The experience of cold weather this week is likely a good thing for our Leos. The weather for the game is predicted to be cloudy with a 60 percent chance of snow flurries or rain showerswith a low of minus 4 and a high plus 4.
Its playoff football weather. November separates the men from the boys. Our B.C. Lions have a great chance to win both their Eastern playoff games and still play in the Big Dance in Vancouver. It`s not as if Montreal or Hamilton are power houses.
Of course, there are mutliple factors to winning a football game. There is the game in the trenches, turnovers, the running game, penalties, special teams, etc. In my view there is only one key to winning this game. I look forward to reading yours.
KEYS TO THE GAME.
There is one KEY to winning this game. It`s not offensive line play or defensive line play, pass defence, running the football effectively, shutting down the run, defense, turnovers or special teams.
The key to winning this game is attacking and defeating the Montreal blitz. Montreal will bring heat and lots of it. It will come from a lot of directions and with different players. It will be pressure football, do or die, hang it all out on the line.
Our Leos have struggled against blitzing teams this year. On top of that, the key statistic for this regular season, is that our offence failed to score points. In fact we scored the least amount of points in the last 26years.
To beat the Montreal bliitz we need to go double tights or single tights and use Lumbala as well as Logan. We need to pass out of maximum protection. We need to be able to screen and check down and get the football off, if the pressure arrives too quickly. We need to attack deep. And we need to hit the holes with quick hitters in the running attack and with a seam Logan can run the football a long way against a blitzing defence.
If we can`t do those things and we are not prepared strategically for a blitzing defense it could be a long day. Pressure kills, sacks can me morale destroying. But blitzing teams can also be destroyed. They give up a lot to get that pressure and to play that style.
This will be a game of strategy and in particular, Montreal`s defensive strategy vs. our offensive strategy.
Our defense will play well enough, if they are not on the field all day, to give us the opportunity to win this game.
The key is to attack the Montreal defense, to burn it early, if possible, and often.
Go Leos go!!
