Okay, now I don't feel so bad for screwing up Michael's name earlier (I inadvertently called him 'Matthew' a local film director).Sir Purrcival wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:16 pmYep, I am now thinking 3rd place if we are lucky. This Rider team is not very good and we couldn't get it done. So let's count this. Tonight, we lost TJ Lee, Lucky Whitehead and Brendan O'Conner. And we have yet to play, Cgy 2x and the Bombers 2x. All those bye weeks early on would sure have been more welcome now.
Was really surprised that we had the Riders hemmed in deep in the final 3 minutes and couldn't force a punt. The Peter contacting penalty hurt but the inability to stuff the run when needed did us in.
My main concern is that we're a 1-dimensional team (passing) and when that dimension is compromised, we're going to tire out our defense by leaving them on the field a lot.
I really hope there are meaningful changes on Special Teams during the bye. It's same-old, same-old for the most part.
DH