What a win by the Stamps! 1st half was even and the Stamps made some mistakes especially Henry Burris and Romby Bryant. Defense played well during that time but Durant still managed to pass the ball to Getzlaf, Dressler and Fantusz.
2nd half was totally different. The Stamps made some adjustment. Burris started mixing up the plays and he got more involved by running the ball for gain. That seems to boost his confidence especially when they started marching the ball and scored some TD. Bryant, on the other hand also came back with the vengeance. Coaching staff made some good call by mixing up the running plays. They sort of confused the run defense by putting Jon Cornish, who is more a finesse running back and let him run the ball a lot. Then they put Reynolds, who is more a power back and he too started running the ball. Riders defense sort of backed off and Burris and compnay took advantage of it.
I thought our defense played well all night. They added some more oomph in the second half and really messed up Darian Durant's mind. Keon Raymond, Milton Collins, Brandon Browner, Juwan Simpson were just flying out there, while the defensive linemen stepped up a notch. They really dominated the Riders OLine all night and pressured Durant. Tom Johnson was in Durant's face all night.
Special team. Burke Dales had a great game punting the ball. Twice he put the ball deep with no return. Rob Maver didn't have much field goal opportunities but when he does, he delivers. I am so glad we finally have some threat on punt return. It is so exciting to watch Deon Murphy doing punt return because you never know what he can do. At least we are gaining 5, 10 or more yards not because of the no yard penalty (remember Howell?). He is also a big threat as kickoff returner.
Overall, the Stamps plated well execpt the 2nd quarter. What a day for me.. First I saw the Eskimos lost the game to Winnipeg, then Calgary beat the Riders badly. Final score Calgary 40 Riders 20.
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