Calgary Stampeders did not lose to the Riders. They lost against themselves. Those fumbles are inexcusables, those dropped passes are inexcusable. Larry Taylor booting the ball late in the game was inexcusable. Receivers dropping the ball is just plain bad... these guys been catching the ball all season. Our defense showed up early but the rest were not concentrating properly because they were trying to compensate with the interior defense. Hughes, Law and Simpson was not aggressive enough because they were afraid that if they were Riders will beat the interior defense so bad.
As far as the quarterbacking is concerned, i don't think we can blame Glenn 100% on a bad 1st half except for those 2 INT. Drew Tate also cannot be blame for not scoring enough in the 2nd half as Sinopli fumbled once and dropped the ball on another.
This is the kind of lost that I cannot stand.. If Saskatchewan beat them with the turnovers, i can take the lost...not lightly but better than this lost. It's sucks that the injuries hurt us in this game as Durant, Sheets, Sanders and Riders OLine took advantage of our backup DTackles. But Stamps have to overcome with the injuries all season so I guess we can't use it as an excuse. All in all, we lost with all those freaking fumbles.
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