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While they are celebrating a win over a division rival, there are certain realities the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have to face.

You won’t be victorious often when you allow the opposition to put up 440 yards, hold the ball for 13 more minutes and run almost twice as many offensive plays.

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The Bombers beat the Edmonton Eskimos 28-21 on Thursday night to run their CFL record to 2-0.

They did it with a quick-strike offence that produced four touchdowns despite running only 40 offensive plays and a bend-don’t-break defence that didn’t allow a single touchdown — only seven field goals — on Edmonton’s 77 offensive plays.

The Bombers will tell you that they don’t care about yards, only points and wins.

“I don’t ever think it’s about yardage,” Bombers coach Mike O’Shea said.

“Defensively we did a great job. Limiting them to seven field goals is pretty damn special.”

That’s easy enough to say, but it’s simply not sustainable.