Here’s how the Argos and Blue Bombers match up ahead of Grey Cup Sunday

There’s a agelong database of things the Toronto Argonauts indispensable bash if they anticipation to upset the Winnipeg Blue Bombers successful Sunday’s Grey Cup game.

Near the apical is containing explosive Bomber moving backmost Brady Oliveira.

The Argos are readying a more-is-better strategy erstwhile it comes to preventing Oliveira from moving chaotic astatine B.C. Place connected Sunday.

“The happening with Brady is that helium is truthful powerful,” said Kevin Eiben, who shares Toronto’s antiaircraft co-ordinator duties with Will Fields. “His legs are built similar histrion trunks.

“You’ve got to person much than 1 feline connected the tackle. We’ve got to swarm the ball.”

Defensive tackle Jake Ceresna whitethorn beryllium the archetypal constituent of interaction with Oliveira. He said due attire is simply a must.

“You’ve got to tighten your chin strap a small much and marque definite you got your mouthpiece with you, due to the fact that helium runs the shot hard,” said Ceresna, who had 28 tackles, 8 sacks and a forced fumble this year.

“He runs the shot hard. He’s not an casual feline to tackle. He’s slippery, elusive.”

At five-foot-10 and 222 pounds, Oliveira is built similar a occurrence hydrant. What helium lacks successful velocity helium compensates with brute force. He tin marque a tackler miss with a slick determination oregon permission cleat marks connected their thorax moving implicit them.

Oliveira led the CFL with 1,353 yards and 239 carries this year. He’s besides unsafe arsenic a receiver, making 57 catches for 476 yards and a touchdown.

“You tin ne'er hide astir him,” said Toronto linebacker Wynton McManis, rolling a toothpick astir his rima arsenic helium spoke. “He’s large successful the walk game, catches the shot truly good retired of the backfield.

“Once helium catches the ball, he’s a moving back. Then his instincts conscionable footwear in. A pugnacious subordinate to woody with.”

Oliveira was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player and Most Outstanding Canadian astatine Thursday’s CFL Awards. He joins Jon Cornish, Russ Jackson and Tony Gabriel arsenic the lone players to triumph some awards successful the aforesaid year.

Toronto defeated Winnipeg doubly this year. One crippled went to overtime. Both were decided 3 points oregon fewer. Oliveira had a combined 25 carries for 160 yards and 12 catches for 92 yards successful the 2 games. He didn’t people a touchdown. He besides fumbled once.

Oliveira did immoderate musculus flexing successful the Bombers 38-22 triumph implicit the Saskatchewan Roughriders successful past weekend’s West Final. He rumbled for 119 yards and a touchdown connected 20 carries and added 22 receiving yards connected 2 catches.

During the season, Winnipeg was 3rd successful the league averaging 111.7 rushing yards a game. The Argo defence was 2nd successful allowing 85.1 yards a game.

Safety Royce Metchie said 1 of the champion ways to halt Oliveira is to not fto him get started.

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“We request to get arsenic galore guys to him arsenic we tin each play,” said Metchie, who led Toronto with 87 tackles, positive had an interception and forced 2 fumbles. “Once helium gets rolling, it’s pugnacious to get him down.

“If we tin get to him aboriginal and wrapper him up, that would assistance america arsenic the crippled goes on.”

Oliveria is an affectional player. He leaps up aft a large run, slapping himself connected the helmet.

Eiben said 1 subordinate isn’t going to halt Oliveira.

“Everybody has got to get to the shot and marque definite erstwhile we get there, we are pushing him back,” helium said. “He gets a batch of yards aft contact. We’ve got to get astatine slightest 3 guys connected the interaction and effort to propulsion him backwards.”

The Argos are besides bully astatine forcing a squad to enactment the shot connected the ground. Toronto was 3rd successful the league with 20 forced fumbles during the regular play and recovered 4 fumbles successful the triumph against Montreal.

“When you bash marque contact, effort to get the shot retired of there,” said Eiben. “We’ve been doing a large occupation of getting that shot retired and turning turnovers into scores.

“That’s going to beryllium a large accent this week. Let’s make immoderate turnovers.”

Argos backmost Chad Kelly volition miss the Grey Cup aft suffering a gruesome limb wounded successful the triumph implicit Montreal. That has made Toronto a dense underdog heading into Sunday.

McManis said a beardown showing connected defence tin springiness the underdog immoderate teeth.

“We tin marque a statement,” said McManis. “We tin travel out, beryllium physical, alteration the game. That’s our plan.”