Montreal 2-8 @ Ottawa 6-3

[Mr Dee]

👁‍🗨Whoa..it’s been a long week..crying, denying, accusations, call outs and apologies. And that’s just been in my house..😮 

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CFL Game #52 Team Notes – Montréal at Ottawa:

- 303 yards passing / 2 TDs same game: Last week Antonio Pipkin led Montreal to their 25-22 win becoming the first Montreal QB to EVER throw for 300+ yards and score 2 TDs in the same game across their entire history (Sam Etcheverry never scored more than 1 TD in a game).

It was the first 300-yard passing effort by an Als' QB since Darian Durant had 300+ exactly one year ago (316 vs WPG on Aug 24/17). Pipkin was 22-of-32 for 303 yards including 7-for-8 for 101 yards in the 4th Quarter. Pipkin was the first Montreal QB to score 2 TDs in a game since Sep 7/14 (Tanner Marsh).

- Last week's win vs Toronto: The Alouettes played their best game of the season in a critical home contest vs the Argos. Montreal snapped a club record 9-game HOME losing streak, the last 8 of which they had lost by an average margin of 25.9 points per game. Their win over Toronto was built around their first 300-yard passing effort of 2018 and a season-high 22 first downs.

- A win on the road: The Alouettes look to turn around a road run that has seen them go 1-12 in their last 13 away from Montreal. They are 1-4 this year with a win in Regina but have not won an East Division away game since Nov 5/16 at Hamilton. They come in with 5-game East Division road losing streak.

Two with 100+ Tackles?: The Alouettes have the Top 2 tacklers in the CFL this year with both Henoc Muamba and Chris Ackie at 64 on pace for 115 by season's end. NO CFL team has EVER had the Top 2 tacklers in the same season since the league started recording this game data in 1989. BC in 2016 (Elimimian & Bighill) is the only team to ever have two 100+ tacklers in one season.

And as a final note, Branden Dozier's pace (97) is also near 100 which could potentially make three Alouettes over the century mark.

- Trevor Harris 1,229 yards: Has led the REDBLACKS to 4 wins in their last 5 games and will be making career start #52 (27-22-2). Harris' 3-game passing yardage total of 1,229 yards (381, 487, 361) is the most by any CFL QBG since 2015 (Henry Burris 1,294 in a 3- game span) and second-highest since Anthony Calvillo's 1,242 yards in September 2003.

Harris' career record vs Montreal is his best against any opponent with 7 victories and just one loss. Of his 25 career 300+ yard games, 5 have come against the Alouettes. Harris leads the CFL in completion % at 69.6%.

Richie Leone: Has a unique streak of 4 games in a row with a punt that has pinned the opposition inside their own 10-yard line. Over his last two games his NET punt average is 43.2 yards and he now leads the CFL in that critical measure.

- 76 players / 54 starters: Last year Montreal used a club record 83 players. This year just beyond half-way, they are already at 76 players who have played at least one game. They have had 54 different starters in 10 games.

- A.C. Leonard 4 in a row: Has a current streak of 4 consecutive games with a QB Sack. That matches the longest streak by any REDBLACKS player tying Justin Capicciotti's 4-game run of Aug 23/15 - Sep 19/15.

- John Bowman: Recorded his second Sack of the season last week and now has 123, just 3 behind Stewart Hill who ranks #7 all-time with 126. Bowman recorded his 200th career start last week.

- William Powell 4 100's: Comes into this game riding back-to-back 100-yard rushing efforts and has 4 for the season - as many as he had all last year and a career-high. The last Ottawa player to have 5 games of 100+ yards in a season was Josh Ranek in 2003.

Lewis Ward 96%: Ward began his career with a 3-for-4 FG performance in the season opener and since then has not missed a FG attempt (though he did miss one conversion). Ward is now 27-for-28 96.4% with a streak of 24 makes in a row, the longest streak ever made by a 1st Year player - his 24 straight has included 7 from 40+ yards.

Last week's comeback: Montreal was able to overcome a 6-point deficit last week vs Toronto and post their first comeback victory since Jul 14/17 vs Calgary, a span of 24 games.

- 36 points per game: Ottawa has rolled up point totals of 41, 24 and 44 points including 12 TD drives in just 41 total possessions. Their TD drive % has been 21% over those 3 contests compared to just 10% (9 TDs on 89 drives) over the first 6 games.

- Way Out in Front - 61 to 28: The REDBLACKS have built some very large leads of late in winning 4 of 5. In their last 4 games they have pulled out to leads of 10, 24, 7 and 24 points and outscored the opposition by a combined 61-28 in the 1st half.

Brad Sinopoli 126?: Was held to just 3 catches last game stopping his streak of 4 or more at 9 games. However, he remains on pace for 126 receptions which would tie Allen Pitts #2 all-time mark from 1994.

- Greg Ellingson: Went six games without going over 100 yards but now has back-to-back games with 110 and 100 in the last two. For his career he has 5,592 yards in 83 games, an average of 67.4 yards per game which ranks #21 all-time in CFL history. With 19 catches in his last 2 games he is at 100 reception pace which would be a career best.

