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“I approach every game as if it’s the last game I ever play,” said Green, who signed a new deal with the Argos this past off-season. “It lets you know how every game is important.”

It has been a decade since a team repeated as Grey Cup champions, a feat accomplished by Green when he lined up for Montreal.

The Als had Marc Trestman as head coach, Jim Popp as GM and Anthony Calvillo as their starting quarterback, who begins his first season as Toronto’s quarterbacks coach.

Complacency begins to infiltrate a locker room when a title is won, but these Argos seem to have that necessary hunger.

There hasn’t been that much turnover in personnel, a few changes to Trestman’s staff and a few tweaks on defence that have brought in veterans in key positions, especially in the back end with the additions of T.J. Heath and Ronnie Yell.

“I think we’re locked into the process,” said Green.

Someone new to the process is Brian Tyms, who was first introduced to the Argos’ way last season following his release by Hamilton.

Tyms has won the wideout position left vacant when DeVier Posey, the Grey Cup MVP, who signed with the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.

Tyms and Green are brothers-in-law who will line up next to each other.

“It’s a blessing to be on the same professional team with a family member,” said Green. “Guys go through their professional careers playing with guys and making friends along the way, but it’s not often you get to play with a family member.

“It’s a good opportunity for the both of us and he’s adopted well, he came out here and won a starting job and he’s out here making plays. We’re looking forward to see how it translates on the field (when the lights come on).”