Tonight at 10:00 pm EDT, the Redblacks will play the Edmonton Eskimos at Commonwealth stadium.
The last time Ottawa had played in Edmonton, they had a heart breaking grey cup loss to Calgary. Over nine months ahead, they’re back to play Edmonton, but with new faces and names.
The Redblacks will actually play against Trevor Harris, Greg Ellingson and Sir Vincent Rogers. All three of those players spent time in Ottawa and led us to a few Grey Cups.
Former Redblack, Pierre performs music under name Hueso. Click the photo to listen to his music.
While the former Redblacks will welcome Ottawa to Commonwealth stadium, the new Redblacks have a near must win in their hands.
The Redblacks are coming off a 30-27 overtime win over Montreal and look
to improve to 4-4. Sitting at 3-4, the Redblacks get back Antoine
Pruneau on the defense and hope for a big win against Edmonton.
What to look for
In this week 9 matchup, the Ottawa Redblacks who are 3-4 look to improve their win streak to 2 against Trevor Harris and his 4-3 Eskimos.
Defense wins championships
Although the scores do not show it, the Ottawa Redblacks defense have had two straight games where they’ve played phenomenally.
Giving up 44 points in the last two games, the Redblacks defense has only given up 21 second half points in the last 3 games. If the Redblacks defense can take their second half play to the first half also, the team can pull away with a big win.
Along with the great performances in the second half, the Redblacks’ defense have soe of the best tacklers in the CFL.
Calgary Stampeders vs Ottawa REDBLACKS
July 25, 2019
PHOTO: Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photography
The duo of Avery Williams and Anthony Cioffi have combined for 74 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, one quarterback sack and one interception. The duo has also been given linebacker, Jerod Fernandez who has played the last three games for Ottawa. The duo between Cioffi and Williams has become a great trio with Fernandez who has had 14 tackles and a forced fumble in the three games played this season.
Along with the great defensive backfield, Ottawa also has one of the best defensive lines in the game of football. The starting four, which contains Avery Ellis, Michael Klassen, Michael Wakefield and JR Tavai has contributed to 10 sacks in the 6 games they’ve played together. To go with the quarterback take downs, the line is pretty quick to get off the ball and tackle a pass catcher or ball carrier. The 4 have combined for 76 tackles, 3 forced fumbles, one interception and one fumble recovery in the games played together.
Watch out for the front 7 in tonights’ game against Edmonton as they are hungry for a few sacks on former Redblacks’ quarterback, Trevor Harris.
Receivers look to silence doubters
The Redblacks’ receivers haven’t been getting enough credit for hat they’ve been doing for the offense. In fact, they’ve been getting disrespected, being compared to last years’ receivers. Get over the fact that Spencer and Ellingson are gone, its a new era here in Ottawa, and we need to embrace that.
The Redblacks receivers this season contain of, R.J Harris, Caleb Holley, Dominique Rhymes, Brad Sinopoli, Julian Feoli Gudino, Seth Coate, Noel Thomas, Nate Behar, DeVonte Dedmon and Rafael Araujo-Lopes.
The group of receivers this year have played well this season, but haven’t been getting a lot of love. The Redblacks receiving group have combined for 1,402 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Playing with two quarterbacks is tough, therefore the receivers haven’t been producing as many yards as they would with one quarterback all season.
Considering there has been games where the quarterback has thrown for less than 150 yards, the receivers here in Ottawa have played unbelievable. So look out for these receivers this week!
On July 11th, Rafael Araujo-Lopes was signed by the Ottawa Redblacks. Nearly a full month ago he was signed, and now he will play. Due to injuries of Caleb Holley and R.J Harris, the receivers group needed an addition, and the team brought up Rafael to be that addition.
Araujo Lopes breaks for 68 yard touchdown in Carrier Dome against Syracuse Orange
After spending a month with the team’s practice squad, Rafael is expected to be familiar with the playbook and players as he takes his first professional start this Friday (tomorrow) at 10:00 in Edmonton.
Getting to know Rafael
Rafael Araujo-Lopes who is born and raised in Kissimmee, Florida is 23 years old. Although he is new in red and black, he is not new to football. Rafael has played football most of his life and spent three seasons with the University of Pittsburgh.
