{"id":279102,"date":"2025-11-12T22:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/279102\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:40:12","slug":"micah-johnson-wants-to-play-at-least-one-more-cfl-season-but-only-for-saskatchewan-roughriders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/279102\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Johnson wants to play at least one more CFL season (but only for Saskatchewan Roughriders)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy: Arthur Ward\/CFL.<\/p>\n

Veteran defensive lineman Micah Johnson has yet to show any signs of slowing down at the age of 37, earning a second-straight All-CFL selection this year. It\u2019s only fitting that he wants to play at least one more season \u2014 and do so in Green and White.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know for sure I want to play another year. After next year, I want to see how my body\u2019s feeling and see how everything is,\u201d Johnson told 3DownNation on Wednesday. \u201cI feel like at this point, (my career\u2019s) gotta be here (with Saskatchewan). It\u2019s gotta be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The six-foot-two, 255-pound defender recorded 20 defensive tackles and six sacks this season, marking his fourth-straight season with at least five sacks.<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan is a perfect fit for the veteran given his close ties to head coach Corey Mace. Johnson and Mace were teammates with the Calgary Stampeders for three seasons, then Mace became the team\u2019s defensive line coach. Johnson left for Saskatchewan in free agency three years later but the two have always shared a strong bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching (Mace) grow, his transition has been huge. It\u2019s a lot of the qualities that he showed back early when I was playing with him, it\u2019s like, \u2018You know this guy could be a coach.\u2019 Mace would run our 8:30 meetings, he would run meetings after practice, tell everybody what to do,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was always that voice, so you knew the transition would be seamless. For me, I\u2019m just so happy to see the opportunities he\u2019s gotten and continue to climb because it was something that we saw a long time ago. It wasn\u2019t shocking to anybody the success that he\u2019s having. It just seemed like it happened so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson will turn 38 in June but is continuing to build a Canadian Football Hall of Fame resum\u00e9. He has recorded 309 defensive tackles, 71 sacks, six forced fumbles, and two interceptions over 178 regular-season CFL games, 80 of which have come with the Roughriders, earning five All-CFL selections and eight divisional All-CFL selections.<\/p>\n

The native of Columbus, Ga. has changed the way he prepares for the season, which he feels has contributed to his longevity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work hard. I don\u2019t ever really give myself an offseason \u2014 two, three weeks after the season I\u2019m right back working out, right back grinding. I take that serious, I take my nutrition serious,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I lift is a little different now. I\u2019m not gonna get any stronger, I don\u2019t think, so I\u2019m not benching 405 or 450 (pounds) every day, or trying to squat 600 pounds every day. For me, I had to bring more functionality in it, more movement in it, and I think that\u2019s why I\u2019m able to still move well and still got some fluidity with my movements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another strong resource for Johnson has been franchise quarterback Trevor Harris, who is two years his senior.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrevor is a good source for me. He\u2019s like an encyclopedia when it comes to the body and how it works and different things you can do. With him being a few years in front of me, he\u2019s always ahead, so I always ask Trevor,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy because I don\u2019t see (my age) as big of a deal as it is on the outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Saskatchewan Roughriders (13-6) and Montreal Alouettes (12-8) will meet in the 112th Grey Cup at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg on Sunday, November 16 with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n

The Alouettes defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Final by a score of 19-16<\/a>, while the Roughriders came back to defeat the B.C. Lions in the West Final by a score of 24-21<\/a>. The teams split their two regular-season meetings, though Montreal franchise quarterback Davis Alexander missed both games due to a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

The weather forecast in Winnipeg calls for a high of two degrees with a mix of sun and cloud. The game will be broadcast on TSN, CTV, and RDS in Canada, CBS Sports Network in the United States, and CFL+ internationally.<\/p>\n

This marks the fifth time the Grey Cup will be played in Winnipeg and the second time it will be hosted at Princess Auto Stadium. The venue\u2019s first Grey Cup was held in 2015 when the Edmonton Football Team defeated the Ottawa Redblacks by a score of 26-20 and Michael Reilly was named the game\u2019s Most Valuable Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Arthur Ward\/CFL. Veteran defensive lineman Micah Johnson has yet to show any signs of slowing down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-279102","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\/279102","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=279102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}