(Montreal) The Montreal Alouettes will be able to count on reinforcements in defense for their game on Friday, against the Toronto Argonauts. But they must again try to solve their problems of granted bags.
Jason Maas’ squad has only a few days to make these changes, the Alouettes (2-2) having to quickly turn the page on their horrific outing at BC Place on Sunday, losing 35-19 to the BC Lions.
This very short week will have allowed the Birds to hold only one training session worthy of the name, Wednesday, on the synthetic surface between the Olympic and Saputo stadiums.
However, this session revealed that the Alouettes will be able to count on the return to play of defensive back Ciante Evans, who trained with coordinator Noel Thorpe’s first unit.
However, it is not in defense where the Alouettes have had the most trouble since the start of the season. Again against the Lions, Montreal quarterback Cody Fajardo was the victim of seven sacks, bringing the total for the season to 22, by far the highest on the Ambrosie circuit.
However, Maas believes that he sees improvements and that the figures do not say everything about this poor performance, although he assures that he does not wish to see the Argos (3-0) take advantage of as many opportunities to join Fajardo Friday.
Right guard Kristian Matte, who had spoken very harshly after the game, also softened his analysis of the Alouettes’ performance on Wednesday. He indicated that watching the game again brought a new perspective on the performance of the Alouettes’ offensive unit.