At the University of Pittsburgh, Araujo-Lopes played a total of 26 games where he’d catch 83 balls for 947 yards and 6 touchdowns while rushing the ball 16 times for 66 yards. Outside of his offensive play, Rafael used his speed on special teams also where he’d return kicks for Pitt. On specials, he would return 20 punts for 179 yards where one of his returns would go 86 yards for a touchdown. On kickoff returns, he’d have 5 for 132, his longest ending up at 69 yards.
In his days at Pitt, he played some very good teams, and he stood up tall against them putting on a show at a few of them. Some of his biggest games came under the lights against great teams.
On September 1st, 2018 Pittsburgh faced off against Albany, where Araujo-Lopes would have a monster game. He finished the game with 7 touches for 70 even yards. 2 rushes for 17 yards, 3 catches for 51 yards and two touchdowns along with 2 returns for 2 yards.
That might sound like a great outing, but he had way more games where that came from. In the last two seasons at Pitt, Rafael had 10 games where he’d produce 50+ receiving yards. To go with the receiving yards, Araujo-Lopes also had an 86 yard punt return touchdown against the Undefeated UCF Knights in 2018.
The Redblacks traveled to Edmonton this morning, but the whole team wasn’t on the plane. There were multiple guys who weren’t cleared to play in tomorrows game in Edmonton.
With the pass game struggling, its tough to lose someone a part of that, and we’ve lost two. R.J Harris, who’s been out for multiple weeks now is unable to comeback from injury this week in Edmonton. R.J Harris’ injury is becoming old news for us, so the team also has more news for us! Caleb Holley, who contributed in a big way in our comeback last week in Montreal will be out this week due to an injury.
Redblacks receiver, Tyrone Pierre will perform music tomorrow at the Hudson, stop by the Hudson before watching the game at home.
Although the two receivers will be out in Edmonton, it doesn’t mean we wont have the same impact in the pass game. Receivers Feoli-Gudino, Dominique Rhymes, Noel Thomas, Brad Sinopoli and Nate Behar will remain in the lineup while we say hello two a few speedsters.
Kick Returner DeVonte Dedmon will get a few reps at receiver, while the team will also bring up wide receiver/kick returner, Rafael Araujo-Lopes to start at slot back tomorrow.
Along with the offensive injuries, the defense will also be impacted from injuries. Corey Tindal will miss his first game of the season this week as the team will bring up DeAndre Farris to start at DB against the Edmonton receivers this week.
DeVonte Dedmon, wide receiver and kick returner for the Ottawa Redblacks. He played the whole pre-season and training camp with the club, where he’d produce some eye opening numbers.
In the 2 games played in the pre-season, he split return responsibilities with both Ryan Lankford and Troy Stoudermire. Although he had two others fighting for the job with him, it seems he had the best fight out of them all. He returned three kickoffs for 157 yards and a touchdown, while returning two punts for 23 yards to even go with two catches for 51 yards.
Photo from CBC
He did end up losing the fight for the return spot by the end of pre-season due to an injury that occurred during training camp. Once Dedmon recovered from said injury, the team brought him right back. Cutting Ryan Lankford after a mistake made in the hard fought week 4 loss to Winnipeg, DeVonte Dedmon was back in the Nation’s capital.
Just weeks before his biggest game of his career, he took his first start as a returner in the CFL. Ever since, his numbers have been booming!
photo via TSN
After his big 2 return touchdowns in Montreal last week, his totals are 289 punt return yards and 410 kick return yards on a total of 29 kickoff and punt returns.
After his massive week 8 outing where he’d rack up 377 return yards alone, it was only obvious that he should play more receiver.
Former Redblack Tyrone Pierre performs music on Friday at The Hudson
This season, he’s got one catch for 12 yards against Calgary in week 7, but thats all going to change.
The team looks to use DeVonte Dedmon more at receiver. If you’ve been watching the CFL and the Redblacks for some time now, expect Dedmon to be used as a Diontae Spencer, Lucky Whitehead or even a Chris Williams type player.
In week nine, the Redblacks will travel to Edmonton where R.J Harris should return from injury also, which will give quarterback Dominique Davis another two targets against Edmonton’s hard fought defense.
The Redblacks are set to play their 8th game of the season this Friday. Sitting at 3-4, Ottawa looks to keep their win streak to 2 games and get to a .500 win percentage.
This Friday, the Redblacks will stay on the road to face off against the Edmonton Eskimos at 10:00 EDT in Edmonton.
