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<\/p>\n\u201cBut that\u2019s not really something I think about. It\u2019s putting my best foot forward every day and attacking the year every year.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Excluding quarterbacks, Winnipeg running back Brady Oliveira will be the CFL\u2019s highest-paid Canadian this year at $290,000, and he\u2019ll reportedly earn $300,000 in both 2027 and \u201928. Among the national receivers chasing Philpot is his twin brother Jalen of the Calgary Stampeders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier, he\u2019s so deserving of that,\u201d Jalen Philpot said. \u201cHe has set the bar for us Canadian receivers to come and match or set a new bar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyson Philpot established career highs last year in catches (61) and yards (804) while registering five TD receptions for a third straight year. The five-foot-11, 190-pound receiver appeared in just 12 games as Montreal used four different quarterbacks, with hamstring issues limiting Davis Alexander to seven regular-season starts.<\/p>\n
Montreal was a different team with Alexander, who won all seven games to improve to 11-0, the best mark in league history by a quarterback to begin his CFL career. After leading the Alouettes to playoff wins over Winnipeg and Hamilton, Alexander suffered his first loss, a 25-17 Grey Cup decision to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n
Despite throwing three interceptions and tweaking his hamstring in the fourth quarter, Alexander led Montreal from its 23-yard line to the Saskatchewan 54 with under a minute remaining. But his Hail Mary pass to Philpot on the game\u2019s final play was broken up by defender Marcus Sayles, who also recovered Shea Patterson\u2019s goal-line fumble with 2:40 to play.<\/p>\n
The prospect of starting 2026 with a healthy Alexander is an exciting one for Philpot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I look back at last season, all I think about is Davis not being healthy,\u201d Philpot said. \u201cWe had a great team and were able to rise to the occasion without him, but I think about when we have him what our team looks like.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust the confidence he brings, not just to the offence but the team overall. Everybody in that locker room knows he\u2019s going to give his all every time, and I think that allows you to get behind him and just want to go to war.\u201d<\/p>\n
Montreal\u2019s Grey Cup loss has helped fuel Philpot\u2019s off-season. Just two years earlier, he caught the winning TD pass and was named the top Canadian in the Alouettes\u2019 28-24 championship win over Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no worse feeling than arriving on the tarmac without the trophy, having to answer media questions knowing the team you just played is celebrating,\u201d he said. \u201cYou see them lift that trophy and get their parade \u2026 it lights a different kind of fire in your belly, a fire I probably haven\u2019t had since draft day.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something you want to bring back to the fans of Montreal, but also for yourself because you work so hard every year. To go through all we did last year and still be that close, I think it proves to you, man, we\u2019ve got the team to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philpot\u2019s ideal \u201926 scenario would be Montreal facing Calgary in the Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium. Jalen Philpot has yet to record a playoff win or appear in a CFL championship game in his pro career.<\/p>\n
Tyson Philpot says if Montreal doesn\u2019t reach and win the Grey Cup, he\u2019d want his brother to do so. But if the two teams meet Nov. 16, all bets are off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love for him to win a playoff game and get to a Grey Cup,\u201d Tyson Philpot said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a better year for him to do that than this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be cheering hard for them (Stampeders) unless we have to play them \u2026 then it\u2019s every man for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7, 2026.<\/p>\n
Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBut that\u2019s not really something I think about. It\u2019s putting my best foot forward every day and attacking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-594007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-canadian-football-league","12":"tag-canadianfootballleague","13":"tag-central-vancouver-island","14":"tag-cfl","15":"tag-nanaimo","16":"tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","17":"tag-nanaimo-news","18":"tag-nanaimo-news-now","19":"tag-nanaimonewsnow","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-oceanside","22":"tag-parksville","23":"tag-qualicum","24":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594007","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=594007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}