Stamps vs. Lions

[AtlanticRiderFan]

As much as I hate to say it:

 

Go Stamps.

[gbill2004]

Go Stamps!

[Mr. Perfect]

Cornish, all day. Early and often. Give him 20+ carries, the rest will take care of itself.

[Mr. Perfect]

Glenn out of the game with an injured left elbow but it doesn't appear serious. Beck taking reps.

[SmokinBlue]

He was playing like crap anyway.

[Goalie]

Another low scoring game. 

[Mr. Perfect]

Harris down. Looks to be in considerable pain. Left ankle/leg got pinned under him. Literally being carried off the field.

[Goalie]

harris being carried off by team mates, HUGE LOSS.

[Mr. Perfect]

Oh Kevin...

[SmokinBlue]

Glenn pulled a drew willy there.

[Goalie]

Same Old Glenn. 

[Goalie]

Glenn pulled a drew willy there.

Except Glenn has been doing this his entire career. Seriously.  You have to be trolling now. 

[SmokinBlue]

Who is to say drew wont be too, he hasnt learned from his previous mistakes once yet. Same old same old. Gotta be smarter than forcing the ball into an obviously poor location.

[SPuDS]

Who is to say drew wont be too, he hasnt learned from his previous mistakes once yet. Same old same old. Gotta be smarter than forcing the ball into an obviously poor location.

Gtfo with this crap. Its his first season for crying out loud.. Cut the kid some slack..

[Goalie]

Yeah guess the guy has a point, he did it a few weeks back vs the riders and hasn't since. No learning there at all. 

[do or die]

One guy is 2nd year in league......other guy, 13 years in league

 

See the difference?

[Tracker]

There are darned few QBs in this league who have lit it up in their first year as starters- probably a half-dozen in the 100+ years, so let's let Willy grow into the job. Besides, we have one of the worst O-lines in the league, and that has to be hampering his development.

[SmokinBlue]

Except it's not tough mistakes he is making, tiles are mistakes you shouldn't make in college let alone pros. It's bad when I'm yelling what the heck are you doing before the ball even leaves his hand. I sure hope he starts learning from them.

[Mark H.]

Watching the B.C. defense pretty much shut down Calgary...our O didn't actually do that badly against them last week.  You've got a top notch secondary combined with a tough as nails DL that gives Bighill and Elimimian room to roam.  

[17to85]

People are not looking around at how hard it is to play offence in the CFL this year. There are lots of teams that struggle to score and score TDs. Scores under 20 have been very common this year. 

[Mark H.]

People are not looking around at how hard it is to play offence in the CFL this year. There are lots of teams that struggle to score and score TDs. Scores under 20 have been very common this year. 

 

Looking at the QBs league-wide, one would think offenses should be better.  Outside of Montreal, everyone has a decent - excellent starting QB.  

 

IMO, OL play is the biggest factor.  There are far too many plays where QB's are getting harassed and hit.  There aren't any rushing stats that jump out at you either.

[17to85]

Wally Buono was talking about is on tsn when they had him in the booth, his assessment was the extra DI spots help the defenses a lot allowing them more different looks. Seems like it could be a valid assessment. Get more specialized players on D whereas the offense is pretty much static with the players on it. 

[Mark H.]

There's also a high number of dominant defensive players league-wide.  Gone are the days when it was just Cam Wake and a few others.

[Rich]

Football seems to go in cycles as the game changes with different players and new schemes.  Throw in the Ottawa expansion draft to really jumble things up and offences need time to adjust.   The higher scoring offences will come back eventually.

[Mark H.]

Football seems to go in cycles as the game changes with different players and new schemes.  Throw in the Ottawa expansion draft to really jumble things up and offences need time to adjust.   The higher scoring offences will come back eventually.

 

If you've watched the trends for 20 years, you can see that offences always take longer to adjust.  It's worth noting that more Canadians start on offense, so it may take longer to find new talent.