Goodbye to Getzlaf, Hello New Guys
The Rider outlet store is having a sale that ends on Monday and I took advantage of the sale to grab myself a Tino Sunersi signature jersey.
Tino is a living example of a young quarterback who was thrown to the wolves and got no help from the former Rider coaching staff led by Cory Chamblin and when people ask, I like to point out that he even came back to the Riders after being cut after training last year – not that that helped.
I mention this because one of the things I noticed at the sale, and even one of the sales staff mentioned this, was that a lot of the jerseys up for sale used to belong to players no longer with the Riders. You can now add Chris Getzlaf to that list.
According to reports out of Edmonton, Getzlaf is about to sign with the Edmonton Eskimos, which is not a surprise after he returned from a specialist in the States and the Riders apparently did not extend him a contract offer considering his injury history. Getzlaf was making about $225 K a year, which is a lot considering how many games he missed, and the Riders have stocked the shelves with younger Canadian receivers in better shape.