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It was, in many respects, a near-perfect game played by the Alouettes last Sunday against Toronto. There were Rakeem Cato’s four touchdown passes combined with the lack of a turnover. Defensively, Montreal failed to surrender a touchdown against the Argonauts.

Only one thing stuck out like a sore thumb — the six sacks the Als’ offensive line surrendered, increasing their Canadian Football League total to 45 through 13 games. No team has relinquished more than 37, while Calgary quarterbacks have been sacked a ridiculous 13 times through 14 games.

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Last season, when Montreal was playing musical quarterbacks while losing 12 of 18 games, it relinquished 33 sacks — tied with the Stampeders for the fewest in the league.

Even while Cato was quick to state following the 38-11 victory last weekend two of the sacks were his fault — saying he should have released the ball sooner both times — there’s a feeling, or fear, that he might be one hit away from a serious injury. Cato, after all, weighs only 178 pounds.