Home opener: Lions vs. Elks June 17, 2023

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Rookie receiver Auden Eberhardt draws into the lineup Saturday against Edmonton with Lucky Whitehead nursing a hamstring injury. Eberhardt can also return kicks. I hope the Lions take the opportunity to get Terry Williams more involved in the offence, knowing Eberhardt can spell him off as a returner.

Matt Baker offers a list of other players to watch in his game preview at bclions.com.

https://www.bclions.com/2023/06/14/game ... vs-elks-3/
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Lucky being injured is becoming an all too familiar theme. Hopefully this is more about taking a cautionary approach with a short turnaround before playing in Winnipeg next Thursday.
Factor in Rourke, Butler, Burnham departures and Hatcher also being injured, that's a lot of missing pieces from the two blowout wins over the Elks at home last year.
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The Lions' depth chart lists Ayden Eberhardt at field WR. Alex Hollins moves to boundary WR, where he will likely get more targets as a replacement the injured Lucky Whitehead (hamstring).

The Lions appear to have abandoned their attempt to capitalize on the CFL's new designated nationalized American status. Last week Dominique Rhymes and Woody Baron bore the designation and were initially listed as backups on offence and defence, respectively, allowing them to substitute for certain Canadians for up to 23 plays. Rhymes' special designation was later dropped. He caught passes on the first three B.C. offensive plays and capped the opening drive with the first of his two TD catches. This week he and Baron are both listed as starters, and there are no designated nationalized Americans. The only designated Americans are punter Stefan Flintoft, WR/KR Terry William, LB Brooks Parker and DL Amir Siddiq.

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B.C.FAN wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:04 am
The Lions appear to have abandoned their attempt to capitalize on the CFL's new designated nationalized American status. Last week Dominique Rhymes and Woody Baron bore the designation and were initially listed as backups on offence and defence, respectively, allowing them to substitute for certain Canadians for up to 23 plays. Rhymes' special designation was later dropped. He caught passes on the first three B.C. offensive plays and capped the opening drive with the first of his two TD catches. This week he and Baron are both listed as starters, and there are no designated nationalized Americans. The only designated Americans are punter Stefan Flintoft, WR/KR Terry William, LB Brooks Parker and DL Amir Siddiq.
The way the Lions roster is constructed they had very few opportunities to leverage that anyways.
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B.C.FAN wrote:
Fri Jun 16, 2023 10:04 am
The Lions' depth chart lists Ayden Eberhardt at field WR. Alex Hollins moves to boundary WR, where he will likely get more targets as a replacement the injured Lucky Whitehead (hamstring).

The Lions appear to have abandoned their attempt to capitalize on the CFL's new designated nationalized American status. Last week Dominique Rhymes and Woody Baron bore the designation and were initially listed as backups on offence and defence, respectively, allowing them to substitute for certain Canadians for up to 23 plays. Rhymes' special designation was later dropped. He caught passes on the first three B.C. offensive plays and capped the opening drive with the first of his two TD catches. This week he and Baron are both listed as starters, and there are no designated nationalized Americans. The only designated Americans are punter Stefan Flintoft, WR/KR Terry William, LB Brooks Parker and DL Amir Siddiq.

Lions' depth chart and roster
Can still do that. No point putting all that stuff on a depth chart for average fan.
We’re playing 8 cdns anyways, so it doesnt matter we have that flexibility.

If we were at 7, As long rhymes is on the field, Williams can play for a cdn receiver. As long as Baron is on field, either Parker/woods/siddiq can play for cdn. At 8, we can do that anyways.

It will matter more when Hatcher and whitehead are back and we go back to 7 cdns, we can effective go down to 6 if needed with this rule. We will get injuries to cdn starters during the season.
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Quick Lions fumble return for a TD overturned. :bang:
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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Robbie wrote:
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Quick Lions fumble return for a TD overturned. :bang:
Elks get two big and iffy calls early - the first P-I call was soft.
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Just when the Lions started a decent offensive drive, Lions have to settle for a field goal.

3-0 Lions.
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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A huge reprieve for the Lions after a turnover on a turnover. :cr:
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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Turnover. Recovered by Menard
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Good field goal kicking by Sean Whyte. :thup:

Lions 9-0 at halftime.

Hopefully the Lions will continue their momentum in the second half.
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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Receivers are not being all that sure handed.
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Penalties and dropped balls killed any chance at momentum in the first half.
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