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Shane Bergman is precisely the type of player any team would want if they were facing the Edmonton Eskimos.

Unfortunately for the Calgary Stampeders, they’re going to be without their starting left-guard when they host their Albertan rivals on Saturday evening (5 p.m., McMahon Stadium, TSN, 770 CHQR).

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The Eskimos boast the CFL’s most fearsome defensive line and have 23 sacks through the first six games of the season.

The Stamps have allowed the second-most sacks in the league.

Bergman is as efficient an offensive lineman as there is in the league, so his absence would — on paper — appear to make Saturday night’s tilt a bit of a mismatch.

Don’t be so sure, though, at least not according to Edmonton Eskimos head coach Jason Maas.

“I’m sure they’ve talked that up, too, and they’ll be motivated to play against our d-line to prove a point,” Maas said. “I’m sure their d-line thinks the same thing. To do it on paper is one thing, to do it on the field is another.”