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That six-minute drive Tanner Marsh engineered late in the fourth quarter last week in Hamilton? The one that led to Boris Bede’s game-winning field goal? Yeah, it was very opportunistic.

But would the Alouettes be sitting here today, riding a two-game winning streak, were it not for linebacker Kyries Hebert’s dramatic and spectacular diving interception four plays later, at the Montreal 40-yard line?

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The competitor in Hebert, the guy who believes in the Als’ defence, would like to think so. But we’ll never know.

“At that moment it was a must-have play, all-or-nothing. I was focused on getting to my place on the field. Once the play presented itself, there was no way I could let the ball touch the ground. I was not going to miss it,” Hebert explained Tuesday, after the Als concluded this week’s practices for Thursday’s home game against the British Columbia Lions.

“Will, want-to and effort took over — with a little God-given talent,” he added. “I didn’t want to risk trying to run through and falling short and it being a nice pass breakup. I figured, if I got full extension, I’d be able to reach out. If I got two hands on it, it’s my job to catch it.”