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He looks around the defensive secondary and Jermaine Gabriel sees football veterans who are new to the Argos, players familiar with the system but whose experience in Toronto is limited.

The back end remains a work in progress with the changing faces, injured players and the constant shifting of player from one position to the other depending on what scheme gets dialed up.

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Like any CFL team, the Argos defensive backfield mixes it up, playing man at times, resorting to zone, adjusting its ratio by moving a Canadian to the corner allowing an extra American to line up at linebacker.

In the season’s opening week, the Argos didn’t give up many plays through the air against the host Riders.

As the game went on, the Argos defence, which was on the field far too long, simply wore down and became susceptible to the run game.

In Toronto’s home opener, Bo Levi Mitchell and Calgary’s receivers made play after play, great catch after great catch en route to a lopsided win.