Wasn't that only like Tate's 5th ever CFL start? People need to be realistic & patient with him, there's obviously going to be a learning curve, especially at QB. To expect him to just come in and immediately outshine a Grey Cup & multiple MOP winner in Burris is a little silly.
That second pick was bad, he's going to make mistakes, especially at this point in his CFL career. But over-all I was quite impressed what I saw out of him. As already mentioned, you could tell he wasn't just locking down on his primary receiver and then panicking if he was covered, but instead was going through his progressions and calmly hitting the undeneath guy if his primary wasn't open. He bought time with his feet too, saw on a few occasions where the pocket collapsed and he managed to move around and still find an open man, I was (mostly) impressed with Tate yesterday. Should only get better as the season goes on and gets more comfortable.
And how bout that Stamps D, holding the Als offence to only 10 points?? Very impressive.
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