BC Lions vs Montreal Alouettes Week 14 Full Game 2024

thank you Kate just a beautiful night for football here in Montreal and the first meeting of the Season between the BC Lions and the alloet the lions at 6 and six back to 500 the alet the class of the CFL at 10- one in fact going back to last year Lao they have won 18 of their last 19 games and a part of the run back then was running back William stanback don't think he's forgotten a part of their great Cup Championship they didn't offer him a contract and you know he's had this game circled on the calendar 3,716 yards in his career here fourth all time for uh for this ow team he still has a lot of friends on this team he talked about it but he's really just focused on helping this team win today I'm sure there's a little bit more to that but you're going to have to face these two players these great linebackers Tyrese brevet leader in the defensive plays in the Canadian football ball league with 91 too many stats to Rattle off and the excellent middle linebacker darell sanki tasked to stop them tonight what a calendar year for Jason Moss only one loss since last September the 15th the defending Champions have already clinched a playoff spot for Rick Campbell's liines they started at 5- one but lost five in a row before bouncing back in a big way against the red blacks last week in touchdown Pacific and the Lions have won the toss and there's Terry Williams they want the ball to get this started expect Nathan R coming on and William stand back 31 against his old Team Jose maltos to Get It Started from the Montreal 30 on a Friday night in September the start of week 14 underway here at Molson stadium and it's in the hands of Terry Williams now across the 30 and the 35 and the 40 as he gets out close to the 45 yd line Frederick sha in on the tackle Nathan RoR has progressively gotten better through his first three starts I I said his first two games look kind of like preseason getting getting his feet wet trying to figure out what's happening last week he he was getting the ball out of his hand quickly he took shots downfield and located the downfield throws and he got this offense to convert 70% of the time on second down that's a a great stat when he looks like the guy who showed up a couple years ago just a couple weeks in this into this uh system well they were great in the first half lap of put 31 in the board and the red blacks want it going away and there it is William standback with his first Carry against the Montreal alaat picks up three four yards for BC Su Chung is starting his 137th game his physicality is going to be needed against Mustafa Johnson and William stck as we talked about off the top last week he had 20 rushes 93 yards but he led all receivers in yardage with 78 we'll talk about that t night going forward how well Nathan throws the check Downs to his big back the left side of that BC offensive line changed interesting to see how it plays out tonight RoR is throwing in second and six it's caught two by Justin McKinnis who grew up in the area and Pierre FCO back and later went to school in the States but he has a first down for BC on that catch throw to the wide side of the field you got a big body run to the sideline that's what you like you like guys who are big because when the ball they had just such a big frame they could reach back for a ball and make catches that aren't perfectly located back to William stanach on that first down after a gain of 15 by William stanach how about Montreal's defense Isaac admi berglin he's been a good free agent signing for this football team plays a multiple spots two sacks 17 defensive uh tackles and again once again beverett he leads this team in so many defensive C atories he's an amazing football player now another one Bryce Cosby second game at field halfback after filling in at Sam admir for Reggie double field injured we have a bunch of multiple football players that can play at different spots for this group stand back is a couple of carries for 10 yards second and five from the 41 of BC or Montreal I should say that's Javon Cy catching that from Nathan RoR and the drive continues for the Lions another first down Nathan last week just really right from the start as they went out finished the game started 20 it was 316 at half just had good Rhythm could take some of the shots downfield but he got the ball out of his hand quickly rod and that's what he's going to need to do tonight against this defense Ro got a shotgun throwing quickly to stand back it's had a great year as a receiver as well picked up 78 yds through the air last week against the red blacks to go along with 93 on the ground great recognition here on the throw out to stand in the flat this is a pressure situation what do you do when PE pressure sometimes you release right into it and if they don't cover you've got a nice easy throw he did it last week the first play of the game against Ottawa here he goes he recognizes where the free player is and that William stanback is not covered so great throw and catch there great recognition good opening drive by the Lions who have a second and one at the monreal 23 first possession of this Friday night meeting in Montreal David Macky short yardage a lot more into the end zone for a BC touchdown for the fullback turn short yardage quarterback David Mackey 23 yards for that touchdown and that's the sixth TD of the season for Macky mackie's why is he getting these quarterback sneaks because they don't want Nathan Ro to do it what you normally have right here is is there supposed to be multiple players on the outside on the perimeter you do these wide sneaks but there's nobody to play contained that's a misalignment by the Montreal defense Macky they've got it called to go to that side and they get hurt because they don't have enough people aligned to the wide side to have contain for that speed sweep or sorry the quarterback under Center quarterback outside Zone and the point after by Shawn White well David Macky yes he scored touchdowns before usually from somewhere in the that's probably the longest touchdown he's ever had in his career Ron you kidding me it's usually two yards for him a much deserved breather coming up for 34 putting the Lions on the board on a Friday night in Montreal 7 nothing BC a six play 66 yd drive three minutes off the clock big throw on the outside nice catch on the sideline getting the ball underneath to ktoy throwing into the blitz to stand back David Mackey a misalignment by the Montreal defense gets him around the defense on the quarterback sneak for the nice touchdown David Macky like we said probably the longest run of his career Rod really good excellent to see that and and that's three straight games for BC scoring a touchdown on their opening possession last week to the red blacks in Victoria and Mackey and William stanback you know badley wants this one up against his old team DC has the seven nothing lead a short kickoff and on the return is leer who's taken down around the 25 yd line Cody Farda returned two weeks ago after missing four games because of a hamstring injury and what stands out lapo that completion percentage which is tops in the CFL it'd be one thing if he just threw the ball short all the time now that's part of what they do but they lead the Canadian football league in big plays and they throw it downfield he had last week or during the by game he had five right before the buy he had five passes over 30 yards and you are five times more likely to score a touchdown when you have an explosive play so you know they they throw it short but then they take their shots and he's been tremendous at that this year last game two weeks ago they had the buy last week 22 of 34 326 two touchdowns one intercepted Cody Fardo six and one as a starter this season takes that one turns around and is running it to the left Edge takes a hit and picks up a couple of yards a second and long coming up here for the allette offense Josh Donovan's going to have a tall task tonight watching him against Matthew Betts seconde player from Arizona and Cole speaker before the bye in their game against had five catches 107 yards two touchdowns all in the third quarter for the third-year player from Wisconsin lacrosse division three football as you know I love my division it's near and dear to you they played last night they uh they blew out RPI so I saw that a little bit in the stats today for all those division 3 fans want to know what's happening RPI one of your old schools one of my old schools yes second and seven now the Montreal 28 alet an early Hall throwing and completing it to Cole speaker well that big game lapo talked about a couple of weeks ago against the Evon Els when he had two touchdowns in that Montreal Victory really good when you just throw the good things happen when you throw the ball into the flats to guys who can make people Miss Cody quickly makes a decision the ball comes out of his hand DJ leaves there can't make the tackle and that puts them in a situation where they're in third and one so now you can get the check down so some of these long yardage situations say get yourself to a third and one so we can go ahead and get the yardage but Cole speaker we had a talk with him this week great great kid great individual really enjoyed our conversations with Dominic Davis in for short yardage he rejoin the AL a former BC line he'd been with the Lions last year and returned to Montreal where he had been and had a lot of success in short yardage picking up the first down Matthew Betts gets to play in front of friends and family tonight and try to keep his 19 straight games with a sack he probably has 19 tickets bought too also TJ Lee moves to Sam linebacker first time and he had nine career tackle career high nine tackles last week at the strong side linebacker and Gary Peters second in the CFL with nine pass knockdowns watching him all game tonight so they get the first for Jero back on and yes watch for Matthew Betts from one for yall star at Laval and then later with star with BC returning to the Lions first game was last week on that running play and a gain of about three or four and that would be it for the alox they started slow against Edmonton but eventually they kind of Edmonton was running the football well but then Cody got on fire he had um this is all from the third quarter right they stormed back it they W on a 15 nothing run in the second half to win 2117 they were down 17-6 some spectacular throws by Cody and was really Catalyst to that successful come back from behind one well they've had some close victories I want a four-point win coming back as you talk about and second down and is caught by Reggie White and a first down as this Alouette Drive continues up near Midfield clear out clear out and then out in the flat that's what the picture is they're playing man coverage so TJ Le's inside position you just run away to the sideline beautiful location the uh the BC lines are trying to play Man coverage with two deep safeties TJ Lee just gets inside position Reggie White really good push to be able to get to the sideline and a great throw to the wide side of the field gain of 17 yds for Reggie White in his fourth year out of Monmouth actually crossed the Midfield stripe and gets it in the lion Zone at the BC 53 seven nothing Lions aloette first possession Fardo fourman Rush Runs Out of Time down he goes to as he is sacked and it is Christian Covington at four Sachs that's number five on the season for the son of the all-time Sachs leader in the CF well the history of the game of course Grover Covington but Christian with another sack on the inside you'll see him twisting behind the center and then what what that a Twist is as he goes behind his own defensive lineman as he goes behind his own defensive lineman creates a space for him to get in and get a free shot to Cody to back them up to Second and extra Christian who went to Rice University in Houston had a number of years in the NFL this his first year in the CFL where his D was a star cardo throwing completely again to speaker and another good pick up for Cole speaker although doesn't make up all of it to get for a first down it'll be a little bit shy coming up here there a special teams unit coming on now Joseph zema 14 yd pickup and they get it down to the 47 but it's still zema on to punt one of many Aussie punters in the league Global player from Melbourne Australia and standing just inside his 50 so alets are able to move the ball a bit in response to that BC touchdown but they will send it back now with zema Terry Williams back inside is 10 and a well-placed punt by zema they look to see where it comes out but yes down at the two beautifully done by Z at Pinn Nathan RoR in the Lions offense deep to start this second possession start number four of the Nathan RoR comeback Nathan R's first game back in the CFL was three weeks ago he struggled against Winnipeg lapo you can see though how he has progressively improved you ignore the