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And you can bet the two will have talked again by the time the ball kicks off on Kilgore’s first start with the Eskimos on Friday.

“It’s funny because you think of a Hall-of-Famer and you’re like, ‘Man, here he comes with these pearls of wisdom,’” Kilgore said. “And usually, in my experience, it’s just been: ‘Don’t screw it up.’”

Which, of course, is basically the gist of the game plan heading in.

After all, no one is expecting Kilgore to just pick up where someone who is leading the league in passing yards just left off.

“I feel good,” Kilgore said ahead of his first start since 2016, which happened to be against the Eskimos. “I just want to go out and execute the offence and not try and do too much, just do my job, go through the reads, try and get in and out of the huddle and be efficient.”

Right up until the day Harris is ready to get back out there, of course.

“I think that’s the life of a backup quarterback or the second quarterback on the team,” said Maas. “They’re in the wings waiting and their job is expected to be ready in case of emergency or opportunity, you’ve got to be ready. I think Logan’s done a tremendous job of that.

“Obviously, he’s been waiting four months for this and he’s been working really hard. When we signed him, from that guy to now, it’s different. The way he commands our team in practice, in our meeting room, he puts the work in.”

And not just when Harris is hurt, either.

“It’s funny because from the outside looking in, if you haven’t played in a game, you haven’t played,” Kilgore said. “But for anybody that’s in this building, you practice in football way more than you play games, at any level.

“I feel like going against our defence every day in practice, they’re as good as it gets in my opinion. That has really paid dividends for me.”

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