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<\/p>\n\u201cIn college, they let me throw it a little bit (four-of-six passing for 137 yards and three TDs at East Carolina). I like doing it every now and then, especially on trick plays like that, I think it\u2019s exciting and can also get the crowd going.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Snead caught an Alexander swing pass, then made a leaping toss to an open Philpot in the first quarter to open the scoring. Although Philpot was behind the secondary, he still had to make a diving grab.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could\u2019ve thrown a better pass but we made it work,\u201d Snead said. \u201cI had to jump a little bit, I\u2019ve never really done that before and so that was new.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I got it off and luckily Tyson made a great play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philpot has made many great plays this season for Montreal (4-1). He leads the CFL in targets (56), catches (45) and yards (719) and is tied for second in TD grabs (four).<\/p>\n
Philpot is on pace for a league-record 2,588 receiving yards. Snead is Montreal\u2019s second-leading receiver with 49 targets, 31 receptions for 470 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Philpot and Snead are very close as teammates but actively compete against each other on the field. So while Philpot currently owns receiver bragging rights, he hasn\u2019t thrown a touchdown pass \u2014 at least not yet as last week Montreal also executed a flea flicker against Calgary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe go back and forth talking smack to each other but it\u2019s all fun and games,\u201d Snead said. \u201cThat\u2019s my boy at the end of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s off to a crazy start, I\u2019m saying I\u2019m playing catch-up right now. But I do that have that (TD pass) on him.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Snead would willingly share that distinction with Philpot if he\u2019s called upon to look for Snead in the end zone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made a great play for me so I\u2019d have to make a great play for him, its only right,\u201d Snead said. \u201cI want him to make a play every time and he wants me to make a play every time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the trick plays we have, he might get his shot.\u201d<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s Alexander who makes Montreal\u2019s offence tick. After being relegated to just seven regular-season starts last season due to a lingering hamstring ailment, Alexander has started every Alouettes contest thus far heading into their rematch with Calgary (2-3) in Alberta on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Montreal is currently tops in average yards per offensive play (7.83) and average gain on first down (8.5 yards), second in net offence (447.8 yards per game) and tied for third in offensive points (31.6 per game). The Alouettes have also allowed a CFL-low four sacks as Alexander has thrown for 300-or-more yards in all five starts, a league high.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s always going to go to the right place and find that open guy,\u201d Snead said of Alexander. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t make bad throws or decisions so when you have a guy like that it\u2019s easy to play with him and play your own game.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing 5-0 would be nice in a perfect world, but 4-1 is the next best thing. We just have to continue to build off that, keep stacking wins and playing good ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Grey Cup championship is Snead\u2019s top priority in 2026. He experienced that in 2023 as an Alouettes rookie but also endured heartbreak last year with Montreal\u2019s 25-17 championship loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a team guy, always have been, that\u2019s how my dad raised me,\u201d Snead said. \u201cI guess I have some (personal goals) in mind \u2026 but I feel like if they happen, they happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust going out there with the team and guys we have and how close we are as a group makes it fun to compete and make plays. I\u2019ve just enjoyed it and I\u2019m excited for the whole year.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 15, 2026.<\/p>\n
Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIn college, they let me throw it a little bit (four-of-six passing for 137 yards and three TDs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-804523","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\/804523","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=804523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}