Through five games, the unit has helped make up a defence that leads the league in points allowed per game with 16.6 and touchdowns allowed with 5.<\/p>\n
Although there is still lots of season left to play, Bowman likes what he\u2019s seen from this promising group.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a long way to go but I like that we\u2019re relentless,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is still early, we have fresh bodies, when September hits and the mornings are shorter, we are going to see who continues to bring it. Right now, we are starting good, we\u2019ve just got to keep it up.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Following potentially their best game of the season against the Roughriders last weekend, the Stamps new and improved d-line only gave up 16 yards on the ground, including limiting the -at the time- leading rusher A.J. Ouellette to just nine yards.<\/p>\n
The former CFL legend says the performance is just the tip of the iceberg for his group.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a little bit of what we can be,\u201d he explained. \u201cI like this group because it\u2019s not about stars. (Folarin Orimolade<\/a>) was well known but he\u2019s a hard worker. The other guys are hard workers, and they run to the ball and that\u2019s the way we\u2019ve got to be.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t care what anyone says, we\u2019ve just got to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Clarence says no on third down \ud83d\udeab pic.twitter.com\/44TQJzmTFP<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Calgary Stampeders (@calstampeders) July 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Sacks haven\u2019t come to the line as easily so far with just six total through five games, and three of them coming from their last outing in Regina, but that doesn\u2019t mean the Red and White aren\u2019t disrupting plays from the trenches.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t care about sacks,\u201d claimed Bowman. \u201cI care about quarterback effectiveness. From the first game on minus Ottawa which was a different game, we probably lead the league in pressures and we\u2019re affecting the quarterback. We also rush three a lot of times so once guys get sacks out of their heads, because we can\u2019t control it anyway, I tell the guys your best pass rush the quarterback is probably going to throw the ball away. We just work, affect the QB, get to the pocket and make him uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite the line and the coach being new to the team this year, Bowman says there is some benefit to a fresh slate.<\/p>\n \u201cIt didn\u2019t hurt,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was guys wanting to earn spots and being hungry coming into camp. Here the guys are buying into what I\u2019m saying, I\u2019m not too far removed from the game. The guys can look at my film and be like, \u2018Okay, he knows what he is talking about.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone came in humble, you\u2019ve got a guy like Flo who is the star of the group and he\u2019s a humble, hard worker, everyone else just falls in line.\u201d<\/p>\n FLO SHOW \ud83d\udcaa pic.twitter.com\/9Adk5wWnzc<\/a><\/p>\n