Michael Griffin II was producing at more than double his career tackle rate before the ank

Winnipeg's day-one strong-side linebacker racked up 35 defensive tackles in six games — 5.8 per game — before missing the last six with an ankle injury, versus a career pace of 2.76 per game (135 tackles in 49 games across Winnipeg and Calgary). That's a 2.1x jump in production at the position that sets the edge in the run game. Jaylen Smith filled those six games and has now been pushed to the reserve roster with a hip injury, so the Bombers are reinserting their run-defense anchor cold.