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Does nobody on D tackle anymore? All I see are players getting "bumped", hoping they fall down.

Gotta give Thomas some credit for a couple of plays today... chased down Dru Brown and stayed with him on his cut back, and then knocked down a pass on the next drive.

That's what I figured...but upon hearing it I couldn't help thinking, if true, they are certainly getting their money's worth

I’d agree. I mean we went 2 and out for 2 quarters really. D coordinator ain’t much better. Neither is O’Shea if he allows it to continue. 1 call by O’Shea. Honestly he’s prob thinking our O can’t move the ball. So let’s try this. In the end they win 30 27. Ottawa scored 17 points in the 4th with their backup. That’s on the D really. But the O went 2 and out really the entire 2nd half almost.

Everyone seems to forget we started 2-6 last year and had a lot of the same issues we are having now. I’m not overly concerned yet. Defence, special teams, punting, kick coverage etc seems to be improving each game. Offence has its bright moments and then complete head scratchers. Coaching (mostly on offence) seems to still be our biggest concern. But I’d rather them struggle now then in late Sept and October when games mean more. We are 5-4 with the season series over BC. Riders are due for their mid season slump pretty soon. Calgary is beatable. Get some NFL cuts, make some changes on play calling, get a few injured guys back and they will be fine.

Amen! Super Bad Decision by our HC - I guess he will explain it away! While we are discussing coaching issues - how about finding a real OC? Got to be a better one out there than what we have.

So Schmekel is basically a young Jake Thomas.... lot of hustle and effort.

The thing i find crazy with this, is how conservative this 2nd down call is, followed up by the very aggressive FG attempt...

While you’re at it please bring back 2021 🙃

Well how about the head coach deciding to kick a super long field goal just because? That's an egregious decision that he is lucky they got away with. Punt that ball and make Ottawa go the length of the field with little time to try and tie the game.

Refs get paid , pretty good at this level although not as well as NFL. No excuses for shitty calling, they even have pro backup to get it right!

Yeah i didn't say stupid...

They don't get paid? I fn hope the other job isn't air traffic controller or crossing guard

There was a lot to like in that game, mostly in the first half.... But man that second half was, to quote @17to85, "pants on head" stupid in a lot of places...

I'm normally a **** your feelings kinda guy but you should trust yours

Agreed. Couldn't tell for sure but it looked like 2.5-3 yards. And if you have anywhere between 3/4 of a yard to a full yard left on 3rd you aren't going for it. Having streveler run with virtually every player on the field keying on him was very likely going to end up that way. Beyond stupid. And then going for the FG? The way Crum was throwing the ball it was very unlikely he was driving the field with the time left on the clock. Trying the FG gave them that opening they needed. Beyond stupid.

I would have just ran a normal play. That dump to Clercuis they’d been running all night probably would have been good for 3 yards. Agree that the Strev run package is no good, he’s just too beat up. They should be using Wilson exclusively for traditional (I.e a yard and a half tops) short yardage.

The wedge on 2nd & 3 almost broke me as a fan. I was ready to turn in my O’Shea fan club card.

Especially given the context of the way SY has been with Strev lately, an astronomically dumb decision.

And that one I would love to see Osh challenge to send a message to his rookie that he did nothing wrong.

They were both bad but first was more ticky tack than the straight up garbage second call.

Or run some kind of zone read with Streveler and Oliviera to force the D to cover every gap and even think pass is possible. Or just run a normal play with Collaros out there. Honestly I'd just give up on the Streveler run pack because we're not executing our basic run stuff well and Streveler is also not much of a weapon on the run with his knee now. Yeah Cam Allen is the first guy we've played this year aside from Nichols and Holm who is confident enough to make a play on the ball.

In the last quarter our dline was gassed, Willie was basically waving at runners going past him. If woods is healthy we need to have him play. I did like Cam Allen, physical and showed some speed. And I aggree Wilson is a better 3rd dwn quarterback, streveler doesnt have the initial burst anymore and is no longer overpowering anyone

I’m usually the first one to defend the officiating but I agree. What happened to “Eligible receivers of both teams have an equal right to the ball”?

Completely agree with that too, just speaking about the third down call. If you want to run a sneak on the second down play I actually think you would want to use Wilson, seems to average more yards on his sneaks. Streveler's always look awful.