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Justin Dunk
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Less than one month ago Dee Webb was a member of the double blue and come Thursday night number 18 will have done his best to make sure his new teammates know all the nuances of Toronto’s playbook.
“Sharing tips, yeah of course. Everything I know – I’m going to spill the beans. Try to get a W, finish the season off strong,” Webb said after Hamilton’s only practice before facing Toronto on Thursday.
The former Florida Gator said after being with Toronto and going against their offence in practice, he knows what they’re going to do, how they’re going to do it and what they like to do.
“I brought my knowledge from there over here,” he said.
“He told us about some odd plays that we already knew about,” defensive coordinator Corey Chamblin said. “They’re going to do a lot of misdirection and give Boyd the ball, that’s basically what he said.”
Webb played in 11 games with the Argonauts this year before being dealt to the Tiger-Cats on October 11 in exchange for receiver Maurice Mann. Since arriving in the Hammer the 5-11 defensive back has helped improve the play of the Ticat secondary.
“That was the number one key in bringing me over here – bringing this defence to another level,” Webb said. “We’ve brought our play up to another level and we have to keep it going into the playoffs with a good head of steam.”
For the first time in his career Webb will enter the Rogers Centre as a visiting player.
“It’s going to be weird, going back in there with a different uniform on, seeing my old buddies and all that,” Webb said. “But it’s another game and I’m there to win the game so I’m going to go out there and do what I have to do.”
After being back with Chamblin for a few weeks now, Webb has indicated with his play that he enjoys the coaching style his coordinator employs.
“Intense. He’s an intense coach, he’s going to get on you and he wants the best out of you — you have to accept that,” Webb said. “I like his coaching style, I need a coach who is going to be on me, be aggressive and get the best out of me. Playing for a coach like that you can’t do anything else but go out there and ball out for him.”
One of Webb’s former teammates, Steven Jyles, took a blow to the head last week in Toronto’s win over Winnipeg, but he expects the pivot to at least try and suit up on Thursday.
“Him being a tough guy I believe we could see him,” Webb said. “He’s a tough one, I know he’s going to bounce back and try to come out and get another win on his resume as a Toronto Argonaut.”
If in fact Jyles is on the field come kickoff in Toronto, Webb knows exactly what the Ticats defence must do to neutralize the dual threat quarterback.
“He has those dangerous legs, we have to keep him inside the box. If he gets going in the run game it’s going to be a long night for us,” he said. “We can’t give him a two way go, rushing and passing, we have to stop him from running.”
Webb would like to shut down Jyles and show his former team what type of player they lost by trading him away.
