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It took five months and changes to 50% of the personnel but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers finally have a group of defensive backs who are seemingly on the same page.

It has been a tough year for the Bombers’ DBs, with injuries, spotty play and and iffy communication adding up to a whole lot of passing yards by opposing offences.

But the secondary has been revamped over the course of the season and in last Sunday’s playoff win over the Calgary Stampeders, the group was at its absolute best, allowing just 116 passing yards from the arm of star quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell.

“Right now they seem to be developing a chemistry where the communication is good, but they seem to be on the same page even when they’re not talking,” Bombers defensive backs coach Jordan Younger said Thursday after practice at IG Field. “So that’s promising.

“It’s how they work together as much as it’s any individual piece. Since this group has been in there, their communication has been a lot smoother, a lot more natural. It allows the game to flow a lot smoother, sideline adjustments are a lot easier.”

When training camp broke, the Bombers’ secondary included dime back Anthony Gaitor, cornerbacks Winston Rose and Chandler Fenner, halfbacks Brandon Alexander and Marcus Sayles and safety Jeff Hecht.

In Sunday’s West final against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina, it will feature dime back Mercy Maston, cornerbacks Mike Jones and Rose, halfbacks Nick Taylor and Sayles and Alexander at safety.

The Bombers have received a big boost from the three newcomers — Taylor and Maston were signed in-season after getting released by the Edmonton Eskimos and Jones came off the practice roster to make a difference in his first two pro starts.

All three of them had interceptions and knockdowns in the West semifinal and they are fine complements to all-stars Rose and Sayles.