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“It’s not to say another O-lineman couldn’t do it, but Jovan is pretty athletic,” explained Jennings. “It’s something we’ve been practising. We got our chance and it went for a touchdown. It’s always fun to make a play like that which excites the team.”

As he has rehearsed it so many times in his head, Olafioye had the atavistic pleasure of spiking the ball in the end zone, just like a big-time receiver.

What he forgot to do was pick up the keepsake and take it with him to the sideline.

“I did my grand slam, just like my teammates,” Olafioye said. “Then I just went off. I should have kept it. I’ve got nothing to show my grandkids one day. But I could pick up any football and just tell them, ‘This is the one.’”

Jennings, who threw for a career-best 429 yards, tossed two more touchdowns to Moore (30 yards) and Shawn Gore (59 yards) and could have had a fourth. But a pass intended for Moore in the end zone (the Lions receiver had a step on his defender) was a perfect strike to the crossbar between the goal posts and went incomplete.

“We have trust in all our guys,” Jennings said. “We know that everyone out there is ready to make a play.”

Manny Arceneaux was targeted 15 times among Jennings’ 40 pass attempts. Moore had three catches for 88 yards, Bryan Burnham had five receptions for 103 yards (the first time he’s breached 100 in a CFL game) and Gore grabbed six for 109.

“It’s a balance of us having confidence in him (Jennings) and him having confidence in us, knowing we’re going to come down with it,” Burnham said. “The first couple of games, he was forcing things a bit. On Saturday, he settled down and made the right decisions.”

The decision to include the friendly giant, Olafioye? Inspired.

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