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Davis Alexander is set to start against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the first time in his career on Saturday afternoon in the East Semi-Final. The young quarterback is looking forward to the challenge and isn’t backing down from messages sent by the opposition.
Winnipeg defensive end Willie Jefferson said in an interview with the Blue Bombers’ website earlier this week that his team needed to have a villain attitude, stating they’ve got to be able to go to somebody’s house, “kick their door and take everything off their table.”
Alexander responded to Jefferson when asked about the comment during his Friday media availability by a Winnipeg reporter.
“We see everything that they say,” he said. “We don’t pay attention too much to it, but when I go back home, I go and look at that stuff. Bring Willie over, bring Winnipeg over. What does he say? Come on down to Winnipeg. Well, come on down to Montreal — let’s see what happens.”
The Gig Harbor, Wash. native finished the season completing 72.5 percent of his passes for 2,024 yards, 10 touchdowns, and three interceptions. He hasn’t started a playoff game since his senior year in high school but feels ready to go and wants to prove he’s more than a regular-season player.
“I hope they come after me, I’m built for it. If they don’t believe me, they’ll find out,” he added in a TSN interview. “We’ve been really good in the regular season offensively when I’ve been out there playing. It doesn’t matter. Nobody is gonna remember the regular season masterclass guy — you’ve gotta be that guy in the playoffs, you’ve gotta be a killer and you gotta go and find a way to win no matter what it takes.”
The Montreal Alouettes also answered to Willie Jefferson’s comments on social media.
— Alouettes de Montréal (@MTLAlouettes) October 30, 2025
The team used some video clips of UFC legend Georges St-Pierre from a media conference before a fight. St-Pierre alluded to his opponent as bring “crazy in his head” and that he will “find out Saturday.”
Clearly, the table is set for an intense battle between these two teams.
The Montreal Alouettes (10-8) will host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10-8) in the East Semi-Final at Percival Molson Stadium on Saturday, November 1 with kickoff slated for 2:00 p.m. EDT. The two teams met at Princess Auto Stadium in the final week of the regular season as the Blue Bombers came away with a 19-10 victory.
The weather forecast in Montreal calls for a high of 8 degrees with a mix of sun and cloud. The game will be broadcast on TSN, RDS, and CTV in Canada and CFL+ internationally. Radio listeners can tune-in on 680 CJOB in Winnipeg and TSN 690 in Montreal.