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But a big part of Harris’s success is the fact the Eskimos are the only team who haven’t thrown an interception this year.

“His decision making’s been very good through the first three weeks of the season,” Maas said. “Obviously, he knows this offence extremely well and he works extremely hard.

“But obviously, it just comes down to making a great decision on every play and sometimes the best decision is to know when the play’s over. And he does a good job of that, distributing the ball and putting it where it needs to be.”

It’s the second CFL award for Harris, who was named a CFL player of the week in Week 1 — not a bad way to make a first impression around Commonwealth Stadium.

“It means team,” Harris said of his personal accolades. “That doesn’t happen without the O-line standing tall, blocking well for myself and C.J. (Gable, running back). And C.J. blocking, the receivers making plays, it’s a team deal.

“And any of the guys on the team will tell you the same thing, it doesn’t happen without each other. And well all know that and it’s all just a culmination of us being teammates and doing as best we can, we’ve just got to make sure we continue sticking together.”

Through thick and thin, of course. Like the 28-21 loss they are coming off of against a Winnipeg Blue Bombers squad that shut them out of the end zone.

“That’s a credit to the Winnipeg defence, obviously, but it’s also a lot of shooting ourselves in the foot,” said Harris.

For as well as the new-look Eskimos offence has been doing out of the gates on the way to a 2-1 record, a player of the month can’t do it all alone.