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HAMILTON — Three games into the CFL season is an awfully short time in which to make an assessment of a team.

The saying in the CFL is that the season doesn’t really begin until Labour Day, but we’re going to ignore that for now and make some early judgments on the Tiger-Cats body of work to date.

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There is a lot to like about this team, now 2-1 following its 31-17 win over the visiting Blue Bombers on Friday night, and it starts with quarterback Jeremiah Masoli. If flying under the radar were a skill, he’d already be a multi-time all-star.

Masoli is certainly on his way to becoming a first-time all-star based on his work early this year and in the 10 games he started to finish the 2017 season. He’s got his streak of consecutive 300-yard-plus games up to eight, though he really could not care less about such individual achievements. His one and only focus is wins and on that front he’s 8-5 as a starter.

“In all honesty, those lists don’t mean anything for wins and losses,” Masoli said following Friday’s game, in which he threw for 369 yards. “If haveto throw 500 yards just to lose, I don’t want to do that. I would rather throw for one yard and win every time. Right now, that is our focus.”