Winnipeg's pass defense lost on first down, not third

Montreal's 440 passing yards came on just 40 attempts — 11.0 yards per attempt, a number that signals coverage busts and free releases, not contested throws. Tyson Philpot's 11 catches for 207 yards (18.8 per reception) against a secondary that had contained this same Alouettes offense weeks earlier points to a leverage failure: too much man with no safety rotation over the top. The 40:38 time-of-possession split is the downstream symptom — Winnipeg never got off the field because Montreal stayed ahead of the chains all night.