The talented, two-headed monster has long been a fixture in these games.

But regardless of who is on the other side running the deep routes this year, the 8-1 Stamps aren’t shaking in their cleats.

They’ve seen it before, plenty of times over, with the likes of Adarius Bowman, Brandon Zylstra and other duos of past Labour Day Classics.

“Derel Walker and Duke Williams are two of the top receivers in the game,” said longtime Stamps veteran Joshua Bell, who’s in his first year as the team’s DB coach.

“So we’re not going to give them an inch.

“They’re a damn good team – one of the best – with a talented group on offence.

“But we believe in what we do on D.”

And why wouldn’t they?

Last year, the Stamps did a great job eliminating the big play from Bowman and Zylstra, forcing Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly to throw short, five-yard passes out of the pocket, while completely expunging the deep ball with some dynamite coverage by the DBs downfield.

It was all part of a 39-18 clobbering that gave the home team its sixth straight win in the annual meeting.

Bell and veteran halfback Brandon Smith, who will play in his 10th Labour Day Classic on Monday, respect Edmonton’s big-game players but aren’t looking to shut down just one or two guys.

While Walker and Williams get all the attention with their combined 3,900-yard pace, the Stamps know they have to respect the talents of Kenny Stafford, Natey Adjei and others, too, or Reilly – the CFL’s Player of the Month for August – will have it far too easy.

Fortunately for the Stamps, the game plan hasn’t changed. It’s a similar test to the one they faced last week against Matt Nichols and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

“We have to make their guys work for every catch; stay in their hip pocket and on those 50-50 balls, we want to go up and make sure that either we come down with them, or it falls flat on the turf,” Smith said.

“That’s the key from our perspective.

“That’s what you saw last week when we had guys like (Andrew) Harris, (Darvin) Adams and (Nic) Demski on the other side, and we shut them down.

“Everyone’s playing for each other and there’s no selfish play out there. When you have a group like that, good things tend to happen.”

Smith, in particular, has fond memories of this game, recording his first two CFL interceptions in the 2010 matchup, including one he ran back 58 yards for a touchdown as part of a 52-5 pasting in front of a packed house.

He would love nothing more than to do it again here in 2018.

“It’s Labour Day, man.

“Never gets old.

“We’re all jacked up and ready to make plays.”

Bell, meanwhile, will be taking this one in from a different perspective, in the coaches’ booth, for the first time.

He looks forward to this game like no other on the schedule and says there’s just a different feeling around the clubhouse at this time of year.

“It’s almost like it doesn’t even matter what happens in the first nine games of the season,” he said.

“It can be a springboard or a turning point. You can be undefeated in the first nine, and be de-feated in the last nine and go from sugar to you-know-what real fast.

“It’s a big week, all right. We can’t wait.”