Drew Freakin Willy

[JuranBoldenRules]

The defense kept a lot of points off the board and put 13 up themselves.

 

Willy led the miraculous drive to win, but Montreal wins easy if the Bombers give up a TD on one of the short fields afforded the Als by Washington's misadventures.  Defense saved the day.

[17to85]

I had a coach who used to say (and I never forgot) that in every game, five plays decide an outcome. The team that makes those 5 plays wins. I think there's a lot of truth to that. 

When you look at the win-loss record of teams that win the turnover battle I think it becomes clear there is a lot of truth to that. I would expect the overall level of most teams in the league to be close enough that it's the big momentum turning plays that make all the difference. An interception for a touchdown, a blocked punt, a kick return TD, these are all huge plays that flip a game around. 

[do or die]

Well, we have 3 TD's on D and a KOR TD....in three games.  We also made the big plays in late crunchtime, to win a couple of games.....

 

Not really used to either....

[Blueandgold]

Well, we have 3 TD's on D and a KOR TD....in three games.  We also made the big plays in late crunchtime, to win a couple of games.....

 

Not really used to either....

But as we learned in 2011 you can't rely on things like that through an entire season.

[Mark H.]

 

I had a coach who used to say (and I never forgot) that in every game, five plays decide an outcome. The team that makes those 5 plays wins. I think there's a lot of truth to that. 

When you look at the win-loss record of teams that win the turnover battle I think it becomes clear there is a lot of truth to that. I would expect the overall level of most teams in the league to be close enough that it's the big momentum turning plays that make all the difference. An interception for a touchdown, a blocked punt, a kick return TD, these are all huge plays that flip a game around. 

 

 

I think this game was won almost exclusively because of big plays.

 

1. The D holding the Als to field goals after the punt fumbles

 

2. Scoring touchdowns on our two turnovers

 

3. The winning TD pass on THIRD DOWN