“I wanted to go where I was wanted and I wanted to go where they love football,” said the 28-year-old linebacker, a Burlington product who played his college ball at Guelph, when asked why he chose to sign in the nation’s capital. “I’m a huge guy for time and respect. When the window opened at 12 o’clock, Shawn Burke (VP of football operations) called me at 12. That’s something I can really appreciate. Respect. Not 12:05, not 1201, he called me at 12.