percentage for a moment clearly his best game last week especially that first half against Ottawa as we said off the top I I you know he is so quick at making decisions seeing pictures and getting the ball in his hands and you you heard coach Barker talk about it David Neville and Cory Woodruff the left side of the line you have some new players playing he's going to have to get the ball his hand quickly he's three for three he's two for two against the Blitz by the way and he gets rid of this one and completes it go four for four to start that one is the first completion to Alexander Holland and a first down for BC to get a little bit more space so important when you're backed up here inside the 2 yd line that you get at least one first down but that's a great throw get yourself out of the backed up situation you're just trying right now to get as many first downs so if you do have to punt you're not going to you're not going to put your uh defense uh in a position where field goal can already be given up gain of 13 for number 13 oh and caught by Hatcher with an aloette Defender moving in nearly picking it off Deontay ruffen the boundary Corner was just jumping that route but it ends up being a gain of 20 for [Music] BC watch right here that's the matchup and when you see how quickly the ball comes out of his hand this is what I'm talking about if Nathan doesn't throw this ball immediately yonay Ruffin is going to take it for a touchdown it's going to go oh I think we got the wrong play there but what you can see is how quickly that ball came out of his hands working in first down DC35 and that one is the first incompletion it's alette football Bryce Cosby off the deflection picks it up for the interception for the alett so just as the lions were moving out of their Zone that one deflects off the hands of a lions receiver and into brace Cosby for the pick at Midfield Bryce Cosby second interception this season for the rookie from Ball State he's at the right place at the right time you're going to see Justin McKinnis going all the way across on a playaction pass but Cosby becomes a high player as you as you go across and will play this play action boot back to the field McKinnis is trying to get across to make the play the ball goes through his hands up to Bryce Carter as the highest player on the field so being in the right place right time seeing the Tip Drill looking into his hands second interception of the Year Al taking over near Midfield play fake and it's dumped up and hit right away by Ace elely Jose barbone who's getting the start just his second this season because of the injury this week earlier to Austin Mack this is typical Montreal offense they are going to throw quick behind the line of scrimmage throws bring people across the formation and try to get defensive backs to Chase across and try to create leverage Advantage uh First Catch for uh on the outside for barbone who's like you said filling in for Austin M another good addition on defense for the Lions to with the injuries to Ben helic and Josh Woods out for the season aende elely been great for BC the blood over the middle and the closest receiver is Speaker it falls incomplete so we got a third and nine coming up now for Montreal elely was excellent on that play Just forcing that ball to be thrown not in a position where speaker could make the catch so really good job like you said about these young linebackers you know Ryder Varga Aiden Ney because you talked about the injuries to those really Josh Woods and talking uh you know between Josh Woods and Ben altic those are two talented football players that they've lost for the season the referee Andre PR throwing a flag out before they get the snap away for the punt too many men in the formation this is a 10yd penalty will we play third down so they'll push him back 10 we're going to snap around Midfield so instead from about the aloette 45 and it'll be a little more space for Terry Williams and the Lions who started Deep In Their Own Zone last time that's the Special Teams coordinator for Montreal Byron arenol so Nathan roor had that play of the completion to Hatcher which was very close to being disrupted by by Deontay Ruffin and then little Tip Drill on the next play off the hands of Justin McKinnis and intercepted BC about to get the ball back with a seven nothing lead late first quarter here at molsen stadium and a Friday night in monreal Joseph zema and this time stays in bounds for Terry Williams across the 15 but not much more good coverage there by the alet and Veteran Alex G among those beautiful Montreal in early SE you just knew this game would mean a lot to ex aloette William stanback here's what he had to say going into the stadium going back to this province it's going to mean a lot seeing the fans and everything like that but it's a business trip man I'm there to handle business I'm trying to stomp Montreal with that let's send it down to Kenzie theone yeah Rod so before will and I had that pregame interview I looked down at his cleat I'm like those are fresh man he's like well I was saving them for a big game and this is it for him this is the game he's excited to play in but when we did speak to him this week reflecting on his career here in Montreal he talked about two seasons 2019 well that's where he met Vernon Adams Jr and the team came away with their first winning record since 2012 so he's picking up where he left off now with Vernon Adams NBC and then of course 20121 where he personally came off as a CFL Allstar and it's there where he learned to run with that heavier build and more of a physical Bruiser mentality to his running game he now sits around 233 235 and he's been more efficient with his weight again he's wearing his stomping cleats tonight for this big trip back to Montreal has two carries so far and there is number three and Antonio MRE has him wrapped up but stand back gives him a little carry interesting he talks about I wanted to carry I at one point it came back from the co year carrying 240 lbs but he as Kenzie said I really felt comfortable running that level weight and I know as somebody going against this guy a lot of DBS did not want to tackle this guy like so his physicality that's a touchdown run from last year's great cup and you just he's got the ability to run you over he takes a three- yard game turn into a six-yard gain just by his shoulder level pad level and moving for another gain of five for standback second down roor passing to the left and it is caught and Holland just getting the foot down just need to get one down inbounds and a big first down for they're attacking the wide side of the field cuz that's where some of the spaces are here beautiful throw and again toet tap you're trying to get your one foot inbounds in the Canadian Football League you only need one and again the concentration has got to happen I got to see the ball on my hands and I got to bring my feet down both inside excellent pictures here for Alexander Holland five touchdowns tied for third Miss CFL right now gain of 11 first down be see taking to stand back rolling to the right throwing on the move it's caught by Holland again backto back catches for Alexander Holland but yeah William stanback you talked about 2021 where he averaged nearly 100 yards a game that was in 12 games only in that shorten season he's on Pace right now for more yardage in a single season than he's ever had I he talked I asked him what do you wanted to get better at here at the BC Lions he says I want to be a better pass catcher I want to be there for Nathan for so I can be somebody he can get for check Downs to they try a deep pass here and a fly comes out intended for Hollands Mark Antoine dequa Kon ento back there and hands are raised like who me but the flag does come out and it looks like yeah big pass interference call going against the Alex monreal number [Applause] 24 it is the safety to who's called in the [Music] pi so you'll see Alexander Holland he works out uh tries to make a post move on Dua bumps [Applause] inside dua's trying to make a play that right hand as you see that shoulder turn that's going to trigger the foul and the throw down field and that's going to be a big penalty spot of the foul is going to push the BC Lions right into field goal range a 40 yd penalty for BC to move it inside the Montreal 25 looking to add to their seven-point lead they scored a touchdown in the first possession it's fumbled on the snap it's fumbled again Roar picks it up and they're happy to just lose four yards that could have been a disaster for the lions with them already in scoring position so this part of the this part of the Canadian Football League teams are going more under Center because you can do a lot of different things here under Center you probably don't have as many reps as you do in shotgun and you have a little bit of bad snap looks and then once you have the bad snap then everything slows down you have people on the inside Isaac ad Demi berglin in to make the Stop and create the negative yardage play well that play was a mess right from the start they lose four yards but the bright side for BC they still have the ball still in range and trying to get the first down and fighting for it after the catch is Keon Hatcher will end up about three yd shy with a third down coming up for BC right here this is just Nathan just get putting them in a position get closer for the field goal too much for the field goal here I don't think I would this early in a game on the road a three third and three here looks closer to three from y vantage point take the points they doing a good job here now the BC Lions I almost think it was a you know they're almost had a away game with touchdown Pacific and now they go across the country on a short week so that's not an easy thing for a team to go on the road and do that Shawn White was one for two last week in touchdown Pacific this a 23 yd Chip Shot for one of the great kickers of all time in the Canadian Football League who saw an end to a long streak of 46 couple of weeks ago in Ottawa of 46 straight field goals made so one for one tonight and that's the last play of the first quarter interesting stat checking on the team traveling all the way west it's obviously harder for the Eastern teams to go but six and two for the BC Lions this season or six and2 against Montreal so the quarter comes to an end William stanback trying to make an impact David Mackey got the touchdown and a short yardage play it's a 10 nothing BC lead a look at the first quarter stats here in Montreal BC no surprise those numbers bear out with the score they scored a touchdown in their opening possession they just added a field goal at the end of the first quarter for the 10 nothing lead Lao and I were in Calgary a few weeks ago and it was country night so yeah we brought our hats we got involved and gez lapo I thought we look good that night but I figured that would be the only country night of the year that you and I would be involved in ye anyway uh apparently not we find out it's country night here in T and the aletes kindly gave us these everybody wants us in cowboy hats I guess it's a thing hey any teams want Cowboy KN we and Rod are ready let's go look like bad guys we got the black hats I was going to say when it was when it was just a oneoff I didn't think anything of it but now I'm wondering and we going to be doing this all over the country now I don't know well last time I couldn't you couldn't hear me cuz I didn't have my mic up cuz I couldn't wear a hat and the mic it's a specific set of skills to where a cowboy hat and a headset microphone here's Cody vardo starting it off in the second quarter aled's down 10 Reggie White near a first down for Montreal nice easy throw on the outside uh Zone Reed and crashes down and we'll have somebody on the outside Reggie White in the flat this is what Montreal does they take the crumbs they take the easy throws put them in put them in second and short situation here second and three should be a high percentage run now well the alets fell behind Edmonton here at Molson Stadium two weeks ago needed a second half comeback to win another close one by four and down by 10 at home right now and and that's second and short and bullying the way through and the ball comes out with Walter Fletcher was the ball carrier and he was still standing up and we saying forward progress is a first down for monre y nice run nice Push by Fletcher and on second and three you know if you only get two running the football you're still going to be able to convert by using a a quarterback sneaker wedge on Third and one so you're going to be very high percentage run on second and two to three mentioning the Run of Jason Moss second year as head coach in Montreal and has seen a whole lot of success including the great Cup last November there's a quick one to Charleston Rambo Rambo getting his first catch of the night and that too will set up a second and short again for Montreal single Evans versus Rambo just