The six-foot-five, 227-pound QB made his much-anticipated introduction from a booth at a roadside McDonald’

one thing that I learned early on playing this position, is that you can’t be afraid to make throws. Obviously, there’s a time and place for everything, and you have to be smart with the football, but you have to have ultimate confidence in yourself. If I see a window, I’m going to throw it in there.”

 

The six-foot-five, 227-pound QB made his much-anticipated introduction from a booth at a roadside McDonald’s in Arkansas, a pit stop on his drive home after officially signing with the Blue Bombers on Thursday night. That humble backdrop, blurred behind a Zoom filter, served as a reminder that his last attempt at threading the needle was broken up by a defence comprised of close-minded NFL decision makers and slow-moving U.S. bureaucrats.

 

Opinions differ as to whether that incompletion was the result of an ill-advised throw or a wise gamble in the pursuit of greatness, but the reality is that Elgersma faces boo-birds in Winnipeg before ever setting foot on the field at Princess Auto Stadium.

 

Fans were fine to wait for their homebrew heir apparent when he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Green Bay Packers, but the expectation was that he would eagerly head north the moment he was released. When that didn’t take place, his patient pursuit of further NFL workouts irked some diehards. When he elected to play for the Birmingham Stallions in the United Football League, it grew the resentment