{"id":182035,"date":"2026-08-25T09:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/182035\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:24:16","slug":"mike-miller-shawn-lemon-amazing-for-toronto-argonauts-on-off-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/182035\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Miller: Shawn Lemon ‘amazing’ for Toronto Argonauts on, off field"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Toronto Argonauts have won three of their last four games and veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon has been a key part of that success.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Lemon\u2019s impact has been) just amazing. You\u00a0see the play on the field, but it goes way beyond. He\u2019s an outstanding human being, great leader with his experience,\u201d head coach Mike Miller said postgame on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s vocal. He reminds the guys where we are\u00a0and what\u2019s taking place, and\u00a0he keeps a handle on the focus, too, from a player\u2019s standpoint. We\u2019re just so thrilled to have him, and again, you saw his effort out here tonight. He\u2019s a\u00a0really good football player, but he\u2019s an even better person.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The native of Charleston, S.C., who will turn 38 on Tuesday, signed with the Argonauts in July after nearly six months on the free-agent market.<\/p>\n

It seemed fair to question if Lemon had anything left in the tank. He played only nine regular-season games over the past two seasons with the Montreal Alouettes, recording two sacks, and was a healthy scratch from Week 15 onward during the team\u2019s run to the Grey Cup last year.<\/p>\n

Despite that, Lemon has been dominant with the Boatmen. He\u2019s notched six sacks, putting him only one short of the league lead after just four games. He also made a game-changing forced fumble during the team\u2019s 39-20 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at BMO Field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great because it\u2019s been a little bit since I had a strip sack, and that\u2019s been something that\u2019s my forte,\u201d said Lemon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to lead by example for this team, and I knew a turnover like that would be huge for us to get this win. At halftime, I told the guys, \u2018Don\u2019t leave without it,\u2019 so I knew I had to make a play for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The six-f0ot-two, 248-pound defender had 103 career sacks when he signed in Toronto, which ranked No. 12 all-time in CFL history.<\/p>\n

After just a month with the team, he\u2019s leapfrogged Rodney Harding and Odell Willis to reach No. 10 all-time with 109. With two more sacks, he\u2019d surpass Tyrone Jones for No. 9 all-time.<\/p>\n

Instead of taking all the credit for himself, Lemon is passing it off to defensive coordinator Greg Quick and defensive line coach\u00a0Demetrious Maxie.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach Quick is doing a great job with the schematics, and him and Coach Maxie are doing a great job to let me do the things that I do great,\u201d said Lemon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve played a lot of football, I\u2019ve learned from a lot of great coaches. At the age of 37, I\u2019m learning a lot of new things (from Maxie) that I can put into my game, and it\u2019s been working for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCoach Maxie, he does a great job with all those guys,\u201d said Miller. \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0another guy we\u2019re thrilled to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a slow start to the season, the Argonauts now lead the CFL with 24 sacks. Lemon ranks first on the team with six, followed by Jonathan Kongbo (four), Ralph Holley (three), and Bubba Bolden, Andrew Chatfield, and Dewayne Hendrix (two).<\/p>\n

\u201cMy confidence has always been there as a player,\u201d said Lemon. \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0just thankful for this opportunity here to be able to lead by example and showcase the\u00a0things that I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toronto Argonauts (5-5) will visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-4) at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday, August 29 with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EDT. The Argonauts are coming off a 39-20 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, while the Roughriders lost in Vancouver by a score of 30-16.<\/p>\n

The weather forecast in Regina calls for a high of 26 degrees and sun. The game will be broadcast on TSN in Canada, and CFL+ internationally. Radio listeners can tune-in on TSN 1050 in Toronto or 620 CKRM in Regina.<\/p>\n

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John Hodge is a longtime Canadian football reporter, insider, and podcaster for 3DownNation. Based in Winnipeg, Hodge is also a freelance television and radio broadcaster.<\/p>\n

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