steps down on quick slap Cody takes his throw immediately shotgun three step play to get the ball out quick and that officially puts Rambo over 600 yds receiving and this is first CFL season coming into this game at 599 four touchdowns this is where I talk about these guys are short short short than shots they they get short passes short passes few first downs then all a sudden a big play shot plays coming short here for Dominic Davis gets around the edge he's still in his seat short yardage Runners we had Mackey taking one for a touchdown Davis getting a whole lot more than he needed right there he's telling Jason M hey did you see they just did that with a fullback hey hey how about me getting one of those this is a outside zone for a quarterback from a quarterback sneak look you're trying to go around the defense cuz you don't want to run it up inside all those big guys and you're trying to make sure that the defense they have enough players on the outside they just widen everybody else he finds a crease gets north south really good Push by the offensive line good run by Dom Davidson he started his career in Winnipeg he went to Ottawa was briefly a starter came to Montreal in 22 then he went to BC and after this past season thought he was done till the alett Came Calling on that first down play nothing doing there that's handled nicely by an ex aloette seon Evans on that catch Walter Fletcher on the outside the one thing you heard from some of these uh players and coaches for the BC Lions is monreal plays with so many different sets right now you see three players going off the field and three players coming on the field and it's difficult at times trying to know what Personnel Group is in what set is in how do you align your receivers based on the different sets so interesting that uh last play they got their tail back standing out all the way out where the normally the wide receiver is so a lot of different looks from this Montreal offense you have to prepare for No Gain thanks Evans there on Fletcher right back to 25 wer Fletcher he breaks a tackle this time and he picks up about five six more yards for the alets but it is still a third down coming up for Montreal Ryder vargas's out in space and this is some one of the better things you like to do get your back the ball out in space very difficult for will linebackers to tackle these really good backs but the Cavalry is coming for him to keep him in a position to C kick a Fielder and a little discussion with the head coach and his veteran QB on the aloette sideline with Jose malos who's been Montreal's kicker most of the Season since the injury to David cot and maltos 16 for 18 longest of 50 11 straight field goals 11 straight one for one last week and this one coming from 42 away for the product of montere Mexico maltos no problem the AL on the board moving down to get into field goal range little fist pump from their kicker as it's now a BC seven-point lead again what a beautiful night in Montreal and a packed house here oh the stadium is awesome when it sells out the way it has a lot of excitement for these alet defending great Cup champions top team in the CFL standings at 10 and one coming into this one the BC Lions have the lead 10-3 Nathan Rook back to work it's off the fingertip and picked off again Mark and C second time this game that it's gone off the hands of an intended Line's receiver and into an Al's arms William standback couldn't hang on and now his old team has the ball a receiver they go to empty to have the tail back out to catch the pass as you see him he comes out and drops out he's going to be the quick throw but sometimes the running backs aren't going to see this quick throw he doesn't see it it goes up in the air uh you do not want the ball to go up in the air anywhere there's Mark Antoine dequa cuz he's going to pick you off and normally that guy returns it for touchdowns in his career so really good play once again this past defense has been spectacular All Season Montreal's defense only allowed 5 30 plus completions in the CFL really spectacular unit in the pass secondary so backing offense of the alox and they're in the lion Zone inside their 40 on that play it goes to Charleston ramble and a flag comes out dquad who was just a game breaker a year ago with not only interceptions he had few pick sixes including one in the Eastern final that really altered the course of that game the ball comes out so quickly the quaz right there to make the play and again when you play zone coverage and less man coverage you have players that are deep and they can see what the quarterback what's happening with the quarterbacks they're not concentrated on watching their man both interceptions tonight reversus Zone coverage with high players and TI Balls by the BC Lions dequa celebrates that interception there was also a flag against the Lions for face masking so it's going Montreal's way right now after the second interception of the season for toqua down to the bc21 vardo taking the hand off to Jer Andre wants to take off and look who has the sack coming back to the CFL Matthew bet second game back and his second sack had one last week against the Ottawa Red Blocks athleticism at its finest if he goes down the quarterback pulls it he starts to go down and watch him recover Cody's trying to pull this Zone read but watch how quickly Matthew Betts recovers forces Cody to go up and inside that's such a good athlete on the perimeter Matthew bets to be able to make that play he was Far and Away the leader in the seon CFL and Sachs last year with 18 second place was 12 and Bs was named the top defensive player in the Canadian football league in 23 he's coming again P steps up and it is low inside the 10 for speaker but too low for speaker to haul that one in and we get a third down and another field goal situation coming up for Moss alet uh you know Ma Matthew bets one thing who's interesting talking to him this week we asked him how much dline stuff did you learn he go I actually played more linebacker than anything I the the packages they put me in was more of a drop linebacker so I had more opportunities to do the things on the edge of the defense like he just did there two plays ago Jose Malto back in he just kicked a 42 y to get monreal on the board and then after the turnover the interception by dquad this a 28- yd try to make it two for two on the night and to cut a little further into that BC lead thanks to the interception Matthew Betts sack number two in his second game nol Thorp defensive coordinator for the Montreal alett his defense doing a number in this game so far Nathan R has two incompletions they're both interceptions both on deflections first one to Bryce Cosby then this one off William stand back into the hands of Mark and Twan dequa one of the leaders of that defense toqua the safety in his fourth year DC has the football their lead is down to four as we send it down to Kenzie Leon and Rod it kind of feels like a Dayja Vu Mar Antoine dequ fingertips saving the day really because that's how the game ended against Edmonton two weeks ago you talk to no Thor when we proud of most with this group it is that red zone defense and they were able to hold at the end of that Edmonton game the beverett play and of course toqua but he he's got AF to dig into the AR and footage from many years ago to learn from and actually looked at 2013 match up between the Edmonton Els and the Montreal allets for inspiration and find ways to shut down the Red Zone efficiency thank you Kenzie and that one is caught by Justin McKinnis who tries to reach up to the 50 to give B BC the first down see where they spot this one yeah no Thorp I mean he got his first CFL job here in Montreal in 2002 hired as a special teams coach by Don Matthews and his roots are in Vancouver he grew up in Vancouver he was a BC Lions fan lapo in fact when they won the gray Cup in 1985 he loved the fact that he would later get a chance the head coach back then was Don Matthews and he later got a chance to work with him and win a great cup with him David Macky in short yardage and second effort does indeed get the first down I think people don't understand how hard it is to to break into the Canadian Football League he was a college coach coach and then here's his resume all the things he's done he's been a spectacular defense coordinator for our league but he's 31 years old he's married his wife's pregnant and he gets an opportunity to come out here after two years coaching at UBC uh Jim pop says I got a job in football operations come on out uh and you can interview with Don Matthews at the time he has a three-hour meeting with Don Matthews but he moved his family across the country to start his career in pro football and he's done a spectacular job I've enjoyed going against him they actually I didn't like that yeah a lot of lot of people say they don't CU how tough those defenses are but there's more aloette defense there pressure coming in Isaac adami Berlin the heat on Nathan Roy no talked about Isaac admi Berlin how well he can do multiple things within our system you can see him right here standing up and he tries to use him inside and pressures he just continues to go and push the right tackle and get in a position to make the play you know and I think go back to no like you don't have that understanding about how many how hard it is to to just go across the country take these jobs and you know sometimes people say oh I'd like to do what you do for a living well would you like to move so many times you like get lose your job at times it's a difficult thing to do the Freeman Rush work steps up he completes it too big first down BC Aiden Everhart with his first catch of the night gets it inside the aloette 40 Nathan roor his ability to use his legs is what holds this he can't find anybody starts to scramble looking left when you scramble the protect the Zone will break down it's just going to find everheart for that throw in the inside and no's not happy that they lost contain gain of 26 BC lines up 10 six they have a first and 10 at the alette 38 Rory handing off stand back a flag is out as William stand back picks up another three yards for BC that flag coming out just after the snap of the ball the Lions trying to run an outside Zone play aler offside 94 y penalty First St John they'll take that penalty and get a first and five yeah it looks like he's lined up in the neutral zone right here you can see right there lined up in the neutral zone uh you can look at the officials you can see the officials little uh cheat sheet for you the officials straddle the line of scrimmage so you'll see the officials put their one foot on the line of scrimmage and one foot on the uh on the spot which is one yard away he's too far inside now the BC Line's trying to run the football but David Neville Cory Woodruff you know it's not just William stck you get some young players up front o line so you'll want to try to establish a run but if you're struggling with some younger players up front they're going to have a big job handle this front to be able to be successful running the ball first and five taking the hand off throwing to the right it's caught open is McKinnis and a first down BC and I love what they're doing talking about young offensive linemen so what do you do you put the quarterback on the move so a little bit of a Zone Action he boots outside and he finds his big Target so as the ball pulls out on stck now Debbie berglin can't get there throws it to the big football player Jordan mcginness Jordan mmck doing an outstanding job as offensive coordinator you know I talked about the coaches and and what happens rod and how you got to get into the business that's a guy who paid his dues to become a coordinator pressure coming after a gain of 18 on RoR who's flushed out to the left and he nearly completes that one to Big Javon C toy but it's Bryce Cosby right there to pop him and as the ball arrived it's incomplete in second down little bit of pressure more pressure than Zone on Nathan roor here forcing him to move to his left and throw so we get a little chess mat between the two coordinators there Jordan Maxim sees offensive coordinator veteran coach n Thorp ninth play of the drive coming up the Lions pressing again they have led all along one point 10 nothing now 10-6 but threatening again more pressure Endzone touchdown art another touchdown for Aiden Everhart for 15 yards and BC Strikes Back on the second touchdown of the season for everheart everheart right there as he's coming inside a pressure situation from the alow as he breaks back inside they lose sight of him get miscommunication on who's covering who nice touchdown for art good throw by Nathan before the pressure got to him for the touchdown he got one last week his first touchdown in Victoria and he had four catches for 58 yds has one here in Montreal and that with a point after for Shawn White increases the lead after a n playay Drive for 70 yds Nathan roor down to the two for