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“They’ve got a lot of double moves built into their offence,” Jones said. “With the rules set up like they are, their receivers are looking for contact coming out of the double move so that they can go and get the review. I’ve been looking at what they do and you see how quickly they go to the challenge flag, so they know that there’s contact going to be created.

“If that’s the way that we’re going to officiate the games, and with the fact that if a defensive player has position and there’s contact made (a penalty could ensue), then we’re going to have to do the same thing. We’re going to build it into our offence and unfortunately our game will turn into a challenge-fest.”

Is this really productive?

“It’s not really my place to say whether I agree or whatever, because all the stuff that we have has been voted on,” Jones responded. “That’s the league’s place to decide what they want to do.

“But with us, and I can only speak for this football team, if that’s the way that it’s going to be officiated, then we’re going to have to do the same thing. We’re going to have to put a double move on Naaman (Roosevelt). It’s a high-profile guy getting contacted and then we know when to pull our flag out, also. That’s just the way the game is headed.”

It should be noted that Jones has benefited handsomely from having the option to challenge.

Late in the 2015 Grey Cup game, Jones — then the Edmonton Eskimos’ head coach — threw a challenge flag and maintained that the Ottawa Redblacks were guilty of pass interference. The challenge was successful, resulting in a 37-yard advance that set up the game-winning touchdown.

“It helped win us a Grey Cup,” Jones noted. “Had we not had the challenge, you don’t know if we win that game or not. But just looking at it moving forward, if that is their thought — have a double move built in to gain contact — that’s really pretty ingenious, so we’re going to try to incorporate that and copy it.

“I don’t have to look at five receivers. I can look at one guy where the double move is and if it’s contact after five, it’s a pretty easy call.”

This, too, should be a no-brainer: Ashcan the challenges.

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