Now comes the waiting for Jeremy O'Day. According to CFL sources last week, the Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager reached agreements in principle with quarterback Trevor Harris and receiver Jake Wieneke during the CFL's free-agent negotiating window.
The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as deals reached during that time couldn't be announced. Now, the Montreal Alouettes will have until Tuesday morning to re-sign Harris and/or Wieneke before the start of free agency, although both are expected to head West once their present deals expire.
O'Day said the Riders had good conversations with Harris and Wieneke. "We're just in a position where we're waiting to get to free agency so that we can get to that point where these guys are allowed to sign contracts," O'Day told reporters in Regina last week.
Harris and Wieneke were slated to become free agents at noon ET on Tuesday but were allowed to entertain offers from other clubs from Feb.