Former Alouette Bear Woods feeling right at home with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO — It hasn’t taken Bear Woods long to feel at home with the Toronto Argonauts.
Woods joined his new team Thursday and immediately felt at ease given the Argos boast several former Montreal Alouettes on their roster. And there’s also the matter of Toronto’s head coach and GM being Marc Trestman and Jim Popp, respectively, two individuals the 30-year-old Woods is also intimately familiar with.
“I feel at home because I recognize a whole lot of faces,” Woods said prior to Toronto’s exhibition game against Montreal at BMO Field. “Their philosophy seems to fit my philosophy: Run and hit.”
Woods signed with Toronto after being released by the Alouettes. The stunning move came early in the morning on the second day of training camp and involved Woods, a player who was a two-time CFL all-star in Montreal and the East Division’s top defensive player in 2016 for the second time in three years.