Again I apologize. It was a weird week last week with holidays and the family getting sick. Now that I've re-joined the work-a-day world, things seemed to be getting back to a facsimile of normal. So I thought I would share my thoughts on last week's game in Edmonton.
I gotta admit, I hate it when the Riders play in Commonwealth. Pretty guarantee any schmuck behind centre wearing green and gold will light it up against the Riders no sweat.
And in fact, any schmuck did. Steven Jyles had a "career night". Seriously? Did he eat his wheaties that morning? Did they secretly fly in Anthony Cavillo from Montreal? Like what the...?
Meanwhile on our side of the ball, we had a tough time doing... well... pretty much everything. The only way to describe our team right now is a hot mess. Some parts are amazing and wonderful (like Kory Sheets) and others are like... oooookay, let's not do that again, like ever!
From the13 penalties (13!) for 90 yards worth, to the picture perfect Cary Koch catch (for Edmonton), to the very sad Dressler fumble in the fourth quarter, there's so much I'd really rather forget.
The saddest part of the game was watching Picard glumly limping off the field in obvious pain. It looks like he'll be out for the contest in Vancouver this weekend. That is worrisome. Picard has been rock solid at centre.
And receivers need to put some stick 'em on their hands. Catch the stinking balls would ya!
Yet there were a few positives.
Like Kory Sheets rushing for 78 yards and receiving 138 yards.
Nick Graham and Eddie Russ blew the drawers off with six tackles each. Odell Willis and Shomari Williams each snagged a sack.
Durant threw for 401 yards, but that included two interceptions. Sigh. Back to the turnover machine. It's gross and it's gotta stop in order for us to have any prayer of making it past regular season.
The loss leaves the Green and White at 3-3. It's not a reason to panic completely, but something needs to shift, get tweaked or changed.
I'm not smart enough to know what that is and I'm growing concerned that neither is Corey Chamblin. This is the time when I want to see the team pull together and do what we all know they can do.
Of all of our losses this season this is the one that concerns me the most. The two games against Calgary and Hamilton the team at least played well. In Edmonton, it just looked off. Bland and predictable. It might be time to switch up some of the play calling. It really seemed like Edmonton knew exactly what we were going to do before we did it.
My only other thought on the game... Kavis Reed is one angry dude. Seriously, he needs to cut back on the caffeine or something. I don't think it's necessary to freak out on the sidelines all four quarters of every game. Dial it back before you have a coronary, buddy!
But back to the Green machine, I hope they are able to reassemble the parts before Sunday. We're marching into one of the most hostile environments in the CFL at B.C. Place facing the defending Grey Cup champs. We've already beaten them once, but I don't think a win this Sunday will be as easy.
Meanwhile the rest of the league is still reeling from the release of Cory Boyd by Toronto. It's not every day that a team releases the league top rusher. Boyd was signed by Edmonton just hours later. One assumes the rest of the league took a pass. Running back is one position most teams actually have pinned down for the most part. Quarterbacks on the other hand... As bad as things are in Riderville, they could be much worse!
Cheer long. Cheer loud! Go GREEN!
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