Jason Maas likes Davis Alexander’s NFL chances if he gets ‘real opportunity’

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Montreal Alouettes’ head coach Jason Maas believes Davis Alexander could compete at football’s most important position in the NFL.

“I don’t like to speculate on what other NFL quarterbacks are. I know how great — I believe how great he is,” Maas said. “I think his compete level, his ability that I’ve seen him display week in and week out since he’s played in this league. I know how it’s transferred from quarterbacks that have done very well up here, gone down south and had some success. I’d like his chances if he ever got a real opportunity down there, but that’s all I’ll say about it.”

Alexander admitted he watched the Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings, but the 28-year-old would not say whether he’s better than Carson Wentz or Max Brosmer, who played QB for the purple and gold.

“I appreciate it, but nothing NFL. Grey Cup, that’s all I got,” Alexander said.

Wentz completed 8-of-25 passes for 81 yards with two interceptions to register an 8.9 quarterback rating. Brosmer completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards. Minnesota lost 23-6 as the Vikings struggled offensively. The 2026 Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player appears locked in to try and win his first championship as a starter.

Maas has been around a lot of quarterbacks, including Ricky Ray, who made the jump from the CFL to the NFL in 2004. Ray dressed six regular-season games with the New York Jets and reportedly asked for his release to go back to Edmonton in 2005. He displaced Maas as the starter and went on to earn Grey Cup MVP in 2005.

Ray stands at six-foot-three; Alexander at five-foot-11. Other recent CFL-to-NFL QBs include Henry Burris, who measured six-foot-one, Casey Printers at six-foot-two, Chris Streveler at six-foot-one, and Nathan Rourke at six-foot-one.

Alouettes’ offensive coordinator Anthony Calvillo recognizes how quarterbacks who used to be deemed undersized are now getting NFL chances.

“All I know now is back compared to when I played, there weren’t small quarterbacks,” Calvillo said. “There’s a lot of small quarterbacks, five-foot-10, six-foot out there who are playing in the NFL, so that alone right now is exciting for a guy like Davis.”

Calvillo checks in at six-foot-one. Despite playing at a high level consistently during his CFL career, there was never documented NFL interest in him. But the quarterback he’s currently coaching could draw calls from NFL teams after the Grey Cup.