Elks: Edmonton Eskimos 2018 v3

[Del Preston]

-Why would we take the procedure call with Als pinned deep in their own zone? Why not 2nd and 10 instead of 1st and 15?

Maas.

Maas knew the Als were going to get caught a few seconds later with 36 players in the huddle and it would turn in to 1st-and-24.

 

[Cloned]

Maas knew the Als were going to get caught a few seconds later with 36 players in the huddle and it would turn in to 1st-and-24.

Nostradamaas.

 

[MoontoScott]

Maas knew the Als were going to get caught a few seconds later with 36 players in the huddle and it would turn in to 1st-and-24.

Clairvoyance has its benefits.

 

[rboomercat90]

Nostradamaas.

More like Forrest Gump.

 

[Cloned]

How is that spearing?

 

[MoontoScott]

Helmet shot is illegal.

 

[BleedingOil]

Helmet shot is illegal.

On a defenseless player

 

[MoontoScott]

On a defenseless player

You are talking about the Alouette player being defenseless?

 

[guymez]

This defense is still crap I guess. The amount of blown coverages lol.

The defence hasnt been tested by a legit QB yet...not very impressive so far.
That being said apparently they have done enough so far to impress @MoneyGuy .

 

[guymez]

Hopefully Sutton is okay. I have a lot of respect for him.
Solid player.

 

[guymez]

Cooper has been very impressive. He hits the holes hard and has great quickness.
He is a keeper.

 

[rboomercat90]

What is it with these CFL coaches continuously making the wrong decision when it comes to whether or not to go for the two point conversion. Wrong choice to go for two by Sherman. Had he taken the one here, he’d only need to go for two to tie on one of the two TD’s he still needs. Because he missed he now needs two on both. Not likely to matter anyway but it just bugs me.

 

[guymez]

Who expected this game to be as close as it was? Anybody?

 

[MoontoScott]

Break out games for both Cooper and Mitchell. Both are keepers especially Mitchell with Williams probably heading South for an NFL shot next year. The one qualifier is that we were playing a pretty dismal team tonight so perhaps you can't read too much into it.

We have quietly put together a trio of good import running backs- Gable, Cooper and Robinson. It's been a while since we had 3 guys who are this capable.

 

[iCanada]

I thought Pipkins played a hell of a game. If his receivers could hang on to the ball this is a single score game.

But really though.... our special teams... y I k e s.

 

[MoontoScott]

I thought Pipkins played a hell of a game. If his receivers could hang on to the ball this is a single score game.

But really though.... our special teams... y I k e s.

He was impressive, no doubt about it.

 

[Cloned]

Break out games for both Cooper and Mitchell. Both are keepers especially Mitchell with Williams probably heading South for an NFL shot next year. The one qualifier is that we were playing a pretty dismal team tonight so perhaps you can't read too much into it.

We have quietly put together a trio of good import running backs- Gable, Cooper and Robinson. It's been a while since we had 3 guys who are this capable.

Mitchell has always been good when given the opportunity to play.

Cooper is a great find. If Gable has a few sluggish games, we're going to end up with a RB controversy.

 

[Gord]

Pipkins was good.
Mitchell was awesome
O-line was complete crap
Special teams was poor, as we expected
And while he ran well, Cooper was crap blocking

 

[Drivesaitl]

@Drivesaitl

I told you Mitchell has game.

yeah, can't remember seeing him like this but my memory isn't as good..


Fantastic game by the offense. D can go suck icecubes.

Leading the way Grymes looked like a rank amateur today blowing contains, missing tackles and solely responsible for two Al's TD's.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Who expected this game to be as close as it was? Anybody?

The D is abysmal. Consistently makng a statement as one of the worst D in the league. Just lol bad. In this game the D hardly have to be on the field because the Esks offense is just dominating possession all night. But ANYTIME the Esks offense falter the D looks intent on letting the Als back in.

If an Al's receiver doesn't flat out drop an easy ball near the goal line this is one more TD for Montreal and they put 30 on us. They don't put 30 on anybody.

Zero confidence in this D.

 

[Cloned]

The D is abysmal. Consistently makng a statement as one of the worst D in the league. Just lol bad. In this game the D hardly have to be on the field because the Esks offense is just dominating possession all night. But ANYTIME the Esks offense falter the D looks intent on letting the Als back in.

If an Al's receiver doesn't flat out drop an easy ball near the goal line this is one more TD for Montreal and they put 30 on us. They don't put 30 on anybody.

Zero confidence in this D.

Benevides apparently runs an (overly) complicated scheme. I think it really neuters the abilities of what would otherwise be decent athletes. Grymes, for example, clearly doesn't fit in this system and is nowhere the playmaker he was under Jones' scheming.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Benevides apparently runs an (overly) complicated scheme. I think it really neuters the abilities of what would otherwise be decent athletes. Grymes, for example, clearly doesn't fit in this system and is nowhere the playmaker he was under Jones' scheming.

Nah. Putting it right on Grymes. For the most part he hasn't been the player he was before the NFL. He also seems weaker, even lighter, it was always a problem but the scouting report now is that its pretty easy to bounce off his hit tackle attempts. Kept my mouth shut for a long while about him but he's really been suspect out there. For a fast player he sure loses angles, coverage, can no longer make open field tackles. Also seems to be going for glory for instance in first half trying to bite for an interception instead of actually covering the play. His play is grating on me.

Theres no D schemes that compensate for a complete inability to make plays out there. This D also getting beat wide like rented mules. if they played the Argos today Wilder would still be running.

Really I can't think of anything this D is particularly good at.

 

[Gord]

Benevides apparently runs an (overly) complicated scheme. I think it really neuters the abilities of what would otherwise be decent athletes. Grymes, for example, clearly doesn't fit in this system and is nowhere the playmaker he was under Jones' scheming.

Grymes was crap all on his own

 

[Cloned]

Nah. Putting it right on Grymes. For the most part he hasn't been the player he was before the NFL. He also seems weaker, even lighter, it was always a problem but the scouting report now is that its pretty easy to bounce off his hit tackle attempts. Kept my mouth shut for a long while about him but he's really been suspect out there. For a fast player he sure loses angles, coverage, can no longer make open field tackles. Also seems to be going for glory for instance in first half trying to bite for an interception instead of actually covering the play. His play is grating on me.

Theres no D schemes that compensate for a complete inability to make plays out there. This D also getting beat wide like rented mules. if they played the Argos today Wilder would still be running.

Really I can't think of anything this D is particularly good at.

I'd probably split the blame between individual players and Benevides. This guy could make Dan Kepley look like a scrub.

 

[Cloned]

Grymes was crap all on his own

I'll still take the guy with some established track record of success over the guy who runs crap defenses everywhere he goes. Players can have bad games and make their mark look really good for that game; coaches can have bad schemes which makes all his players look bad every game.