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I dont know how you can turn away from NFL type money. Here it is:
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First, he acquired Keith Stokes in a major deal with the Montreal Alouettes, then Brendan Taman sweated out whether he would lose the import receiver/kick returner to the NFL. The Winnipeg Blue Bomber GM stopped chewing his nails over that possibility yesterday. Stokes, 25, passed up an offer from the Miami Dolphins to sign a contract extension with the local CFL club.
"I was worried because he had an offer to go to Miami," Taman admitted. "But he had been there before and didn't want to go through that rigamarole again."
The 5-foot-8, 180-pound East Carolina product recorded 2,000 all-purpose yards last season and is known as one of the CFL's most dangerous kick returners. He can also play wide receiver, slotback and tailback.
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