The word during the BC Lions/Montreal Alouettes game was that former Leos QB, and 2004's most valuable player in the CFL, Casey Printers is on the search for a new employer.
Printers has reportedly been cut by the Kansas City Chiefs having once again come up short in the pre-season and falling on the Chiefs depth chart, it is said that he will be placed on the NFL waiver wire on Saturday. Printers apparently turned down the opportunity to remain on the Chiefs practice roster as he has in the past couple of years and has hopes of landing with another NFL team through the wire process.
Should that not come to pass, he is said to be interested in returning to the CFL to pick up perhaps where he left off as one of the leagues most promising Quarterbacks.
It will be interesting to see how the BC Lions handle this situation, should Printers become available to the CFL again. The Lions relinquished Printer's Canadian rights and would have to engage in what would no doubt be a rather vigorous bidding war should they wish to make a run at him.
Printers has reportedly been cut by the Kansas City Chiefs having once again come up short in the pre-season and falling on the Chiefs depth chart, it is said that he will be placed on the NFL waiver wire on Saturday. Printers apparently turned down the opportunity to remain on the Chiefs practice roster as he has in the past couple of years and has hopes of landing with another NFL team through the wire process.
Should that not come to pass, he is said to be interested in returning to the CFL to pick up perhaps where he left off as one of the leagues most promising Quarterbacks.
It will be interesting to see how the BC Lions handle this situation, should Printers become available to the CFL again. The Lions relinquished Printer's Canadian rights and would have to engage in what would no doubt be a rather vigorous bidding war should they wish to make a run at him.
Radio Station CKNW contacted Printers agent and canada.com provided some of the details on the conversation from Friday;
Rather than accept an another assignment to the practice roster, however, Printers told Chiefs' coach Herman Edwards he wanted out. Printers was moved to the 24-hour waiver wire and is available to any other NFL team. Medlock told CKNW sports director Rick Dhaliwal, who went to air with the story Friday, that Printers likely would explore his NFL options first before considering a return to the CFL.
The Lions have relinquished their CFL rights to Printers and he would be available to the highest bidder.
The current state of the Quarterbacking situation in BC is such that Printers could conceivably step into the number one spot with little difficulty or practice, having spent a few years on the Lions roster. Though there may still be some lingering bad feelings over the way that the Leos and Printers parted company a few years ago.
Making the case for taking a pass on Printers' rights on Friday night, was Jarious Jackson, who led the Lions to a convincing 46-14 victory over the Alouettes, thanks to the twin threats of Joe Smith and Ian Smart.
Jackson, while not spectacular filled in quite well for the injured Dave Dickenson and Buck Pierce, both of whom are working their way back to full health, leaving the Lions with a fair amount of depth at the QB spot.
Considering the much documented Quarter back problems of Hamilton and Toronto this season, Printers would no doubt find a welcome home in Eastern Canada, should the Lions feel that making a bid for him isn't worth spending the weekend number cruching over.
It all makes for an interesting number of choices for Wally Buono, should Casey come crossing the border in the next few weeks.
The current state of the Quarterbacking situation in BC is such that Printers could conceivably step into the number one spot with little difficulty or practice, having spent a few years on the Lions roster. Though there may still be some lingering bad feelings over the way that the Leos and Printers parted company a few years ago.
Making the case for taking a pass on Printers' rights on Friday night, was Jarious Jackson, who led the Lions to a convincing 46-14 victory over the Alouettes, thanks to the twin threats of Joe Smith and Ian Smart.
Jackson, while not spectacular filled in quite well for the injured Dave Dickenson and Buck Pierce, both of whom are working their way back to full health, leaving the Lions with a fair amount of depth at the QB spot.
Considering the much documented Quarter back problems of Hamilton and Toronto this season, Printers would no doubt find a welcome home in Eastern Canada, should the Lions feel that making a bid for him isn't worth spending the weekend number cruching over.
It all makes for an interesting number of choices for Wally Buono, should Casey come crossing the border in the next few weeks.
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