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Then came a Charles Nelson punt return for 81 yards that led to a Bombers TD, a one-play drive featuring Andrew Harris catching a ball in the flat.

Winnipeg’s third major saw ex-Argo Darvin Adams beating Anthony Covington down the rail. And the beatdown was on.

Argos QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who threw for 388 yards — much of it in garbage time — tossed two interceptions in the first half, the first on a bad read when he tried to throw to a well-covered Walker in the end zone, the second on a ball Levi Noel should have caught over the middle.

Nic Demski then ran a seam route, getting behind Abdul Kanneh and beating Alden Darby Jr. in a foot race for Winnipeg’s fourth major of the first half.

As if things weren’t bad enough, the Argos fumbled the ball on the first play to begin the second half when Brandon Burks exercised poor security on a run play that would have moved the sticks had he maintained possession.

“We’ve got to cut out our mistakes,’’ said head coach Corey Chamblin. “When you look throughout the night, there are things with some young guys who make those rookie mistakes. Then, on the second level, there were some new guys who came in and they had their mistakes.

“And then, on the next level up, there were the veteran guys who played with fewer mistakes but yet they had them. All three levels of our guys, we have to make sure we continue to prepare them so they can perform. Those guys are beating themselves up, but that’s behind us. In order for us to move forward, it comes to a tip-top performance. Like we told those guys: ‘It’s just not doing your job, it’s doing your job well.’ That’s where we’re at right now. We’ve got some guys who are doing it, but they are not doing it well.”