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Embrace the chase.

That should be the motto for the 2019 Calgary Stampeders.

Because it’s an uphill climb like never before for the defending Grey Cup champions.

At least, it’s as challenging of a Canadian Football League campaign as they’ve faced in the last decade.

No … the Stampeders — now at 6-4 — are hardly sitting comfortably in the CFL’s West Division.

That despite the sharp-looking victory Monday in front of 32,350 fans at McMahon Stadium.

But they seem to have picked up the gauntlet thrown their way if their 25-9 Labour Day Classic rise over the rival Edmonton Eskimos is any indication.

“Definitely, it was a big one for us,” said Stampeders running back Ka’Deem Carey, whose effort helped spearhead Monday’s attack on one of their division rivals.

“I know that we know we’re the best team in this conference and this league,” Carey continued. “And just for us to go out there and put this on film and on tape and go out and play the way we know we can play, that’s something big for us.”