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Argos needs to counter Big Blue following last week's shooting

Running back Andrew Harris says the offence needs to establish its identity in tonight’s game against his former team, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Running back Andrew Harris says The attack needs to establish its identity in tonight's match against his previous team, Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Photo: argonauts.ca Photo

After driving in British Columbia last week, Argonauts looked in the mirror and they I was surprised at what I saw. ..

The reaction on Monday night when two defending Gray Cup champions Winnipeg Blue Bombers visited BMO Field helped shape the identity of this Toronto unit. increase. It moves forward.

A worn-out sports axiom shows that a team can't be as good or bad as it looks, depending on the outcome of one game. But no one knows where Argos will be in the two games of the 2022 season.

No matter how you slice the match on Monday, this is a decisive moment for Argos.

Under Ryan Dinwoody, Boatman has never lost two games in a row.

OK, they finished the 2021 season in Edmonton with a home loss, but the game didn't make any sense to the standings and Argos rested the entire starting unit on both sides of the ball. .. Hamilton.

But otherwise, Argos in 2021 was resilient and lucky to find a way to win a game that couldn't win the business.

The 2022 season began with a point of visit to Montreal. Montreal missed a short field goal later in the match.

Former team-playing Andrew Harris is an in-game game, while running back former Blue Bomber throws a pass from his pocket, covers a defensive secondary, and plays for a special team. You will not be asked to do it.

He's a man, but he's just as excited as other players playing against his home team.

This is a new chapter for Harris who will not play in Winnipeg this season as Argos has no plans to visit the capital of Manitoba.

In fact, last week, a 41-point beatdown by Lions raised Argos' attack by 3 points, and Harris knows his new team is better than that.

"Look in the mirror last week and how can we get better," said Harris, who failed in each of the first two games in Double Blue. .. ..

"As far as our crimes are concerned, we must have a better identity about who Argos is."

Ideally, Argos is Harris. I would like to become a downhill team that runs soccer with Belkaw. That's why they chased him as a free agent. They also knew that his touch was needed to manage the future Hall of Fame at the age of 34. His left hamstring is tightened on his Argos debut and the team provides Harris and all other veterans with maintenance days during the practice week.

Bombers wouldn't be on the same team without Harris and a few other players who provided physical and superiority, but because they wouldn't win or miss in undisciplined play. , The CFL measuring rod remains. allocation.

Winnipeg hasn't won in Toronto since his visit on July 21, 2018, when Harris rushed to a major on the 38-20 cakewalk. He had 27 carries at 161 yards.

But as much as Argos wants to feature Harris on Monday night, they need all players to step up in all three phases.

"We have to win this football game," Dinwiddie said. "We are one-on-one and not doing our best. We have to find a way to win this game better, more competitive.

" They It's a great soccer team, "he added about the bomber. "They play hard. To beat them, you have to play a clean game."

Playing a clean game is elusive for Argos, It will be a heavy chore again on Monday night.

Winnipeg has been shown to be vulnerable this season, but in two games against Ottawa and one game against Hamilton, its defense allows only one touchdown drive, Monday. Entering the night, 39 consecutive possessions did not allow a major score. It has seen it force 14 two-outs.

"We need to be able to establish a run," Dinwiddie said. "We know what the challenge is."

Dinwidy is still happy with his attack, but at the same time he has to find a way to improve his troops. I know it won't be.

Pivotal points

For the first time in three games, Argos does not dress up three quarterbacks. Third stringer Austin Simmons moves to a practice roster where backup Chad Kelly acts as a sprint quarterback.

McLeod Bethel Thompson, who relaunched for Zack Collaros in Toronto and Bombers, was in the same quarterback room in 2019 after Argos reacquired the latter in a deal with Saskatchewan. However, when GM Jim Pop was released from his duties, the new Toronto administration replaced Coralos with Winnipeg. As they say, the rest is history.

For Collaros, Monday night marks his first start in BMO Field as Winnipeg's number one.

MAC debut

Scullers' first draft topic and 2022's sixth comprehensive selection, Gregor Mackellar, will be dressing up for the first time.

A large offensive lineman from Nova Scotia is listed as a backup for Lightguard.

Toronto's first tackle is Dejon Allen after a knee injury in Vancouver last week and Trebon Tate, who is tasked with helping elite edge rushers Willie Jefferson and Jackson Jeffcoat incapacitate.

DAYLIGHT AWAITS

Montreal lost 41-20 at Regina on Saturday night, allowing Argos to win an early season separation in the east. Ars is now 1-3.

After Winnipeg's visit, Argos will not return home until July 31, when Ottawa arrives in town.

In the meantime, Argos will face Saskatchewan at Acadia University in Halifax on July 16th and will play a home game in Regina next Saturday.

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