everard who takes it in for BC's second touchdown of the [Applause] night everard easy touchdown let's take a look at break it down 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven people but it's not man coverage or zero coverage they're going to go to a Zone he's a low player he's a high player he's a high player this is what's called a Zone pressure and what you're going to do is you're going to Brit everybody but you're going to try to cover down and there's huge spaces allowed on the field so this is a a Zone pressure look that Nathan gets the ball out of his hand before the extra players you should have time uh you should have open players it's whether you have time enough to get the ball out of the hands but really good recognition nice catch by everheart versus that zone pressure that the owls love to bring and his second year out of Wyoming is mentioned he had his first touchdown of the season last week so he's two for two these last two games since James leer on this kick return ht's in a deeper hole now down 11 176 that drive led to a touchdown and Nathan roor in a flag came out by the way too but roor facing the blitz he's four for five now there was a pass interference call and there was an interception too but the touchdown pass to everard as well 12 yeah 12 uh 12 for 15 169 yards one touchdown at like you said the two interceptions kind of tip ball so this is a good half for them they've done a really nice job on the road across the country in this number 48 and BC number 29 first down going to at six the referee Andre bre announcing penalties on both sides the bottom line it is a first down for Montreal Jason Tucker guys caught a poster too in his day Lord and you name it outstanding receiver work well with Ricky Ray didn't he back in Edmonton from the 25 waler Fletcher two three yards for Fletcher and we're expecting the thre minute warning exactly three on the clock BC started strong most recently strong as well they have an 11-point lead late first half big halftime coming up we break down Nathan Ro's game so far BC's defense and mil steagle will recreate Aiden Art's touchdown celebration what did he do you need to work on it you only have how to do it how dance milk steagle touchdown C celebration uh he did a few of those yes back in my day yes well he a lot of touchdowns to celebr plan celebrations that they practiced before the game thank you Kate Kate in the pedal coming up in the half here is Cody vardo facing more heat and he is sacked again that time it's tibo deay a Belgium coming in to get the pressure on Cody vardo and a loss for the aletes late in this first half inside pressure again the depth of the pocket is one thing you you have two things the width of the the pocket is for the tackles but the depth of the pocket is the guards you're get good push inside that forces Cody to get off his spot and that's you're always talking about getting the quarterback to be off his spot nice inside move to get him down deal really nice play Joseph zema to punt Terry Williams at his 40 nowhere to go an's down there part of that pack and coverage for the alet after a punt of 51 final watch it on TSN Cody vardo 9 of 11 for 68 yds only though is been able to move the ball a bit but not to sustain big drives taking to stand back throwing it off to Keon Hatcher and good pick up after the catch for Hatcher who gets it up across Midfield and a first down for BC 14 yd gain for Hatchet motion behind the line of scrimmage dump out quickly block down Field behind the line of scrimmage throws this is why the completion percentage is so high in this efl there's so many of these behind the line of scrimmage get the ball to an athlete in space let him run with it and block down field Lions lead this is the start of week 14 there's a triple header tomorrow from TSN one day of football looking forward to that too the throw and it's high for McKinnis and and it falls incomplete monreal showing pressure once again there you see all these players standing at the line of scrimmage but then when the ball snapped they drop out there's a post in the middle of the field by McKinnis trying to get it in there you like to throw to big bodies in the middle of field just a little bit High wanted pass interference in Wesley Sutton you see the reaction of mckinness 37 came in [Music] no challenge play on second and 10 caught first down as Tyrese beverett pushes out Alexander Holland but another good pick up by Hollands 18 more yards and here come the Lions again with the 11-point lead and getting closer to scoring range now watch the corner as the corner sinks you can throw the out route you just got to see what the corner does as he lifts the linebacker in no position to make the play so Holland out to the sideline good execution little over two minutes to go until halftime Nathan Ro he swings it out for William stanback and he cuts the corner and his ex- teammate dequa gets him down and the ball comes out but the whistle had blown by the sounds of it here it looks like BC will retain possession of this football pressure by the Montreal allet defense throw the swing to the field to get William the ball I'm tell you any other free safety in the league I think this is a huge game DEA has such speed he can run it down and make a play on the football great range by the tall free safety from the University of Montreal and standback standback looks clearly down here before the ball comes out after a gain of 13 looks to be there the aletes are taking a look at it we shall see see if it's worthy of a challenge see if there's another angle on it there's a discussion now with Andre and head coach Jason Moss and as we know the officials are trying to make sure that they Montreal is Ching the ruling on the field they believe the player was SN downward contact prior to fumbling the [Applause] football well there you go Moss wanted to challenge that and sudden standback spun around at first glance it looked like he had hit the turf before the ball popped out but but there there is the issue of when the whistle was blown as well and that's why what the officials are told is hey make sure you see the rece the receiver the running back make sure that player is down hold the whistle hold the whistle as long as you can don't do an early whistle because that this can happen you got to wait that little extra second to be down we'll see a couple of these angles [Applause] [Music] well you know what the ball was definitely out before the [Applause] [Music] whistle and then it really comes a matter of was stand back down before they actually stripped it out great execution by Kon ento when you have a player there's multiple players around the first one's wrapping up the second one's going in you can tell this team is well coached on taking the football Away really good opportunity to knock that ball down now Rick Campell with a discussion with some officials [Music] too William standback well you know how much this game means to him he had one to go off his hands who turned into an aloette turnover is this actually a turnover the ball came out the aletes got it and you certainly couldn't argue the whistle had blown because it had not so just a matter of whether or not was a fumble by William St love the effort from KB ento to do this right there I'm going for the ball we got enough people around to make the tackle I'm going to create the [Music] takeaway pretty good pretty good he's got good leverage R he's got good leverage on him but great by he's going down the ball's ripped out well here's a decision from the command center fumble or no upon review the ball carrier was not down with contact and Montreal recovered the football first down [Applause] Montreal so another turnover committed by the BC Lions and William stanback has been involved in a couple of them yeah pretty amazing three turnovers like you can see right there that uh the BC Lions are up 17-6 with three turnovers so they do have the lead by 11 points 2 minutes to go in the clock but aloette football they have scored points off turnover so far in this half vardo quickly working about the 23 and picking up more yardage up across the 25 is shedler furus a gain of 11 for Montreal nice catch on the inside by ferious secondary player for safe Mar's as everyone expands his own throw the ball up and inside I love how he gets north south immediately Ryder Vargo right there for the T to the 27 quickly again and that one looking for furvious again but a bit turned around and that just hits the turf second down pressure off the outside I'm not sure where Cody wanted him to settle but sometimes when you Blitz off the edge what do you do you throw right into that Blitz and uh they're just weren't on the same page whether he was going to sit down or stay on the Move decent numbers 10 of 13 79 they haven't had that explosive play what they're known for the previous turnovers get gave them shorter field certainly one that led to a field goal second and 10 allo at 27 that is caught and that is Reggie White up at the 40 and a first down still plenty of time before the half 136 on the clock and a gain of 15 more yards for Montreal sometimes it's as simple as hey I got a guy really trust I'm going to throw it on the outside he's going to run up to 14 and turn out he gets leverage on TJ Lee TJ Lee's too far inside can't make the play from the Ala at 41 for jardo takes off slides up near the 50 up near another first down looks like he'll be just a couple of yards shy of that 8yd pickup on the Run Cody varda now if you watch Nick calender left tackle watch him here he's over on your left hand side right here they pass this twist off right here and then Cody just takes off finds a freas so a second down and short and Walder Fletcher is the ball carrier and does pick up a first down 115 to go as they get closer to Midfield the aletes at one point had trailed 10 nothing got a couple of field goals to chip back away until a BC drive capped off with a touchdown from Nathan worked Aiden art but the Lions have had ball control issues keeping Montreal in it driving back full speaker another catch for him from Wisconsin lacrosse sneaker with two touchdowns last week against Edmonton and a good first half as he picks up 13 more yards for the low Zone coverage everybody lifts Cody immediately just goes I'm going to throw to Cole speaker watch him put his foot in the ground immediately and get north south that's the difference being second and short or being in a first down or third and one I love how we got North South immediately to create the first down clock taking under 50 seconds to go first and 10 from The Lion 45 pajardo dumping it off to Fletcher after the catch and R first down and much more for the Yow as Fletcher takes it down inside the bc20 26 yds Fardo to Walter Fletcher you had everybody running down field everybody clears out starting to Chase he knows where his running back is gets the ball to him plenty of space for Walter fetcher the leader in the CFL and Yak yardage down to the 19 late first half Alex looking for the End Zone here's Fletcher again after catching that short pass he works it down to the 15 25 seconds to go and a second down is coming up for Montreal a really good Rhythm BC Line's playing a lot of Zone coverage dropping everybody out Cody this whole Drive is just throwing his checkdowns so they can get across the field this is the longest yardage position they've been on this whole Drive second and long still looking for their first touchdown of this game and to end the half in a strong note for jardo he's going to take off inside the 10 down near the five he got the first down first and goal coming up for Montreal as vardo a couple of times in this drive has chosen to run this is a uh this is a quarterback draw it's a re draw you swing the back out to one inside and then you go up over the lineman block and he runs up and inside you try to expand the Box get the linebackers out and QB drop 10th play of the drive Bardo and knocked away Ryder Varga coming across Gary Peters was there as well for the intended receiver Charleston Rambo really quick pass to the slant on the outside you'll see a slant coming in right in here tries to throw it underneath and immediately as they clear out there you go Ryder Varga underneath it to make a play on that slant great play by Vara we mentioned the injuries to the Lions linebackers Ben htic well and Varga stepping up getting the started weak side linebacker now second and goal sof carss into the end zone for speaker touchdown out [Applause] the cool speaker his third touchdown in two games and that's number six in the season one of the best things about the Canadian football league is these deep end zones Rod that gives you the opportunity when you're close at the four or five yd line to throw Fades into the back of the end zone I used to always talk to the receivers about hey we're going to make him defend the back of the end zone just as much as the front of the end zone press man coverage Cody