Trevor Harris, Jake Wieneke among impact players available on eve of CFL free agency

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. 5 until Sunday.

Any proposals made, including base salary and incentives, had to be registered with the league and CFL Players' Association and would be considered binding.

When the window closed Sunday, teams had 48 hours to negotiate exclusively with their own potential free agents. The CFL would give clubs any registered offers that were made to those players.

Teams then had until 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday to make offers to their players, with copies given to both the league and CFLPA. Then the players would have two hours (10 a.m.-noon ET) to choose an offer or reject them all and enter free agency at 12:01 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

The window was introduced in 2020 to curb tampering and allow pending free agents to explore their options before the free-agent period.

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