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Heading into Sunday’s game with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the Stamps lead the league in sacks-allowed with 10. The B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos are tied for second, with both of the Stamps’ rivals’ having seen their quarterbacks get sacked 15 times.

Stamps running back Jerome Messam has been finding some pretty nice holes to run through as well, as the O-line has helped him to the league lead in rushing touchdowns, with four, and the second most rushing yards, with 496.

Interestingly, though, the Stamps were almost as good last season when they were banged-up and having to improvise the makeup of their O-line as they went. The team finished the season tied with the Montreal Alouettes for the least sacks-allowed, with 33.

Make no mistake, though, the Stamps would — obviously — prefer to avoid what they went through in 2015 and have as many players available as possible. The fact that they managed to protect quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell as well as they did last year is a credit to the players and coaching staff, but it was a situation they’d prefer to avoid.

“For us, it’s kind of what we’ve been doing for the last couple years. We’ve got the bodies and it’s just kind of whoever is out there is gonna be feeling cool, playing hard and know what their job is,” said Stampeders left tackle Derek Dennis. “It’s just more the fact that we have really smart, smart football players.

“Our O-line is guys who are really intelligent. Anybody can play at any position at any given time and everybody knows what they’re supposed to be doing.”