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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Interesting move. Durant obviously isn't doing so good right now. I guess the Riders think it is because of an issue with his receiving corps.
Personally I think the issue is with Durant himself. He just doesn't look comfortable out there. He's not getting great help from the Oline but I think most of his issues are in his head.
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In the BC game, Riders and Durant were just plain bad. The loss against the Stamps was entirely due to recievers dropping passes. I noticed the Stamps had trouble against Hamilton in the first half running the same defence as the week before against the Riders. Hamilton was running zone busters with their recievers,
gasp, actually catching the ball. It forced the Stamps to adjust back to more agressive man coverage at the half.
The Riders would easily be .500 with Bagg and Fantuz in the lineup, and a contender with Durant playing well and Congi back from injury. Cleremont hasn't been good since his BC days and Riders fans only seem to remember Getzlaf's great games against the Stamps last year and pegged him as a decent starter. His case of the dropsies really got overshadowed when he was the 4th/5th favorite target. I think anything to shore up recieving can do nothing but help Durant's confidence. But they will have to get better fast because if they lose much more ground then 3rd place and avoiding a crossover might end up being the team's ultimate goal this year.