Good Bad Ugly VS BC

[Blueforlife]

Well the end turned out incredible but the first quarter and maybe a bit more was filled with mistakes and lack of focus on offence.  Way too many penalties- they seemed to come around feeding off of the defence that started strong and never let up. 

If I never see the hitch screen to Johnson again I will be happy. 

The hitch screen will work at times.  Disagree on not seeing it again (Johnson).  Had a big loss on one play but doesn't mean it's a bad play.  Johnson looked good imo.

[Pigskin]

D line... full speed start to finish.  94 ...took out two guys on one play, shoved them straight back into va.
 Finally got past no Jeffcoat.
Overall much better tackling.

o line....... Same. Putting Eli in as some sort of flanker. Saw one run play Brady to the left, Eli turned back and flattened a pursuing defender.  Was not just Brady up the middle for a change. BC D line was worn out.

Maybe a pass to Eli sometime?

Whoever caught the short field goal try. Nice snag.

Bighill.... not done.


Truism.... Games are won in the trenches.

Reffing.... Saw one play Willie's jersey was stretched back two feet to the grab. . No flag. How could they miss that?



Coaches.... Top notch job.

Not a fun year for Streveller so far.

Cadwallader caught that kick.

[Blue In BC]

The hitch screen will work at times.  Disagree on not seeing it again (Johnson).  Had a big loss on one play but doesn't mean it's a bad play.  Johnson looked good imo.

Johnson is not playing badly. He may not be the next Lawler but he's being productive for a 4th or 5th read on most plays. Not many CFL rookies shine in the 1st half of a season and maybe not the entire season. He'll get bumped when Lawler returns but that's a ratio and roster size issue.

Depends on whether Woli is also back, otherwise we're a little thin on offence. Case is the only back up at receiver. So we might shift an extra offensive player in to rotate within the group and have a back up.

EDIT: he's often being tackled very quickly. OTOH, that means one defensive player that can't double on Wilson or Demski as often.

[TecnoGenius]

If I never see the hitch screen to Johnson again I will be happy.

If we got a good hitch screen going it can only help our O.  We haven't had a good one for years.

However, it hasn't been working with Johnson.  I think we've run 6 of them in 2 games and only 1 worked well, maybe 1 more ok, the rest were basically 0 gain.  That's a waste of a down.

But it does widen the line for Brady.  But there's really no RPO or diversion play possible on hitch screens because they have to be thrown instantly to be effective.

I've seen Buck stick with useless inexplicable plays before... and it's usually a setup for the real play yet to be seen.  So I look forward to seeing what the trick is here.  Sometimes we have to wait nearly all season to see... but I'm pretty sure Johnson won't last that long, so who takes over that play when he gets benched?  I don't want Lawler taking those double-coverage hits.

[TecnoGenius]

Cadwallader caught that kick.

Told you guys not to sleep on Cadwall when he got signed 2(?) years ago.  He's been making great plays on ST this season.  I think he'll be a long term keeper.  I hope he can get his D looks ramped up, too.