- William Stanback: Stepped in for an injured Tyrell Sutton last week and gained 53 yards on the ground. He has now run the ball 16 times averaging 6.8 yards per carry in his limited opportunities as the #1 run option for Montreal.

 

Bomber update vs Sask

Pts allowed per game avg

SSK 223 24.8     5th

WPG 253 25.3    6th

Pts per game..avg

Wpg 31.5 1st

Sack 23.9 6th

Net offence

Wpg 369.3 5th

Sask 314.8 7th

Opp net offence

Sask 310.6.  2nd

Wpg 360.7.  6th

Winnipeg has a whopping 221 first downs (2nd) vs Sask. 145 (9th), but Sask is 3rd in allowing first downs - 45 ahead of Wpg’s 207 (7th)

Sacks allowed - Sask 12 (1st)  Wpg (15) tied for 2nd

Sacks made - Sask 23 T1st  Wpg 22 3rd

[USABomberfan]

I would not be surprised if the Als won this game, but if I were them I'd drop E Jackson like a rock.  And if Sherman is smart, he'll make Stanback a big part of this game plan as he's looked better than Sutton so far.

 

Biggest problem for the Als is their atrocious secondary matched up on Sinopli, Spencer and Ellingson

[MOBomberFan]

3 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

I would not be surprised if the Als won this game, but if I were them I'd drop E Jackson like a rock.  And if Sherman is smart, he'll make Stanback a big part of this game plan as he's looked better than Sutton so far.

 

Biggest problem for the Als is their atrocious secondary matched up on Sinopli, Spencer and Ellingson

I really like what Stanback brings to the table but he's injured this week. Rookie Lawrence Pittman comes off the PR and gets the start ahead of Ryder Stone.

[USABomberfan]

Rich Stubler should retire after this season along with Richie Hall.  His defenses don't work anymore.

[Zontar]

TSO is just dying to turn Pipkin into a thing. They love pumping QB tires anyway plus it fuels the Manziel they got going already.

[NorthernSkunk]

Oh krap......I got a fresh bottle of whiskey to last me through Sunday,  but Rod is doing tonight's game.  Time to fire up the ice maker I suppose.

[Tracker]

I think this will be an entertaining game.Montreal has nothing to lose.

[Mr Dee]

Well, wont some people be surprised that their recording on TSN1 is from a RDS French feed..

[CodyT]

My girlfriend only has one TSN channel and it’s broadcastig tennis.

 

the other channel I’m watching it on is French 👎

[CodyT]

1 minute ago, Mr Dee said:

Well, wont some people be surprised that their recording on TSN1 is from a RDS French feed..

Beat me to it by about 4 seconds

[SpeedFlex27]

Nice catch by Jackson running a slant.  Pipkin fired that one in. 

[Floyd]

Pipkin moving the ball...

How bad a judge of talent do you have to be to run with Willy and Schlitz instead of Pipkin out of camp...

[CodyT]

How about bowman on the deep ball first possession ... lay out for that thing man. It was a good ball. His days are numbered

[Floyd]

1 minute ago, CodyT said:

How about bowman on the deep ball first possession ... lay out for that thing man. It was a good ball. His days are numbered

Yeah he's a good example of a guy who's career was made by Reilly...

[SpeedFlex27]

1 minute ago, CodyT said:

How about bowman on the deep ball first possession ... lay out for that thing man. It was a good ball. His days are numbered

Yeah,  it was about 6 inches from his hands. That was a shitty attempt to catch the ball. If you don't want to sell out your body as a player physically then retire. 

[Mr Dee]

4 minutes ago, CodyT said:

Beat me to it by about 4 seconds

C’était mon inntention..😄

[JuranBoldenRules]

Hebert is getting another suspension.  Should just eject him from the game.

[Mr Dee]

Get him to play without his helmet..

[SpeedFlex27]

What a POS Hebert is. He hasn't learned nor does he care. The CBA with the Player Assn prevents him from being suspended more than 2 games which he can appeal.  That has to be changed in the next agreement. 

[Mark F]

Harris 29 yards first quarter.

[SpeedFlex27]

The Als proving the Bombers have the worst group of receivers in the CFL. 

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The Als proving the Bombers have the worst group of receivers in the CFL. 

Nichols must be embarrassed watching raw rookie training camp cut Pipkin cut through the Ottawa D on the road like a hot knife through butter.  Could barely get a first down against them at home.

[Brandon]

3 minutes ago, Mark F said:

Harris 29 yards first quarter.

Hey we only gave up 300 yards in the first half to Harris...  but ya people like to ignore this and focus on lapo for some reason?

[Mark F]

harris got 360 in the entire game. But yeah, Montreal d is a lot better than ours.

 

 Pipkin 99 yards first quarter.

hard to believe that Montreal cut Pipkin.

Edited September 1, 2018 by Mark F

[SpeedFlex27]

13 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Nichols must be embarrassed watching raw rookie training camp cut Pipkin cut through the Ottawa D on the road like a hot knife through butter.  Could barely get a first down against them at home.

The Als coaches were so enamoured having a "veteran" qb  even though he was shitty that they obviously screwed up cutting Pipkin.  Then got enamoured again on Manziel.  What's it say about other teams not picking Pipkin up?