GAME 5: STAMPEDERS vs Ottawa RedBlacks

[OzSome]

Penalties, turnovers and bad secondary defense cost us the game. They could have win the game in the regular period but Lavertu committed a penalty. Turnover by Mitchell on OT seals the deal. Mistakes over mistakes every game and it doesn't look like they are learning from their mistakes. Sucks to lose the game especially to 2 teams that could have been an easy points. The worse part was losing Jon Cornish. Hopefully he'll be back next game.

[Erick Estrada]

Boy this is the worst the team has looked under Huff since taking over the team. Ignoring the record the've been outplayed in all five games they have played this season as this team could easily be 0-5. Lots of problems on offense and defense.

[Roof-Daddy]

Ugly ugly season so far. Hope they get it figured out. Lucky they aren't 0-5 to be honest.

[Yoho]

Still dealing with a ton of injuries, they'll get it figured out.

[JiriHrdina]

Cornish with a broken thumb, out for "a while".

[PrettyBoyFlizzy]

I understand we are missing keys guys on the line but the effort and performance of this team the first 5 weeks has been shameful at best. They have zero drive and desire to repeat as champions and prove they are the best. Its early in the season, but it looks like this is going to be a 9-9, 8-10 with a very boring offense and defence that gets shredded by the likes of Henry Burris.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoyFlizzy

I understand we are missing keys guys on the line but the effort and performance of this team the first 5 weeks has been shameful at best. They have zero drive and desire to repeat as champions and prove they are the best. Its early in the season, but it looks like this is going to be a 9-9, 8-10 with a very boring offense and defence that gets shredded by the likes of Henry Burris.

Honestly the key in the CFL is building towards the playoff and playing well then. I think you under-estimate the importance of these injuries.
To question the effort of this team, this early in the season is premature and an over-reaction.

[troutman]

No team in the CFL looks especially strong this year.

[Armchair Quarterback]

Tough game for the Stamps. I disagree that the defence is to blame for this loss and for the way we have played this season. They have been stellar aside getting burned a couple times.

Our offence, on the other hand, has been terrible. Yes they've had some tough injuries but we have plenty of depth, so the current play we're seeing can't just be due to injuries. The play calling is atrocious and leads to boring, pass-happy, unimaginative football. And it has helped generate injuries on the offensive line as our lineman are constantly on their heels to protect the pass rather than pushing the play with the run.

Bo doesn't seem to have much chemistry with any of the receivers except for Rogers. Most of our major playmakers, including Mitchell, fumble the ball regularly or create easy turnovers by forcing the play.

This team's offence needs a serious overhaul if Calgary wants even a small chance of winning the Cup this year.

[PrettyBoyFlizzy]

Originally Posted by Armchair Quarterback

Tough game for the Stamps. I disagree that the defence is to blame for this loss and for the way we have played this season. They have been stellar aside getting burned a couple times.

Our offence, on the other hand, has been terrible. Yes they've had some tough injuries but we have plenty of depth, so the current play we're seeing can't just be due to injuries. The play calling is atrocious and leads to boring, pass-happy, unimaginative football. And it has helped generate injuries on the offensive line as our lineman are constantly on their heels to protect the pass rather than pushing the play with the run.

Bo doesn't seem to have much chemistry with any of the receivers except for Rogers. Most of our major playmakers, including Mitchell, fumble the ball regularly or create easy turnovers by forcing the play.

This team's offence needs a serious overhaul if Calgary wants even a small chance of winning the Cup this year.

Well I don't think there is much hope of this offense being any better with the injury to Cornish.

Bo is has been nothing short of awful so far, he doesn't look like the young rising star that won the grey cup.

They need to move to a max protection and just dink and dunk, because clearly the offensive line depth is not as good as we thought, the line wasn't very good to begin the season, but with backups and signing off the street it has been a huge reason for the massive suck going on.

[dash_pinched]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoyFlizzy

Well I don't think there is much hope of this offense being any better with the injury to Cornish.

Bo is has been nothing short of awful so far, he doesn't look like the young rising star that won the grey cup.

They need to move to a max protection and just dink and dunk, because clearly the offensive line depth is not as good as we thought, the line wasn't very good to begin the season, but with backups and signing off the street it has been a huge reason for the massive suck going on.

Step back from the ledge.

[Armchair Quarterback]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoyFlizzy

Well I don't think there is much hope of this offense being any better with the injury to Cornish.

Bo is has been nothing short of awful so far, he doesn't look like the young rising star that won the grey cup.

