{"id":266484,"date":"2025-11-06T22:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/266484\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:49:09","slug":"bc-lions-ol-dejon-allen-ruled-out-rb-james-butler-questionable-for-western-final-matchup-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/266484\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Lions OL Dejon Allen ruled out, RB James Butler questionable for Western Final matchup vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The BC Lions will be without one of the top linemen in the CFL, and could be without one of the top running backs north of the border as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Offensive tackle Dejon Allen (arm) has been ruled out for Saturday\u2019s Western final against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The 31-year-old was a limited participant in BC\u2019s first two practices of the week, but did not participate during the final session on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 2023 Most Outstanding Lineman only played in five games in 2025, but did compete in BC\u2019s final two regular-season contests. Allen also missed last week\u2019s Western semi-final win over the Calgary Stampeders, with Chris Schleuger filling in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Running back James Butler is also in doubt for Saturday\u2019s contest as he is dealing with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 30-year-old was a limited participant all week and is officially listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Butler bounced back with a fantastic year along the ground after an injury-riddled 2024 campaign, posting 1,213 yards (third in the CFL) and 11 touchdowns (first). The Chicago native also made 46 catches for 439 yards and a touchdown through the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Also ruled out for the Lions are linebackers Adam Konar (arm) and Maxime Rouyer (hip), as well as defensive lineman Tomasi Laulile (elbow).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BC Lions will be without one of the top linemen in the CFL, and could be without&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,87800,49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-266484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-bc-lions-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-93775","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-canadian-football-league","13":"tag-canadianfootballleague","14":"tag-cfl","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266484","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=266484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}