{"id":418117,"date":"2026-01-18T21:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/418117\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T21:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:55:34","slug":"winnipeg-blue-bombers-re-sign-guard-neufeld-and-defensive-back-griffin-ii-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/418117\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-sign guard Neufeld and defensive back Griffin II \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG \u2013 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with right guard Pat Neufeld and defensive back Michael Griffin II, the CFL team said Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both players were scheduled to become free agents next month.<\/p>\n<p>Neufeld, a Regina native, returns for his 12th season with the Blue Bombers. The three-time all-star started all 18 regular-season games last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f6fb51755c8461721405fd25f8b52e3150b3793514d3159bf91e917fd018cfaa.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"1024\" data-pswp-height=\"682\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f6fb51755c8461721405fd25f8b52e3150b3793514d3159bf91e917fd018cfaa.jpg\" alt=\"Winnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman Pat Neufeld speaks to members of media after practice at Leibel Field in Regina on Nov. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Heywood Yu\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWinnipeg Blue Bombers offensive lineman Pat Neufeld speaks to members of media after practice at Leibel Field in Regina on Nov. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Heywood Yu<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThe Warm-Up<\/p>\n<p class=\"frequency\">Winnipeg Jets Game Days<\/p>\n<p>On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"email-subscribe-link button the-warmup inline-block-logged-in\">Sign up for The Warm-Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/theWarm-up-tile.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for The Warm-Up\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Griffin made five starts last season. The Minneapolis, Minn., native is back for his third season with the club.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 18, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2013 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with right guard Pat Neufeld&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-418117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418117","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=418117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}