FILE--Edmonton Eskimos' Arkee Whitlock celebrates after scoring a touchdown during second half pre-season CFL action against the B.C. Lions in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday June 23, 2009. Common sense suggests the Edmonton Eskimos' chances of beating the Montreal Alouettes on Thursday improve greatly if they can keep the ball in the hands of Whitlock and Calvin McCarty and out of the grasp of Anthony Calvillo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck