July 26, 2014: Toronto Argonauts vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders

[gilthethrill]

Rider backups are out performing our backups by a large margin.

[OV Argo]

I agree OV...Emry has not impressed.

Sure love to see Cory Greenwood shake free from the NFL; also - give Tonye-Tonye a shot if he gets healthy (is he really injured or just stashed on the IR?)

[gilthethrill]

Sure love to see Cory Greenwood shake free from the NFL; also - give Tonye-Tonye a shot if he gets healthy (is he really injured or just stashed on the IR?)

I think Tonye Tonye is now on the PR....

[argonaut11xx]

Games like this are the reason God invented whisky

[Argo57]

Just back from an entertaining game in the Hammer to see some shoddy tackling by the Argos.
Rod Black seems to be enjoying this one a little too much.

[argosrule2415]

Only hope is if Durant implodes and starts throwing INTs but even that might not happen as he looked banged up to end the half. Bet the SSK back-up QB comes in and pummels us some more.

[jerrym]

I don't understand why after the Argos sacked Durant making it second and 14, they have a 3 man line with one extra player on the rush giving Durant all the steamboats he needs to complete a 35 yard pass to Smith, with a TD following on a short run on the next play. The Argos didn't have to send the house but more pressure on an obvious passing play would have been good.

[ArgoRavi]

Emry blows a tackle shot there too.

That was absolutely horrible. Wrap up the guy instead of trying to do whatever the hell Emry was trying to do there.

Rider backups are out performing our backups by a large margin.

Riders only have two key injuries - Getzlaf and Picard. The Argos have many more.

[paulwoods13]

Not many players deserving of praise right now. Ray (because he is doing his best with very little), Coombs, Sewell, Waters, Okpalaugo, Gabriel, Yurichuk, Steele are about it.

Lots of players deserving of criticism, including (in no particular order) Keeping (stupid penalty), Van Zeyl (missed blocks), Laing (stupid penalty), Carter (terrible coverage) and Emry (hasn't made a play all season). No doubt I've left several others off this list.

[ArgoRavi]

I don't understand why after the Argos sacked Durant making it second and 14, they have a 3 man line with one extra player on the rush giving Durant all the steamboats he needs to complete a 35 yard pass to Smith, with a TD following on a short run on the next play. The Argos didn't have to send the house but more pressure on an obvious passing play would have been good.

I agree with you. I would have sent more pressure there. They have been able to have success pressuring Durant so far tonight. Might as well take your chances and keep going after him.

[paulwoods13]

I agree with you. I would have sent more pressure there. They have been able to have success pressuring Durant so far tonight. Might as well take your chances and keep going after him.

Absolutely correct. That particular call was one of the most frustrating I've seen all season.

[Wobbler]

On D, we're not getting anything out of a four man rush. Our blitz has been pretty effective, though, yielding a couple of sacks and several throw-aways. I think we should bring one or two guys most of the time in the second half.

The O is clearly hurting; we're going to have to roll the dice and try a few bombs. I'd suggest that it is also time to pull a trick play out of the bag, but we probably don't have the personnel to execute anything fancy.

[jerrym]

The Argos need a Will Ford, 2013 East Division All-Star RB and returner, a lot more than the Riders do, yet he ends up a Rider.

[Argo57]

Not many players deserving of praise right now. Ray (because he is doing his best with very little), Coombs, Sewell, Waters, Okpalaugo, Gabriel, Yurichuk, Steele are about it.

Lots of players deserving of criticism, including (in no particular order) Keeping (stupid penalty), Van Zeyl (missed blocks), Laing (stupid penalty), Carter (terrible coverage) and Emry (hasn't made a play all season). No doubt I've left several others off this list.

So far Emry has been a huge disappointment to say the least, Robinson and Carter are a little suspect as well.
Hopefully Ray doesn't get killed out there tonight!!

[OV Argo]

The Argos need a Will Ford, 2013 East Division All-Star RB and returner, a lot more than the Riders do, yet he ends up a Rider.

Will Ford is a decent to average RB IMO; the Argos do not need him as Jeremiah Johnson, Slaton, Steele or even Coombs are just as good or better at tailback.

What the Argos need is wayyyyy sharper offensive thinking and play-calling from Millanovich & Brady; and sure the key injuries to the receiving corps hurts, but you need game-planning & play-calling smarts. No consistent ground game and no vertical passing game.

[jerrym]

With Owens, Durie, Barnes and Chiles injured and Inman in the NFL, the Argos are missing their top 5 receivers in yardage from 2013. It's sure showing tonight as is the inability of Sewell to protect Ray.

[Argo57]

Chick is giving Sewell a lesson tonight, hopefully our franchise player survives!!

[Gill The Thrill]

Not many players deserving of praise right now. Ray (because he is doing his best with very little), Coombs, Sewell, Waters, Okpalaugo, Gabriel, Yurichuk, Steele are about it.

Lots of players deserving of criticism, including (in no particular order) Keeping (stupid penalty), Van Zeyl (missed blocks), Laing (stupid penalty), Carter (terrible coverage) and Emry (hasn't made a play all season). No doubt I've left several others off this list.

Ricky Ray deserves as much criticism as anybody....what are you watching ? He has been responsible for 3 turnovers by himself and 2 in the first 2 series. An int and a fumble. He also badly overthrew Anthony Coombs in the end zone. His turnovers have given the Riders 17 Points. Criticize me all you want but Ray is looking like Kent Austin in 1995 or Mike Kerrigan in 1993. Both great pocket QB's but once there skills diminished, they were done.

Will Ford is a decent to average RB IMO; the Argos do not need him as Jeremiah Johnson, Slaton, Steele or even Coombs are just as good.

Keep convincing yourself of that if it makes you happy. Coombs and Slaton have not been around long enough so they could be as good eventually. Johnson and Steele are not as quick, elusive and therefore nowhere near as good. Johnson dropped one he should've had today and can't get outside. Steele has never showed consistency. What happened to Gerald Riggs Jr?

[QBall]

The worst part is where do we go from here? Except for punting/kicking everything else is such a shit show I'm not sure what Milanovich can do except maybe waiting for our injured receivers to come back and shake up the defense (release some players?). Thank God the rest of the east is equally as bad that we're not really losing pace with the first place.

[1argoholic]

Why even get into a RB debate as any top RB in this league would look just ok as an Argo? We don't use them anywhere near enough and Milanovich doesn't stay at all from his game plan. Keep feeding the ball to one guy and let our big boys run down field and knock some Rider heads. But no keep doing what's not working.
I saw this coming and I'm not at all surprised. Too many new faces on D, the coaching staff and now on O with all of our injuries. It's going to be a long tough year.
Hopefully Ray doesn't get killed. By the way I'm sick of Sask jumping offside and getting a shot at Ray. Plus their receivers are always offside with no flags. The league really knows how to kiss Rider arse.

We get stuck playing teams coming off the bye week. Then we have a very short bye. Screw this mess.

Oh and Braley you Blow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!