RJ Harris
Antoine Pruneau
The Redblacks have been fighting the injury bug in the last few weeks, losing key pieces to the team such as Antoine Pruneau, Dominique Davis, Jonathan Rose, Mossis Madu, R.J Harris, Danny Mason and Nicolas Boulay. As the Redblacks continue to practice this week before Friday’s game, some of those injuries will be fought off and you might just see some of those players back on the field this Friday.
Both Antoine Pruneau and R.J Harris will fight off injuries this week and will hope to be cleared for Friday’s game in Edmonton.
Both players haven’t played since week 5’s loss to Montreal and will hope to step in against a few former teammates in Edmonton this week.
To start the season, running back Mossis Madu rushed for 112 yards in the win over Calgary. Along with Madu’s big performance, Quarterback Dominique Davis kept the ball for 3 touchdowns on the run. After the big win in Calgary, the Redblacks would face the Saskatchewan Roughriders at home, where both Madu and Davis would combine for 93 yards and a 2 point conversion.
After two big games, the Redblacks were prepared to face off against the undefeated Winnipeg Blue Bombers. With the run game on a rise, Winnipeg was playing run first defense. After 3 quarters, the Redblacks were down 22-14 where the pass game was heavily in effect as the run game was a huge struggle. With the run game a struggle, Davis was leaned on to make a big play or two. Davis struggled to air the ball out and Madu ended the game with 18 rush yards on just 6 carries.
After a disappointing loss to Winnipeg, the Redblacks brought up running back John Crockett to the active roster ahead of week 5’s match-up against Montreal. Despite the loss, both John Crockett and Mossis Madu had monster games. John Crockett ended the day with 62 rush yards on 8 carries, while Madu had 11 rushes for 47 yards. To go with the running backs performances, quarterback Dominique Davis also ran for 2 touchdowns.
Now we fast forward a few weeks, Mossis Madu has sat 3 weeks on the 1 game injured list and John Crockett has started every game during that absence. Dominique Davis has sat out two games but is also back in the lineup.
John Crockett, who has dressed in 4 games and started 3 is 6th in the league for rush yards with 305. He averages 76.2 yards every game he is dressed, while he also averages over 100 yards per game started. Although both Madu and Crockett have struggled to find the end zone, Dominique Davis has helped on all aspects, rushing for over 80 yards and 5 touchdowns.
Starting the game with a Davis to Thomas completion was the start to an odd game!
After completing the first pass, Davis had a completion drought, where we`d see two straight drives with a turnover.
Once the Redblacks were given the ball for the 4th time, the game changed. DeVonte Dedmon waiting for the kickoff with 3:26 left in the 1st quarter, was singing the words to Mo Bamba as he returned the kick. Dedmon ran the kick back 111 yards to the house. After the return, the REDBLACKS were down 10-8.
In the last seconds of the first quater, the REDBLACKS defense was taken advantage of as Vernon Adams and the Alouettes offense went 69 yards on 8 plays which ended on a one yard quarterback sneak touchdown for Adams. With this touchdown and the conversion, the Alouettes were up 17-8 going into quarter 2.
Calgary Stampeders vs Ottawa REDBLACKS
July 25, 2019
PHOTO: Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photography
Skipping through 14 minutes of the second quarter, Dedmon was back to return a punt. With the score sitting at 17-8, Dedmon would look to shorten the Alouettes lead going into half-time.
And… he did it. DeVonte Dedmon returns the punt 95 yards for a REDBLACKS touchdown. Montreal`s lead was cut to three as the score would sit at 17-14.
After the first half, it looked as if Dedmon would return a few more to the house and put Diontae Spencer`s 496 yard game would be in jepordy.
Also going into quarter 3, the Redblacks struggled to put points on the board, although the offense had its struggles, considering the time of posession, the defense was playing lights out.
With momentum going our way going into the second half, punter and kicker Richie Leone would pin the Alouettes to their own 15 yard line. After a holding penalty and a few good defensive plays, Michael Wakefield would give the Redblacks offense the ball at the 8 yard line with a Vernon Adams interception.
Giving the Redblacks fans something to cheer about, Dominique Davis and Brad Sinopoli`s touchdown would also lead to 2 Lewis Ward field goals.
Overtime
Going through the whole second half, Lewis Ward kicked 2 field goals and Brad Sinopoli caught touchdown number 2 on the season to tie the game 27 all going into Overtime.
