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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Sounds And Thoughts From The Rider Room

A big win for the Riders as they completely shut down Calgary in the 2nd half and improve to 2-0 with a 36-21 win. Here are comments from John Chick, Darian Durant and head coach Corey Chamblin after the game with thoughts from yours truly after....












As for my thoughts...

--What an impressive 2nd half. If the Riders can bottle that up and use it 16 more times, I think we know where Lord Grey's mug will reside. That being said, the season is still very young and the Riders looked good last year in jumping out to a 3-0 start and then the wheels started to fall off. This team is a lot better than that team, but lets not go planning a parade route yet.

--George Cortez's stamp is firmly on the offense. You can see Cortez designing plays for all his weapons and while all plays aren't going to go for big yards, he knows when and where to call that play.

--The turning point of the game to me was the Ricky Schmitt punt that looked like a Graham DeLaet approach in the 2nd quarter as he put a little spin on the ball to keep it on the playing field instead of going into the endzone for the much-hated single. You just don't get punts better than that as Regina native Jon Ryan, who was at the game, would likely attest to. It seemed to me as if that play got the Riders going as they were down 14-3 but after holding Calgary got the Dressler TD on their next series to get going.

--Brendon Labatte and Ben Heenan were once again phenomenal. When it comes to Heenan, I don't know Coach Chamblin keeps him off the field when Patrick Neufeld is ready.

--FG kicking problem?? What FG kicking problem? Chris Milo has shown there is nothing wrong with his game as he four for four on three pointers and remains 100 percent on the season. Lets put that argument to bed.

--The Riders have been accused at times of coaches not making adjustments and getting out coached. On this nite, Corey Chamblin and staff made the adjustments and outcoached John Hufnagel and crew

--Good on Kory Sheets for his performance, but remember this Rider fans. The situation is the same as Jerrell Freeman. The more plays he makes, the less his chances of being here are. I somehow seem to think Sheets will be running the football on Sundays south of the border again.

--You just have to love the way Weston Dressler plays the game. He just keeps getting abused out there and he just gets up and makes another play.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did Hughes make a tackle last night? Great game by the o-line. Hoggies need love too so thanks for giving it to them

Anonymous said...

Sheets won’t be going back down south. He spent a few years down there already on practice rosters, and rb’s are dime a dozen.

He’d be smart to extend with the Riders and be ol' reliable just like Wes Cates and make a name for himself for after football in Sask.

Anonymous said...

Players want to play in the NFL. If Sheets gets an opportunity, he will be gone. That's the way it is in the CFL. You know if Dressler was six feet tall that he would be gone by now too.

Brian

Anonymous said...

Bagg is just taking up a roster spot now. We'll never know how good he could have been.