recognized it immediately just throws it to Cole speaker he knows he's got an opportunity run the outside receiver underneath great High hands great concentration and a beautiful located Ball by Cody Fardo for the touchdown that's on the last play of the first half so they'll do the point after for Malto with no time left on the clock what an Drive 11 plays 94 yds off a turnover the alet drive down and they cash in with their first touchdown of the game to make it a closer one 17 13 you know BC has the lead lapo but those turnovers have certainly been costly if you watch what happens here usually in these situations Cole speaker as he plays number two receiver to the field there's so many opportunities for uh when it's man coverage at the safety can't get to him so that's what Cody recognized so he says all right you just work outside release the low player and run down let's here's a picture of it you see press man here press man here one goes under but this is an outside release and he just stays on that path this is called slot fade where you just run a fade route it could be a corner route but it's easier to just outside release and then throw your hand up and find a spot Cole speaker's been such a great player for this organization Danny maoa he talked about when we interviewed him that I just went down to five different free agent camps people loved what they did in a Montreal free agent camp and made my place well initially it said no time left in the clock but there was done for Terry Williams they put one second back on and so there was a kickoff and a return there by Williams so now we can say it is halftime and as mentioned the aletes are down but that could have been a whole lot worse for Montreal what a great way for them to end the first half I that's what this team has always done you like two weeks ago they were down they were down they went 1550 in the second half they just find ways to resp bond to put themselves in a position where uh you know come back and put themselves in this game for BC eight art two catches in that first half including that one from Nathan roor for the touchdown as Ard has TDS in two straight games and here he is now down the field with Kenzie well Aiden your first touchdown just last week a touchdown Pacific followed it up with another one here how is the game slowing down for you yeah you know this is my second year here um just the game itself the way our offense runs um just getting more comfortable and comfortable obviously we're over halfway through the season so being able to see defenses um running the same route you know over and over the concepts over and over just throughout practice it's you know it's it's helping a lot well the team seeing the game well here tonight you got the lead now how do you hold on we just got to execute we've got I think three turnovers right now uh those are all self-inflicted wounds um you know if we don't have those turnovers the score is not this close so we just got to go out and execute and put points on the board and uh come home with the win best of luck thank you appreciate it halftime stats in monreal with the Lions leading by four the one that really stands out turnovers BC has turned the ball over three times and that's why this game is so clut one of the turnovers an interception by Mark Antoine dequa who's standing by nowan we look at that first half and just the Lion's ability to March down the field just how do you disrupt that momentum here in the second half well we got to minimize the Miss assignment got to make sure that we ready through the ball we know they got a good offense we got to make sure that we play our defense and we play 30-minute football you're able to take advantage of of the the turnovers so what it's just standing out about their Tendencies and your ability to start reading them now look it's a good team it just if they make mistake we got to capitalize you know those two interception tiit balls lose ball on the carrying I'm going to take everything we can and try to go get that win appreciate it thank you Mark andine talking to Kenzie Lon thank you Kenzie Rod Smith paap back here at molon Stadium there's James lecher the aletes are going to get the ball to start the second half and they have momentum on their side too they took their most recent turnover and drove for a big touchdown to get within four points here's ler breaking loose Midfield before he's bumped out by Stephen flintoff the kicker so Cody Fardo in a shorter field to work with and things certainly ended strong in that first half L 15 to 19 221 y one touchdown but what would say about Cody is that last Drive they had seven first downs rod from that last drive to end the half they had five first downs the whole rest of the half so really good spark at the end to get that touchdown now this is what Montreal does they they are a team that they're comeback kids they're down 17 to 13 seven of their 10 wins have been comebacks three times greater than 10 years 10 points 74 yds in the final drive 68 yds in the previous five what a difference oh the ball comes out of the sack this would be big for BC if they can finally force a turnover and they do the signal from Andre PUO pressure coming in right away from the inside and that's Jonah Tay coming up with the football but they put the heat on Fardo right away and this time Lions football in a turnover seei right here he's playing inside the defensive tackle and then there's a little bit of twist he moves in he moves outside as there's a movement inside but dama The Tackle can't make the play knocks the ball off from Cody great recovery excellent start for the BC Lions defense turn the tables now on Montreal turnover they get the ball at the AL at 35 to start this second half with a four point lead Williams stand back left side puts his head down gets it down inside the 30 Willi stand this is what you try to do all these twisting and when you do twists like this what happens is you just calender just gets in a position where he turned his shoulders and he can't recover toi coming back inside bunch of bodies jumping around trying to recover that ball excellent play by the defense best carry of the night for will stand back two with six yds as toi has a smile about that one big hit and fumble recovery second down Nathan Ro has time and he completes it to David Macky who has a touchdown he scored the first touchdown for BC in this game and a short yardage play that he took for 23 yards has the reception for a first down BC part of the course uh Zone coverage only rushing three people so Nathan has plenty of time you can double the offensive lineman can double the three down uh rushers so he just waits around finds David macki to throw the check down now the BC Lions third quarter Wes they're minus 34 in points differential eighth in the Canadian Football League at the in the third quarter so this will be big if they can get points right here just the sixth catch of the season for a Mack in a first down back to stand back he's running hard wants to stomp in his old team and he does some stomping right there as he gets the Lions close it'll be a first and goal coming up for BC love it old school ISO play David Mackey leads up on the linebacker block out get William the ball get his shoulders Square big first down run back to stand back left side and he can't get away from adami berglin beverett in there and a slew Dylan win as well to make sure stb back isn't able to break that one off negative yardage play a little bit of penetration at the point of it attack I believe you're going to see penetration right there as they're trying to run their Zone play Demi Bergin moves inside a little bit of a run twist so send one in out the tackle's got to stay outside so as the player moves inside the tackle should naturally take a demi Bon big moment for the Montreal defense now a second and goal at the alette five the lions with a four-point lead to start this second half Nathan L pressure coming looks into the end zone to far incomplete third and goal coming up BC Montreal tries to pressure there leaves the middle of the field wide open you can see all those bodies up there standing around the line of scrimmage they're all going to rush the quarterback as all those players come there's plenty of time for the quarterback to throw the ball to the Middle Field just a little bit too high so this is a great stop by this Montreal defense with the ball inside the 10 to keep it within a one- score game as Shawn White is out he's one for one it was a short one 23 yds this is a short one as well just 12 yds away wh's two for two so BC takes advantage with points off a turnover but not as many points as they would have thought they could have got instead opportunity missed they settle for three in a 203 third quarter lead I don't think that's going to go very well sell florid you're not like you you thinking B still has it right I don't think that's going to go very well they're going to take their $300,000 and go home just don't get anybody hurt even even after life after Nick Sabin still roll tied 20-3 BC that's waler fler with a good run he went luck he cut it back up gets it up across the 50 and a first down for the alet good stretch good reach by Calender and on the outside you have a wide receiver on the outside also helping create an edge good re uh Takes Two Steps then cuts it back inside nice vertical run by Walter Fletcher get vertical when you can in the Run games and a 12 yards for Fletcher seven-point difference the aloette still trailing varda to the right and high for Jose barbone and little discussion they thought he was juggling it as he went out a bounds so what's the ruling here here's the you want to play quarterback in the Canadian Football League you got to make these throws you got to be able to throw it from the hash is a catch saying barbone had possession out of bounds so Montreal is going tempo right now trying to limitate how many pictures you can see of it so they're not going to huddle up they're going to play Fast to force if somebody want if somebody on the BC l wants to CH second and five the BC 54 and coming in with SE Evans on barbone on a high ball and jumping in front trying to jump in front and take it away Evans the ex aloette he played here in Montreal back in 2019 leads the team two interceptions the you love veteran quarterback watch how far inside the field Corner s EV says they play farther inside because they know the ball's in the air longer so it's really hard to complete those Slants on those field Corners because they're going to play so far inside as you saw the veteran seay Evans understands the width of the field as mentioned Lao barbone playing because of the injury this week Austin mck would just come back to the team played one game he's on the six now another good punt by zema takes a inside the five rolls out inside the 10 congrats for 36 after a drive stalls right there Cante Evans reaching up just a little bit High DC still in front nice start on the East Coast for Nathan roor 16 of 21 passing 230 yd some real good accuracy and somebody throws on the sideline you see that one to Hollins right there uses it legs well he've been able to maneuver in the pocket in zones and been able to hit some of these blitzes that Montreal's doing really good start for Nathan Ro tonight as mentioned he has thrown a couple interceptions although they were balls that were deflected i't blaming him for those one could have been a better location the one of McKinnis a little bit off the one to William standback the ball carrier off his hands and that was taken away by Mark Antoine dequa 16 to 21 nice Tackle by sanki there on the inside Run play trying to establish this run a little bit it's been hard going Williams stand back nine carries 36 yards you know sometimes uh you got to just keep going with it but when you got a hot quarterback route it's hard you want to make sure you get the the best player of the ball makan or the best player you got to put the ball in his hands too second and seven roor with lots of time he's just going to take off thought about sliding by the looks of things he's taken down by Darnell sanki but it's a first down for BC on the legs of Nathan L you talk about sanki too we we talked to him Paul and what a difference he's made this past calendar year to the Montreal allet he plays first es skatch one two years ago signs of the XFL plays 12 games they win the championship then on September 11th he signs with the Montreal aletes that's 41 games that's a lot of football for play two championships he won in the XFL and he won last year with the owls talented football player from sack State he signed in the 11 they played and lost to the Arles on the 15 intercepted Deontay Rin third pick thrown by Nathan roor and takes his helmet off in Anger it sets up the aloette nicely here another turnover committed by BC stepping in front the Deontay Ruffin with the pick fist bump no Thor Deontay Ruffin's third interception