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Here’s a summation of their situation as the B.C. Lions prepare for a two-game road swing and their last hope at redemption in 2019:

The Lions are 1-6. On Saturday they meet the East Division-leading Tiger-Cats in Hamilton, then travel to Winnipeg where they face the 5-2 Blue Bombers the following Thursday. Two losses there and you can put a toe tag on this Lions’ season.

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Before you ask, a split doesn’t do them much good either. For them to entertain any hope of salvaging this CFL campaign, the Lions need two wins against clearly superior opponents.

But the standings, as depressing as they are, tell only a portion of the Leos’ story.

Given the events of this off-season — the free-agent signings of Mike Reilly, Sukh Chungh and Duron Carter, the promise of an exciting, aggressive brand of football, a new and dynamic coaching staff — the credibility of the Ed Hervey-DeVone Claybrooks administration is the larger issue in play.