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The Alouettes have won four games this season and Vernon Adams has been the starting quarterback in each one.

Now he has been named one of the CFL’s top performers of the week after passing for 389 yards and two touchdowns in Montreal’s electrifying come-from-behind overtime win at Calgary last Saturday.

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Adams isn’t the league’s best quarterback, but might possess the biggest heart among those who play the position. And, on Wednesday, he confidently predicted he’ll be among the greatest who have played north of the border.

“I will be (the best) one day, yes. I do want to be the best,” he said. “I’m not the tallest. I’m not the best quarterback in the league … the most accurate. I’m none of that. But I’ve got heart. I’m going to show that and I’m going to play my heart out and do what I can to get a win on the field.”

Adams, listed at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds, has a 4-2 record in games in which he’s started this season. He replaced an injured Antonio Pipkin in the opening game at Edmonton, then started the following week at Hamilton. The Als lost both games, as they did last month, against Ottawa, when Adams was concussed in the third quarter. And the following week, when Pipkin replaced him against Saskatchewan.