Starting overtime at the 35 yard line, the Redblacks would 3 straight completions and a few John Crockett runs which would bring the Redblacks to the 7 yard line.
After dtriving down the field, Lewis Ward would drill a 14 yard field goal to go up 30-27 with one posession left in the game.
After two passes to runningback, William Stanbacxk, Redblacks linebacker Jerod Fernandez reads a 2nd and 10 pass to Stanback and forces a fumble which leads to a Montgomery game sealing fumble recovery.
Player of the game: DeVonte Dedmon
DeVonte Dedmon, who returned 13 kicks ran all of them back for 377 yards and 2 touchdowns is your player of the game.
Photo from CBC sports
Following the game, I was fortunate enough to interview DeVonte about his fantastic game.
Lil Z: You were brought up by Ottawa a few weeks ago following your succesful pre-season. With the team struggling with special teams after your release, how does it feel to be such a big piece to the team in tonights victory?
DeVonte Dedmon: Its a great feeling, the coaches and guys all believe in me which is huge. I ytell you everytime I see you, I am just happy to be here. The spark today, it was my teammates. They told mne they would get me there, and they did so I am very excited. We got the W, which is huge to come back to Ottawa with a win! On to the next now!
Lil Z: Cominhg into Ottawa, the team has some experience with great returners like yourself, have you watched any of the Diontae Spencer film?
DeVonte Dedmon: Actually yes! As soon as I got the call, I was wondering what Ottawa was all about. I saw Diontae on my phone for a while. I watched a lot of his film coming up to Ottawa. Actually seeing that he signed with the Steelers opened my eyes too! I was like sheesh! They are getting a great player. Eventhough I saw all that, I will try and just help the team win and be myself and not copy him. I will do what I can do and show what I got.
Lil Z: Today, you scored your first few touchdowns of your career, what was going through your head once you crossed the goal line on the first one?
DeVonte Dedmon:Honestly, I wanted to cry. I went through a lot in my life and the last five years alone, its been a ride to get here. Just meant a lot, for all my family and friends back home that cant make it here, so I am really happy to be here myself.
The Redblacks will travel to Montreal this week to face off against the Montreal Alouettes on Friday, August 2nd.
While the Redblacks try to stop their 4 game loss streak, on the other side of the ball, the Alouettes try and extend their win streak to 4.
Injury and Breakdown Timeout
The Alouettes have Pipkin out for another few weeks, which leaves Vernon Adams at Quarterback.
Even though he Quarterback position may be a problem for the Als, Montreal has William Stanback. Stanback leads the CFL in rushing yards at 504.
On Ottawa’s side of the ball, Quarterback Dominique Davis will return as the starting quarterback. Davis stated the first 4 games of the season and sits at 2-2. With Davis out, that means Jennings will sit out this game.
Redblacks’ Jeff Knox Jr’s brother Jamal Knox wrote and sang “Hakuna Matata”
For the run game, Madu stays on the injured list, and John Crockett, who has 234 yards rushing in 3 games will stay as the starting back.
Back in the air, Receiver, RJ Harris will remain out as the main receivers will be Rhymes, Holley, Sinopoli and Noel Thomas. With Davis back in the lineup, we should see more of Dom Rhymes as they had a fantastic duo in the game against Saskatchewan where the put on a show, 154 yards and a touchdown.
On defense, the Redblacks will have Jonathan Rose and Antoine Pruneau out for the 3rd straight week as they both are on the 6 game injured list. With those two out again, we will see a lot of work within our linebackers Linebackers Avery Williams, Anthony Cioffi and Jerod Fernandez have combined for multiple tackles each over the last few games, and we will see the addition of Jeff Knox Jr. as he takes his first snaps as a Redblacks linebacker.
Diontae Spencer, the fastest man on the planet grew up in the small town of New Iberia, Louisiana. Growing up in a small town, he wasn’t given a lot of attention coming out of high school.
Without much attention in high school, Spencer wasn’t given a lot of University/College offers. Spencer committed to the University of McNeese State. With the Cowboys, Diontae put up incredible numbers everywhere on the stat sheet. He produced 1,248 yards and 12 touchdowns in receiving, while he also helped the passing game with a 46 yard touchdown pass in the 2013-14 season against Central Arkansas. Along with the air game, he also rushed for 214 yards and 2 touchdowns. To cap it all off, he also returned kicks and punts for over 1,200 yards and 3 touchdowns.
