MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes will need to find a new source of inspiration this season.

Pegged to finish near the bottom of the CFL standings last year, the Alouettes galvanized around their underdog status en route to an unexpected Grey Cup victory.

As defending champions, they won’t have that same rallying point or element of surprise in 2024.

“It’s like you go from the hunters to the hunted,” quarterback Cody Fajardo said. “Last year it was easy to draw motivation from the people who said we were going to be ninth.