Shea Emery (concussion) and Diamond Ferri (injured a hammy in practice this week) look like they will be on the mend this week also, I have not seen the monreal depth chart yet, but I doubt they'll play.
The Als will have the Labour day gamefilm to look at. Here's hoping Jones and Chamblin can change the questions as quickly as Montreal thinks they have the answer.
And, I would so enjoy seeing the confused and frustrated Cavillo again tomorrow.
It would be nice to see, two weeks in a row, but history says it’s highly unlikely.
If you look back over the times the Cats have played back-to-back games, particularly when Montreal was the opposition, the most common outcome of the second game is a victory by the team which lost the first game. And, the least common outcome of the games would be two convincing wins by the same team. I think motivation plays a considerably bigger part in the second game of back-to-backs than it does in most other games. The best example may be from October of 1956 when the Als set a scoring record, at home, beating the Cats 82-14. Seven days later, in Hamilton, they lost 50-14.
You make it sound as though losing Hage will have no effect on the offense. He was the most outstanding lineman in the Eastern Division for a reason (probably the best interior lineman in the entire league). It might not affect the passing game too much but i’m sure the run game will suffer a little bit.