{"id":452997,"date":"2026-02-04T09:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/452997\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:23:13","slug":"argos-release-veteran-linebacker-wynton-mcmanis-ahead-of-free-agency-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/452997\/","title":{"rendered":"Argos release veteran linebacker Wynton McManis ahead of free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hamilton would appear to be the likeliest destination for McManis, who lives in Toronto year-round and has a daughter and son. The Tiger-Cats have a definite need at middle linebacker after Canadian Devin Veresuk signed this off-season with the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A CFL source requesting anonymity told The Canadian Press shortly after McManis\u2019s release to \u201clook for\u201d the two-time CFL all-star to land in Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>McManis had 62 tackles, four sacks, two interceptions and a forced fumble in 15 regular-season games last season. The Memphis, Tenn., native spent four CFL campaigns with the Argos (2022-25), helping them win Grey Cups in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot, 220-pound McManis began his CFL career with Calgary (2017-19), winning his first Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>McManis has 390 tackles, 52 special-teams tackles, 16 sacks, nine interceptions and four forced fumbles while scoring three defensive touchdowns in 100 career regular-season CFL games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so grateful for his contributions, and while we\u2019re sad to see him go, we wish him nothing but the best in the next chapter of his career,\u201d Clemons said.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 3, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hamilton would appear to be the likeliest destination for McManis, who lives in Toronto year-round and has a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-452997","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\/452997","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=452997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}