WitP: RGM, Bess, C.J., Elam

Ryan Grice-Mullen is certainly a fine player, if not the finest.

The Canadian Football League announced today that BC Lions kick returner Ryan Grice-Mullen is the unanimous selection as the Gibson's Finest Special Teams Player of the Week following his record-setting performance in the East Final.

The speedy return man silenced the crowd at Olympic Stadium, returning a punt 106 yards for a touchdown – the longest punt return for a TD in CFL playoff history.

Grice-Mullen rounded out Sunday’s game with 208 return yards, including 104 yards on six kick returns and 104 yards on two punt returns. The second-year Lion also added three receptions for 45 yards.

RGM was also profiled by Mike Beamish of the Vancouver Sun.

Grice-Mullen's scintillating sprint, in the third quarter, cut the Alouettes' lead to 31-18 and briefly gave the Lions life. Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo quickly extinguished the spark, however, throwing a 14-yard touchdown pass to Brian Bratton on the home team's next offensive series. The Als went on to crush the Lions, 56-18.

"I've been close to breaking one for some time," Grice-Mullen said. "I probably should have had six already. I was always one move, some little something away. It was good to get that at the time because it really sparked us. It got us within two scores. It was a real big boost."

Grice-Mullen, much like his team, has been in and out this season. As both a returner and wide receiver, he experienced handling problems early on and was parked for two games so that his confidence wouldn't be totally shattered. He isn't completely there yet. Although he caught three passes for 45 passes against the Alouettes, he dropped another.

Both Davone Bess and C.J. Hawthorne joined with their respective teams in handing out Thanksgiving meals to the less fortunate.

And in ominous news for Jason Elam, the Atlanta Falcons brought in four kickers for tryouts.

Veteran kicker Jason Elam’s struggles have him on thin ice with the Falcons, who brought in four kickers Tuesday for a workout.

Recently released Ravens kicker Steven Hauschka, as well as Brandon Coutu, Sam Swank and Shane Andrus were in Flowery Branch, Ga., for a chance to possibly replace Elam, who has made just 10 of 16 field-goal attempts this season and missed four in the Falcons’ last four games. His most recent errant attempt came in a 34-31 loss to the Giants on Sunday.