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It has been six years since Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo’s CFL career came to an end when he suffered a concussion during the second quarter of a 24-21 loss to the Roughriders in Saskatchewan.

The Alouettes have a 36-67 record in games since then — including an 0-2 start this season — and have missed the playoffs in each of the last four seasons while failing to find an adequate replacement for the CFL’s all-time leading passer.

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Why has it been so difficult?

“I think the biggest thing — and people don’t realize — it’s a different game,” Alouettes head coach Khari Jones, a former CFL quarterback, said after a walk-through practice Wednesday as his team prepared to face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Thursday at Molson Stadium (7:30 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN 690 Radio). “It’s a different game than what guys were used to playing growing up (in the U.S.). You have to learn the CFL, you have to learn how to play this game the right way and it takes a while.”