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He relied on those jets primarily because he gave away so many pounds and inches.

“Everybody knows I’m not the biggest,” he said. “I’ve had to use my speed as my strength to get into the position I’m in now.”

The little guy is in position for a very big year indeed.

For Argos’ anemic offence, less is more

Nobody on a team with an 0-5 record should be happy.

So it’s not much of a surprise to hear frustration in receiver S.J. Green’s voice as he discusses the Toronto Argonauts’ losing ways.

“It has been difficult to digest, but what do you do, go up in bed and cry about it? You come to work and keep grinding. That’s what we get paid to do,” the 13-year CFL veteran said Monday in Edmonton.

“God has blessed me with a hell of a talent and I know I’m good at what I do. I just have to believe in the talent I have been blessed with and keep coming to work.”

The Argos’ offence and co-ordinator Jacques Chapdelaine has been under the microscope for a lack of scoring punch, and rightly so as the unit has produced a league-low eight TDs. None of them have been scored by Green, who said his frustration is both personal and related to the performance of the team.

When asked if the Argos’ big offensive weapons have been deployed properly, he said they had not.

“But that’s not for me to speak on.”

Much of the focus has been on receiver Derel Walker, who was the Argos’ big off-season free agent acquisition. He barely made his presence known through three games, then caught fire in the last couple and now has 398 yards, good enough for fifth in league receiving. He has also scored two TDs.