Montreal Alouettes linebacker Patrick Levels standing by his CFL playoff guarantee

The Montreal Alouettes linebacker guaranteed Monday his team would beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division final. Five days later, he wasn't changing his tune.

"I'll be honest, it makes me laugh," Lawrence said. "We're all grown men, some people might not like what he said, but we're all grown men and we're going to get the chance to prove whatever on Sunday.Levels was surprised at the controversy his comments generated. "As a kid you just went out there and played the game and you didn't know what was going to happen," Levels said. "I have expectations now, I know what I'm going to do.

Levels, who played collegiately at Baylor, began his CFL career in 2017 with the Calgary Stampeders. He and Hamilton running back Don Jackson were teammates in Alberta in 2018 but will be rivals Sunday as Jackson gets the start for the Ticats."I love him to death," Levels said. "Don Jackson is a great running back, a physical running back.

"But the majority of our focus continues to be on ourselves. Whoever shows up, we're going to play against." That win halted Hamilton's 11-game home win streak. The Ticats finished 5-2 at Tim Hortons Field and 4-4 within the East Division."He's a great back, he's a key to the offence," Hamilton defensive tackle Ted Laurent said of Stanback. "However he goes, that's how they go.

"I don't see the offence changing a ton, Khari kind of does what he does. I'll tell you this, one thing I've learned about playoff football, it's the game within the game. You can have your plan and if you want to stick to it, it better be damn good but you better be able to adjust." Don Jackson will start at running back, only his fifth appearance this season. While Jackson was hurt part of the year, he also spent about five weeks as a healthy scratch.

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