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CFL Game #48 Team Notes  – Edmonton at Hamilton:

- Coming off a Bye since 2011: Since 2011 Hamilton has had 12 games coming off a bye week but are just 3-9 .250 (including a 1- 6 .143 mark since 2015). Their .250 winning pct. in post-bye games is the lowest in the CFL in that time. Overall teams have played 107 times after a bye since 2011 and CFL-wide they have gone 61-46 .570 and thus have taken advantage of the extra rest.

- Mike Reilly 300+: Reilly is tied for #10 all-time (with Sam Etcheverry) with 39 games of 300+ yds. He needs just 84 passing yards to go by Condredge Holloway (25,193) into #18 all-time and is just 25 completions away from 2,000. In 87 starts he is 51-36.

- 1st half vs 2nd half: There has been a distinct difference in these two teams' results in the 1st half of games vs 2nd halves, especially in passing where 14 of Edmonton's 19 TD throws have been before half-time. Of Edmonton's 15 T/Os, 11 are in the 2nd half.

- Hamilton Home vs Road: The Ti-Cats have relied on home field advantage more than any other club in the CFL recently. Since 2011 they have won 35 games at home vs just 24 on the road - almost 60% of their 59 victories. BC is next with 57% of their wins.

Reilly TDs: He has 8 touchdowns thus far on pace for 16. The CFL record by a QB is 14 by Doug Flutie in 1991. Note: Jackie Parker had 17 TDs in 1957 but played only half of that season as a QB (8 starts at QB, 8 at receiver with 5 TD receptions).

- Hamilton receiving I: Jalen Saunders left their last game in the 1st Quarter and did not return after picking up just one catch for 26 yards. Combined with Luke Tasker and making up their #1 & #2 receivers from 2017 (180 receptions in total), they accounted for just two catches last week.

- Edmonton #1 & #2 receivers: The Esks can make it twice in 3 years with the CFL's Top Two receivers ('16, '18). That has occurred just 6 times since 1958. Winnipeg 1961 & 1971, Edmonton 1979, Calgary 1999, Edmonton 2001, & Edmonton in 2016.

- Brandon Banks: Now has a 22-game receiving streak, 12 clutch 2nd down catches in his last 3 games, and 100+ yards in 11 of his last 14 games. Since Sep 4/17, he is the CFL's leading receiver with 1,677 yards over the 18 games since then:

1. Banks HAM 1,677 2. Saunders HAM 1,451 3. Walker EDM 1,450 4. Tasker HAM 1,074 5. Arceneaux BC 1,063

- Hamilton Offence #2: The Tiger-Cats come in with the #2 ranking for Net Offence at 403.5 yards per game in 2018. They have gone over the 500-yard mark twice already, something they did just once across all of the 2016-2017 seasons. The last time that Hamilton averaged over 400 yards per game was back in 2004 at 405 per game.

- Sean Whyte up to #2 at 86.2%: With his current streak of 13 made FGs in a row, Whyte has passed Justin Medlock for the #2 ranked FG% of all-time. Whyte is now 288-of-334 in his career for an 86.2% success rate. Medlock sits at 316-of-367 86.1% and they both trail all-time leader Rene Paredes (327/375 87.2%).

- Red Zone Defence: The Ti-Cats have stopped opponents 15 times out of 23 Red Zone chances, #1 in the CFL at just 35%. They have forced opponents into 6 Red Zone Turnovers, #1 in the CFL.

- EDM last 4 games gap in Field Position: In the last 4 games, Edmonton opponents have started 12 drives inside the Eskimos' half of the field compared to just 4 by the Edmonton in the opponents' end. On average they have had to start at their 31-yard line vs the opposition's average start at the 42-yard line - a gap of 560 yards worth of field length.

- Most penalized club: The Eskimos reached 1,000 penalty yards last week with their 6th game of 100+ yards or more this year.

- 536 Net Yards: Last week Edmonton gained 536 yards of Net Offence, their most in almost 4 years since Nov 1/14 (550 vs BC).

- J.C. Sherritt: Has a Sack in 3 of his last 4 games after getting none in the first 5 games. He now has 476 career Def. Tackles.

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Our secondary is marginally better. If that. 

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

Our secondary is marginally better. If that. 

Yup but our LB and Dline are way better. 

Good start to the week and the West gets tighter.

Calgary 7-1

Edmonton 6-4

Winnipeg 5-4

Saskatchewan 4-4

BC 3-5

East is closer too

Ottawa 6-3

Hamilton 4-5

Toronto 3-5

Montreal 1-8

If we can steal Saturday's game, it will make the loss by Esks tonight really sting

Saturday's game is a must win

1 minute ago, USABomberfan said:

Saturday's game is a must win

Nah. It would be nice if we won tho. Aint no way its must win. 

