I think Bellfeuille made the right decision considering Pre missed what about a 20 yarder earlier in the game. They have a new holder. It's more likely than not that Pre is going to miss and send the ball through the endzone. I think the move was a vote of non confidence in Pre personally.
IMO the Cats are not a Grey Cup contenders yet. With the preformance last night (i.e. to many penalties and to many
2 and outs ) they would not have beaten Winn. or Mont.
The O-line needs to tighten up and the D needs to improve their coverage. :cowboy:
I stand guilty of poor use of the language. Better might be – You shouldn’t make your choice with the hope of avoiding a tie, rather with the hope of avoiding a loss. While the likelihood of success is certainly less on a 2-point try the fact, that ending up ahead by 2 points isn’t significantly better than ending up ahead by 1 point, makes taking the chance worth it. Ending up ahead by 3 points IS significantly better than ending up ahead by 2.
That was a good point about respecting Boyd, and not respecting Lemon as much. That could be one reason Lemon looked that much better than he usually does, although I think Lemon himself deserves some credit.
Fixed it for you.
And just one more thing I want to point out. Brandon Denson looked impressive out there. As was pointed out in the game thread, it sure does look like he has a motor. And there was recently an article about him having type 1 diabetes.
IMHO, the league-wide standings are an accurate reflection of where the Cats stand when considering which teams may be Grey Cup contenders. They stand 5th among the 8 teams. They’ve played every other team once, beat each of the 3 teams below them and 1 of the 4 above them. I’ve set the 2/3 mark in the season as the point to make a good judgement on the team’s chances for year-end success. That’s 5 more games, all against the teams which stand above them, and 3 of those games will be at home. Winning 3 for a 7-5 record at the 2/3 point of the season will do it for me – qualify them as serious contenders.
'Til then, the jury that’s been out for so many seasons, remains there.
Because defenses make allowances for that play. Even Tafralis to Bruce in 09 there was somebody in close coverage. It has to be perfectly executed and there’s always the risk of a pick. Do you really want to put Porter in that position when just falling forward gets the job done ?
A lot of moaning and questioning about putting in Porter inside the 5 early in the season. He’s been working it perfectly lately.
Good on him. :thup:
Agreed. On the other side, had Porter’s pass to McDaniel on 2nd down earlier this year been thrown to his inside shoulder instead of to the outside, McDaniel might have had a chance to make the reception on the run and picked up the TD.
He still “had a chance” to make the reception, even if it was over his outside shoulder. A lot of receivers would have caught it, and McDaniel himself probably catches that ball at least half the time.