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At the same time, Trestman knows his team must get better. “We have a lot to work to get there,’’ said Trestman of the team as it moves forward to improve.

James Franklin had his worst game in three starts for the Argos, but as Trestman knows it’s not one person on either side of the ball that determines the game’s outcome.

Upon further review, Trestman did not see any fundamental flaw in how Franklin threw the football or any deficiency in Franklin’s foot work.

“Looking back, the one thing you’ll see is the toughness of James Franklin,’’ added Trestman. “His footwork was very good, he never focused on the rush. He got hit hard on a number of occasions, got back up and played.

“I was very impressed by that. His courage in the pocket is an intangible people forget about. If you’re not tough or if you don’t have courage it’s very difficult to play the position. He showed he can do that and we have to take better care of him. We’ll do that.

“Part of the mistakes we made are part of the growing process of transitioning into situations that come up on a game day that may not come up in practice. I think we’re going to be better because of it, I really do. I’m going to see it as a positive. Even the negatives I’m going to do all I can to turn them into positives, but we’re not brushing aside anything.

“We know what we have to do, we have to do it better. As I said the other night and I’ll say it again, it starts with coaching and with our coaching staff we’re going to work with our players to get them better.”