The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have asked the Saskatchewan Roughriders for permission to speak with Kavis Reed, their special teams co-ordinator and running backs coach.

It's believed new Bombers head coach Paul LaPolice is interested in talking to Reed about Winnipeg's defensive co-ordinator position. LaPolice and Reed are quite familiar with one another, having coached together in Toronto, Hamilton and Saskatchewan.

Reed, who was an all-star defensive back for the Edmonton Eskimos in 1997, has been a defensive co-ordinator for four CFL seasons -- three with Hamilton (2004-06) and one with Toronto (2008).