Brandon Rutley starts in the backfield for Montreal in place of Sutton. And,  DB Jonathon Mincy returns..

“Our biggest issue is turnovers,” explained HC Rick Campbell. “We need to create more and give up less.

NUMBERS

2 – Sacks allowed by the Alouettes, the fewest in the league.

3 – Wins in four career starts against Montreal for Ottawa quarterback Trevor Harris.

5 – Catches needed by Alouettes receiver Nik Lewis to reach 1,000 on his career — a mark only reached by three players in league history.

123 — Points allowed by the REDBLACKS, the most in the CFL.

GAME DAY NOTES

Week 4 saw only 7 challenges - the lowest amount in any week this season.

    •    This season, the average of challenges per game is 2.00. Last year’s average was 2.22.

    •    BC has challenged the most this season with six; however, Hamilton has not challenged a single play so far this season.

    •    Ottawa owns the best success rate at .750 while Montreal has the worst at .333.

    •    Of the 32 challenges this season, 18 have been overturned (56%).

    •    Of the 24 penalty-related challenges this year 10 have been for defensive pass interference and nine for illegal contact.

Jackson’s 339 return yards in a single game ranks him fourth all-time only trailing: Larry Taylor (428), Bashir Levingston (345) and Marcus Thigpen (340).

This season there have been 17 ‘Big Play’ kick returns (30-yard punt/FGM return and 40+ yard kick returns). Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Toronto and Winnipeg share the lead with three each. BC and Hamilton have not registered a ‘Big Play’ in the kick return game.

Tonight? 

Montreal’s Nik Lewis continues to inch closer to notching his 1,000th Following his three receptions versus Calgary, he now only needs five more catches to become the fourth player in CFL history with 1,000.

Ricky Ray is the lone quarterback this season to pass for 300+ yards in each game. His passing yards totals are 506, 323, 366 and 330.

11 games this year have been decided by eight points or less.

**Games longer this year?…NOPE  - The average game time has dropped by two minutes (2:49) and averages 155 plays per game.

Week 4 saw the lowest amount of penalties per game at 15.5.

A team that allows a sack during a drive have still not scored a touchdown. There have been 63 drives that a team has allowed a sack, and yet none have scored a touchdown on that drive.

SACKS APPEAL? When a team does not allow a sack, they have scored a touchdown 19% of their drives (1 in 5.3 possessions).

 

1 minute ago, Ripper said:

Brock was unforgiven for a long time. We are supposed to forgive in a month? DD will be a plaza member here when the time comes. But for now  I hope the football gods keep things in check

Doesn't change the fact you want bad things to happen to him. 

3 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Doesn't change the fact you want bad things to happen to him. 

I don't want any thing bad to happen to him. Losing is something different then something bad in my opinion

1 minute ago, Ripper said:

I don't want any thing bad to happen to him. Losing is something different then something bad in my opinion

You seemed quite happy he threw 2 picks & lost.

I don't know Ottawa. You needed 4 turnovers, another on downs, a Jekyll and Hyde-Durant, and an uncalled OPI on the last series to beat Montreal?

2 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

I don't know Ottawa. You needed 4 turnovers, another on downs, a Jekyll and Hyde-Durant, and an uncalled OPI on the last series to beat Montreal?

The RedBlacks generally outplayed the Als all night. You could tell the Als weren't going to win tonight.

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

You seemed quite happy he threw 2 picks & lost.

I am. Doesn't mean I want him to get hurt. DD could have taken the offer he was given and stayed here. He thought he was worth more and still on top of his game, his league leading 6th INT says otherwise. He is 300'ish ahead of Glenn in yards, Glenn has two games in hand. Bugs the crap out a lot of people that its pretty obvious the Riders made the right move by not overpaying Durant this year with upfront money when Glenn is as good at minimum for 100k less

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The RedBlacks generally outplayed the Als all night. You could tell the Als weren't going to win tonight.

Harris is a gamer, he just keeps making things happen. I think this guy might be something special in this league. How many times against the Stamps did he just keep coming back? They get that defense straightened out and they can be a serious force

I hope the commissioner can do something about the schedule.

When did Ottawa and Montreal play before this game?

Ottawa last Friday.

Not good.

7 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The guy that won 2 Grey Cups for you is now a bum? Real classy.

I gotta say any Bomber fan would say the exact same type of things about ex-Bomber QBs - Kevin Glenn, Khari Jones etc...

Jones handled it in a very Chris Jones kind of way, but it's looking like he made the right decision to go with Glenn instead of Durant. Glenn is making approx. half what Durant is and has been better than him so far.

I'm trying to get to all the CFL stadiums in the next few years (and now I have to go back to Regina, which pisses me off because, well, it's Regina), and so I managed to get to this game.  I chose them as my "2nd favourite team" since they haven't been in the league for long enough that they haven't spoiled anything for the Bombers - I used to live in Ottawa, so that helped.

TD Place is a nice stadium, for a retrofit. I was up in the nosebleed section and paid more than I think a person should.  The crowd was good - they were into it when they should've been.  I'd say IGF on a quiet night is still way louder than TD Place was, even if we had the same number of people. 

