{"id":397161,"date":"2026-01-08T23:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397161\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:51:09","slug":"hamilton-tiger-cats-release-two-time-divisional-all-cfl-dt-casey-sayles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397161\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton Tiger-Cats release two-time divisional All-CFL DT Casey Sayles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that the club has released American defensive tackle Casey Sayles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCasey consistently demonstrated the preparation, competitiveness, and on-field execution we expect from our players,\u201d said Hamilton Tiger-Cats Head Coach Scott Milanovich. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe approached every practice and game with purpose. We appreciate Casey\u2019s contributions on the field and wish him and his family all the best moving forward.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 30-year-old joined the Tiger-Cats in February 2023 and spent three seasons with the club (2023\u201325). Over his time in Hamilton, the Omaha, Neb. native appeared in 51 games, recording 122 defensive tackles, 18 sacks, and one forced fumble. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In the 2025 season, Sayles suited up in 17 regular-season games, posting 34 defensive tackles, four sacks, and one forced fumble. He earned Eastern Division All-CFL honours in both the 2023 and 2025 seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the moment Casey walked into the building during my time as head coach, he helped us sustain a high standard of performance and consistently demonstrated the utmost professionalism,\u201d said Hamilton Tiger-Cats President of Football Operations Orlondo Steinauer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCasey is an All-Star both as a person and a player, and we want to sincerely thank him and his family and wish them nothing but the best moving forward.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced that the club has released American defensive tackle Casey Sayles. \u201cCasey consistently demonstrated the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,74988,82],"class_list":["post-397161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-hamilton-tiger-cats-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-83579","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397161","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=397161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}