2019 CFL season

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

At the risk of being called a troll I think the Stamps are exactly what I expected (and the media, I'm not John Madden). They're going to play for 2nd/3rd in the west, but they are no where near where they were last year. and that has nothing to do with BLM but the roster turnover on D.

What is interesting is I didn't see Montreal being above 500 this early. I'm really interested to see their next few games. I think the league has been totally predictable. Who didn't see Ottawa being garbage, Toronto being a tire fire, Hamilton on top. To me the only real surprise is how putrid BC has been.

I think that's where most reasonable stamps fans placed them. But they are good enough to win the grey Cup if they got hot towards the end of the season.

[CaptainCrunch]

To me the wrong calls were a cumulation for Rick Campbell.


First down he calls a 32 dive, it goes nowhere,



Second down he calls a similar dive, I think it was a 33 dive, but I'm not sure. It goes for a couple of yards.



Campbell had to know that Calgary was going to stack the box, they had absolutely no choice on that, they had to force that punt or safety position.



At the end of the day, what killed Campbell, what dominated his decision making in those three plays was risk aversion.


On first down "We're there with one foot in the end zone after the snap. I can't throw the ball here, I don't want to run to the outside and risk a safety on something that is slower to develop. I have to hope that we get a great effort from the running back and gain 3 or 4 yards"


On second down - "I'm hooped, if I pass, I risk a costly pick. If I run to the outside, Calgary's playing for the strip. If I run it into the middle its safe, I have ball security, I might get 3 or 4 yards, which might allow me to risk the punt. I might get lucky"


On third down - "I'm deep in the end zone. If I punt I at best give the Stamps the ball at our 50 with a minute left. At worst, we get a bad snap, or a bad block, but I can run some time off of the clock after the snap, and kick off and get the ball to the far side of the 55, and I trust my kickoff cover team, and if they can make the stop, then I can trust my defense to make the stop"

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by troutman

Coach Dave, 45-13, .776, in Grey Cup every season. What a bum!

Nobody is saying he's a bum. It's becoming evident he's probably spread too thin and it would probably benefit the team to have a dedicated offensive coordinator as the Stamps are the only team in the league that doesn't have one.

[Flickered Flame]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Dickenson has had a bad year as offensive coordinator. The offense has been sloppy since the opening snap of the season. While they moved the ball well they couldn't get into the endzone due so sloppy play. I feel he's been really, really lucky that Arbuckle has some game to him as this offense has had issues all season with ball security and discipline.

I am a little late seeing this but I do agree with the sloppy offensive statement and here is what I don't like with the offense under Arbuckle. For the most part, every pass is underneath, not a lot in the mid-range and even less deep balls but if you look at the comeback win vs BC, he lead them back those type of throws, even in Sask, once they started going down field, they had a little more success. Its easy to say go down field more but the trouble with that is, watch the oline work, they haven't been good at giving Arbuckle a lot of time.

This team is a work in progress and appear to be one of the top couple teams again as it looks like the defensive has figured it out.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by troutman

Coach Dave, 45-13, .776, in Grey Cup every season. What a bum!

No kidding, didn't take long for some of the natives to get restless.

Not to mention the team is still 4-2 with half the roster gone to free agency and the other half gone to injury.

But the dissents will just claim DD only has the record he has because the team was really good and achieved success despite him I suppose.

[dash_pinched]

Hey look, it's a big game and Matt Nichols is showing up as per usual.

[Flickered Flame]

Great start in Hamilton.

[dash_pinched]

Uh oh, the turf monster just got Masoli. This does not look good at all.

Edit: Walking off under his own power, that's good to see.

[Flickered Flame]

Oh man, Masoli is down with a leg injury.

[White Out 403]

Hope to see him back in game or at least miss no games

[dash_pinched]

Masoli headed to the locker room and is likely done for the night.

[Erick Estrada]

Bombers are so lucky. They were going to get blown out and now they have a good chance to win this one.

[White Out 403]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Bombers are so lucky. They were going to get blown out and now they have a good chance to win this one.

I was waiting for a take exactly like this and exactly from you.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

I was waiting for a take exactly like this and exactly from you.

Matt Nichols agrees with me.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

I was waiting for a take exactly like this and exactly from you.

I was waiting for a take exactly like this and exactly from you.

[Erick Estrada]

That was a nice route by Adams on the TD. Totally turned around the DB.

[White Out 403]

More like it.

[Erick Estrada]

Makes you appreciate how good Arbuckle has been. Ti-Cats with Evans at QB will be hard pressed to beat anyone. Looks pretty raw. Crazy thing for Hamilton is that I had read in the Athletic that XFL teams will be making a hard push for Masoli in the offseason.

[Erick Estrada]

Ha ha ha Evans is terrible. Why does he keep throwing short balls into the dirt?

[TheAlpineOracle]

What’s the point of having an eye in the sky if they allow that last Bombers first down to stand? Clearly out of bounds.