WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes have a trio of key similarities heading into their clash on Thursday night.
Both CFL clubs are riding four-game win streaks, both will have their starting quarterbacks back from injury and both are coming off one-point victories that were nothing to brag about.
The West Division-leading Blue Bombers are favoured at IG Field, where they’ve only lost one game this season. The Alouettes are trying to put up a five-game win streak for the first time since 2014 and close the gap on the East Division’s top Toronto Argonauts . “Week to week, depending on what type of zone structure they want to play, their players really understand what they’re trying to do. And they’re multiple in a way that it can mess with the quarterback’s eyes and try to get you to throw hot when you’re not hot and vice versa.Cody Fajardo is back under centre for Montreal after missing the past two games with a left-shoulder injury. Caleb Evans had the controls in his absence.
“I don’t think so,” he said. “Just because the way that it works is it's not really a contact thing. It's more just a habit of how you get hit and fall on the ground. You can't really protect it. Heading into Winnipeg on a short week has been a balancing act for Montreal head coach Jason Maas. It’s about letting players physically recover, but also having them absorb the game plan.
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