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Argos Trade Bishop
Topic Started: Saturday Aug 23 2008, 03:13 PM (135 Views)
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http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=247398&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
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REPORT: ARGONAUTS TRADE BISHOP TO ROUGHRIDERS

TORONTO - So much for the Toronto Argonauts' quarterback controversy.

A CFL source requesting anonymity told The Canadian Press on Saturday that the Argos have traded veteran quarterback Michael Bishop to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

What the Argos get in return wasn't immediately known.

Bishop, 32, is in his seventh season with the Argos but has played sparingly this season behind starter Kerry Joseph. The six-foot-two, 223-pound Bishop has completed just 19-of-42 passes this season for 326 yards with three touchdowns and an interception.

The trade ends the Argos' patience with Bishop, who for years appeared on the cusp of being capable of being the club's starter, only to revert back to relying too heavily on his strong right arm making poor decisions throwing the football.

Bishop, a Heisman Trophy finalist his final season at Kansas State, wrested the starting job from veteran Damon Allen to start last year and appeared to round the corner in terms of his development as a capable CFL starter. But he sustained an early-season wrist injury that forced him to miss a good chunk of the campaign.

When Bishop returned, he began reverting back to making bad decisions throwing the ball. However, he did amass an 11-1 record as the Argos starter and led the club to an 11-7-0 record to finish first in the East Division.

However, Bishop struggled in his first-ever CFL playoff game as a starter, completing 21-of-45 passes for 376 yards in Toronto's 19-9 home loss to Winnipeg in the East Division final.

Still, the expectation during the off-season was that Bishop would be in the mix for the Argos' starting job come training camp. But that all changed when Toronto acquired Joseph, the '07 CFL outstanding player, in a blockbuster trade with the Grey Cup-champion Roughriders.
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