Lions only have themselves to blame for having to face the reigning Canadian Football League’s most outstanding player in a game with heavy playoff implications. After all, Lions head coach Wally Buono and former Eskimos-turned-Lions general manager Ed Hervey were on either end of the deal that sent quarterback Mike Reilly to the Edmonton Eskimos in 2013. The Edmonton Eskimos kicker hit the milestone marker on a 40-yard attempt in the fourth quarter of last week’s 34-16 win over the Ottawa RedBlacks. “That means I’ve been playing for a while, so I’m very lucky to do what I get to do. “I’m going to have a lot of family members there for this game,” said Whyte.

Source: National Post October 19, 2018 00:22 UTC