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On your marks. Get set. Stumble.

It’s the Edmonton Eskimos’ M.O.

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Dating back to the Chris Jones-coached Grey Cup team of 2015, the team are like their crowd. They’re late arriving.

First quarters are optional.

Sometimes, they’re there on time. More often, they’re not — they’re in the parking lot.

Sooner or later, it says here, the condition has to be cured. And there’s no time like the present.

In the last three games, the Eskimos have been down 12-1 to Toronto, 11-2 to B.C. and 14-7 to Hamilton after the first quarter.

Last year, the Eskimos were a 12-6 team but were down 10-0, 3-0, 8-6, 3-0, 14-0, 11-3. 3-0, 80 and 15-7 after first quarters and were tied 0-0 in two others.

Two years ago, the Eskimos had a 10-8 outfit and were down 3-1, 7-0, 3-0, 11-0, 3-2, 18-0, 6-0, 3-0 and 10-6 after the first quarter and tied in three others.

And this isn’t just a Jason Maas thing. In the 14-4 Grey Cup-winning 2015 season, the Eskimos were down 12-1, 3-1, 7-6, 9-0, 14-3, 13-1, 7-0, 7-0, 7-6, 7-3 and 14-3.