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Is it possible, this early into his professional career, the Alouettes have determined quarterback Rakeem Cato’s more ideally suited coming off the bench than he is at starting? Interim head coach Jacques Chapdelaine has floated that potential scenario, without diminishing Cato’s talent.

But Cato, 24, in his second Canadian Football League season, believes he was the victim of circumstances.

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“I don’t think any quarterback would have done well in this situation we’ve been put in … with the things that have been going on in the locker room,” Cato said following Tuesday’s abbreviated practice at Stade Hébert. “No quarterback in history — Tom Brady, Joe Montana … the biggest quarterbacks you can name — nobody would have functioned right in this system. You can’t function like that.

“You’re either fighting with somebody or you have to be quiet and be a sucker. That’s not the way to play the game, being a sucker and being a yes-man,” Cato continued. “I’ve never played the game like that before.”