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“I’m not gonna lie man,” Demski said. “The stairs were just right there, it seemed a lot more convenient. I want to save my body a little bit so I just took the stairs.

“I’m probably gonna go up the stairs every time.”

Heading into this season, Demski had amassed 725 receiving yards and 38 rushing yards in three years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

This year, he already has 267 receiving yards in seven games and is on pace for a career-high 687, plus 116 rushing yards.

“However they want the ball to get in my hands, I’m down for it,” said Demski, who had the first multi-touchdown game of his pro career. “I just want to be versatile. Eight touches in a game, two touchdowns? I’ll take it.”

WHY DID HE STUTTER?

At least one person didn’t have a problem with the way Kenbrell Thompkins executed his 51-yard catch-and-run gain for the Bombers on Friday night.

Some people questioned why Thompkins stutter-stepped when he was out front of tacklers on the way to the end zone — including Thompkins himself — and wound up getting tackled at the Toronto 12-yard line.

But Bombers coach Mike O’Shea saw it differently.

“They’ve got players too that are fast so I’m sure he was just looking around to see where the next guy was coming and making sure he was good with his ball security, which I appreciate,” said O’Shea, whose team only managed to get a field goal out of the terrific field position. “We’re already in a good position so he put two hands on the football and made sure that we kept possession, so it’s a good thing.”