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“We checked a lot of boxes there,” said Maas. “But we don’t stack wins here, we talk about 1-0 every week.”

Which means he probably doesn’t want to hear about the next four games coming up to start the second half of their schedule against the Bombers, Calgary Stampeders in the Labour Day Series and then the Hamilton Tiger-Cats – three teams that all sit either tied or ahead of them in the standings.

“We don’t give a s__t about the next three teams, it’s all about next week,” said Maas. “We play at home against Winnipeg and that’s all our focus is on. We could care less about the next three.

“It’s a big-time game at home. It’s big because they got one on us already. We need to go out and defend our turf.”

Following Friday’s game, Trevor Harris had to undergo a urine test.

Random, of course, not because he completed 28 of 41 passes for 420 yards and three touchdowns, with no interceptions and no sacks once again, while trotting in two more touchdowns. Greg Ellingson led the way with 10 receptions for 170 yards and two touchdowns, and Davaris Daniels caught five passes for 155 yards.

Edmonton came up with two of their four sacks in the game stalling Toronto’s first field-goal drive, before answering with a touchdown on their opening possession for the second week in a row. A 75-yard, seven-play drive that took 2:38 saw all four of Harris’s completions go to Ellingson, including a four-yard touchdown.

After getting stopped four times on third-and-short a week ago, the Eskimos took a 14-6 lead over Toronto with a one-yard sneak into the end zone by Harris.