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There was no need to bring out the ol’ drawing board for Phillip Lolley.

After last week’s 20-10 loss to the Montreal Alouettes, the Edmonton Eskimos defensive co-ordinator didn’t feel the need to initiate wholesale adjustments to his pressure-heavy system he’s implemented since his off-season arrival.

Sure, there is a chance the Alouettes have drawn up a blueprint showing how to beat the Eskimos blitzes, which future opponents could potentially build their game plan on.

But to recreate the driving force behind Montreal’s win on Saturday, they’d first have to figure out how to clone Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.

“He was as fast the other night as I’ve seen him,” Lolley said of Adams Jr., who threw for 191 yards and a touchdown, caught a 21-yard touchdown on a pitch back, and was the game’s leading rusher with 44 yards on seven carries. “I rushed him with three and a spy. I spied him, he got loose from the spies for some big first downs. I rushed four and spied him, he got loose. So I started sending five and I started sending six just trying to get some alleys plugged up.