Special-teams woes prove costly, adding up to a 10th loss in 14 games this season.
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On a day in which they scored a rare first-quarter touchdown and held the opposing quarterback to three pass completions, shoddy special-teams play cost the Ottawa Redblacks. Article content Article content Article content
Not just a win, but likely their season.
The Redblacks allowed speedster Trey Vaval a Canadian Football League-record 199 yards on missed field-goal attempts — yes, missed field-goal attempts — in falling 26-18 to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in front of 20,033 fans Saturday afternoon at TD Place.
With just four games left, that loss left the last-place Redblacks (4-10) three wins behind the Bombers and B.C. Lions, the latter of which is currently aligned to cross ov