of this season Western Kentucky there's a couple of things going on here first of all the ball's in the middle of the field so it makes the throw a little longer there's an action fake this is an RPO where they block out and he makes a decision on whether he wants to throw it or run it Ruffin is lined up a little bit inside and then this ball ends up a little bit too far ins side so Ruffins right there for the takeaway this is his third interception first time in his career right first time and it's four straight games for Nathan R now throwing a pick that's also the first time in his career B vardo Deep End Zone too far for Reggie White as they took an end zone shot right away after the turnover here approaching the Midway point of the third quarter and the aletes within a touchdown you're always trying to put a post in the middle of field because a lot of teams void the middle of field field as they get closer to the end zone so they got a post shot here no safety in the middle just a little bit too far on the outside for the throw to Reggie White Fardo second game back after going on the sixth game of the hamstring injury on second down Looks To the End Zone again coverage was there Ronald Kent and making cont ATT right after the ball arrived for Cole speaker so good defense there for BC as two quick strikes to the end zone come up with nothing and a field goal situation now for Montreal another opportunity for Cole speaker on a what I believe was a double move and what do that mean you you're going to try to stop the DBS you're going to go in and then take a shot trying to slow the DB's feet down but really good recovery Kent a high player he sees the movement inside now watch him close and go make a play and there's the collision at the point so good recovery I'm sure Jason's watching to see whether there has enough angles for the challenge yeah he he he threw that flag Montreal is challenging the previous play for defensive pass interference by DC number [Applause] 21 here's the question I have we at that well we can have a few more looks at it that that they said is they try to reduce the influence of the command center that they didn't want to be making decisions based on slowing it down to see if he arve first if they thought their initial impression was no interference they did not call Pi that they didn't want to get into overturning plays if they thought you had to slow it down to determine whether or not it was Pi well I I I don't think just because it wasn't called here they're still going to look to see if hey did did the guy get there early did he make contact before the ball gets there if they still see that on their reviews they're still going to uh put a put a flag now that looked awfully close though didn't it's very close very close when you look at it game speed live speed they said no pass interference here's the command Center's decision after review the ruling on the field stands INE pass so consistent with what they said they wanted to do going forward regarding pass interference when it looks that close they don't change the call on the field aloette fans don't like it Jason Moss one for two in challenges had a successful one earlier on the fumble by William stanback they even talked about hey we want to take a couple looks at this but we want to look at it we don't want to look at it slowed down we want to make sure that uh we don't slow it down too much we want to see it's clear and obvious a pass interference so Jose maltos is out as he settle for a try for three from 27 yds away as maltos puts three more on the board Montreal so Jason M frustrated with having that challenge not result in an overturn another look as I say looking at this in slow motion Ronald Kent now on Cole speaker Kent's going to come in from the top of the screen to make contact could be right on time it's not clear and obvious that he was there early at least they're going to just say hey we're going to allow that to stand Cole speaker didn't argue at the time so BC ball up by four again dumping it off to Javon Cy who was calleded down there by Darnell sanki and a late flag does come out toys 23rd catch of the season this is a big body player they pretend to block then leak him out into the flat get this get him the ball out in space 6'5 230 lbs tackle number one so you can see right there first tackle inside a cylinder so that's going to be a 15 ydd penalty for sanki on the on the horse caller to finish the thought about sanki though A Sign four days later plays his first game for the alet they lost and they never lost another game they've only lost one this year San's only lost two games as a member of the Montreal ala crazy yeah but he was penalized there for the horse car Sacramento State D him Ricky Ray Charles Roberts be th going to sayt from a lot of guys from Sacramento Sacramento State amazing down to the alette 46 Nathan roor handing off William stand back good Hall and he heads down just shy of another first down big cision there with Titus wall here's David Macky at the point of attack as a tight end pull the backside sub Chong around creat some space William stand back just stays on his course on the outside Zone had a good gain on First and 10 good eight- yd gain 31 on 31 quite a collision in a second and two lions up by four stand back first down and more inside the 20 15 we got to get and L on him again he still goes for the touchdown what an effort by William stanback and that's what he's talking about 38 yards rumbling his way in against his old club for a big bctd great Rhythm great patience staying with the Run game this is what he does best squaring his shoulders creates a crease bounces out outside good blocking at the perimeter then he's going to make one t break one tackle break a second cut the weak arm cut the back I mean and then make the play into the end zone They signal touchdown they are they were taking a look to see if if he actually was down just before it looked like the ball had broken the plane they're going taking another look at that but I said they did signal the touchdown what a run by William stand back in his return to Montreal the game as we talked about that you know means a whole lot to him now talking to Jordan Mimi offensive coordinate of BC Lions he talked about this situation it was second and three now uh he said last year we had so many problems on second and short what going be a touchdown there we go so Jordan mimck talked about there was so much we weren't very good on second and short we brought William Stan back to it so we could execute that obviously they won the first down then they get the touchdown his ability make people Miss three play 70 yd a big Rumble by the ex alette William standback how sweet must that be for him coming back to his old home feeling spurred by his old team wanted to stop on him he certainly does on that play he takes it in to increase the BC lead to 2716 [Music] 11 carries 85 yds and a touchdown he's averaging almost eight yards uh per carry seven uh 7.7 right now look at these ranks the last three weeks this is what they want to get out of this physical football player and that's is what he got really good short yardage situation what's he do everybody at the line of scrimmage he bounces it outside makes one miss then starts using his physicality L and his strength to get his way into the end zone and let me go back as I talk about you know I didn't think this offense when he was signed that wasn't going to change this was not going to look R like 2018 Winnipeg Blue Bombers with Andrew Harris cuz Vernon Adams at the time you had a guy who really is great with the football in his hands it wasn't going to turn into a run run football but they wanted somebody who when they needed to bang when they needed on second and short yardage they could get it and they certainly have it in Williams stand and a 38 yd run for a touchdown his longest run this season and what a time what a place to get it for William stanback James lecher on the return after that kickoff and yeah read the quote earlier he wanted to Stomp and the aletes all business even though he's got some friends here and he's really enjoying his time in BC I asked him what he liked about goes really I spend so much time with this offensive line unit um we go to dinner together we spend time apart from the facility uh he's become really close to this BC line group for now it makes him the leading rusher in the CFL ahead of Brady Olivera Olivera at 851 should point out this is stand back's 13th game for Olivera he's played 11 and they're playing in the banjo Bowl tomorrow against the Saskatchewan Rough Riders part of our triple header but for now William stanback on top of the league in rushing and his Lions on top of this game by 11 again Cody vardo to Charleston Rambo and gets it up for about an eight- yd pickup Gary Peters and Ronald Kent Tak him out of bounds we have a fib here rob a fib formation into the boundary they put four receivers into the boundary when you play zone if you can look at this hold on let me draw I me know I get an opportunity to draw let's draw it up you put four people into the boundary now you can get a numbers Advantage block one of them get the ball in space to the top Yak yardage team in the CFL Walter Fletcher lost yardage tried to keep his feet there's good pressure in there by that defense Josh Banks and the Lions up front and they push it back to a third down to stall the aloette six carries 23 yards for Walter Fletcher so the BC Lions defense the front has done a really good job uh defense coordinator Ryan Phillips their units really performing well today we talked to him this week great conversation I asked him what are you better at nowadays right I've Loved what his answer he go well sometimes coach I go back to the player days and I start yelling at my own players I got to be a little bit more cool calm Collective but you going to be happy with banks right there on that stop Ryan Phillips who playing career ended here in Montreal he was injured it was short anded he he did regret nothing against the aletes he regretted not retiring as a BC Li great career he had there and now starting another great career as a coach in DC what another fine punt by zema to chase Williams back inside the 10 bit of a high tackle as uh he goes down but a 58 yd Punt and back comes Nathan roor 11-point lead and his fourth start since returning to the Canadian football league and each start certainly heading into last week after the game in Victoria last week each start has gotten better there have been turnovers on the night he's thrown three interceptions two you could say on tip balls were not his fault certainly the third one blaming himself on that but turnovers had certainly been a problem for BC despite out playing the aletes keeping the game closer yeah these are opper you know when you have a really talented defense that makes plays on the football that catches the ball you you don't you want to be deadly accurate the football so you don't have these opportunities and it's amazing with amount of turnovers BC's got this lead 276 really good job coming across the country to be able to have this lead and there is an injured aloette special team of Frederick sheno is still down getting attention by the aletes medical staff Montreal is as mentioned has only lost one game this season and that was here at Molson stadium in week six that was the night Cody Fardo got hurt the hamstring injury and it was the Argos that dominated that night but they had won five straight before that they have won five straight since that they're 10 and one and you consider they they won their last eight games in 2023 including the playoffs in the gray cup what a rle this team and just about this calendar year that they've been on but you see what how they've really shot out of the gate in 2020 before yeah and every year getting better obviously you see the home the home record how much better it is this year three and four four and five jumping up each year staff's done a really nice job of you know being in the they've really had great opportunities to come back and win a lot of the games you know last two weeks ago against Edmonton edmont had a chance at the end of the game they and they held him out of the end zone They had bunch of stops with them they came back from oh I think they were down they did a 1 run in the second half to take the win against the Elks so now BC and Nathan roor back with the ball leading by 11 third quarter Williams stand back another carry for him and he had one carry he is not going to forget against his old Club just previously leading to that touchdown a 38 y for 31 a nice inside run Michael ker in there getting some work done Cory Woodruff Z Chung the inside guys going through there I know they're happy to have Michel pure back after a couple weeks injured very intelligent football player at the center position stand back's getting closer to 100 yds at 90 right now on 12 carries quick throw it is caught