They make for an interesting couple of dudes, this pair of Sergio Castillo and Jamieson Sheahan.

There is the walking-talking laugh track that is Castillo, a Mexican-American who calls Texas home, along with the always engaging Sheahan, a product of Bendigo, Australia who spent a couple of offseasons living off the grid after finding a football home in Winnipeg.

Couple that duo with their mate in the Blue Bombers kicking battery — the perpetually smiling French Canadian long-snapper Ian Leroux — and there is never a dull moment among the trio and the impact any of them have on anyone who comes into their sphere daily.

Castillo and Sheahan both signed contract extensions to remain with the club this week rather than hit free agency next month — Castillo for two years, Sheahan for one — and the pair met with the media on Tuesday for a 30-minute all-over-the-map and highly entertaining chat.

Here are some of the highlights…

THEIR OFFSEASON:

Sheahan and his wife are now living in a house in Santa Barbara, California — their two year off-the-grid experiment over — and he’s now back kicking weekly and playing pickleball.

Castillo, meanwhile, just became a father again with a baby girl born earlier this month.

“I have the same goal every offseason — get a booty and get abs and I haven’t accomplished either of them going on 12 offseasons straight. Full-time daddy duties now and we’ve got a second one who already got here. We have a baby girl — Luisa Renata. I’ll tell you this, baby was born January 6th and until a couple days ago Adriana’s stomach already has a two-pack and I was like, ‘What am I doing wrong here?!’

“It’s been fun. I’m taking Jared to school. We just finished soccer season and are getting ready for baseball season for him. I’m just here in old Canyon, Texas, America.

“What have I been doing other than husband-daddy duties? Honestly, not much. Just trying to grow some hair. My wife’s trying to do these remedies where she does this onion juice and puts it on my head — it’s not working. She’s the queen of remedies. If something is wrong, remedy. You wake up in a bad mood, there’s a remedy. There’s a remedy for everything. My remedy is a tequila shot.”

RETURNING TO THE BLUE BOMBERS:

“It’s the atmosphere, the fans,” said Sheahan. “I’ve been a part of multiple different sporting scenarios and Winnipeg is elite. The fans are awesome and just the out-pouring of support on social media after we both signed was pretty awesome to see with people reaching out. It feels like home.

“I’ve spent three years up there already and I didn’t want to play anywhere else, and I made that very clear early, and I was really glad we could come to a place where it was great for both of us, Serge and I, to sign back. The locker room is probably the best culture-environment I’ve ever been in and that’s Australia, the U.S. and Canada now.

“It’s just such a great place to head into work every day. It’s the staff, the coaches, it’s all the media guys and the fans are always incredible when they turn up in droves every game with all the sell outs. I get to spend the offseason in Santa Barbara but there’s always a part of me that’s itching to get back up to Winnipeg.”

“Winnipeg has been home to me for half of my career — six of the 12 years. Winnipeg is home,” added Castillo. “I feel homey there and I want to finish my career there. I want to retire there. I’m trying to convince the wifey to move up there, but the -30 degrees does not convince here. I love the people there — I reminds me a little bit of Amarillo where people are very friendly, they’re very homey.

“There’s nothing better than coming back to play with the band, with coach Mike Miller, Ian, Jams, and obviously Osh. He’s a big part of why we’ve been so successful. Why? Because our locker room is a locker room. It’s fun to be around. I can be myself; Jams can be himself. We’re all oddballs in a way, right? So, we’re ready for another season of having the band together.”

CASTILLO ON THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE IN THE U.S.:

“Fortunately, we’re in Amarillo, Texas, where it’s pretty far up north (from the U.S.-Mexico border). So, we’ve been very fortunate where there’s not a lot of incidents here. Now it is very sad to see what’s going on around the country, and obviously I have relatives in different parts of the country where it is pretty unsettling. And so, it does cause worry. It’s a mindset where you hope that nothing happens.

“I mean, even myself, right, just because of the colour that we are, it doesn’t matter, what can happen even if you’re a U.S. citizen. So, it’s definitely something that can be very – you wouldn’t think that as a parent, now you’re just constantly worrying, and you want to be there for your family. I’m sorry if I’m a little bit of a wreck right now. It definitely does hit home, because it’s affected through friends and stuff like that. Hopefully there can be a common ground where we can find a way to find a solution.”

SHEAHAN ON LAST SEASON AND A LOOK AHEAD:

“We had a really up and down year. We started pretty well, and then it was just sort of a rollercoaster all year. We had a lot of young guys come in last year and there’s often a stigma around Winnipeg that we’re aging and a lot of our top end guys are really senior and veterans, but there were a lot of young guys playing last year and a lot of first-timers and rookies to the CFL that have never even played Canadian ball.

“I thought it was a great year of resilience. It was up and down. I’s just about consistency for us. Our best was better than most when we played like that and obviously, our worst was what got us into a bit of trouble and that’s why it was so up and down. We’re going to have changes in the staff and we’re going to have changes in personnel, but it does look like a core group of the guys have signed back and that’s super exciting. And any time you can hand the ball off to Brady Oliveira, I think we’ll be OK. I’m looking forward to seeing what the new offence brings, and we’ve spent a lot of resources getting our defence back who were fantastic again last year.

“… It’s going to be really exciting to see what the new offence brings with Brady and Zach (Collaros). It’s just going to be about consistency, and obviously it’s great consistency for me, Serge, and Ian to come back together and be the same operation. And that’s one less thing I think that the big boss, Osh, doesn’t have to worry about so much. He can focus on some other areas and just plug and play Serge and I and hopefully we bring that consistent sort of veteran presence in the special teams room.”