For all the Bomber haters, or wanna be fans who have knocked Kelly and his moves must look pretty dumb by now. Let's start with WEEK 1 in Edmonton, poor field conditions is not an excuse, but many mistakes were made by both team and we lost by 2 points, we showed flashes, Lefors looked like he had the opening jitters, Reid was solid and proved that he IS AN ELITE running back in the CFL. The defense was solid as heck considering Edmonton was picked to finish first or second in the West, and what can i say about the special teams, solid as well, they were ball hawks and got down field quickly and did a great job making there tackles, with the exception of the one long run back for a TD (i believe). Remember we played without two major starters in Brown and Tyrone Williams and the team WAS NOT distracted by the Armstrong incident.
POSITIVES FROM WEEK ONE - no interceptions, Reid proved that he is not just a flash in the pan, Lefors showed great mobility to scramble out of the pocket when under pressure and for those who are just looking at his completion percentage, remember he threw the ball away alot which is what a QB is taught to do, that saved us from interceptions and fumbles, smart plays. Also Simpson has not lost a step and Shabazz was amazing.
NEGATIVES FROM WEEK ONE - Lefors DOES have to go downfield more often, take the risk if he feels that it is safe to do so, his completion percentage will be low for a couple of games as the Offfense is still Gelling, holding Edmonton to 19 was a great step to begin the season, we came this close to tying the game with no time on the clock and it was a 42 yarder which Serna made after he was iced by Edmonton and Hall, too bad he missed the tying field goal from 47 yards, that is tough for any kicker to do. TOO MANY POOR PLAYS FOR THAT TYPE OF TURF.
WEEK 2 VS CGY - Still no Brown until next week, but Tyrone did play (as a rotation player - YES Armstrong pun was intended) that is a great teamate, we pretty much handled the Stamps with the exception of the final Quarter when we played more zone.
POSITIVES FROM WEEK 2 - Lefors looked more comfortable evrn though his completion percentage was not great, but he did throw for 2 TD'S, he will get better throughout the year, i think Lefors is a very good QB and has something we have been lacking for years, a QB that can scramble, roll out and take off if he needs to. Special Teams were solid as well once again, the defense played hard and did a great job once again, i believe that our Defense with Brown will only get better. We got 2 INT'S which was awesome, Charlton looked like his old self and had a great game and Shabazz was a warrior, Simpson Shabazz and Charlton were all over the ball. Fred Reid proved to us once again that last season was not a fluke, Giles played Awesome when he did play, great speed and great reads, if he can keep it up then releasing Joe Smith was a good move, Kudos to kelly for playing a simple game plan, nothing fancy.
NEGATIVES FROM WEEK 2 - Only two things caught my attention, Lefors completion percentage and Our Defense only has ONE sack in two games.
I would also like to mention that Kelly and his players were all talking and laughing through the whole game, he said he was going to field a team that will be competative and a team that will enjoy playing for the BB'S and having fun. Great way to loosen the team up.
The recieving group will still be great with Edwards, Bowman, Ralph, Franklin and so on ... If Franklin is going to be out for awhile from last nights injury, we should try Hargreaves again or another reciever on the Practice Roster.
CONGRATS TO OUR BLUE BOMBERS, THE TEAM AND MIKE KELLY FOR A GREAT GAME.
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) finally looks like he has a good team around him, cats could be right in the mix this year.