Idon’t think that way,” O’Shea said. “I never switch to that negative line of thinking, to tell you the truth. I don’t think that way, and (the players are) not going out there worried, they are going out there to win, and that is the only way you can think.”

The distant past informs the immediate future for the Bombers.

“Years ago, I made a mistake, and I didn’t enter a playoff game as fresh as we could have been,” Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea said after the team walkthrough on Friday morning. “That is part of what goes into it: The belief that healthy and fresh is ultimately important.”

The Bombers will bench several veterans in the final weekend of the regular season as the Montreal Alouettes are in town for a Saturday afternoon matchup.

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