Maybe it should have, but no CFL HC/OCs game plan a running QB as a strategy; not Maas with Fajardo; not Ottawa with Crum even after he showed he could run well; not BC with an athletic QB in Adams; and not ego-Jones with a blazing fast QB in Ford at his disposal. It just does not compute for your typical myopic CFL offensive thinker - they will defer to their one basic run play to the main RB, and then it's mostly QB sitting in pocket having to make reads.
I don't believe RD game planned or counted on Kelly running a lot this season; it is a nice luxury to have - a very mobile, run threat QB - but game planning and play-calling to take full advantage is another matter. And I did not notice the Als in that 3-2-7 look I saw some in the East semi; at least not early in the game; the Argos moved well on their 1st drive with a mix of good runs and some downfield passing decent gainers, until that Dequoy pick. Instructing Kelly to run some after this might have been a smart adjustment to get the D to bite up more; but even after the Als had a decent lead and shoulda been in a prevent mode, Kelly still found Daniels wide-open well down the field for a 50+ yard TD - "can't go wrong when you go long" as Matt Dunigan likes to say. The other picks were just dumb decisions and poor throws - maybe from a panicked desperation to get scores quickly ?
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