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Looks like Kyrie Wilson getting a bit more run inside.

Plan to beat blitz is to find Harris.

Blown call on hold for 2nd down conversion gives Riders a shot at FG.

Man how do they not call that hold on Jeffcoat?

Protection was fine there, 6 blockers picked up 6 rushers, outside guy was free and that's on the QB to get the ball out.

Who's hot? Two crossers looked open.

Fugly screen, classic Lapo get the ball to a guy at a standstill.

Streveler had Petermann, probably could have challenged PI...then Adams drops a pretty simple first down.

Whitehead trying to get cut?

Death by slants.

Glen Young.

So what’s the excuse for the other 31 teams, half of whom have no QB worth worrying about?

Any of the reporters got a scoop on Gray?

Alexander was the guy getting picked on before he got injured. I think there’s too much average in our secondary right now, particularly at the HB spots, not a lot of guys comfortable in the scheme of playing up top and coming downhill to make plays on the ball. Nothing really changes for D rotation, need one NI or Hansen on the field at all times. Probably still see quite a bit of Hecht when they load up the DL.

Letestu is a good half wall guy on the PP but he absolutely has no fit with the big guns we have on the PP and the umbrella scheme. I want Ehlers or Little or even Copp out there a lot more than I want Letestu.

I'd trade for Reilly too.

Whitehead would be great in Hamilton where they run great screens behind routes designed to open up space and run a lot of dynamic speed routes that aren’t based on cutting at 90 degrees.

And some of the worst open field tackling technique you’ll ever see. Like someone in an inflatable sumo suit just running at another person, no wrapping ever.

Gotta communicate pretty well to overcome Mr. Olympia who can't get his arms off his sides running a 5.5 40 as your safety.

Average yards? We're talking QB rating which has little to do with yards. QBR would be inflated for a QB who does not go downfield very much because he will have fewer incompletions, which does factor in.

The tactics being taught by the DB coach in terms of playing the ball and cushion aren't exactly jiving with the scheme or what Hall wants from it.

Janarion Grant beat Calgary.

No, talking about QB Rating generally. About as relevant as save percentage for a goalie, more of a team stat in the short-term and prone to inflation/deflation in a small sample. BLM is basically playing through an injury that should probably be season-ending and just had elbow and shoulder surgery on his throwing arm last off-season. Is it surprising Dickenson knows how to run a screen game?

How do sacks factor into that? QB rushing? A QB that avoids INT's and throws a good number of TD's on short fields looks like a God by that stat, even if he took 5-6 unnecessary sacks that game that derailed the offense. A bunch of 2 yard throws for completions, perfect score. Really only useful with a huge data set to iron out that kind of stuff. Like if we want to compare two QB's with decade long careers.

Montreal is turned around to what extent? They play in a division with two historically bad teams, one historically bad on O, one on D. Will give them credit for wins vs the West for sure, but really that team in the West is probably 4th place or worse. You're also talking about guys who were with the organizations and taking over midstream. Do you want Lapolice as head coach? Richie Hall? History tells us that the vast majority of outcomes will be worse than they have been under MOS. I think people need to think long and hard about why games are lost and think analyze it in the big picture. Where are the deficiencies on these teams? On the whole it is not the defense, it's not the special teams. In most games since 2016 our D has outperformed our opponent as have our special teams. Crap we've put up several games per season where our D and special teams have outscored our opponents offense! I suppose we could pin the blame on MOS for being too loyal to a certain QB, or not developing a QB, or not aggressively forcing management to pursue available QB's. There was a dramatic shift of cap space in the past off-season from the secondary to the DL which has mostly turned out well and from the OL to the receiving core, where the results have been total ****. I think our best bet for next season is to run it back with the same core staff, get Lapo out of the building and think long and hard about some of the positional coaches on D who are potentially undermining the coordinator according to some rather loud rumblings.