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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Typical CFL exhibition game, IMO. The away team tinkers and the home team tries to put on a good show... not that there's anything wrong with that.
Expect the Stamps to get thrashed in their away game with a totally different group of guys.
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It's true that Ricky Ray only took one series, but the Stamps did a huge rotation at all positions as well. I thought Smith was great at QB in the first quarter. I've seen quite a few exhibition games in my day and it's rare to see a team only get 3 points. Especially considering that they saw the Stamps scary guys on defence for a good portion of the game. That being said I think it was a function of Edmonton having terrible competition for starting positions compared with the Stamps. If this were BC it would have been a much more competitive game because Wally always seems to have some decent second and third stringers in camp.
If your Edmonton the wonderful thing about the CFL is that if you're terrible to start the year you will make a greater effort to pick up NFL cuts in August and thus more likely to compete down the stretch. The best team in July rarely takes home the cup in November. Example: Montreal pretty much every season. Bring on the Wheaties!