Kevin Glenn had two ways to follow up that devastating late-game interception that was part of the Stampeders’ downfall in a Week 3 loss to the Montreal Alouettes.

He could have buckled under the pressure of the scrutiny, the second-guessing and the out-loud wondering about whether he was capable of handling the controls in the absence of the injured Drew Tate.

Or he could have shrugged off the critics’ comments and just gone out and played with the same efficiency and panache that has permitted him to throw for more than 33,000 yards in his distinguished CFL career.

If we told you he racked up 385 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions in his follow-up performance during Week 4, would that give you an idea what route the veteran pivot chose?

“This isn’t the first time this has happened,” said Glenn when asked about the challenge of overcoming adversity. “To me or any other quarterback. With quarterbacks having the ball in their hands so much, sometimes that’s going to happen — you’re going to throw a pick late and lose the game and everybody’s going to be on you and you’re going to have to bounce back to, not necessarily prove yourself, but to show your worth.

“For me? I don’t get into that kind of stuff. I just try to learn from the mistake and move forward.”

Glenn’s play in Week 4, capped by his game-winning 16-yard touchdown pass to Nik Lewis in overtime, helped the Stamps even their record at 2-2 with a wild 41-38 come-from-behind victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

While some Stamps were digging deep into their memory banks trying to remember the last time they had played in such a crazy game, Glenn merely had to go back three starts to the 2011 East semifinal against the Montreal Alouettes and a 52-44 OT win by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Glenn’s employer at the time.

“That game was kind of a similar situation where we were back and forth and then, in overtime, we pulled it out,” said Glenn. “This last one does rank high though. It ranks very high, just given the situation the team has been going through the last two or three weeks.”

Glenn leads the CFL with a 71-per cent completion rate on his passes and he has a nifty quarterback rating of 104.7 this season. In Week 4, he completed passes to seven different receivers including seven each to Lewis, Marquay McDaniel and Chris Bauman.

The latter two individuals are no stranger to Glenn as they were teammates during his days with the Ticats.

“It’s good to have guys that you’ve played with,” said Glenn. “Even being on a new team with those guys, you still have a comfort level with them knowing what they’re going to do, knowing how you can place the ball and knowing their strengths. It’s great to have those guys.

“I told them (after the game) that I appreciate all of them. You know, the quarterback gets a lot of the credit when you win and the blame when you lose but this is the ultimate team sport. Not one guy is going to do it by himself so you have all 12 guys on offence working together including the offensive line.

“That was a team effort — some guys may get more individual accolades but it takes everybody to make those sorts of games happen.”