How to play the final six games

[AngeloV]

. It appeared Montreal did not blitz but dropped 8 or 9 into various coverages and that seemed to confuse Kelly somewhat. If Kelly had run more himself early in the game that may have forced Montreal to change tactics.

Yes. Not finding an open receiver really frustrated him. He obviously should have taken off a few times early to get them out of that look. That's both on him and his coaches. That should have been emphasized to him mid way through the 2nd quarter.

[paulwoods13]

Yes. Not finding an open receiver really frustrated him. He obviously should have taken off a few times early to get them out of that look. That's both on him and his coaches. That should have been emphasized to him mid way through the 2nd quarter.

IMO it should have been part of the game plan, not an adjustment partway through. We voluntarily took away something that we are effective at, and it saved Mtl from having to defend against it.

[AngeloV]

IMO it should have been part of the game plan, not an adjustment partway through. We voluntarily took away something that we are effective at, and it saved Mtl from having to defend against it.

I agree. I was just saying that it easily could have been put in there half way through the 2nd when it was still a 1 score game. By the 4th quarter when it did happen, it was too late....even though we had a glimmer of hope until the KO return TD.

[OV Argo]

IMO it should have been part of the game plan, not an adjustment partway through. We voluntarily took away something that we are effective at, and it saved Mtl from having to defend against it.

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 ?