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CFL Free Agency: Great day at the office for Buono and the BC Lions

February 15, 2013 By Brian Wawryshyn

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When it comes to days at the office, Wally Buono can certainly say he had a great one as free agency opened across the CFL on Friday. After the firestorm of the Geroy Simon trade, it had to be a feel good day out in Surrey. Here is a recap and some thoughts on today’s activity.

The Lions started the day by announcing the re-signing of veteran receiver Paris Jackson and an extension for Korey Banks. As Lowell Ullrich of The Province tweeted, the extension for Banks was just part of the annual off-season routine for the Lions and the veteran defensive back.

The Jackson signing was news simply because there is a notion that after two years of accepting a lesser role, Jackson and the Lions are indicating that he’ll be given every opportunity to use his experience and get back on the playing field. Jackson had asked for his release from the Lions, but his leadership among the receiving corps could be the reason why the Lions had second thoughts, especially after the departure of Geroy Simon.

With those signings out of the way, the Lions turned their attention to their most high profile free agents. Free agency began with the news that Solomon Elimimian had decided to remain in the CFL. Farhan Lalji from TSN modified partner Dave Naylor’s tweet by saying Elimimian would not be signing in BC.

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That set off some excitement on Twitter, with fans of other teams wondering how Elimimian would fit into their team’s plans. Shortly after that, reports began to surface that the Lions had re-signed Elimimian, though it took a while for all sides to finally confirm. The Lions had Elimimian take a medical prior to the deadline, and obviously feel there are no serious issues there. It’s believed that Elimimian received a similar deal to that of Adam Bighill, who he will have a whole training camp to get in sync with heading into the 2013 season.

The news got even better when the Lions announced (before Elimimian was confirmed) that they had signed 2012 most outstanding offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye to a new deal. It was widely known that Olafioye would explore his options in the NFL, but after last year’s experience and the lack of a real commitment by anyone this year, he appears to have made the decision to carve out a nice career here in BC. That’s great news for the Lions (and for Travis Lulay) who would have had a big hole to fill on the offensive line, particularly with the question marks at the guard spots heading into training camp. In fact the only downer on the day was the fact the Lions weren’t able to add any depth for the offensive line, thanks largely in part to teams re-signing their own players and the crop being rather thin this year.

The Lions also plucked defensive lineman Julius Williams from the Edmonton Eskimos to add to their stacked defensive line corps. Williams, listed at 6’2 257 pounds, is entering his third year in the league and was deemed expendable by Edmonton GM Ed Hervey after his club signed Odell Willis away from Saskatchewan moments after free agency opened. Williams has compiled 25 tackles and 7 sacks over his 24 regular season and 3 playoff appearances. The signing could give the Lions two Williams as defensive ends, with all-star Keron the other bookend.

The Lions did lose James Yurichuk to the Toronto Argonauts on Friday. The Ontario native chose to sign in his home province rather than re-up with the Lions and you can’t blame him. His work on special teams will be missed, but Yurichuk wasn’t going to see much playing time behind McKenzie, Bighill and Elimimian.

Defensive back Cauchy Muamba also entered the day as a free agent but as of this blog had not signed with anyone yet.

So all in all it was a great day for the Lions and their fans and who knows, there could be another tweak or two in the coming days.

We’ll leave the last word to the boss:

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Filed Under: CFL/League, Den Talk, Featured Tagged With: BC Lions, Cauchy Muamba, CFL, Free Agency, James Yurichuk, Jovan Olafioye, Julius Williams, Korey Banks, Paris Jackson, Solomon Elimimian, Wally Buono

Banking on Korey: Lions lock up 4 time all-star Korey Banks

February 8, 2012 By Brian Wawryshyn

Korey Banks - Photo by BCLions.com
Korey Banks will be in a Lions uniform until at least the end of the 2013 season. Photo: BCLions.com

The BC Lions announced Wednesday the signing of defensive back Korey Banks. The extension is a two year deal which will see the popular veteran remain with the Lions until at least the end of the 2013 season. Banks was entering the option year of his contract and was not set to become a free agent, but locking him for another year is another key core signing for the team this off-season.

Banks enjoyed another all-star season with the Lions, the fourth such honour of his career. Banks will begin his ninth season in the CFL in 2012, all but two of those have been with the BC Lions after being selected in the 2006 dispersal draft of the folded Ottawa Renegades.

Reporters and media members will be happy with today’s news as Banks is known to never shy away from a microphone and provides them with great material for their newspapers and sound bites.

Here are Banks career starts, as found on BCLions.com, where you can find the official release of today’s news.

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Stats via BCLions.com 

Filed Under: Den Talk, Featured, News Tagged With: BC Lions, CFL, Contract Extension, Korey Banks

Lions extend Korey Banks thru 2012

March 1, 2011 By Brian Wawryshyn

The BC Lions football club announced Tuesday that they have extended the contract of defensive back Korey Banks thru the 2012 season. The extension added one year to Banks’ current deal.

The veteran member of the Lions secondary appeared in all 18 regular season games in 2010 as well as the West Semi-Final and shared the team lead in sacks (7) playing at the nickleback position. He added a team-highs in tackles for a loss (4), pass knockdowns (10), forced fumbles (3) and fumble returns (4) and he was credited with 55 defensive tackles. Banks earned himself a team nomination as Outstanding Defensive player and a West Division All-Star selection.

Full details at BCLions.com

Filed Under: Den Talk, News Tagged With: BC Lions, CFL, Korey Banks

Tackling cancer: Dante Marsh raffle winner gets her prize!

November 2, 2010 By Brian Wawryshyn

Dante Marsh awards Heather Swift of Abbosford her raffle prize. Photo: BCLionsDen.caToday I had the pleasure of helping award the Dante Marsh canvas print that Dante provided for us to raffle off for CFL Fans Fight Cancer.

The lucky winner was Heather Swift of Abbotsford, BC. who purchased her ticket a tailgate party earlier this season. Heather ventured out to the BC Lions practice facility today to receive her prize from Dante himself.

After the cost of the print, we were able to raise $300.00 for CFLFFC. Each year a group of CFL Fans across Canada attempt to raise money for various Cancer charities on our local communities. This past off-season, Lions DB Korey Banks lost his young son to cancer and he’s in the process of establishing the Hope24 Foundation in his honour and to help those fighting childhood cancer.

Today, the BC chapter of CFLFFC, thanks to the help of CFL fans like you, were pleased to donate the $300.00 raised through this raffle to Banks’ new foundation in memory of his son.

Thanks to Dante Marsh and to CFL fans for their support and congratulations to Heather!

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Filed Under: CFL Fan Fight Cancer, Contest, Den Talk, Featured, News Tagged With: BC Lions, CFL, CFL Fans Fight Cancer, Dante Marsh, Hope24, Korey Banks

Condolences to the Banks Family

January 18, 2010 By Brian Wawryshyn

We here at BCLionsDen.ca would like express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of Lions defensive back Korey Banks. The team announced that Banks’ son, three-year-old Khamari Banks succumbed to the disease Monday night in Atlanta after being diagnosed last year.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Banks family in this difficult time.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Korey Banks

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