July 13, 2015: Toronto Argonauts vs. Calgary Stampeders

[argotom]

this may come across as loser talk but does anyone else feel the Boatmen are almost playing with house money at this point of their extended road trip? I had nightmares of an 0-5 start and very very realistically we may be able to get out of it with 4 wins at this point. who'd have thought that a month ago.

anyhow I'm thoroughly enjoying being pleasantly surprised with this team on both sides of the ball. I am wary about Monday given Gabriel (think he holds that secondary together better than most of us outsiders realize) and Durie (a guy who can turn checkdowns into first downs and a Canadian to boot) are out for it. We'll see what happens though and like i said I keep thinking we're playing with house money so I'm trying not to worry haha....

Agree with you.
I am very worried about our defense as it looked porous against the Riders.
Did anyone notice how Foley appears a non factor so far at rush end?
With Gabriel out it may get worse.

[gilthethrill]

Agree with you.
I am very worried about our defense as it looked porous against the Riders.
Did anyone notice how Foley appears a non factor so far at rush end?
With Gabriel out it may get worse.

I have noticed Foley making a lot of tackles from behind, but the D has yet to register a sack from the DE position.

[paulwoods13]

Agree with you.
I am very worried about our defense as it looked porous against the Riders.
Did anyone notice how Foley appears a non factor so far at rush end?
With Gabriel out it may get worse.

We are 2-0. Our defence made stops when it had to last week, several times. Let's not get carried away with the glass half empty.

[D-Gap-Willie]

Agree with you.
I am very worried about our defense as it looked porous against the Riders.
Did anyone notice how Foley appears a non factor so far at rush end?
With Gabriel out it may get worse.

I agree that our defense in general did not play well against the Riders - I think they are capable of more, and hope that they deliver in Calgreeeeeeeeee ! They are still getting to know each other.

On Foley's play getting worse because Gabriel is out. I really don't understand the thinking behind this.

[AngeloV]

I agree that our defense in general did not play well against the Riders - I think they are capable of more, and hope that they deliver in Calgreeeeeeeeee ! They are still getting to know each other.

On Foley's play getting worse because Gabriel is out. I really don't understand the thinking behind this.

At the risk of spoiling my image and actually defending argotom, I think he meant the Argos d in general could get worse, and not Foley in particular.

That didn't feel right.....So...
The post in general is his typical over-reaction, the sky is falling, I will change my mind next week style.

[Argo57]

At the risk of spoiling my image and actually defending argotom, I think he meant the Argos d in general could get worse, and not Foley in particular.

That didn't feel right.....So...
The post in general is his typical over-reaction, the sky is falling, I will change my mind next week style.

The good part is we are banking wins as our D works out the kinks and becomes a cohesive unit, the same can be said for our O.
Much higher talent level this year compared to 2013 and 14 IMO, credit to the football ops.

[ArgoRavi]

The good part is we are banking wins as our D works out the kinks and becomes a cohesive unit, the same can be said for our O.
Much higher talent level this year compared to 2013 and 14 IMO, credit to the football ops.

And with a team with so much inexperience there are going to be kinks as we saw last week. Perhaps the win over Edmonton set up some unrealistic expectations for some fans. This is a team with a lot of talent but it is going to take time for this team to reach its potential and there will be rough patches in which fans will have to be patient.