Cody Fajardo sends ‘kiss of death’ message to Tyler Snead after Grey Cup guarantee

Photo courtesy: Edmonton Elks.

Tyler Snead isn’t backing down from his Grey Cup guarantee, even after former teammate Cody Fajardo sent him a playful warning. The Montreal Alouettes receiver made headlines when he confidently predicted his team would win the 113th Grey Cup.

Apparently, Fajardo wasn’t going to let that comment slide. The Edmonton quarterback, who previously played alongside Snead in Montreal, sent his former teammate the article featuring his bold prediction, along with a message that read “kiss of death” and a facepalm emoji.

Snead had a response ready, sending Fajardo the actual Godfather meme of the kiss of death.

“We had fun with it, but it’s all love,” Snead said at Grey Cup media day.

The friendly exchange hasn’t changed Snead’s position heading into Sunday’s CFL championship game. The receiver isn’t interested in walking back his comments, believing the confidence comes from the group that has helped Montreal get back to the Grey Cup after last year’s loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

“I’m not taking back anything I said. That’s the confidence I have in this group and all these guys that have got us to his point. There is no taking back,” Snead said.

“I think if you ask these guys (the Elks) the same question, there are going to say the same thing. I know they use it as motivation. I know we’ll use some of the stuff they say as motivation. At the end of the day, it’s football and we both gotta show up on Sunday, we both gotta go out there and compete and see who brings the cup home.”

Snead’s confidence isn’t exactly an isolated case inside the Montreal locker room. Fellow receiver Tyson Philpot made it clear that the Alouettes aren’t about to apologize for believing in themselves, even if their comments provide Edmonton with some extra bulletin-board material.

“When I think about it, what do people want us to say, that we’re gonna lose? This team is built on confidence. We’re right where we’re supposed to be. We’re not shy of confidence. We didn’t even know Edmonton was going. We stand on that and we’ll wait on Sunday,” Philpot said.

Philpot also acknowledged that Snead and Fajardo have a closer relationship than he does with the Edmonton quarterback, explaining that he prefers to leave the pre-game gamesmanship to others.

“Snead and Cody have a closer relationship than the one I have with Cody. Personally, I don’t contact anyone on the other team. Kaion (Julien-Grant), but it’s never about football. Other than that, it’s laser focus. I don’t do the games stuff before the actual game. It’s good for them.”

Fajardo and Snead can trade memes and Grey Cup predictions all week, but the jokes will eventually give way to football. And with a championship on the line, the former teammates will get their answer on Sunday. The kiss of death is officially on the table. Now somebody has to bring home the Grey Cup, and the bragging rights.