The Ottawa Redblacks received an offer on the weekend for quarterback Henry Burris from the Saskatchwan Roughriders, according to Sportsnet’s Arash Madani.
The Ottawa franchise is having a rough return to the CFL this season, posting a 1-11 record through Week 14.
Burris, 39, was quoted at the start of September as being frustrated with the Redblacks and their reoccurring mistakes on offence.
It has been one of Burris’s worst offensive seasons in his 15 year CFL career, having thrown for only nine touchdowns compared to the 24 he threw last year for Hamilton.
He signed a three-year contract with the Redblacks in February after being released by the Tiger-Cats. Burris played three seasons with the Roughriders in the early 2000s before going to the Calgary Stampeders where he spent the next seven seasons.
Saskatchewan has been in need of a starting quarterback after Darian Durant went down on Sept. 7 with a torn tendon in his right elbow.
Since Durant has been out, the Riders have limped to a 1-2 record, most recently a 24-0 blowout on Friday night at the hands of the Edmonton Eskimos.
Saskatchewan is tied for second place in the CFL’s West division with a 9-4 record and four points up on fourth place B.C. Lions.
