It\u2019s no secret that the injury bug has taken a large bite out of the Montreal Alouettes through 11 games in 2025. At one point this year, the Als were down more than 10 starters and they\u2019ve also been forced to start four different quarterbacks this season. But there was some good news on the field on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Several players that have been out were able to participate in a full practice for the first time in a long time. Receivers Austin Mack and Tyson Philpot as well as running back Sean Thomas Erlington, fullback David Dallaire, defensive tackle Mustafa Johnson, safety Marc-Antoine Dequoy and returner James Letcher Jr. were all able to fully participate in the on-field session.<\/p>\n
Philpot suffered a hamstring injury in Week 5 against the B.C. Lions and hasn\u2019t suited up since. The 25-year-old has 284 yards receiving and three touchdowns in five contests.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time,\u201d Philpot said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately (the injuries) feel like a recurring conversation we have every year. It sucks, but I do what I can to get back on the field and help this team out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never been part of something like that where we have so many stars out at one point. Hopefully, we\u2019re getting past that. We\u2019ve done a good rehab plan. A lot of guys are coming back after the bye week. We\u2019re just hoping to be healthy and show everyone what we\u2019re about when we\u2019re at full strength.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite losing four games in a row, the Alouettes could grab a share of first place with a win over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday afternoon. The Ticats are on a three-game slide of their own after losing in the dying moments of Monday\u2019s game against the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve dealt with a lot of adversity over the last month,\u201d head coach Jason Maas explained. \u201cAll that makes us a stronger and better football team in my opinion. Now it\u2019s about going out there and earning it every single day. That was more the message.\u201d<\/p>\n
This will be the second and final regular season matchup between the Als and Ticats. Hamilton took the first meeting, 35-17, back on June 27. For the Alouettes to win the season series, they\u2019ll have to win the game by 19 points.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s motivating for sure,\u201d Dequoy said of being able to play for first place in the East. \u201cIt\u2019s a really important game. We have the opportunity to play the team who is first the division right now\u2026First place is important because you can go get that extra bye week. It\u2019s always an advantage when you can get more rest. You can practice that whole week and not have to play (the East Semi-Final). But my view on first place has changed with the way the 2023 and 2024 seasons went for us. I think you have to aim to finish first, but the goal should be to make the playoffs. We\u2019ll look to make the playoffs and then we\u2019ll focus on first place. If you want to finish first though, these are the types of games you have to go win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quarterback Davis Alexander and receiver Tyler Snead were both limited participants on Tuesday. Alexander has missed the last five games with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s no secret that the injury bug has taken a large bite out of the Montreal Alouettes through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-191171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}