The Montreal Alouettes landed in Winnipeg on Monday night and everyone was watching Davis Alexander's game.
He stopped to sign autographs for children and then strolled through James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in a gray tracksuit and fresh Gray Cup cap, limping slightly after re-aggravating his left hamstring injury in the Eastern final.
“He will be treated all week.There's a lot to work on here, but he can handle it. The news we received today is encouraging. He'll be on the track to play. I know that he will start, and I know that he will play – i.e.hat is the bottom line. We need to work like hell to get him to be the best he can be and get out there and compete,” head coach Jason Maas said.
“He's played with this before, Ithis is something that is doable, IThere was some good news today and we'll get to it. HOURUntil then, we have a lot of work to do. Honestly, I don't know what the percentage will be. I know we have good news today. I know he's quite capable of playing with it xHe's played with this before.
About midway through the fourth quarter against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Alexander pulled his left hamstring after being tackled on the sideline while on second. The Als failed to convert, ultimately allowing the Ticats to kick a 23-yard field goal to tie the game at 16-16 with less than two minutes left.
27-year-old Alexander did not miss a single moment in the game and entered the field after his team returned the ball. He then orchestrated a seven-play, 37-yard drive that led to the game-winning 45-yard field goal from Jose Maltos Diaz with no time left on the clock. This sent Montreal to the 112th Gray Cup against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
“Davis will be ready, he will start and play. This is what he was dealing with, with.o there is a treatment protocol that corresponds to thisAnd as the week goes on, he will get stronger and stronger,” Maas said.
“That's what really happens with these types of injuries. We have a plan for him and we are all in with him. HOUROver the next six days he will receive the best treatment available to us and then he will go from there.”
The five-foot-eleven, 210-pound passer completed 19 of 26 pass attempts for 210 yards, one touchdown, one interception and the win, with the score coming on a deep pass to Tyler Sneed. Alexander also ran the ball seven times for 64 yards in the 19-16 Eastern final victory. Maas said his franchise QB is “pretty close” to 100 percent entering the playoff game in Hamilton.
“I know that at this time of year no one is 100 percent ready. It's hard to be 100 percent after 18 games, yeahYou play two playoff games, it's difficult. But with the adrenaline, with what's at stake, you increase those numbers a little and you give everything you have until the end. Tthat’s what all of our guys are going to do,” Maas said.
“I know what kind of person he is and what he’s going to put into it. I know what kind of help he will receive all week, b.But as a percentage, I wouldn't even want to take a chance on what that percentage would be. It won't be 100 percent, but I can tell you this: i.e.There's not a lot of people playing 100 percent at this time of year anyway.”
Gig Harbor, Washington. Native missed 11 regular season games in 2025 with a left hamstring injury. Montreal went 7–0 with him in the starting lineup and 3–8 when he was unable to play McLeod Bethel-Thompson, Caleb Evans and James Morgan at guard.
“I will play 100 percent. My whole week will be filled with rehabilitation. We will be ready to work,” Alexander said.
“I don't think I've ever been 100 percent healthy all year. I think we knew that after the injury I had in Toronto. I felt as healthy as I've ever been.” [the East Final]but something that will have to be treated a little in the offseason.”
Alexander admitted that he was still very sore after Saturday's game and thought it was the most hits he'd had in a while. Doctors gave positive news, telling him the extent of his hamstring injury after an MRI. He doesn't think cold weather is good for his muscles and he will use his bike on the side of the road to warm up his body.
Montreal's coaching staff has been performing two to three sessions per day on Alexander's left hamstring in recent weeks, and that number could be increased to four or five per day during Gray Cup week.
“I would say after that Calgary game, the first game I came back from that week, I felt like I could do whatever I needed, whatever I wanted,” Alexander said.
