Yep the Lions played like the last year Lions. John CORNISH had 6 carries for -1 yards. Its clear that Andrew Harris is the best running back in the CFL. Cornish was considered top canadian back but he is soft and he is showing that this season--
Harris is so smooth and good--
The D line played like they can and dominated the game. Mitchell and Taylor were unstoppable and the linebackers cleaned everything up and played a really good game--
Bruce was used more for sure and so was FOSTER- Foster is a guy who can make a DB look small, meaning he is so big and tall that the db looks like a little kid out there- His TD was an example of this where he was running and the DB was also tall but looked like he had no chance vs the LONG STRIDE of FOSTER-- I am not sure why they dont throw the really deep ball to FOSTER, once he is in full stride, i dont think any db in this leauge can keep up with him on the long ball, last season we threw deep to him and he would always be wide open---
Lulay played composed and better with his throws--
One problem I still think the team has is its PHYSICALITY in the secondary-- Muamba doesenet seem like he can hit anyone, we know that PHILLIPS cant tackle well,-- You see all kinds of receivers breaking tackles in our secondary- of course when our pass rush is on then it doesent matter cause no one is catching anything in space----
The secondary must improve and the tackling must be better--
We have the most deepest receiving core in the leauge, but we need to USE BRUCE and FOSTER MORE as i posted in my other thread-- SIMON is a good 3rd option at this stage, BRUCE and FOSTER have the best hands on the team and are guys that are former basketball players who can catch the tough END ZONE TOUChdoWNS--
No offense to SIMON but he is not a #1 option- The corner he ran early in the game was a perfect example- He actually ran a great route and LULAY threw a good corner but the DB caught up to SIMON easily to disrupt the pattern-- ANother thing i NOTICE is that SIMON has no BURST to the ball, meaning he cant turn the JETS on to reach deep balls, he gives up right away If the ball is not within his arms reach---
With Harris at running back we are very tough to stop- The games we lost IMO were because LULAY was too busy throwing to SIMON who is not a #1 receiver- I looked at the tape from the Edmonton game, he gets very little separation anymore, and he DROPPED that pass from LULAY which was intercepted-- THE BALL hit him right on his hands, but he got HIT and his helmet got torn off his head and he looked SOFT-- Im sorry but you have to make that catch----
Last game we used FOSTER way more and BRUCE, and also Harris more as a pass catcher----
I am thinking the SWING PASS TO HARRIS is a good option-- He can beat most defenders and can run right over people--
Good job LIons keep it up--- Full credit for the win as it was DOMINATIOn