The fans were cool, but most of the people around me hate Matt Dunigan, though I don't know why.  He gave my dad and I a thumbs up when he saw us rocking out Bomber stuff. 

You know how we have the announcer say, "That's another Winnipeg..." and we all yell, "First Down!" - their dude does this thing where he says, "1st Down..." and then there's an echo-y sound effect as he says, "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrredblacks!"  It was a little annoying, but I say the same thing about the way the Bombers do it. They also do all the game calls in english and french. That amused me.  OH! But they don't say the names of the Alouettes who made a catch, just who made the tackle.

Tom Green was there. I thought he was dead. His career is, certainly.  Also, I will never again complain about the games they play at IGF with fans. The on-field hosts and games were painful. Painful.

RedBlacks offense didn't seem to want to win the game. The defense showed up to play. Good to see.

The officiating was brutal. Usually I'll give the officials the benefit of the doubt and stuff, but holy hannah, that was a tough one for the boys in stripes.

The bugs were insane way up there, too. The lights were right above us, and I felt like I was slathered in... whatever random bugs eat.

They have just one giant scoreboard. It's big. It doesn't show a lot of replays, but also has no ads on it. I'm not sure which I prefer.

I was glad to have been. It was nice that the RedBlacks won, too.

ETA: I totally forgot!!  They allow flags and flagpoles and whatnot!  Not a single person got murdered, either. I miss flags on golf ball retrievers...

Edited July 20, 20178 yr by wpgchris
Forgot something I wanted to say.

Durant is better than he has shown thus far. He is in a new system in a patchwork team and coaching, so a familiarization period is likely. Lets see how he is doing at Labour Day.

DD had a horrible first half and the redblacks didn't take full advantage of it. DD had a great second half and the Als didn't take full advantage of it. Pretty entertaining game overall, but not what I'd call great football.

You know it's really cool that Nik Lewis went over 1000 catches in his career, I always felt he was a damned good receiver, but man I have a real hard time respecting him as an athlete when he's a fat as he is.... Just looks like a sloppy POS. 

9 hours ago, Ripper said:

Nice to see Durant cough up a couple picks and lose.

That was him doing his "Kevin Glenn in Week 2" impression.

1 hour ago, sweep the leg said:

Jones handled it in a very Chris Jones kind of way, but it's looking like he made the right decision to go with Glenn instead of Durant. Glenn is making approx. half what Durant is and has been better than him so far.

From a business standpoint, it made sense. That's about it, though. The Riders are still 1-2.

2 hours ago, Eternal optimist said:

I gotta say any Bomber fan would say the exact same type of things about ex-Bomber QBs - Kevin Glenn, Khari Jones etc...

First of all, who speaks badly of Khari??... and I believe the talk of Kevin Glenn would be a lot different had he played in the 07 Grey Cup...

7 minutes ago, bearpants said:

First of all, who speaks badly of Khari??... and I believe the talk of Kevin Glenn would be a lot different had he played in the 07 Grey Cup...

"Khari's not actually that great, anyone could succeed with that set of receivers."

Heard that or some variation of it hundreds of times when Khari was here and shortly after he left.

3 minutes ago, Atomic said:

"Khari's not actually that great, anyone could succeed with that set of receivers."

Heard that or some variation of it hundreds of times when Khari was here and shortly after he left.

Fair enough... but I would say those people are incorrect 

Without Durant the Als. would be a very bad team offensively...Their D is playing pretty good ball....Have to give credit to Darian for making them very competitive....He still has a few miles left and by the end of the year (health permitting) will make Jonesie in riderville look awfully foolish... Right now Durant would be tearing up the league with the receiving corps the riders possess...Looks good on them

10 hours ago, Ripper said:

I am. Doesn't mean I want him to get hurt. DD could have taken the offer he was given and stayed here. He thought he was worth more and still on top of his game, his league leading 6th INT says otherwise. He is 300'ish ahead of Glenn in yards, Glenn has two games in hand. Bugs the crap out a lot of people that its pretty obvious the Riders made the right move by not overpaying Durant this year with upfront money when Glenn is as good at minimum for 100k less

Same old story with Glenn though.  No one disputes he can put up big yardage and strong completion percentage.  But he still throws picks at the worst times, and he's a loser more often than he's a winner.  A 5000 yard season loses some of its shine when it goes with a 4-14 record.

48 minutes ago, Atomic said:

"Khari's not actually that great, anyone could succeed with that set of receivers."

Heard that or some variation of it hundreds of times when Khari was here and shortly after he left.

People were hard on Khari when he was here throwing all those TDs. That's half the reason I joined these boards, keep people straight and tell them they were wrong for dissing Khari. 

Just now, 17to85 said:

People were hard on Khari when he was here throwing all those TDs. That's half the reason I joined these boards, keep people straight and tell them they were wrong for dissing Khari. 

"LEAVE KHARI ALONE!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

 

 

Well there was slightly more curse words involved....

I kept waiting for Matty to mention on the telecast last night that he was the guy who brought Nik Lewis to the CFL.

Wonder if Ottawa sits Powell and uses Madu on Monday?