B.C.FAN wrote:The next two games are the most important of the season. Lose them both and the Lions are in danger of finishing last overall. Win them both with Jonathon Jennings leading the offence and the future looks a lot brighter. The Riders are playing well and have confidence and some momentum. They'll probably be more pumped to play the Lions than the Stamps and Esks were in the past two weeks. I like what I've seen from the Lions in all three phases of the game lately. If they can get Harris re-established, they can play with anyone. But they'll have to be at their best this week.
Montreal got their butts kicked last night as Henry Burris set a CFL record for completions and completed something like 45 of his 54 passing attempts.
Our Leos still have a very good opportunity to finish 3rd in the West, in spite of this horrible season so far and also avoid the East crossover situation with Montreal struggling. Bet Jim Popp wishes he never went down to the sidelines again.
Our Leos have to beat out Winnipeg and Saskatchewan in the West, two other struggling teams. With Jennings at quarterback we have a quarterback with an arm who can make the accurate throw. He has a lot of poise for a rookie and our passing attack has been so much better with him at quarterback. However, he lacks experience and we'll need to give him the best situations to succeed.
The Riders offence slipped with their third string quarterback but Glenn is back at the helm of a well designed offence. The Riders defense has not played well at all this season but has improved recently.
The Riders will be amped. So should our Lions be....to be able to have a shot at the playoffs. Even though our offence has been 8th in the CFL and last in defense so far this season we still can be a playoff team. Hopefully we'll play with an inspired mindset.
There is no question that we have more talent than many fans assume. We played Calgary and Edmonton tough. But we are continuing to hamstring our players with our schemes and play calling. Hopefully this game our coaches will have a good game plan.
"When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team". (George Raveling)