WINNIPEG — The Ottawa RedBlacks will need “Good Hank” to show up on Sunday if they’re to bring the Grey Cup back to Ottawa for the first time since 1976.
“No matter what you say, you can’t rule me out,” Burris said.
He is what some people call over the hill, but at the ripe old age of 40 Burris just finished one of his most successful seasons of what will surely be a hall of fame career.
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“I treat my body like I was still 25-years-old,” Burris said. “I still train. I actually started doing gymnastics this off-season.”
After struggling through one of his worst statistical seasons in 2014, there were whispers that Burris was done. But he only used that as motivation to get better in the off-season.
“I play better when I’m pissed off,” Burris said. “We’re playing against a very good team out there, so it’s good for me to play pissed off.”
So don’t expect the Eskimos to say anything this week that will make Burris even more determined.
“He’s a great quarterback and he has great receivers,” Eskimos defensive back Pat Watkins said.
“A real confident quarterback who’s got a groove going,” Eskimos defensive back Aaron Grymes said.
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“He’s got the strongest arm in the league. He’ll make throws you’re not supposed to make,” Eskimos linebacker JC Sherritt said.
On Sunday Burris will appear in his fourth Grey Cup game and with two rings already he knows the RedBlacks fate lies in his hands.
“Once, you know the saying, the stuff starts to hit the fan, I know it’s all going to come down to me at the end of the day regardless,” Burris said.
And with 18 years of professional football already under his belt, he understands his time is slowly running out.
“When I say a year or two it’s one of those question marks I say because you know once you get to this age you take it year by year right,” Burris said. “I know I’m definitely coming back next year.”
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