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<\/p>\n\u201cI always like to tell our players at the beginning of training camp every year and I tell them at the end of the season, business is business but it\u2019s also a choice. It\u2019s a choice they make and it\u2019s a choice we make but when the offer is presented, it\u2019s their choice to accept and be a part of us as well. I\u2019ll be excited if Dequoy is back.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Dequoy, 31, registered 38 tackles (34 on defence, four on special teams), three sacks, one interception and a defensive touchdown in 15 regular-season games last year. Over five CFL seasons, he has registered 162 tackles, 21 special-teams tackles, three sacks, 12 interceptions, three defensive touchdowns and five forced fumbles in 73 regular-season contests.<\/p>\n
He was a CFL all-star in 2023 and \u201924.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had multiple conversations with him,\u201d Maciocia said. \u201cI\u2019ve sat down with his agent and we\u2019ve had several discussions also.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a strong desire from his end to play in Montreal and even end his career in Montreal. I\u2019m going to say I hope so (Dequoy re-signs), I\u2019m banking on it. I would bet on it but I can\u2019t guarantee you that will be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maciocia sees a place for Dequoy with the Alouettes after his playing days.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can see him in the future being an ambassador for our organization,\u201d he said. \u201cI want that attachment and that link to exist for the longest of time.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, just because it (extension) hasn\u2019t come to fruition just yet \u2026 that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that it won\u2019t happen. There\u2019s a strong appetite and desire from both ends to get it done but we\u2019ll see how it all unfolds here over the next little while.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another big question this off-season for Montreal is the health of quarterback Davis Alexander, who was limited to seven regular-season starts due to a hamstring injury. Alexander led Montreal to a Grey Cup appearance versus Saskatchewan but again aggravated the hamstring late in the club\u2019s 25-17 loss to the Roughriders at Winnipeg\u2019s Princess Auto Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we text every two or three days:\u201d Maciocia said of Alexander. \u201cHe\u2019s a big hockey fan so he\u2019s checking in on what the Canadiens are doing, he\u2019s a big (Colorado Avalanche) fan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey (Avs) are in town Jan. 29 so we\u2019re going to try and schedule a little get-together, have him come down and catch a hockey game and at the same time we\u2019ll have our medical people take a good, hard look at him. Even moving forward after that, the mindset is to have him in here every five-to-six weeks and just make sure we\u2019ve got a quarterback that\u2019s 100 per cent coming to training camp and again making sure there are no surprises.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maciocia said he won\u2019t re-sign veteran American defensive end Shawn Lemon in free agency, especially with Canadians Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund, Joshua Archibald and Lwal Uguak on the roster. But he and Maas are still discussing whether the Alouettes will re-sign veteran quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who posted a 3-5 record in his eight starts last season, his first with the club.<\/p>\n
Bethel-Thompson, 37, is slated to become a free agent next month.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
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