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“I honestly don’t know,” said Mitchell when asked if he’d consider bolting south next year if a legitimate offer came in. “My focus is strictly on this year and making sure I do everything I can to make Calgary want to re-sign me. The (soon to expire) CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) is what it is. That’s what’s causing a lot of us guys not to re-sign. With the way the league mandated teams not to pay out off-season bonuses there’s not much incentive to go out and sign right now. And we don’t know what the cap is going to be. So, it makes it hard, and in a weird way not smart, to sign right now.” ...
After all, he is the CFL’s best candidate to make that jump since Flutie, Garcia and Dickenson before him.
“It’s a dream, right,” said the former Eastern Washington pivot. “It’s like staying in the AHL when the NHL comes calling. It’s not a fair comparison because I believe we’re both top tier leagues, but yeah, I believe it’s a tough decision. I have to first of all prove I’m healthy by going out there and having a great season and let the chips fall where they may.”
Indeed, proving he’s healthy is every bit as important as proving the 6-foot-2, 200-pound chucker is good enough to play with the big, big boys. ...
“Huff sat me down and asked, ‘has your interest in the NFL changed at all?’” said the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player in 2016, whose club is already 3-0 with him leading the way. “All I told him is that it would have to be a vast difference to even think about it, given the way the NFL felt about me. I still feel slighted when I came out of college and I love this league and I want to keep building my career and my legacy here.” ...
“As a quarterback it’s a tough position to be in because you want to show loyalty to your club and you want to encourage other guys to sign contracts because you want the best team on the field to keep these guys here,” he said of his contract quandary. We’ll just have to see what happens.”