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There were fumbles, some dropped passes and at least one shotgun snap that went awry.

But, rusty as they looked in practice, Monday, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers came back from their first bye week of the CFL season with a hunger in their eyes.

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“You could tell we had a bit of rust,” running back Andrew Harris said. “But the enthusiasm and the energy’s there. That’s the biggest thing. Sometimes you come off a break and (guys) are a little bit lethargic, a little lazy.

“Guys were flying around, excited to be here and ready to get after it.”

They’ll need it.

Because this championship-starved squad returns to a West Division where the top teams eat their young and where good isn’t good enough.

Challenging for first place was the pre-season goal, but Calgary is way in front, unbeaten in seven, with Edmonton next, at 5-2.

You don’t have to be rocket surgeon to know what that means for the 4-3 Bombers.

“You can’t look too far ahead, especially in the West right now,” quarterback Matt Nichols said.