{"id":23854,"date":"2025-07-25T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23854\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T20:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T20:20:09","slug":"dont-say-anything-good-about-me-alouettes-qb-mcleod-bethel-thompson-takes-shot-at-tsn-panel-after-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/23854\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Don’t say anything good about me’: Alouettes’ QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson takes shot at TSN panel after victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy: Leah Hennel\/CFL.ca<\/p>\n

McLeod Bethel-Thompson recorded his first victory of the season on Thursday night, but he doesn\u2019t want any praise from his critics at the CFL\u2019s exclusive television broadcaster.<\/p>\n

The Montreal Alouettes\u2019 backup quarterback took a clear shot at the TSN panel following his 23-21 upset win over the first-place Calgary Stampeders, pointing out all the mistakes that they should continue to criticize.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many things I can do better. Right there at the end, I could read to the boundary there. Missed a comeback there. Early in the game, pick \u2014 can\u2019t do it. You\u2019ve got to stay true to your colours, TSN panel. Don\u2019t say anything good about me,\u201d Bethel-Thompson told sideline reporter Shantelle Chand after the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of stuff. There\u2019s a slant right there, there\u2019s a pick, about four or five plays. Stay true. Stay true. Don\u2019t say anything good about me, all right? Even you, Henoc, my brother. I love you, fam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bethel-Thompson completed 30-of-40 passes (75 percent) for 280 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in Calgary, helping to lead three field goal drives in the fourth quarter and secure the comeback. Despite that success, the panel was generally unapologetic regarding their previous criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, you\u2019re a Grey Cup-winning quarterback. You\u2019ve got high expectations going into every single game, and you pulled it off tonight,\u201d responded Henoc Muamba, who spent three seasons as Bethel-Thompson\u2019s teammate in Toronto and was named the MVP of his championship win.<\/p>\n

Entering this week, Bethel-Thompson had struggled in two previous starts for the Alouettes in place of injured starter Davis Alexander, resulting in the team\u2019s only two losses of the year. The 37-year-old veteran has now completed 75-of-112 passes (66.9 percent) for 752 yards, four touchdowns, and three interceptions since joining the team via trade in the offseason.<\/p>\n

According to Davis Sanchez, the TSN panellists were simply doing their jobs by pointing out the quarterback\u2019s previous struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re football analysts, and we analyze the game,\u201d he said. \u201cWe analyzed last week, and we analyzed this one. Last week you weren\u2019t good, and this week, you were better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bethel-Thompson has never shied away from stirring the pot during his seven seasons in the CFL, notably taking shots at former commissioner Randy Ambrosie and incurring multiple fines over his criticism of the league\u2019s schedule last season. He has also provided plenty of fodder for analysts across the media landscape, who have routinely debated whether he deserved to be considered an elite quarterback during his best years in Toronto or if he should have been benched last year in Edmonton in favour of Tre Ford.<\/p>\n

Those types of discussions won\u2019t be disappearing any time soon, as Milt Stegall made clear while giving the QB his props.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was good, and for the most part, we thought he would play well. But if he does not play well\u2026 I\u2019ll leave it at that,\u201d the Hall of Fame receiver shrugged.<\/p>\n

The Alouettes (5-2) will return to action on Saturday, August 2, when they host the Saskatchewan Roughriders. With Alexander still on the six-game injured list, Bethel-Thompson is expected to get another opportunity to stick it to his haters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Leah Hennel\/CFL.ca McLeod Bethel-Thompson recorded his first victory of the season on Thursday night, but he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-23854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23854","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=23854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}