He couldn’t figure out what he felt or exactly how he felt. He just knew he wasn’t right, it wasn’t right, after the still stunning 38-17 loss to the Montreal Alouettes in the East final.

“It felt like a nightmare, to be honest with you,” the Argos quarterback said on Wednesday evening in a heartfelt interview. “It felt so real. When I was walking off the field, my head didn’t feel good, my heart didn’t feel good, my stomach didn’t feel good.

“I had to go to the bathroom stall to make sure I was OK.”

He’s still not sure he’s OK. The past four days have been that kind of soul-searching. He hasn’t come to grips with everything that happened in the East-final defeat, why he isn’t in mid-week preparation for Sunday’s Grey Cup, how he will have to get up Thursday night in Niagara Falls and make a speech of some kind when he’s announced as the Most Outstanding Player in the Canadian Football League.