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So much for the showdown between the two quarterbacks with the best pass-efficiency rating in the Canadian Football League.

With Winnipeg Blue Bombers pivot Matt Nichols and his league-leading 107.2 rating getting placed on the six-game injured list with a bad throwing arm, that leaves the Edmonton Eskimos’ Trevor Harris with the highest passer rating among active quarterbacks at 107.0.

But, for him, Friday’s game at Commonwealth Stadium (7 p.m., TSN, 630 CHED) was never going to be about any sort of shootout between the two gunslingers anyway.

“No, people always try to build that up like back when me and Zach (Collaros) played against each other for the first time, because he had moved on to Hamilton,” said Harris, who leads the league with 3,051 passing yards at the midway point of the season. “Everyone was like, ‘Harris vs. Collaros.’ I was like, well, if he’s playing against me (on the field at the same time), that’s weird.

“It’s just me against their defence and (Chris) Streveler against our defence. So that’s just really how that goes.”

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