Just a bullet point list of thoughts from last night after sleeping it off.
-Masoli is not as bad as the turnovers indicate. The man knows how to control an offence but just these hiccups keep happening and tonight it really reared its ugly head. I still much rather have Masoli at QB than Mathews, at the end of the day Masoli put us in a position to win and Underwood couldn't hang on to one of the most catchable balls I have ever seen.
-The defence needs to get their swagger back. Willy had all day to throw yesterday for the most part aside from a few nice rushes particularly by Chick and Nevis. But they have just looked so goddamn soft these last few games, barely any pass rush as mentioned, missed tackles all over the place, giant holes for running backs to romp through, we dropped multiple interceptions last week, and also I have no idea what the thought process is on 2nd and long to rush only 2 guys, constantly, all night. We weren't getting to Willy with some 6 man blitzes why the hell is a 2 man rush going to work, might as well drop all 12 guys back at that point because you're not going to win 2 on 5 battle with pro offensive linemen, just giving Willy all the time in the world to allow his receivers to get open. Need to play some Steeltown defence, last two weeks have been a bit painful considering how good we know they can be. Ok so that one was long but whatever they made me mad.
-The offensive line just bugs me, as individuals they are all pretty decent players, but it seems as a whole they are bound to make stupid mistakes whether it be Dyakowski one play or Filer the next, they just don't seem to play well as a unit and looked downright confused at times last night. Masoli is still our backup, he isn't this star world beater who is going to pull a Houdini and escape the pass rush with ease and make a smart throw every play, the guy needs time to plant his feet and deliver which seemed almost impossible for him last night at times.
-Gable needs more touches, it is that simple. Also o-line needs to open some holes up for him, and hopefully he hits them going north south instead of reverting to east west running.
-If you take away all the turnovers, and god do I wish we could, but if you do Masoli and co didn't have a TERRIBLE game. Lots to be desired sure but Masoli knows how to run this offence but he can't do it alone, dropped passes and bad blocking did not help.
-That pick 6 by Masoli was one of the worst decisions ever, just don't know why he has these random mental lapses then can stay so calm and cool and then continue to play well. Masoli is just an interesting quaterback to watch never know what you're going to get from play to play, which isn't a good thing but I think he can be a starter in this league if he can just minimize the dumb mistakes
-While that KO was Banks fault, that ball took an unpredictable bounce, feel bad for him that is probably toughest part of the job is judging where the ball is in the air especially near the sidelines
- We have be absolutely abysmal at home since Zach got hurt, I can't wait to have him back and start winning in the Hammer again
-I am terrified once again this team is going to dig a giant hole to get out of in the second half of the season, and just worried this time we won't be able to get it done. If we are 2-5 or something like that before Zach gets back and East teams keep balling out we could find ourselves in some hot water after Labour Day....seems to be the way this team likes it for whatever freaking reason
-I like to ramble about the Ti-Cats, I could do this all day but I will save you...lets go pluck them dirty birds next week in Montreal