Ok, I think its time that we accept that the CFL is just not a QB driven league like it used to be and we're not getting a lot of really really good young QB's coming up here, and there's not the same patience on both sides for developing QB's.
Maier is what he is at this point, a wildly inconsistent QB, with below average decision making and average at best mechanics. But what are the other options out there, beyond trying to run a run heavy thumper offence with Steven's at the helm. There aren't good QB's waiting in the shadows jumping at the chance of coming to Canada to make 80 cents on the dollar.
But I am going to go back to what I've said in arguments with coaches after a loss. If your offence puts up 37 points, turnovers and mistakes on offence shouldn't matter, you should win going away because your defence has to make stops in tough places. The Stamps showed again that the defence can't do it. And it doesn't come down to scheme or even play calling. It comes down to secondary play, and to individual players. You can't allow 450 yards of offence against and over 300 yards of passing against one of the poorer offences in the CFL period.
There were too many times last night where I saw blindingly poor coverage by the secondary, or DB's being completely lost or losing their coverage. Brent Monson needs to be going to his DB coach and saying two things 1. WTF man and 2. Is it talent or coaching dude, because if its talent its time to start looking, if its coaching you'd best fix it.
4:09 Williams was completely lost, It looks like the Bombers ran a pretty simple climb concept the inside receiver on the left side runs an occupy I think the next receiver out runs the climb, so either the safety has to call for a switch if its zone, or Williams has to stick to his coverage if its man. Neither the switch or the stick looks like it happened, and Williams who's on an Island loses his man behind him, then doesn't even look for the ball. Also Williams needs to take one look back but he never does, because there was a play to be made.
9:42 looks almost like man, I would hope that it wasn't man press, but frankly the DB on that sides turn technique was just poor and he was caught right off the start. If its man press then its a bad scheme call because the safety has to be aware of it, but it doesn't look like the safety was within 25 yards of it, and Collaros started the whole fracking thing down.
10:01 was a FFS moment, they literally ran the same play on the TD and then on the two point. And Monson got caught twice, because it looks like he ran the same dumb ass coverage scheme.
I remember coaching a game, and our opponents scored a TD on a long passing play, and I walked over to the DC and said, get ready for the next series because he's going to run it again. And the DC snorted at me and asked me why he would run it again right away, and I said "Because it worked and he's not going to give you time to adjust to it." And sure enough the next time the other team got the ball, they scored a 60 yard TD on the exact same play.
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