One more super natural stat for you guys would be his 365 all-purpose yard, 5 touchdown game against Stephen F. Austin. Where he caught 2 touchdowns and returned for 3, yep that’s right, the really hard touchdowns, like the really rare ones, he got 3 in one game!
Coming out of University, the sky was the limit for Spencer. He was being looked at by both the Chicago Bears and St. Louis Rams. After going through workouts after the draft, Spencer signed with the Rams. Even though Diontae was a favorite player for McNeese fans, the Rams went on without him.
Diontae Spencer visits Canada
After going through all of 2014 as a free agent, the Toronto Argonauts signed the speedy receiver/returner. Spencer spent both 2015 and 2016 with Toronto, where he’d play receiver with veteran Chad Owens, while taking return duties as a side job.
Spencer showed off his 4.3 speed catching over 100 passes from Trevor Harris and Ricky Ray for over 1,200 yards. While receiving for 6 touchdowns, Spencer used his supernatural speed to return over 65 kicks.
After spending 2 productive seasons in Toronto, Diontae became a free agent once again.
Spencer breaks records in the nation’s capital
On February 15th, 2017, Spencer’s life changed. He was signed by the reigning Grey Cup champions Ottawa Redblacks. Without knowing what was next, Spencer would replace both receivers Ernest Jackson and Chris Williams who both provided the Redblacks with constitutive 1,000 yard seasons.
In training camp, Spencer was given all return duties along with a starting job on the offense.
The speedy receiver showed the Redblacks just how big the pickup was early in the season. In just week two of the CFL season, the REDBLACKS traveled to Calgary, where Diontae would show off his 4.3 speed. In just his second game in plaid, Diontae caught just 3 catches for 107 yards, returned 10 kicks for 254 yards and had 2 total touchdowns. He provided the Redblacks with 361 all-purpose yards in the second game for them.
After showing the team what he can do early on, he continued to impress.
On October 27th, the Redblacks faced the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at TD Place. Against the Eastern rival, Spencer set a record. A record which was set for all leagues, the NFL, NCAA, and CFL. He had the most all-purpose yards gained in one game by a individual.
Spencer gained 496 all purpose yards against the Tiger-Cats.
After a 1,000 yard season in 2017, Spencer would do it again in 2018 being named a CFL All-Star in both seasons, the Ottawa Redblacks were provided with 5,458 total yards to go with the 16 touchdowns he scored with the Ottawa Redblacks.
Spence show comes to Pittsburgh
The 2 year career in Ottawa was cut short due to an offer of a lifetime.
On January 4th, 2019 he was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers of the
NFL.
Interview Timeout!
This afternoon, I was granted the opportunity to interview Sencer about his time in Ottawa and what he has coming up in Pittsburgh.
Lil’ Z: You spent two incredible seasons here in Ottawa, where you built relationships on and off the field, what is it like for you to leave Ottawa?
Spencer: “I think me leaving lost a lot of friendships. I wouldnt say I left, I’m just not going to be around for a while. I created some great bonds with people back there, and I’m (going) to miss it. When you could actually play football with friends, its something else, it was much easier and very exciting to go out there and know that you’re playing with your friends, teammates and friends are two very different relationships, and thats what made my experience in Ottawa great. We weren’t just teammates, we were al friends, so that is something I will be missing out on in Ottawa. I feel like that, and the relationships around the city will be missed also, I met so many great people in Ottawa, and I hope that Pittsburgh gives me a similar impact.“
Lil’ Z: What do you have to say about the coaches and players you played with in Ottawa?
Spencer: “It was a great coaching staff! I feel like the coaches made it a lot easier to go out there and play football. When you have coaches that work as hard as they do, they’re in their offices working every single day. If we have a day off (Campbell) is still working. They’re all committed to what they do, and that is the best part about it, they’re committed and dedicated to win.”
Lil’ Z: After spending two seasons in Ottawa, you built great relationships here, have you kept in touch with any players or coaches in Ottawa?
Spencer: “Yeah, I talk to pretty much everybody I played with there, I even talk to a few coaches and managers here and there. My roommate was Greg (Ellingson), so even though we all are on different teams, the bond doesn’t break. I talk to Willy P (Powell), Sir V (Vincent Rogers) all of them on a daily.”
Lil’ Z: After Ottawa lost you and Ellingson in Free Agency, RJ Harris was given the starting role, what do you have to say about RJ’s transition to starting receiver?
