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'Considering the circumstances ... this is best-case scenario,' Cole Cusitar said.
Just over 11 years after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers lost the 2007 Grey Cup to the Saskatchewan Roughriders, their backup quarterbacks have both become NFL head coaches.
Zac Taylor was just signed by the Cincinnati Bengals, less than a month after Kliff Kingsbury was hired by the Arizona Cardinals. Ed Tait, a sports writer who now works for the Bombers, pointed out on Twitter their connection to the Bombers.
Neither Taylor nor Kingsbury threw a pass in the CFL championship game, which Saskatchewan won 23-19 while Winnipeg deployed Ryan Dinwiddie at quarterback, because regular starter Kevin Glenn had a broken arm. Dinwiddie, it should be noted, is an assistant coach with the Calgary Stampeders; his name is starting to be mentioned as a head coaching candidate.
Taylor is now 35. Kingsbury is 39. Sean McVay, the youngest head coach in the NFL, just turned 33, and his success with the Los Angeles Rams has convinced NFL owners to seek young, offensive-minded head coaches. That philosophy isn’t likely to change, even after L.A.’s Super Bowl loss to the New England Patriots, who are coached by 66-year-old Bill Belichick.