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“Dom’s a great quarterback, if you’re a receiver he puts it on the money,” said Rhymes. “Each receiver that gets thrown the ball is going to make a play for Dom.”

Lankford, who came over from the Blue Bombers as a free agent in the off-season, made his presence known.

“It felt good,” he said. “Honestly, man, I’ve got the easiest job out there. I just catch the ball and run. I’ve got 11 other guys out there working their asses off to make my job easy.”

Davis, who had a rollercoaster of a game in the win over Calgary —throwing four interceptions, but running for three touchdowns — again tried to force some passes into tight pockets early against Saskatchewan. While there were no interceptions, there were a couple of close calls. Then Davis, who took over the starting quarterback job when Trevor Harris left as a free agent for Edmonton, seemed to find his groove. He was able to do things Harris was never able to do —bounce out of the pocket and buy extra time or use his legs to run downfield and get positive yardage.

“My main goal coming in this week was taking care of the ball. If we do that, we have a good chance of winning games,” said Davis.

“He just turned it on,” said running back Mossis Madu. “This is the Dom we know. This is the Dom we saw last year, the Dom we see in practice. We have full confidence in our QB.”

“He’s 2-for-2 at giving us a chance to win football games,” said Campbell.

The defence gave up 360 yards in passing, but was successful in holding former Redblacks running back William Powell to just 45 yards in 11 carries. But the defenders know they will have to be better.

“It’s pro football,” said Brown. “Every week, it’s not going to be easy. We have to come in with the same mentality no matter who we’re playing. Come out, knock heads, play physical and run to the ball.”

In their two wins, the Redblacks have established that they can survive and win through adversity.

“This is a team full of underdogs, a team full of dogs, we’re going to fight to that last whistle,” said Madu.