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Joffrey Reynolds would like to end discussion about his alleged fumbling issue, once and for all.

“It’s irrelevant,” the Calgary Stampeders running back said on Wednesday afternoon. “I mean, I can’t go back to last year or two years ago. It’s like when Peyton Manning (of the Indianapolis Colts) threw three picks last year in the AFC championship. He obviously didn’t want to do it and he bounced back from it in the next game.”

Manning, of course, went on to win Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears and cement his legacy as one of the all-time greats.
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Reynolds, however, had turnover troubles in his past two playoff games — two fumbles in each — and hasn’t yet negated them by winning a title.

Perhaps this is the year.

“If you look at anybody in the league, I don’t think I turn the ball over more than anybody else does,” said Reynolds, who didn’t fumble until the 12th game of this Canadian Football League season. “I look at it as no different than if a quarterback throws a pick or a receiver fumbles or whatever.”

While Reynolds isn’t a fumbler, his drops seems to come in bunches and at the most inopportune times.

Since his Week 12 fumble against Hamilton, he’s put the ball on the ground five times.

To make matter worse, he fumbled twice against the Montreal Alouettes two weeks ago and didn’t get a chance to redeem himself last week against the B.C. Lions, when the coaching staff decided to rest him.

“That built up some hunger and anger in him,” said quarterback Henry Burris. “I love that about him. It’s great to have an angry Joffrey going into the game this week because he wants to go out and prove something. A guy like him, he’ll run hard and play hard.”

The Stamps visit the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Sunday’s West Division semifinal and Reynolds had mixed results against them during the regular season. His rushing yardage totals were 37, 154 and 42, with no fumbles.

“It will an opportunity for him to get rid of some demons from his closet,” said Stamps head coach Tom HIggins. “Over the past three football seasons he’s been very tough, competitive, one of the better running backs in the CFL.

“But what’s happened in the past two playoff games was very, very one-sided. Not typical Joffrey Reynolds. He knows, he understands, the moment you turn the football over, particularly in playoff games, is the moment you lose.”

According to the man in question, that won’t be a concern this time.