Saturday, August 11, 2007
Riders sink boatmen
Interesting game last night..It really was...Many thought we were gonna go into Toronto and demolish the boatmen....Rocky was starting, Avery was hurt, blah blah blah...riders by 30 seemed to be the consensus...
I for one had the feeling it was gonna be a much tighter game....Road games are always tough...especially in Toronto......
First off.....Rocky played well......Pinball did a good job preparing him on short notice..but if you watched the game a lot of his play calling was very reserved..letting Rocky make easy throws on short outs, etc....Rocky was unloading the ball for the most part before our D could really get to him.....smart play by the argos....that and sloppy rider tackling gave some nice YAC yards to the opposition.
Dorsey looked great too....He sure never ran like that as a rider....and he did have his chances......oh well.....
As for the riders.....Joseph was ok again..He seemed to take what he was given and only made a couple bad decisions. He threw some great long balls....Flick, MattD....those were beauties...I thought he made a great broken play on his touchdown run...seeing he had nothing and coming back against the grain for the score...
Cates looked good again..but Toronto has a fine run defense and it showed for the most part last night. I loved how many touches he had...had to be around 18-20....
We took barely any penalties on offense last night as well....nice to see.....not a receiver offside at all
Defense......
I wasn't impressed with the D last night....To me we played exactly like it was the second half in Edmonton....Sat back and let them throw all the underneath and screen passes they wanted.......We should have been blitzing way more trying to exploit Butlers inexperience and rust....we basically just sat back and let him get comfortable and find his groove.
Dorsey proved our Defense is human...as he tore up some decent yards against the leagues best run D.
I won't fault the TD pass on anyone....Our guys were right there but it was just a fine throw and catch....
We lacked a lot of pressure on the QB last night as well.....
Special teams still needs work....Butler opened the first two series at midfield....if they get a few breaks and get points there...the game could easily shape up differently......
5-2....First in the West.......feels good doesn't it....no looking back now......This is a team that can win every week.....Don't start planning the parade just yet...but don't be to surprised if we host a playoff game that isn't the western semi final this year.
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