Dru Brown’s Late 23-Yarder Masks Bombers’ Pass-Game Lapses vs. Argos
Winnipeg’s 25-22 East Semi-Final win was less a schematic masterpiece than a survival act. With Zach Collaros out due to rib injury, Dru Brown went 18-of-30 for 206 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The film shows a pass game overly reliant on isolated receivers and late progression reads
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Brown’s Box Score Masks Intermediate Progression Issues
Brown’s 18-of-30, 206-yard, two-touchdown, two-interception line is not as clean as the final drive suggests: the Dathan Hickey pick came on a forced double-coverage throw while Tommy Nield was open on a short in after his defender sank under Dorian Singer. His first touchdown to Ontaria Wilson needed a one-handed catch and 32 yards after catch on an off-back-foot throw under pressure. The 23-yard Demski winner with 44 seconds left was clutch, but Montreal can attack the intermediate progression.
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Chad Kelly Is the CFL's New Million-Dollar Man — and He Just Lost to a Backup at Home
Here's what nobody inside BMO Field wanted to say out loud Saturday: the Argos handed Chad Kelly a five-year extension, made him the CFL's first million-dollar quarterback, and five months later he's watching Dru Brown — a 29-year-old career backup — knife a two-minute drill down his throat. 21,786 in the building. 44 seconds left. Nic Demski. Ballgame, 25-22. Kelly was 12-of-19 for 127 in the first half and looked worth every dime. Then he wasn't on the field when it mattered, and Toronto's staff coached like a team protecting a lead instead of a team with the best player on it. You don't pay a guy franchise money and then hide him in a home elimination game. That's the tell. The whispers I'm catching: more than a few people in that organization think the money got spent before the proo