Spencer: “I feel like he could have done this all last year. He could have played a bigger role in the offense. The team had too much talent last year that guys started to forget about him, with Brad, Greg and Willy P (Powell) teams left him (Harris) as a wide open target a lot of the time. Last year, even though he could have done more, he learnt a lot. He was behind Sinopoli and Ellingson who experienced a lot in their careers, and I think that helped him out for what he’s done this season. I’m not surprised of what he’s doing, he is an athlete.”
Lil’ Z: In January you were signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL, what was going through your head when you got the call to play for the Steelers?
Spencer: “I honestly didn’t think much of it. Going into the off-season, in the last weeks of he CFL season I was getting messages and invites for workouts. A few days after the Grey Cup, I actually had a workout. After all, I already knew that I was going to take this path when my contact expired, so it when I got the call, the news that I got was more which team I’d be going to.”
Lil’ Z: After spending 4 seasons in the CFL, you’re a rookie once again in the NFL, what has the transition to the NFL been like so far?
Spencer: “Its been a smooth transition. I get the “Rookie” label, but the guys around me see me as a mature and experienced player. I’ve gone through 4 more seasons than many of the guys around me, and the coaches and players know that. I’m looked at more as a mentor than I am as a rookie. No matter what level of professional sports, the coaches say that I have experience to be a great role model for the guys younger than me and I try to carry that with me everyday I step onto the field.”
Lil’ Z: You are new to the NFL, but you spent 4 seasons in the CFL where you ad a few great seasons. Has the success that you had in Canada translated to the NFL?
Spencer: “It is. I can be very productive in this league. I just need the reps to show it. In Toronto I was given the same situation, I was new to the league but wasnt given enough reps, so I was placed on the practice squad, I hope I can get the reps I’ve been getting so far, and I’ll prove what I can do. The 4 seasons in the CFL helped the coaches realize who and what they’re dealing with, but now I have to prove it to them in person.”
Former Redblacks receiver, Tyrone Pierre features in “Ball Up”
Lil’ Z: With the coaches aware of what you’ve done in your career and to know what you’re capable of, has that helped you get more reps, or more looks at camp so far?
Spencer: “I wouldn’t say I’ve gotten more reps because of that, but its definitely helped me get where I am today. Without the time in the CFL, almost nobody would know what I can do, and now I’m in the NFL because of those 4 seasons. With my experience in the CFL, I know that I showed consistency, and in football that is a huge aspect to the game. At this level, everyone is a good athlete, but what makes and breaks a career is if you can be a good athlete every single tie you step foot on the field. The fact that I’ve shown consistency on film and now at camp, I believe that is going to help get more reps, but the other stats and experience shouldn’t help get the ball more.”
Lil’ Z: You are now in week two of Steelers training camp, what kind of reps have you gotten? Are you working with specials along with offense?
Spencer: “Oh yeah, without offense you have to learn the whole playbook. Whether its jumping in with the 2s the 3s or even the 1s, you’ve got to always know what is happening. Even on special teams, I get back there and I’ve been returning a little bit. Everyone is getting a chance at everything, and I’m just showing what I’m made of.”
Former Redblacks receiver, Tyrone Pierre features in “808 Drop”
Lil’ Z: Now with the Steelers, you’ve been getting the chance to play with some of the all time great athletes such as Big Ben and Juju Smith Schuster. What has it been like being in the same lockeroom as these guys?
Spencer: “Its cool, these guys are all very dominant on the field and throughout the NFL they are household names. Just the way they approach the game and the whole aspect of it, you want to make sure that when you’re out there you’re on the top of their game so you don’t let all those guys down. They’re all great players and I’m just extremely happy to be a part of it!”
Lil’ Z: As a kid, you dream of playing in the NFL, what is it like living a childhood dream?
Spencer: “I mean its cool. I wake up everyday and say how blessed I am and how I’m able to play this game. Looking back at it now, all the hard work I’ve put in and still putting in its finally paying off. I’m excited!”
As Diontae continues to strive his goals with the Pittsburgh Steelers, us at Rnation wish him the best of luck going forward with his career.
The now former Redblack was spending his third season in Ottawa, where he’d been picked up from Saskatchewan where he spent his 2016 season and part of the 2017 season.
Newsome was released by the Redblacks this Sunday following the team’s loss to Calgary.
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