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Things must be kept in perspective. Yes, it’s only two games into the season, but Boris Bede nonetheless remains ninth — and last — among Canadian Football League kickers when it comes to field goals.

Bede, in his second season with the Alouettes, has made three of six attempts. It doesn’t take a math genius to understand he has connected on 50 per cent of his kicks. Nobody else in the CFL is lower than 62 per cent.

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“We’ve only played two games. It’s three missed kicks and three made kicks. As soon as you get one kick back up, you’re in the positive,” Bede said following Tuesday’s practice at Stade Hébert. “There’s no worries.

“As soon as the ball’s on the block, I have to do my job. There’s nobody else to blame,” he added. “There’s nobody to blame, really. And there’s no panic mode. We still have a lot of games to play and a lot of kicks to make.”

It would be an understatement to suggest the Als struggled in their last game, June 30 against Ottawa. And Bede most certainly has played stronger games. He missed two of three kicks, including one from 36 yards early in the second quarter. Last season, conversely, Bede made 36 of 40 field goals (90 per cent). He also was perfect on 28 attempts from inside the 40.