'Our backs are against the wall': Alouettes head coach Mike Sherman

For the third consecutive day on Wednesday, Alouettes backup quarterback Johnny Manziel — who hasn’t played since Aug. 3 at Ottawa — didn’t attend practice.
And for the third consecutive day, the organization maintained Manziel is suffering from stomach flu. He did practise Sunday, when the Als returned from a bye week in the schedule.
Never has there been so much fascination surrounding a player who hasn’t actually played of late.
“This isn’t odd to me.