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A team generally doesn't worry about an injury to its quarterback – unless it's to the starting pivot. But Alouettes' backup Adrian McPherson might have suffered a tear in his medial collateral ligament on Saturday, against Toronto, in Montreal's final exhibition game. At least that's what several sources are telling montrealgazette.com that's what they're hearing. McPherson replaced starter [...]

Damon Duval's first exhibition game of the season, Saturday against Toronto, produced a bag of mixed results. Duval, assured of the job again this season with no competition – don't be fooled by the token appearance of Colt David last weekend, against Winnipeg – kicked three field goals against the Argonauts, from 45, 43 and 22 yards, [...]

Any Alouettes player that's healthy will play during Saturday's final exhibition game, against Toronto, at Molson Stadium. Kickoff's at 1 p.m. Unlike last weekend's game at Winnipeg, when most of the veterans remained at home, head coach Marc Trestman said they'll play against the Argonauts. To what extent, however, remains to be determined. Veteran quarterback Anthony Calvillo, for [...]

The Alouettes held their final full training camp practice on Thursday – inside a soccer facility in Sherbrooke due to the inclement weather. No players have been released and, according to head coach Marc Trestman, none will until after Saturday's final exhibition game, against Toronto, at Molson Stadium. "All the players who are here deserve the opportunity to [...]

The NFL's Houston Texans released seven players on Wednesday, including former Concordia Stingers' offensive-lineman Kristian Matte. That will be of particular interest to the Alouettes, who selected the guard with their first-round pick in this year's Canadian college draft. If Matte isn't claimed on waivers by another NFL team, or signed as a free agent, he's expected to [...]

Veteran slotback Ben Cahoon, as had been predicted by head coach Marc Trestman, was on the field Wednesday as Alouettes' training camp continued at Bishop's University. It marked Cahoon's first practice since last Thursday, and he caught the first pass from quarterback Anthony Calvillo. Cahoon, who wasn't scheduled to play in last Sunday's exhibition game at Winnipeg, returned [...]

Following a day off on Monday to lick their wounds from Sunday's 34-10 beating at Winnipeg to open the exhibition schedule, the Alouettes practiced in glorious sunshine at Bishop's University – without Ben Cahoon. But Damon Duval returned. Cahoon, the veteran slotback, has been missing since Friday, when he returned home to Utah for what the team [...]

Not only did the Alouettes get humbled by Winnipeg, 34-10, in their opening exhibition game on Sunday, they also suffered numerous injuries. Defensive-end Shawn Mayne suffered an Achilles injury – an injury that's never short in recovery time. More will be known on the length of his absence once he undergoes an MRI. Fullback Dahrran Diedrick sustained a [...]

Alouettes season-ticket holders are probably happy they're not paying good money to see this one. Head coach Marc Trestman brought 58 players to Winnipeg for Sunday's exhibition game against the Blue Bombers, and veterans were conspicuous by their absence. Among those remaining in Montreal. On offence: Anthony Calvillo, Scott Flory, Ben Cahoon, Kerry Watkins, Brian Bratton, Jamel Richardson [...]

Predictably, veteran quarterback Anthony Calvillo won't be in uniform, and won't have to travel to Winnipeg, this weekend when the Alouettes begin their exhibition schedule against the Blue Bombers Sunday afternoon. Calvillo historically rarely plays in Montreal's first pre-season encounter, although he has been known to make a token appearance if the Als are playing at home. [...]

The new coach-to-quarterback headsets that will be used this season in the Canadian Football League were given a test run on Thursday by the Alouettes at training camp. And, so far so good, according to offensive co-ordinator Scott Milanovich. "There were one or two calls that had to be repeated," Milanovich told The Snap, "but it ran pretty [...]

Paul Lambert, who's expected to replace the retired Bryan Chiu this season, was on the field Thursday – although he didn't practice – as Alouettes training camp continued. Lambert missed Wednesday's session with a knee problem, albeit one that turns out to be minor. He had fluid drained from his right knee and expects to participate in Friday's [...]

In 2005, when Marc Trestman felt he'd had enough of the NFL and relocated to Raleigh, N.C., he was hired at North Carolina State by Chuck Amato. Trestman was the Wolfpack offensive co-ordinator and quarterback coach. However, the entire staff was fired following the 2006 season. Four years later, Trestman and Amato have been reunited at Alouettes' training [...]

The Alouettes already have lost their starting centre, Bryan Chiu, through retirement. And on Wednesday, when training camp continued at Bishop's University, Paul Lambert, who's expected to replace Chiu, was conspicuous by his absence. According to head coach Marc Trestman, Lambert tweaked his knee a day earlier and was visiting a doctor. "He was at the meeting (Tuesday [...]