Must win = do or die. This isnt the scenario this week. 

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by Goalie

I don’t quite agree about the Esks D. Their offence had a lead at halftime mostly due to turnovers. Then they proceeded to not score any points at all during the second half. Their O showed up for one turnover aided quarter. 

Reilly had the baby blues type thing this week.....

Esks lose, Esks lose...  That is all   

19 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I don’t quite agree about the Esks D. Their offence had a lead at halftime mostly due to turnovers. Then they proceeded to not score any points at all during the second half. Their O showed up for one turnover aided quarter. 

Nah, Reilly turned into an IRA Bomber that second quarter throwing bombs everywhere. He was crazy. That fumble by Gable (who I have never liked) just took the wind out of their sails at the start of the second half. They never recovered after that.  Crazy as that is.  Their D secondary is a cluster.... 

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27

Sloppy but I'll take it. Change my mind about Jones and Masoli ? Nope.

Esks D has been shi all year, Reilly usually just bailed them out but he has taken enough shots this year he is losing effectiveness.

Second in the West seems to be there for the taking. 

8 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Esks D has been shi all year, Reilly usually just bailed them out but he has taken enough shots this year he is losing effectiveness.

You can only rely on one player for so long

seeing Masoli move the ball at will at the end of that game is reminiscent of what a good QB can do to the Bombers..... sure would be nice to see a good NFL cut DB parachuted in here in the next few weeks and firm things up!  a nice WR prospect would be nice too!  

Masoli is some kind of special, from unimaginable brain farts to improbable completions, he covers both ends of the spectrum from brutal to brilliant. Gotta hand it to that Hamilton D though, pitching a shut out in the second half was the only chance they had of winning that game, and they did it, gotta give credit where it is due. 

And this why the CFL is so interesting this year. There is parity across the league. I've read here that the bombers are no where near as good as the esks...but they just lost to a Hamilton team that the bombers beat. Hope this puts things into perspective for people. Any team can beat any team (even MTL). It's just about who shows up. 1 loss doesnt = season over.

1 hour ago, pigseye said:

Masoli is some kind of special, from unimaginable brain farts to improbable completions, he covers both ends of the spectrum from brutal to brilliant. Gotta hand it to that Hamilton D though, pitching a shut out in the second half was the only chance they had of winning that game, and they did it, gotta give credit where it is due. 

it's pretty impressive to pitch a shut out in 3 quarters of a CFL game, they almost blew it though with that atrocious 2nd quarter though. 

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

And this why the CFL is so interesting this year. There is parity across the league. I've read here that the bombers are no where near as good as the esks...but they just lost to a Hamilton team that the bombers beat. Hope this puts things into perspective for people. Any team can beat any team (even MTL). It's just about who shows up. 1 loss doesnt = season over.

Yup! Saskatchewan lost to Montreal then beat Calgary. Weird...

For years, the Esks have loaded up on one side of the ball while sacrificing the other. They haven't had a great defense in a long time. It's all about Mike Reilly throwing & his receivers making ridiculous catches. It's fun to watch & they are explosive but defense wins championships & offense sells tickets.  Until Sunderland & Maas decide they need to channel financial resources away from their offense to build their defense, they'll never win a championship.

It   really is entertaining watching Masoli play like a quarterback machine, then have unforced fumbles, throw picks and dirtballs, , then pull himself together, and go back to outstanding again.

Must be a bit tough on everyone around him though.

A few years ago, before Collaros got hurt, Hamilton was the best team in the league, specially their defence. Still have some of those guys on defence.

 

Edited August 24, 20187 yr by Mark F

The interesting thing with Hamilton is that for all the talk about their QB, WRs, D or how much of a change June Jones has made, they are 4-5 and 10-9 under Jones.

3 hours ago, pigseye said:

Masoli is some kind of special, from unimaginable brain farts to improbable completions

Masoli made some impressive throws after his thrown int. on the way to their first TD. Then he was Messoli for awhile. Dumb throw at the end of the half..

Anyone else see how close Reilly came to crossing the line of scrimmage on his (last?) touchdown?  I was watching on my phone with the volume off but it looking like his plant foot was on the line and his left foot in the air was over the line.  I really thought they would replay that to death to confirm he was in fact behind the line!

 

I was laughing my butt off after goalpost throw number 2. Number 1 was surprising but number 2 was amazing. It is not like those things move around a lot. Quite the mental toughness for Masoli to bounce back after those throws and a pretty awful interception. That 95 yard pass and run could have broken the Tabbie's backs but no they came back and the D tightened up.