Game Thread: Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Toronto Argoanuts - September 23, 2023

[jerrym]

Good to see Kelly go right back to the new WR Johnson for a reception right after he gets a penalty to keep him in the game.

[jerrym]

Hopefully Jamal Peters is not seriously hurt. We can't afford to lose him for the playoffs.

[Mocha]

I was hoping for more intensity, more compete from the Ticats. Feels like a preseason game a bit.

Let's see how long Dinwiddie decides to keep Kelly in.

[jerrym]

Adeboboye had a nice catch with YAC yards late in the first half. Hopefully he'll get more carries in the second half with Harris and Ouellette out.

[jerrym]

The Tiger Cat offence seems discombobulated with far too many procedure penalties to have an effective offence.

[Mocha]

Guelph's Kiondra Smith is having a strong game for the Ticats. Maybe he plays a more central role in their offense going forward.

And hey the Ticats have even targeted their FB a couple times today. Maybe a few more targets in Garand-Gauthier's direction could've extended some drives.

[Argos1983]

Why is Kelly taking a hit with 3:00 to go in a meaningless game that we are ahead by two touchdowns?

Can we let Dukes play in Winnipeg next week please and let Kelly play 1/2 a game for each of the home games and maybe sit the last game too.

[Mocha]

Why is Kelly taking a hit with 3:00 to go in a meaningless game that we are ahead by two touchdowns?

Can we let Dukes play in Winnipeg next week please and let Kelly play 1/2 a game for each of the home games and maybe sit the last game too.

Agreed. Even more so considering we have a decent lead in the game. A. we don't want Kelly to get hurt. B. we want to make sure that our backup(s) have plenty of reps and confidence running the offense in case Kelly does get hurt.

[kellynjk]

Oh no I want Kelly to play against Winnipeg (like a preview of the Grey Cup) but I definitely agree that they should limit his play in other games, not only to insure he doesn't get injured but to give the back-up some experience in case we need them.

Didn't anyone else see the Argos mascot riding an inflated tiger before the last commercial break - LMAO!!!

[OV Argo]

Agreed. Even more so considering we have a decent lead in the game. A. we don't want Kelly to get hurt. B. we want to make sure that our backup(s) have plenty of reps and confidence running the offense in case Kelly does get hurt.

Surprised that more starters were not given a rest / protection late in the game: McManis, some O-linemen ... ?

[ArgoRavi]

Hopefully Jamal Peters is not seriously hurt. We can't afford to lose him for the playoffs.

I am hopeful that wasn't any kind of long-term injury. I imagine that he won't be playing in Winnipeg next week though. He was already nursing a groin injury coming into this one.

[ArgoRavi]

Why is Kelly taking a hit with 3:00 to go in a meaningless game that we are ahead by two touchdowns?

Can we let Dukes play in Winnipeg next week please and let Kelly play 1/2 a game for each of the home games and maybe sit the last game too.

CFL games are never over with 3 minutes to play and up by two possessions so I had no problem with Kelly still being in the game.

[jerrym]

Brissett ended up just two yards short of a 100 yard receiving and two TDs tonight showing once again the depth of Canadian receivers on the team with Gittens, Nield, and Ungerer also part of receiving corps.

["Issues"Mcgee]

15,549. The third most attended game this season behind the EX game against Calgary and the Home Opener against Hamilton.

[Mocha]

CFL games are never over with 3 minutes to play and up by two possessions so I had no problem with Kelly still being in the game.

But the game was meaningless in the standings.

[Mocha]

15,549. The third most attended game this season behind the EX game against Calgary and the Home Opener against Hamilton.

I was hoping for more, but that's still a marked improvement from the last few years.

[Stevoman]

12-1, pretty crazy but I love it! Hopefully everyone that played is healthy. Did Peters ever come back to play? Argos are thin in the secondary as it is.

[Will]

CFL games are never over with 3 minutes to play and up by two possessions so I had no problem with Kelly still being in the game.

Scott and/or Dukes were warming up at one point during the 4th quarter. I believe we may have seen one of them come in had the Argos stopped the Ticats on 3rd down, but Powell threw the touchdown pass to Godwin, which made the score 27-11 at that point. While the Argos were probably not going to squander that lead, perhaps Coach Dinwiddie got cold feet about putting the backup QB in, or maybe he wasn't intending to do that at all.

[Waffle]

Congrats to the Argos. Hamilton looked bad offensively perhaps because the Argo defence (particularly the line and line backers) was pretty good.


So, less than three min to go in the half, second and five on the Hamilton side of the field, and what’s Kelly doing? He’s throwing the ball to an Argo receiver in the end zone with 3 or 4 Ticats players right near him. Couldn’t he just get a first down and keep grinding the clock down so that Hamilton wouldn’t have much time left when they got the ball back? As it was the Ticats nearly got a field goal before the half ended. In a tight game things like that will matter.

[AngeloV]

Scott and/or Dukes were warming up at one point during the 4th quarter. I believe we may have seen one of them come in had the Argos stopped the Ticats on 3rd down, but Powell threw the touchdown pass to Godwin, which made the score 27-11 at that point. While the Argos were probably not going to squander that lead, perhaps Coach Dinwiddie got cold feet about putting the backup QB in, or maybe he wasn't intending to do that at all.

100%. It was definitely Scott that was going to come in.

Just have to say this. Ti-Cats are now 6-4 against teams that don't wear Double Blue.