{"id":236566,"date":"2025-10-24T09:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/236566\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:23:14","slug":"he-isnt-a-five-year-vet-montreal-alouettes-to-play-qb-davis-alexander-in-finale-regardless-of-cfl-playoff-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/236566\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He isn\u2019t a five-year vet\u2019: Montreal Alouettes to play QB Davis Alexander in finale regardless of CFL playoff implications"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy: Minas Panagiotakis\/CFL.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Alouettes are set to face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday afternoon in a game that may or may not determine first place in the East Division. Regardless of the circumstance, it appears franchise quarterback Davis Alexander will get the start and play the entire game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way I see it, and what I\u2019ve been told, is that I\u2019m going to play the whole game,\u201d Alexander told the media Thursday afternoon. \u201cIf they choose to play me, I want to play the whole game. If they don\u2019t choose to play me, then that\u2019s fine. I believe in the coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

The meaningfulness of the game all depends on the result of the Hamilton-Ottawa game on Friday. A Tiger-Cats win would clinch the division, but a tie or a Redblacks win would keep the door open for the Alouettes.<\/p>\n

Alexander acknowledged his coaches might change their minds and play him for only one half if Hamilton wins. However, it seems head coach Jason Maas shares the same view as his quarterback on the importance of playing, regardless of Friday\u2019s result.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said this before: he isn\u2019t a five-year vet in terms of playing five straight seasons. He needs to play, and he needs to play a lot \u2014especially against an opponent we may face in the playoffs,\u201d Maas insisted.<\/p>\n

Alexander has missed 10 games this season due to injury, but boasts a perfect 7-0 record when starting. So far, he has completed 158-of-218 passes for 2,024 yards, 10 touchdowns, and three interceptions. <\/p>\n

The Gig Harbor, Wash., native admits he needs more game action before the playoffs begin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only played seven games this year. We\u2019ve played pretty well, but there is still a lot left out there for us, and that\u2019s the fun and scary part,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also have to understand that nothing is guaranteed\u2014we need to show up and do the work.\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems Alexander, along with many veterans, will get the chance to play no matter what. Maas didn\u2019t elaborate much, but there doesn\u2019t appear to be a Plan B. Any changes will be game-time decisions based on health, not the significance of the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell you this: every one of the 45 guys who are going is playing,\u201d Maas said. \u201cThat\u2019s my focus. If we take a guy out or do something differently, it will be during the game. The 45 guys who are going are playing. \u2026 Again, we want to keep our momentum and maintain the way we\u2019re playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Alouettes (10-7) will face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9-8) at Princess Auto Stadium on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Minas Panagiotakis\/CFL. The Montreal Alouettes are set to face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday afternoon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-236566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236566","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=236566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}