Courtesy Edmonton Journal:

Forget Where’s Waldo? Where’s Gizmo? At least, where is the next Henry ‘Gizmo’ Williams?

Eight years after the Giz retired, the Edmonton Eskimos are still looking for a kick/punt returner.

Initially, the Eskimos thought Donnie Ashley could replace Gizmo.

Then they thought Winston October was the answer. And for a while he was.

Then they were sure they had one in Tony Tompkins. And he, too, worked. For a while.

This year? Well, the Eskimos are sure again. It’s just that they aren’t exactly sure who that will be.

“I haven’t addressed the issue of the past. There has been no reference on this staff and with the players as to what happened in the past,” said special teams co-ordinator Noel Thorpe. “What happened in the past doesn’t matter. What only matters is what we do today and what we do in the future.

“We’re going into the two pre-season games evaluating everybody in every position. Not just in the return game,” said Thorpe, who, like whoever wins the kick- and/or punt-returning roles, is new to the job in Edmonton.

First in line is Keith Stokes, ex of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes.

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