MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are coming out of their third and final bye week of the CFL schedule with the coveted “x” beside their name.
Montreal (8-7) secured a playoff spot following the Ottawa Redblacks’ 20-13 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Oct. 3. The Alouettes have also guaranteed themselves a home playoff game next month.
Nevertheless, the Alouettes enter its Thanksgiving Day matchup with the Redblacks at Percival Molson Stadium motivated as ever to run their winning streak to four games.
“You want to be playing your best football,” said Alouettes head coach Jason Maas on Saturday. “For us to be playing our best football, in my opinion, it’s getting better each and every week with the mindset that you win each and every day, and you win each and every game going for