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While Lewis Ward’s foot carried him to nominations for two major CFL awards (most outstanding special teams player and most outstanding rookie), some football fans are wondering why he isn’t going for a third award as the league’s most outstanding player.

Carrying a streak of 46 straight field goals made coming into Friday’s home game against the Toronto Argonauts, Ward has been sensational. A free-agent signing who didn’t have a CFL job locked up this time last year, he’s given the Redblacks unprecedented consistency. He’s broken a CFL record (39 straight by Calgary’s Rene Paredes over two seasons) and a professional record (44 straight in the NFL by the Indianapolis Colts’ Adam Vinatieri). So he’s meant a lot to the Redblacks.

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But why can’t he be the team MVP, maybe the league MVP?

My opinion: With an offence that has sputtered at times, quarterback Trevor Harris has still been the Redblacks’ most outstanding player (he was announced as the team’s nominee earlier this week). Harris was huge in some key games, including a sweep of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and back-to-back wins over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats that settled top spot in the East Division.