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Originally Posted by Flickered Flame
Went to the game last night. The Raymond interception changed the game in the first half in favor of the Stamps. Up to that point, it was a pretty boring game but the pick gave the Stamps some life. I believe the Martell fumble play that was overturned to being BC ball then swung everything back to BC, they really had nothing going up to that point. The Lions also used Harris from that point on. Why he hasn't the featured player in their offense the entire game is beyond me, the Stamps have no answer to Harris.
Easily to blame the offense, which is struggling, but I think what is happening is that the injuries are finally starting to show through. Martell was okay last night and I say only okay because if you take that 50+ yard rush out of there, he is only somewhere between 50-60 rushing yards. To me, Dickenson has to design a few more plays for the players he has healthy, the Stamps are built around the best player in the game in Cornish, take him out, take Price out, take Lewis out and the core of the offense looks very different. I would give Tate a look against Ottawa, just to get his swagger out on the field.
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I am not sure Dickenson play-calling has anything to do with the offense struggles. I am a big fan of Mitchell but he's been inconsistent and so are the receivers.For some reason he is not in sync with some receivers. Receivers dropping a catchable pass, BLM over or underthrowing the ball was the issue here. Last night's game was a good example. McDaniel dropping a pass(luckily BC didn't catch the ball) on BLM's first pass. That ball was catchable and a veteran McDaniel would have caught that ball easily. Then there was an overthrown by BLM in the first half to Anthony Parker whom a BC defender could have easily had an INT. In the second half, BLM threw a deep pass to Parker and the guy just bailed out afraid of getting hit perhaps. Parker didn't even tried catching the ball. I thought that ball was catchable if Parker did not slow down. Anthony Parker was brutal in that game and it make me wonder why he's been having problem getting in a roster in the past few years. That last fumble he made, he did not secure the ball properly. Granted it was a big hit by Bighill the reason the ball popped loose. Like I mentioned last night, BLM plays better and had a better accuracy when he is just standing in the pocket and not having a happy feet. As much as I hate seeing Drew Tate in, I think you are right Huff should start Tate vs Ottawa and let BLM watch the game from the sideline. To tell you the truth I didn't BC defense played exceptionally well the way Dunigan and what's his face make it sound like.
Worst player last night was Safety Josh Bell on the defense. He got ran over by Harris so many times, can't tackle, hitting his own player late in the game and that stupid unnecessary horse-collar penalty that gave BC a field goal. He was even out of position on one of BC TD. He left Harris wide-open for an easy TD. All his talk about showing BC they made a mistake in not re-signing him.
On offense : Anthony Parker. Twice he gave up chasing the ball and also have some dropped balls. Also that fumble at the end. I am not blaming him a 100% on that mistake but he has to secure that ball.
