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Give Ryan Phillips credit for this much: The veteran defensive back admits it’s not just another game.

“You can’t say there’s not a little more intent to it. And it has nothing to do with me feeling I was done wrong,” Phillips said on Wednesday. “When you had your sights set on being with one team for your career, you take into account sacrifices both people made … you have one outlook how things were supposed to end.

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“You want to show you can still play at a high level, do all the things you’ve been doing and that you’re one of the better guys in the league,” he added.

Now in his 13th Canadian Football League season, the 34-year-old field cornerback has nothing to prove. But if there already was some salt on the wound, Phillips can be excused for wanting to make a statement — even if it’s only for a moment — Thursday night when the Alouettes entertain the British Columbia Lions at Molson Stadium (7:30 p.m., TSN, RDS, TSN Radio-690).