2016 with the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals, as well as Mike McQueen, a 297-pounder who spent time last year with both the San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys.