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In three seasons with the Toronto Argonauts Peters established himself as one of the CFL’s premier playmakers. And as a free agent for the first time this year, Peters cashed in with the crosstown Hamilton Tiger-Cats on a deal that reportedly makes him the league’s highest paid defensive back.
With training camps across the league a month away from opening, CFL.ca caught up with Peters at the league’s content shoot this week. We checked in on Peters’ preparation for the coming season, his reasons for signing in Hamilton, and a whole lot more.
The off-season has been going well. I’m training in Mississippi…that’s where I stay at with my family. I don’t really train with other guys; I like to train on my own. The off-season has been going smooth. I’m just taking it day by day, just getting ready for camp. It’s probably the first camp that I’ve been this happy to get to. That day can’t come too fast.
It’s going to be weird. Like, you know…when I ended up signing, it felt kind of weird. There’s going to be weird moments, but at the end of the day, I’m going to get accustomed to it. I know a few guys on the team, so it should be an easy transition.
It was weird signing with them due to the fact I’ve been in Toronto for the past three years. It’s kind of weird, but now that everything has calmed down, everything’s good.
They’re a family-oriented organization. I like everything coach Mark (Washington) has put in for the defence, putting in the right guys to make plays. I know a few guys that are already on the team, guys I played high school with.
And it’s close to home for me. I didn’t want to go out west, I wanted to be be close to home and have my family be able to attend my games.
Everything about Hamilton I just like. The fan base, doing stuff in the city, just everything about it I love.
It’s very energizing. Me and Hendrix have been talking about free agency since we came in together. So we knew once we hit free agency, it was going to be our time coming to go play together.
It’s very energizing to have a couple guys I played with for the past two years, three years. It’s definitely good to have them…and I think we’re going to come in and fit in really well with the other guys.