I am happy for the win especially against a Western Division rival BUT that was not the same Stampeders that we know. I thought the defense played well take away some of the undisciplined penalties (2 by Jameer Thurman). Secondaries did not give up a lot tonight and man that Tommie Campbell is such an awesome DB. The DLine was pretty good overall and so as Alex Singleton. Thurman actually played well just need to be discipline next games. With Deron Mayo getting closer to be back, he will have to outplay Maleki Harris(injured right now) to stay in the lineup. So far he's making it difficult for the coaching staff to take him out of the active roster.
Offense especially Bo Levi Mitchell was not sharp in the first half. R Marken Mitchel had a combination of good and bad game. He made some great catches but he also dropped some passes then left the game early in the 4th quarter. This kid is fast but sometimes he need to slow down a bit to be a good receiver. I am sure he'll learn as the season goes. I have to say Jerome Messam was probably our best offensive player tonight.
Special team were good tonight especially to coverage. Rainey didn't really get a long a decent return tonight. The best tackle by special team was actually Rob Maver tackling Chris Rainey on BC's last return. If he didn't tackle and stopped Rainey, BC would have won the game because Rainey would have scored a TD.
Stamps 21 Lions 17. Sloppy win but very important 2 points.
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