LetвЂ™s fix it now.вЂ™вЂќ - Primo defensive end Willie Jefferson on the BombersвЂ™ 2-0 start, during which they feel theyвЂ™ve played below par. WeвЂ™ll get it fixed eventually.вЂ™ Instead, itвЂ™s вЂThis isnвЂ™t how we do things. вЂњWe donвЂ™t want to hear, вЂWeвЂ™ve already won two Grey Cups, so itвЂ™s going to be all right. IвЂ™m excited to see what they can do this week.вЂќ - Ticat quarterback Dane Evans on the reconstituted offensive line which will have the same personnel Friday as it did last week. We went from eight sacks (in Game 1) to one sack and I put that one sack on myself. WeвЂ™re only two weeks into this thing.вЂќ - Bomber running Brady Oliveira to the Winnipeg Sun on the ground game not yet being its usual juggernaut. вЂњ I keep telling myself itвЂ™s a very long season. WeвЂ™re just kind of embracing it and looking forward to it.вЂќ - Ticat head coach Orlondo Steinauer on facing the Blue Bombers for the first time since his team lost the Grey Cup in overtime to Winnipeg. I always love going out there, itвЂ™s an awesome stadium.

Top CB Winston Rose is out, Demerio Houston starts and Evan Holm moves in as backup вЂ¦ C Michael Couture is also injured. RB Don Jackson, WR Lemar Durant, DB Cariel Brooks, and OL Coulter Woodmansey, Kyle Saxelid, Alex Fontana all remain on injury lists. LB Bailey Feltmate and DT Lee Autry go on one-game injury list. WR Bralon Addison is a game-time decision. DT Dylan Wynn and WR Tyler Ternowski return to roster off injury lists. But with Brandon Revenberg hurt this week, the Ticats now have four Canadian offensive linemen out with injury.ДЄll-star LG Brandon Revenberg is out. Hamilton needs to establish its own running game or Evans could find himself under siege from a strong Winnipeg front six. The offensive line has to give Evans more time to throw, particularly in the red zone, and heвЂ™s got to do a better job of not trying to force plays that arenвЂ™t there. вЂњI think some of that comes from experience.вЂќ HamiltonвЂ™s issues with fourth quarter letdowns are well-documented and this team will continue to struggle if that isnвЂ™t resolved. вЂњI thought they showed some good composure when it could have gone awry in their first two games,вЂќ Orlondo Steinauer said of the Bombers. Homegrown running back, Brady Oliveira, in the featured role with Ticat-killer Andrew Harris now an Argonaut, has only 65 yards rushing but he and Johnny Augustine are a potentially-lethal 1-2 punch. That canвЂ™t last with Zach Collaros at the helm, eyeing targets like Nic Demski and Greg Ellingson, who has a deep history with and against the Ticats. TheyвЂ™re ranked last in overall and passing yards.

But, theyвЂ™re still extremely strong in the trenches, and their offence is due to break out. Both the BombersвЂ™ wins were by a mere filament over an Ottawa Redblacks team that is reshaping its identity. First-year Ticat defensive halfback Alden Darby will receive the Grey Cup ring he earned in last yearвЂ™s game, but says he wants it done privately not in front of the rabid fans heвЂ™s now trying to disappoint. Yet another is that Winnipeg is the team that has defeated them in the past two Grey Cups. Another is that the Ticats are 0-2 and coming off a blown 24-0 lead they held before losing in overtime to Calgary. The Bombers are really good without being ultra-motivated. One area of concern for the Tiger-Cats should be that the Blue Bombers won their two opening games, but arenвЂ™t happy with the way they played.

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