{"id":141663,"date":"2025-09-13T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/141663\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:22:09","slug":"corey-mace-provides-insight-into-c-j-reavis-hit-riders-playmaker-regrets-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/141663\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Mace provides insight into C.J. Reavis hit; Riders’ playmaker regrets social media post"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo: Michael Scraper\/3DownNation. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

Corey Mace gave a measured take on the most talked about hit in the Canadian Football League following Week 14.<\/p>\n

C.J. Reavis came free on a blitz and sacked Zach Collaros in the Banjo Bowl. It seemed like a textbook tackle, but when slowed down in replays there was some helmet-to-helmet contact, although it was not a malicious headshot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got probably a few thoughts,\u00a0but I\u2019ll keep it pretty simple. I don\u2019t look at C.J. as a dirty player. I definitely know that it wasn\u2019t his intention, but\u00a0you look at it, if there was helmet contact,\u00a0the rules are the rules. Unfortunately, it ended the way that it did,\u201d Mace said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUber respect for Zach and I hope he\u2019s fine, honestly, because that is the most important thing at the end of it. The league has their ruling system, we have to respect that, all these players, these organizations,\u00a0and find ways to coach it up better.\u201d<\/p>\n

You could sense Mace had more on his mind about Reavis being penalized and then fined by the league office, but those will likely be reserved for behind-the-scenes and closed-door discussions. That discipline will cost the 29-year-old around $1,250, and he could lose more money after posting a fiery reaction to his fine on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, you can\u2019t tweet that. Obviously, that\u2019s against the rules. I got to be better, I got to hold my composure and vent to my family and my dad, that\u2019s all,\u201d Reavis said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I expected a fine or wanted a fine, but it happened.\u00a0I got to move forward now. I love Rider Nation, I appreciate you guys \u2014 you don\u2019t have to pay my fine for me, but thank you. I appreciate the love \u2014 Rider Nation, I love y\u2019all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through his communication with the CFL, Reavis received feedback from league officials about how he can hit quarterbacks within the rules in the future. He was told to use his shoulder more, lower his strike zone while trying to keep it between the shoulders and torso.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys have to find a way to do it better\u00a0so that they don\u2019t rule it that way. I get it, you definitely want to protect the quarterbacks,\u00a0really in any league.\u00a0Now I\u2019d still like it \u2014 not even pertaining to just this play \u2014 moving forward, it is a physical game\u00a0and things are really, really close,\u201d Mace said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to make those decisions moving fast. It\u2019s not even, truthfully, as it pertains to the quarterback, it could be down the field as well, and it is tough. I think the main thing is the intent of it.\u00a0I believe in the past, there\u2019s been some players who play with the intent. Not the case now, I think, for the most part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collaros missed Winnipeg\u2019s Week 15 game in Hamilton with a head injury and resides on the one-game injured list. There are people around the CFL who believe if Collaros had not been injured that the play may not have been penalized and fined. Multiple people in high-ranking positions in the league pointed out that there was no penalty call when the play initially happened. It took Mike O\u2019Shea throwing a challenge flag for the command centre to assess a 15-yard penalty for roughing the passer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players, it\u2019s a brotherhood. Whether you\u2019re on the same team or not, you don\u2019t ever want to see anything happen to another player\u00a0that\u2019s going to cost them a situation\u00a0where they can provide for their family, play for their teammates, but it is a physical sport,\u201d Mace said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know where it\u2019s going to go from here\u00a0or what it is now. I want to make sure that there\u2019s still football being played,\u00a0though, years from now and not a different variation of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Michael Scraper\/3DownNation. All rights reserved. Corey Mace gave a measured take on the most talked about hit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-141663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}