Courtesy Winnipeg Sun:

Even if it is his last chance to win that elusive Grey Cup, Milt Stegall is vowing to not put any extra pressure on himself.

The Bombers slotback is treating this week just like any other, even though Sunday’s East Division semifinal against the Montreal Alouettes will likely be his last home game — and possibly the last of his illustrious 13-year CFL career.

“I don’t let this put pressure on me, because there are a lot more important things than football,” he said. “Football’s a minute part of my life — when I’m on the field I’m intense, and I like what I’m doing — but football is not pressure. Football is supposed to be fun. I’m going to make sure it stays that way.

“Of course I want to win, and I plan on winning, but I’m not going to allow this football, a game I’ve been playing my entire life, to put any pressure on me, because I know one day it’s going to end.”

Stegall is 99.9% sure that this will be his final season, but he’s not letting go of that 0.1% chance that he’s coming back for a 14th season.

“You never know what God has in hand,” he said. “He’s the only one who knows what the future holds.”

At least one of Stegall’s teammates knows what’s at stake for the CFL’s career touchdown leader.

“In the whole group, we want to send Milt out as a winner,” fellow slotback Terrence Edwards said. “Milt has been an ambassador to Winnipeg and to this game. He’s done a lot for the CFL, and the CFL’s done a lot for him.

“It’d be a shame for him to leave this game without a Grey Cup victory.”

CATCHY: Edwards said the Bomber receivers better start holding on to the ball or it’s going to be lights out for the Blue and Gold.

“If we play the way we’ve been playing as a receiving group, it’s a possibility we could home,” he said. “… We’re due for a big game. This is the right time to have it.”

Edwards quoted one of his coaches as saying the team’s receivers had dropped 15 balls in the first 16 games of the season. They put 12 on the ground in their final two.

O’Neil Wilson had three drops in Friday’s 20-17 win over Montreal, and it appears he will pay for those mistakes.

“(Jamie) Stoddard will be getting a little more playing time, for sure,” head coach Doug Berry said.

LATE HITS: Berry expects running back Charles Roberts (thigh), defensive end Tom Canada (shoulder) and cornerback Juran Bolden (back) to be on the field when the team returns to the practice field tomorrow. Roberts will play on Sunday, while Canada and Bolden remain up in the air … Centre Obby Khan, out for the year with a torn triceps muscle, will have surgery later this week … The CFL has changed the start time of Sunday’s game from noon to 1 p.m. to accommodate Remembrance Day ceremonies