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At 24, Jennings has the rare ability to find calm in the game’s biggest moments, to turn the temperature down when things are at their hottest. During Sunday’s game-winning drive , Lions receiver Bryan Burnham said the stress of the situation was starting to get to some of the veterans.

Then they looked at Jennings.

“He was just like, guys, relax,” Burnham said. “I’ve got this. When you see your quarterback do that, it just calms everyone down and gives us all confidence.

“You never see him get flustered or yell at anybody. It’s crazy to see a 24-year-old in his first full year of starting do that, but it’s not a surprise anymore. It’s just Jennings. We expect it.”

Jennings, of course, has demonstrated all the attributes of a franchise quarterback this year and they were all on display against the Blue Bombers. There’s the arm — in the third quarter he launched a 65-yard missile from his own goal line to Terrell Sinkfield that resulted in a pass-interference call and a 58-yard gain. There’s the accuracy — 11 for 11 in the fourth quarter says it all. There’s the mobility — he ran for 43 yards and two scores including the game-winner: “One of the greatest football plays I’ve ever seen,” said Burnham.

But it’s that ability to consume pressure and spit it out like sunflower seeds that might be the most impressive trait, and he’s done it in big ways and small this season.

Against Calgary in the Lions’ first game of the season, Jennings took the ball with 3 1/2 minutes left and directed a 60-yard drive that ate up the clock and produced a 20-18 win.