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John Bowman will get the chance to formally say good-bye.
The six-foot-three, 255-pound Bowman joined the Alouettes in 2006 and quickly established himself as one of the CFL's top pass rushers. Seven times he registered double-digit sacks and even in his final season had a career-best 46 tackles along with eight sacks. Bowman helped Montreal finish second in the East Division and reach the playoffs for the first time in four years in 2019. But after the CFL cancelled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alouettes opted against re-signing Bowman for the current campaign, a decision he said he's at peace with.
While Bowman achieved many career milestones in Montreal, he's still bothered by his biggest setback. That was the Alouettes' 22-14 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the 2008 Grey Cup game played before over 66,000 fans at Olympic Stadium. "Whether people thought I was the best D-end or the worst D-end, nobody ever said, 'He doesn't play hard.'" Bowman said."At the end of the day, whether you're good or you're not, the only thing you control is your effort, attitude and energy.
"I wasn't blessed with all the physical assets of the great D-ends, I was a worker," he said."I want to be able to explain things in those kind of terms, I want to learn how to relate information and knowledge.
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