Blitz wrote:
But the second half also showed weaknesses in our offence. We did not have a good game plan for the Hamilton blitz. We don't screen, bubble screen, or have a lot of hot read plays, or quick throw anti-blitz plays. We basically put it all on Jennings. Our running game was also shut down for most of the second half. Johnson had no holes and began to run laterally. Putting in a cold Murray-Lawrence for a running play didn't help.
For sure Blitz. Jennings was throwing a lot of his back foot because of the constant pressure and not much to counter it. He threw for 209 yards in the opening half and nearly 80 on the game winning drive so very little yards for almost the entire 2nd half. The Ti-Cats completely took Burnham out of the equation and he has been such a go to receiver for Jennings.
Not sure what is going on with the offensive line these days. Wally wasn't happy with Hunter Steward's play in the Calgary game 2 weeks ago and relegated him to back up in favour of Tim O'Neil. That continued this past weekend. Just strange seeing a promising player like Steward finally healthy, asked to play position he is not used to, and now benched after a pretty solid start to the season.
Vaillancourt again was not on the active roster this past week and this is turning into a growing concern. 5 games missed in total plus the bye week. Post concussion syndrome? I held a lot of hope for the offensive line getting better and better as the season progressed, especially with young studs Steward and Valliancourt having huge upside.
Antonio Johnson has had a solid season as a rookie at right tackle to the point where the odds of Levy Adcock ever seeing the field this season are getting longer and longer.