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With nine games remaining in B.C.’s schedule, his current pace would give him 16, the most for a Lions player since the dominant days of Cam Wake, when he had an astonishing 23 in 2008.

“As far as playing style or talent-wise, honestly I feel I’m getting better because every year, you have to get better in this sport. In this business, consistency can sometimes be a bad thing. You have to progress,” said Bazzie, prior to Wednesday’s Week 11 road game against the Toronto Argonauts.

“I got better, mentally, last year. This year, I’m using both athletic ability and mental learning and putting it together to … put myself in a good position to succeed.”

The Lions are 6-3 after last Thursday’s win in Ottawa.

Once again, attention turned to the Lions to see how they would respond following a loss, in this case a particularly disappointing outing against the Calgary Stampeders in a Week 9 first-place showdown at home.

When the Lions have had success on defence this year, they’ve been able to completely blanket opposing receivers and make life miserable for the opposing quarterback. Against the Stampeders, that didn’t happen. Bo Levi Mitchell was afforded the luxury of too much time to find his wide open receivers and the result was an ugly 37-9 loss for B.C.

“If you want to pinpoint what happens when a quarterback is comfortable, that’s a perfect game to go to,” said Bazzie.

Last week, Redblacks quarterback Trevor Harris passed for 352 yards, but was brought down in the end zone for a safety after an errant snap, and later couldn’t string together a potential winning drive in the final minute of the fourth quarter. Bazzie brought Harris down in a second-and-long situation and the Redblacks turned the ball over on downs the very next play, as B.C. held on for another of those bounce-back wins.