STAMPEDERS at Montreal Alouettes
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!
This is the second part of the back-to-back games between the #1 team in the West: Calgary Stampeders and the #1 team in East: Montreal Alouettes. Last game, the Stamps played well from the start to the end. It's been awhile since I have seen the Stamps started off that fast and it was good because it was against the best team in the East. It was a great bounced back game especially after that brutal game against the BC Lions the previous week.
OFFENSE:
Burris and the receiving corp clicked very early and they are the reason for the win. Henry Burris had a monster game and for that, he was rewarded by the CFL as the Offensive Player of Week. Pretty much everyone in the receiving corp contributed for the win but the most contributions came from their star players in Ken-Yon Rambo (ran for 100 yards TD), Romby Bryant(2 TDs) and Nik Lewis(amazing individual effort for a TD. First he flattenned Estelle, then just embarrassed the 3 other tacklers later on). The OLine gave Burris a lot of time while Reynolds and Cornish did their usual contributions (running, receiving the ball and also some good blocking). I hope they clicked early again tomorrow. Rumour has it Rob Lazeo will start as a centre ahead of Tim O'Neill tomorrow against the Als. Not sure why and as far as I know O'Neill is not injured. Maybe Huf wants some toughness on the OLine against the Als.
DEFENSE:
The typical defense for Calgary. Anthony Calvillo got so frustrated early and the defense ended up chasing him out of the game. The defense should continue to pressure Calvillo again in this game and hopefully they chase him out a lot earlier. I am also hoping that they stop Ben Cahoon from getting the record. I like Cahoon and Ithink he deserves the record but not against the Stamps.
SPECIAL TEAM:
Better effort on the Special Team last game. They didn't give the Als returner a lot of room to run around. We still need to see Deon Murphy get more yardage on his return though.
With Saskatchewan losing to Toronto Argonauts Saturday, the Stamps can increase their lead to 4 points with the win. That would be more comfortable leads heading to the game against Saskatchewan next week.
GO STAMPS!!
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