it's Cy spins around nicely with Wesley Sutton on him and he picks up the first down for BC just hard what a 230 lb guy makes the catch and Sutton's trying to hold him down but Sutton's 188 lbs so Qui throw by Nathan gets the ball and then kachy just good leverage pushes it forward for the first [Music] down in his fifth year out of the Langley juniors local product for the Lions and yeah big Target the strong one at that first and 10 of the 27 standback working for everything he can get with tyres beverett his old teammate wrapping him up right at the 30yd line and picking up a few more and getting closer to 100 yard the uh the ability of these guys just to kind of lean on people in the second half I like this I like this for the BC Lions make sure making sure that hey we're going to continue to try to be physical we're going to continue to try to get these big runs we're going to try to wear down this Montreal defense and again Montreal's coming off a buy so like the Bey lines I love what they're doing Jordan mimck trying to make sure the Run game is part of what they do second and seven at the BC 30 2716 lead final 2 minutes third quarter roor caught first down Hollands an up to the BC 45 uh the processing speed of Nathan Ro is what is outstanding Zone coverage drop out this is normal status quo for Montreal they drop everybody out how quickly he recognizes I've got Holland underneath as all the linebackers have vacated he can get the ball in space to him and he can turn his foot get north south and that's kind of a tribute to Rob this is a seveny completion and you're second and seven so you got to make sure you continue to have good positive yards on First and 10 gain of 14 they mark it at the 44 first and 10 roor little pump couldn't get it away he is sacked again and it's Tyrese beverett who've been in many ways their top defensive player their leading tackler and leader in defensive plays as well kick watch him right there Here Comes Tyrese beverett on pressure he comes no you have no back in the back field so he's a okay as the back goes to the left he becomes a free rusher Nathan doesn't have a chance to throw the ball there's nowhere to go really good push in expansion to give Tyrese beverett that run up the middle into the inside a gaps for the sack second sack for the alets L of five second and 15 down he goes again balls out still out as Ro picks it up but it had been blown dead and it's Isaac a Adam berglin with his second sack of this game speed rush on the outside speed speed kills when you're coming around the edge we've got young tackles on the outside but ad Demi berglin coming around this edge with speed he just beats David Nea uh David Neville's hands and once if you don't get your hands on him and can't run him by the quarterback it's going to be a sack every time great play by demny beram so roor and the Lions go backwards in that possession with two sacks and it's flintoff to punt it away coming in to get his leer at the Montreal 40 across the 50 but the 52 yard line with Kristoff bolia the rookie Ling on the tackle there but Montreal takes over still down one score seven points and that's quarter time memorable quarter especially for that man William stanback the touchdown to pad the BC lead so many interesting story lines in this game not over yet we still have a quarter to play and BC is leading 2716 but they've really had to earn it and certainly for William standback lapo I mean if they can go on if they can hang on and win this game he's going to remember that for that big touchdown run he had really nice really nice run really nice balance of trying to get the Run game involved once you got you got to make sure you do that because facing this Montreal team now they've got three 10-point wins this season coming back from 10 points down so they're in a situation where hey we've got to make sure we finish in this four fourth quarter because Montreal are the comeback kids like I said before s out of their 10 wins we from behind so they've got to have an answer they got to hold off this talented Montreal offense and make their plays on defense well that defense certainly charg in see Nathan Rook getting some attention after he was sacked hit by tyres beverett and then Isaac adami berglin on their last possession of the third quarter Flags out in The aloette Possession here before the snap of the ball so a double Cadence down so what that is a Cadence where you're trying to take a look at the defense or you're trying to get the def uh the defense to jump off sides one of the receivers goes too far down field and that turns into a penalty and a first and extra for the Montreal alets first and 15 the Montreal 47 final Corner alet Fletcher spins doesn't get to Midfield you know as good as Montreal's been getting the results they've been missing some key players there's Austin Mack who just came back to the team he played against Evington two weeks ago and then he got hurt in practice he's on the sixth game but bear in mind they lost Tyler Sneed right at the beginning of the season and Kon Julian Grant and most significantly Tyson Philpot who had for a Time been the leading receiver in the CFL but he's been gone a month with a foot injury so all teams have injury issues Montreal certainly has their varda on the second and nine wants to take off does first down this tip toes out of to as Christian Covington was giving Chase but Bardo got enough to keep this drive going you play coverage you drop everybody out underneath Cody recognizes no one open starts to scramble and does what he's started his career as a great Runner be able to go get the first down keep the driver alive really good really good recognition that I don't have anybody throw to I'm just going to pull it and run get the first down yeah you're right Tyson Philpot at the beginning of the year was outstanding still one of the has the most big plays on this football team it's difficult to replace hats off to Danny maoa Cole speaker and Ronald K is right there to upend him and little pushing and shoving after the fact almost 47% of the passing yards for this team Montreal comes from Yak yards and this is what you see right here quick throw ball out immediately these are little quick screens mistake whether they didn't have count for Ronald Kent or they lost Ronald Kent in their protection scheme going to force a long field goal here RS lost about a yard and uh it's a second down coming up but yeah if they can't if they can't Advance it much further it would be a long one for Jose maltos needing 11 yds for the first down from the BC 44 noar barely gets it away just in time as he doesn't get the first down but to your point gets it closer and a flag does come out back in the BC secondary such a great throw by [Applause] Cody well with that face masking penalty and Ryan Phillips beside himself is that'll move things down for a first down for the alet near the Lions 20 if there wasn't a face mask what I loved about this Cody you know knows he's not going to get the first down but he doesn't take a sack and he made he would have made that field goal much easier for his kicker so love the decision to get the checkd down but the face mask going to give him the first down they need put him right inside the 20 so the allets moving right back down 11 trying the draw P jarda wanted to take off but J to Hamas says simmer down you're not going anywhere this is the second play I've seen that it's truly called a quarterback run it's not a quarterback draw and everything this is a a power play to the quarterback what does power mean you're going to pull a guard over one guard's going to come over to one side and but T he beats the guard so the guard cannot kick out and that is a shot delivered on Cody Fardo want to be a quarterback all that glamor and in that case to H an Open Season to come in and take down for jardo hard it's a second and 14 on that loss from the VC 24 vardo he dumps it off the Fletcher again has his feet keeps running not a first down again he gets it inside the 15 much closer but it will be third down coming up here for the aletes down two scores 11 points and and you can talk about like Walter Fletcher like you you understand why they utilize him so well that I I I talked about it already first in the Canadian football league in Yak yards so when you can't find anything make sure I can go to my checkdown player get the ball in Space the guys who can make people miss you see them make people misses just a loss of yardage is what hurt them but they're going to try for it on Third and short they are indeed it's third down and three they're down close at the 13 they're going for it three receivers to the left look that way and it's caught Jose barbone inside the five first and goal alet barbone in his first year his second CFL game and a big catch for number 80 Sprint to the field to give yourself more time just out of the hands of Cante Evans so a spectacular throw and catch by barbon and to get the feet in bounds to put in a great position so that's a great throw to the wide side of the field great location and sticking the feet in for the young rookie barom Jose Barb first year player from Temple so the gamble pays off it's a first and goal at the bc2 Dominic Davis in short yardage quarterback for Montreal going left has room cuts it back but doesn't get in Ryder Varga prevented him from getting the edge he had to cut it back and good work by BC to save the touchdown and once again outside Zone to the quarterback from a quarterback sneak look trying to make sure we can get around the defense in case BC lines don't have enough players and what just happens is I think the fullback just ends up getting he gets turned around Del like if he doesn't get turned around and moved I think he continues to work outside but great Tackle by Varga to stop it and then here comes all the rest of the guys coming over to make the play keep him out of the end zone aely coming in in support but Ryder Varga the big play for the BC defense so a second and goal they're down to the one and slow to get up heading off now Gary Peters veteran boundary corner for Rick Campbell's Lions what a moment this is for Montreal trying to get a little closer in this game the Lions have led the whole way they jumped in front and they opening possession with a touchdown went it by as much as 10 but they've never [Applause] trailed so yard and a half to go you're going to have multiple tight ends you're going have multiple people in try your best you got two downs right here put yourself in a position if you don't get you just got to get put yourself in a position that I got two shots to take it right here the ball should go back to the one if you get to the half yard line but should be two heavy inside runs here by the quarterback this is Dominic Davis's fourth game since coming back to Montreal he has one touchdown does he had two Dominic Davis pushes it into the end [Applause] zone touchdown Montreal [Applause] [Music] you're asking your offensive lineman when you're a yard off the ball you got to get lower than them pick a spot quarterback stay low stay underneath the linebackers finish in the end zone and that makes it a five-point game so yeah they're going for two to see if they can get to within a field goal but a great drive by the Ala that's included a third and three gamble that paid off with that pass to Bar bone that set him up at first and goal 10 plays 58 yards as once again BC still leads but the tide feels like it's turning a little bit for Montreal in this fourth quarter for two points to get within three no for Charleston Rambo Manny Ramba is right there so still a five-point game n 37 on the clock Fardo de barbone on the third down gamble Dominic Davis another crack at it into the end zone for his second touchdown alet get [Music] closer week 14 started tonight week 14 ends in a big way tomorrow Super Saturday triple ha and look at this what's that game in the middle of the banjo bll Riders bombers on CTV look at that first time ctv's got the CFL since 1986 so it starts with the argles and the red blacks and it ends with the stamp Peters Nels both of those games on TSN but note CTV will have the banjo Bo on that kick a short kick off and the alet who had just picked up a touchdown got it to within five and a flag does come out looked like a moon shot where they're going to try to kick it to an area where they felt there was no players on the return team and go recover so that's a you see that cross field kick to that space where they they must have seen on film that there's space over there for them trying to sort [Music] out we can hear from Andre cre on this yes or will we well Andre's Mike has a couple of issues right now Andre it's like he's on a zoom call you know you're always on that Zoom call you're muted you're muted I was going to say you're muted Andre turn the mute off can you read lips okay we're assuming I will assume this from Rick Campbell's reaction that it's still BC football but a