[Drake]

Interesting stuff.

Over the span of his 10-year CFL career, Nik Lewis has committed various and sundry transgressions in the eyes of the officials.

But this past winter, the punishing slotback figured he had stepped offside in the eyes of his employer for the last time.

In fact, Lewis was convinced the final gun had sounded on his time as a Calgary Stampeder.

“I thought I was gone,” Lewis says. “Honestly, I thought I was gone.

He’s still here.

“It didn’t happen, and that’s just the nature of the business,” Lewis says. “So my job is to go out, help this team win, put up the numbers and be a leader and a role model to some of the younger guys and keep everyone practising hard and striving to be better.”

Sources say the Stampeders quietly explored the possibility of moving Lewis this winter for reasons other than his on-field performance.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...008/story.html