Well, that was quick.

On Monday (June 5), BC Lions announced they91裸聊视频檇 traded Surrey-raised football player Jonathan Kongo, just 15 days after the CFL team signed the standout defensive lineman.

The Lions acquired a 2024 draft pick from Hamilton Tiger-Cats in exchange for Kongbo, who had signed with the Lions partway through training camp and dressed for just one pre-season game, June 1 against Calgary.

It91裸聊视频檚 not clear exactly what happened, but it seems like team chemistry was a problem.

91裸聊视频淚 think it just wasn91裸聊视频檛 gonna be a good fit,91裸聊视频� Lions head coach Rick Campbell said on Sportsnet 650 radio on Wednesday (June 7).

91裸聊视频淵ou know, we wanted it to work out, that91裸聊视频檚 why we signed him, but sometimes if players aren91裸聊视频檛 comfortable with the situation, or it91裸聊视频檚 not going to work out, then it91裸聊视频檚 better to move on. It was quite clear to me that he wasn91裸聊视频檛 comfortable with the situation, and that91裸聊视频檚 too bad.91裸聊视频�

Campbell made it clear that it wasn91裸聊视频檛 Kongbo91裸聊视频檚 on-field performance or style of play that was a problem.

91裸聊视频淣o, it was just being comfortable on the team,91裸聊视频� the coach said during the Halford & Brough morning show.

91裸聊视频淔or some reason, there was some disconnect there. We signed him, we wanted him and it wasn91裸聊视频檛 going to work out, and it91裸聊视频檚 just the way it goes. It happens once in awhile, and like I said we would have loved to have him. It didn91裸聊视频檛 seem to meshing really well and so we, you know, gave him a new home.91裸聊视频�

After kicking off in Calgary Thursday (June 8), the Lions91裸聊视频� home-opener for the 2023 season is Saturday, June 17 at BC Place Stadium, where LL Cool J is among pre-game performers.

DL speaks with media after today's practice. | |

91裸聊视频� Hamilton Tiger-Cats (@Ticats)

91裸聊视频淣ot a fit91裸聊视频� because I called out star players not showing up for practice, and guys not wanting to work out. Culture matters, it91裸聊视频檚 called pro football for a reason.

91裸聊视频� Jonathan Kongbo 馃嚚馃嚛 (@King_Kongbo)

On Twitter, after being traded, Kongbo said this about his brief time with the Lions: 91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频橬ot a fit91裸聊视频� because I called out star players not showing up for practice, and guys not wanting to work out. Culture matters, it91裸聊视频檚 called pro football for a reason.91裸聊视频�

The 27-year-old Kongbo, a Holy Cross graduate who starred for the Surrey-area school team a decade ago, has played in the NFL and also .

Last October he dressed for a pair of games with Denver Broncos after signing a reserve/futures deal in January. , the Broncos lost 12-9 in overtime, but Kongbo scored a personal goal of making his NFL debut five games into Denver91裸聊视频檚 season.

In Hamilton, Kongbo will have to quickly adapt to a new team just days before the start of the CFL season.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e played a couple times here and it91裸聊视频檚 good to finally be on the other side, getting with the guys, see the culture around here, how guys are working, so it91裸聊视频檚 been a really good couple days,91裸聊视频� .

He talked about the 91裸聊视频渉ard-working, blue-collar spirit91裸聊视频� of Hamilton and how he thinks he91裸聊视频檚 a perfect fit for the city.

Asked what kind of player he is, Kongbo responded: 91裸聊视频淔earless, tenacious, I love the game, love the work, love the cameraderie, I love getting after it, I love winning, so to all the Ti-Cats fans, you91裸聊视频檙e getting a player who loves to compete, a player who loves to get after it and a player who loves to win.91裸聊视频�

While at Holy Cross, Kongbo was something of an accidental football star, a guy who hadn91裸聊视频檛 played the game until Grade 12 at the Fleetwood-area Catholic school. He91裸聊视频檇 been a basketball player at Kitsilano Secondary until transferring to Holy Cross, where the Crusaders91裸聊视频� coaches eventually coaxed him to try football, a game he didn91裸聊视频檛 embrace at first.

Born in Zaire, Konbgo moved with his family to Canada at age five.

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