Ist half is over and Calgary is ahead 21-3. Stampeders D are awesome today so far not giving Pickett a lot of time to stand in the pocket. Run defense is having a blast as well. Stampeders had 2 QB sacks late in the half.
Offense started really slow. They missed a few opportunities on the red zone and Burris also threw an INT before the end of the half. I cannot fault Burris on that INT as you can see on the replay Copeland seems to have the ball but TO DB took the ball away from his hand on the way down. So far, all the receivers touched the ball so far except Teyo Johnson and Copeland. Thelwell caught for 34 yards, Ralph good catch and great mind not to drop the ball after the big hit. Nik Lewis already had a TD and Rambo made some spectacular move on one catch. Heck even DL Mike Labinjo caught a pass for a TD from Burris. Reynolds is having a good day running and catching the ball so far.
Calgary should not change their defensive pressures and Calgary offense should start capitalizing on their red zone chances. From what I heard so far, Don Matthews might not replace Pickett because he wants to show the other players he is very serious on his threat.
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