They need to move to a max protection and just dink and dunk, because clearly the offensive line depth is not as good as we thought, the line wasn't very good to begin the season, but with backups and signing off the street it has been a huge reason for the massive suck going on.

Cornish is a huge loss although the result in the upcoming games will be similar to what we've seen all season, because he has been underused. The results are what we have seen in the first few games. Cornish's frustration with coaching staff is obvious. It's too bad that Dickenson just doesn't seem to get that Cornish is not only a great player, but the team rallies around him -- saw it in the game vs. Winnipeg. He lit a fire under the offence.

Bo has been awful because we lost some key receivers in the offseason and because Dickenson is putting too much pressure on him. We had an excellent run game last year which allowed Bo to shine when he needed to, but he is not yet at the point where he can carry the whole game with passing. We don't have the protection, or the receiving corps.

Bo's struggling because we are passing too much. We need to put the other team on its heels and beat them up a little bit more, which you can only do by playing a better run game. A few injuries shouldn't stop the run game -- we have decent backups at the RB position. Walter is a solid player and a good power back, not elite but can do the job.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoyFlizzy

Well I don't think there is much hope of this offense being any better with the injury to Cornish.

Bo is has been nothing short of awful so far, he doesn't look like the young rising star that won the grey cup.

They need to move to a max protection and just dink and dunk, because clearly the offensive line depth is not as good as we thought, the line wasn't very good to begin the season, but with backups and signing off the street it has been a huge reason for the massive suck going on.

I think the O-line is the key here and how it impacts the play of the QB. I thought they gave him better time last night, but they haven't been able to consistently establish the run, even with Cornish in. The injuries to the line have had a domino impact.
I would take an injury to a key receiver over an injury to a key o lineman any day of the week.

[Sainters7]

As much as the O has struggled, it's more understandable early in the year, especially with all the injuries. What really has me perplexed and nervous is the D. Wasn't this the best D in the league just last year?? They look awful. Their secondary reminds me of my Saints this year, completely vulnerable to the big play all day.

I have a lot more confidence in the Stamps O eventually righting the ship by fall than the D right now.

[Erick Estrada]

The thing to remember is Mitchell is only 25 and was probably rushed into the starting role at 24 years old last season. Things worked out last year behind a solid rushing attack and defense but this season the injury depleted offensive line isn't opening up running holes and the defense is leaking bad putting more pressure on Mitchell and the truth is he's simply not a polished QB at this stage of his career. He's not on the same page as his receivers and there are way too many throws that are nowhere near the receiver or simply inaccurate especially on deep patterns. I think he would benefit greatly by being spelled by Tate when he's struggling. Unfortunately Huff seems to have really gone conservative as it seems like there is no fear of losing your job on this Stampeders squad as guys like West, Buddy Jackson, Mitchell etc have all been awful at times but they don't have the fear of the coach replacing them. I'm hoping with last night's loss that Huff starts to put a little bit of fear into some of the starters as there looks to be a little bit of complacency setting in after the Grey Cup win.

[OzSome]

Stamps lost 3 more players due to injuries after yesterday's game. DL DeQuin Evans went down on the first play on special team. DB Adam Thibault also left the game due to injury on a special team play. Of course the worst part is losing RB Jon Cornish due to thumb injury and might be gone a few weeks.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Bent Wookie

Wow.

This team is really struggling at pretty well all aspects of the game.

BLM is totally off.
Receivers getting zero separation.
Lack of a running game.
Turnovers.
The secondary is non-existent.
Defense making few big plays.
Penalties.

Really, just a genuine lack of professionalism. They seem bored and unmotivated. This is not a Huff team.

All bolded are a direct result of an O-Line decimated by injury and the replacements not being familiar enough with one another yet.

This wont be a 14 win type season for the Stamps, but I have little doubt they will be in pretty good shape heading into the post season.

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by transplant99

All bolded are a direct result of an O-Line decimated by injury and the replacements not being familiar enough with one another yet.

This wont be a 14 win type season for the Stamps, but I have little doubt they will be in pretty good shape heading into the post season.

I agree. I am more ticked off at the mistakes and not the inconsistent plays by both offense and defense. It looks like it will take longer to gel the team together. We lost a few players from last season : C Brett Jones, OL Stanley Bryant, R Nik Lewis, R Maurice Price, R Brad Sinopoli then we lost R Simon Charbonneau-Campeau, RT Dan Federkeil and LT Edwin Harrison. That's a lot for the offense. On defense, we didn't lose as much but we still some important players. I still think Stampeders will still the team to beat. They just need to start cutting down their mistakes and pretty much eliminate all the dumb penalties.