Mark Washington called a great game. Perhaps he now has enough confidence in Fenner and Gaitor (despite a few penalties) to no longer feel the need to drop Bighill into pass coverage. OTOH if he drops Bighill into coverage and then blitzes a DB it might fool a QB and it would still be a pressure D and not a passive deep zone.
Nice to see the Lions finally starting Menard on the D line and getting both Brooks and Turner on the field at the same time.
Antonio Johnson is still struggling/taking penalties at times although the Riders Jefferson is quite the handful. The solution is to take Ianuzzi out and replace him with Lumbala. Ianuzzi has proven to be an effective KR and he should continue to do that and back up at WR.
I thought at the start of the season that Leone would improve as the season went on but that has not really been the case. However the TSN crew reported that Leone had been afflicted with food poisoning this week and that could have contributed to his poorer than usual, not so great FG kicking.
Jennings continues to be Ricky Ray Like in some of his longer throws.
Khari Jones called an excellent game and even used play action once the run game was established plus a good variety of short, medium, long, pass patterns.
The Manny Show:
Even though Bowman and Walker have slightly better numbers, the sheer physical play of Manny, before, during, and after a catch has got to make Manny the most feared receiver in the CFL. It is not even close.