WINNIPEG — Davis Alexander took his offensive linemen out for dinner after the Montreal Alouettes arrived in Winnipeg for Sunday’s Grey Cup game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The big men tasked with protecting the injured quarterback made sure he didn’t feel too much pain in his wallet.

“We were gentle with him. We didn’t have any 30-ounce steaks or nothing like that,” Alouettes guard Pier-Olivier Lestage said.

Alexander is also being handled with care on the football front this week after he tweaked the hamstring in his left leg in last weekend’s CFL East Division final win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

He’s receiving up to five treatments per day for the same injury that limited him to seven regular-season games in his first full season as Montreal’s starter.

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