Als get to 10 wins in Fajardo's first season in Montreal

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EDMONTON — Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes were playing all year with a chip on their shoulder.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.cfl.ca/2023/10/14/als-get-to-10-wins-in-fajardos-first-season-in-montreal

[Maaax]

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Fajardo is in his first season with the Alouettes after three campaigns with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Former Riders offensive coordinator Jason Maas became the head coach in Montreal and brought the pivot with him to be the starter.

The duo achieved the goal of making it to the playoffs and securing second place in the East Division, netting them a date against the Tiger-Cats on November 4 at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.

So Cody WASN’T the problem when he was in Saskatchewan? Looks like Jeremy O’Day is going to have to choose his scapegoat more wisely this time.

[rider01.1]

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…EDMONTON — Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes were playing all year with a chip on their shoulder.This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at Als get to double digit wins in Fajardo's first season in Montreal - CFL.ca

I think Cody was at first devastated to be left out on the cold by the rider brass
Now he must be happy to out of that cluster you know what

[BobbyT]

I thought Montreal was in trouble when they ended up with the last available QB during free agency. I thought Montreal was in trouble when Fajardo was sacked a zillion times in the first 4 games. Here it comes folks!! I was wrong. I think Fajardo is in the top 5 QB’s in the CFL. A team that has built an offence around his strengths rather than plug any QB into a set offence. On Saturday did you see him run for the first downs when needed. On Saturday did you see him throw an interception and the hustle over to make the tackle ot stop a pick 6. Cody I was wrong about you. You are a football player unlike that whinny sniveler Chad Kelly

[disciplineandpunish]

Fajardo is a limited QB with a definite ceiling, but he was also a scapegoat in Saskatchewan, as PorkyPine noted. He hasn’t been stellar in Montreal this year, but given that we have a strong defence, he doesn’t need to be elite. He just needs to manage games and not hurt us with mistakes.

The ESF is anybody’s game, and even if we win, I can’t see us getting past Toronto in the division final, but we are a 10-win team in a year when all the prognosticators had us ending up in the league basement. Feels good to prove them wrong.