Welcome to Overreaction Monday, where we look back on the previous week’s action and root out some angles that could be prone to hot takes that may or may not be a tad over the top. Either from fans and the media in general or, maybe just specifically me.

Then, I’ll render a verdict as to whether I think it’s an “overreaction,” a “fair” assessment, or if it’s “too soon to tell.”

This week, the unsinkable Alouettes, in defence of a play call, and a slate of games that looks like the fulcrum of the 2026 season.

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*SHORESY VOICE* THIS TEAM WILL NEVER LOSE AGAIN

The Montreal Alouettes are rollin’, rollin’, rollin’.

In a top-of-the-league showdown, they came up big against the Edmonton Elks, in a 48-30 win that bumped their record to 8-1, four points up on the Elks and Saskatchewan Roughriders for the overall lead and six clear of the second-place Argos in the East Division.

“They’re pretty well unbeatable at this point.”

The Als had been winning prior to this one, obviously. But there had been one little criticism surrounding them and that was that they weren’t playing full 60s, allowing opponents to either stay in games or get back into games that Montreal seemed to have in hand.

Over........

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