soft kick going down and the alet touch it before it went out so the aletes tried kind of a not like a 10 yard short kick but one went a little bit further just to an area where they thought they could recover it a flag did come out and as said it looked like Rick Campbell and the lions were satisfied with the ruling at BC's offense out on the field as the discussion continues with Noel Thorp down there and Byron archambo the special teams coordinator yeah sometimes you're going to look at your self Scout and you're going to watch and you see if people run back to do their coverage too early sometimes voids are some voids are shown on the field so they did What's called the moonshot to try to go recover a short kick and now we're going to get an explanation from the referee Andre PR and alet are pretty fired up about this on the previous play there was no infraction for offside Montreal legally recovered the football inbounds it will be Montreal ball first down well there you go I don't think Rick Campbell's satisfied now so he's he's livid as you could see the alet last to touch it as it was heading out but we assumed the flag initially an offside against mon for y'all and yeah arenols fired up in a good way for the aletes that that paid off and the aloette offense is back on the field so the ball goes at Le once it goes 10 yards anybody can recover it it starts bouncing backwards hard to see from that angle but I assume they're saying that Montreal touched it as it come out once it went 10 yards started to go backwards as long as the aloette player didn't go put a bounds first but the ruling is Montreal ball Cody Fardo to the left Cole speaker alette got within five last time they had the ball just moments ago two-point conversion try failed but here we are one-score game 2722 BC alett have this fourth quarter momentum going again special teams coordinator I don't want to run into him BR a Prett Brian AR pretty thick guy great call by great call by Jason Moss trusting his special teams coordinator hey let's go ahead and do a a short moonshot kick and try to get the get to recover and it worked second and two now up near midfield for the aletes on the move again oh we got a Flea Flicker and a deep look down the locker oh just a bit far he got in behind coverage just a bit too far for Jose barbon these are products of one thing Rod they're products of by weeks so you have you have an onsite you have an on-site kick or a moonshot kick you have a double move Flea Flicker why do you do that well hey you got a bye you have plenty of time to practice usually as a coach you're going to pull out hey we got a couple extra days of practice let's make sure hey let's do that Flea Flicker we've done before hey let's make sure we have I always talk about right after a bye somebody's going to pull out some special Play Because they' more time to practice than a short week or anything else so this is direct result of Montreal having the byee was on a second and short trying to fool the Lions there but instead they'll have to punt it away zema makes a hop and it heads into the end zone this time ran Terry Williams gets up the one it's still a four-point lead though after a 60yd punt Fleet flecker fard oh just [Music] off last week William stanback had 93 yards rushing tonight 13 carries 93 yards couple of catches early in the game and a big explosive run for a touchdown able to break tackles and provide more than just the pass game for this BC Lions offense they've been balanced I think enough tonight and he's provided a spark and help this young offensive line you can feel the determination on that touchdown run stand back Ro has the time wide open over the middle is Cy and a big strike for BC as they get it down from their 40 to the aloette 40 a 30 yd pickup C toy big bodied receiver between him and McKinnis you got you like play actions and then just throw it over the top of linebackers to big body receivers great throw location over the top of the linebacker to C toy you love those huge receivers that this BC Lions team has on that last punt by Montreal the Lions had given up the Rouge making it a four-point game back to William stand back from the 40 picks up another five as helmet comes off just as he goes down but looks like five maybe six yards for the lions running back who played in Montreal from 2018 through last season winning a great up with the alette you just love how quick like his feet are so good for a 230 lb player and you just picked him up moved out of the way was able to avoid an arm tackle to force a second and short situation The Stand Back heads to the sideline with this second down play coming up of four yds second and four after that 6yd carry David Macky the fullback back there there has the ball left side Mackey well he runs into Mustafa Johnson and pushes his way down for another BC first down best part of that is they ran over Cory woodis and David Neville so the younger players nice jump outside gets north south gets the yardage needed really good by David Mackey the fullback SL quarterback SL tailback tonight done a little bit of everything we joke with Dwayne Ford about getting the fullbacks involved in the Game Boy BC did they ever Niki short yardage QB he ran a 23 for a touchdown at the beginning he's out a catch had that run there for a first down just got to let him throw it now second and one and a quarterback sneak let him throw it that sounds like something Innovative offensive mind that you are would be would you're going to start drawing it up right after haven't seen whether you can throw the ball or not you might you might want to check that [Applause] remember you in studio years ago drawing up plays just something to do always working on some new wrinkle some new idea and stealing it stealing it from other people that's what good coach see other people do it and then you keep going secret to good comedians as well I understand that's what Perkin's been a good player good find for them the last couple years great tackle Pearson will go Andrew Pearson will go in boy they've had to juggle things in their own line with Dell broon suffered the knee injury went on the six last week and touchdown Pacific so they made that change Tyler Packer had been starting this year he got hurt so they brought in a new left guard so their left side and we hear the noise a lot of noise here in Montreal right now oh yeah cue the air horns when the alette defense is on First and 10 Montreal 28 and back to the ground and legs chugging 31 William stanback exactly what Jordan mimik talked about he's like hey we want to be able to have a guy that if I need to get five yards I can get it he squares his shoulders just makes a slight inside move and then he's going to fall forward and get four or five extra yards to put them in a second and medium position way easier to convert second and medium obviously than any second and long situation and with that carry Williams stand back's gone over 100 he's at 104 now on 15 carry second and five at the out 23 and the talk Alex Hollins turns it up looking for another first down as he keeps the legs chugging there inside the 20 down to about the 18 yd line Hollands is the single receiver up top one-on-one situation and sometimes when you have a lot of people at the line of scrimmage that's a run play but if you get a one-on-one matchup on the outside with depth on holl the quarterback has the green light to throw it outside take the opportunity throw it out throw an accurate ball put it in Holland's hands so he can get forward for the first down so you're just trying to get speed and space really good north south move and it's just there the link of the chain it's third down not quite just a the shortest of short yardage situations now for presumably the fullback David Mackey to go to work in a similar spot on the field a little bit further out as mentioned the 23 back in their opening possession Macky caught the aloette defense off guard and found an opening and not only got the first down he got to the end [Music] zone what a momentum swing this is for BC this is just what they needed as the aletes were creeping closer and closer got it down to four they keep roor in for this one so not Macky Ro stays in just need inches fall forward which he does to the left and he bounces off and he keeps going going all the way for the Lions touchdown twice tonight when they didn't me need much they got a whole lot more you you would have to check the stats book The Last Time quarterback sneaks were two touchdowns that were this deep this far away excellent second effort by Nathan Roy you watch he fumbles the ball the ball will be fumbled another under Center and then he just keeps his legs moving jumps outside everybody thinks the ball's going to be running off tackle bounces outside for the touchdown huge response by the BC Lions on the road and hostile territory exceptional play by Nathan Ro opening up the lead again for BC what a response of Shawn White six play 70 yd drive just over 3 minutes 3423 back to 11 and Roar of course gets a lot of praise for his passing but as a runner in 22 he had a 50 yd run for a touchdown in Ottawa and then a couple of weeks ago OT the left hand side you don't have to bring it up sorry to bring that up open and then in autta a couple of weeks ago he had won for 51 yards and then when he finds the edge he's a he's a dangerous Runner as you can see there there's a little bit of bubble of the football but as he goes off tackle he just keeps his feet moving good Push by the line and then everybody steps inside almost thinks the ball's going to be inside great bounce out yeah I have not seen two quarterback sneaks go for this deep of yardage for touchdowns Mackey and Nathan roor you think Macky feels like he was robbed of a chance to get another was like hey Nathan that's my job what are you doing working my side of the street or Ro's like hey buddy watch me me do you think you got a good one watch me do this n Thorp with so much success with the defense he's built here in Montreal but it's certainly been tested tonight with the visiting BC Lions who have put 34 on the board against these aletes who are certainly in danger of losing for the second time this season although it's the CFL and we still see 5 minutes on the clock and an 11-point difference yeah really good job by Jordan Mimi a good game plan on a short week coming across the country after touchdown Pacific 294 y passing tonight [Applause] EXC off the kickoff alette ball again James lecher on the return to the 30 35 and finally pushed out of bounds and little helmet to helmet with Maxim Royer Ryan Phillips defense about to be tested Again by Montreal let's get an injury update now from Kenzie yeah so right now for the BC Lions we're we're monitoring seay Evans and Gary Peters so a challenging site right now that they're two starting Corners uh questionable to return right now seay Evans battling with an elbow injury right now at this time it's all taped up he is back here on the sideline so he's got taped in some wrap around his left elbow and as for Gary Peters that's an ankle injury he's he's nursing right now so we'll see if these two do return to the game guys so certainly a relevant story line to follow here thank you Kenzie see Adrien green on the corner now with the injury to Evans that is caught by Charleston Rambo Ryder Vara wraps him up and keeps him to about a five yd carry make it about six or seven there for the alette green moves from the free safety over to the corner try to make that change you're going to expect to see a lot of Zone up uh you're going to see a lot of Zone coverage trying to help green playing out to that field corner and saw Peters injured earlier but we got him back but he is back on the field now the boundary Corner the veteran Gary Peters second and three at the Montreal 45 it's getting late down to four minutes pump fake the throw it's caught shedler Fus Midfield first down into the lion Zone clock continues to tick at about 350 to go and Montreal back to trailing by 11 Kristoff bolo is now playing free safety first year player from Laval he's in the he's playing the Deep player and part of the course is Montreal just taking the check Downs as much as they can here we go again after the gain of 13 intercepted Lions ball and off a deflection it's TJ Lee who takes advantage so kind of a turnaround there after the Lions had given up a couple of tip balls that one headed for Walder Fletcher ends up going to TJ Lee in a big turnover committed by the allet battle of the takeaways off the tip balls TJ Lee making his second start as a Sam linebacker a strong side linebacker ball goes a little bit too high TJ Le's right there for to make the play Scot's flipping his hips trying to throw puts a little on it a little high TJ Le's right there to make the play veteran football player from Eastern Washington 10e vet the leader of this defense that's the third time we've had an interception off the tip ball as BC gets in on the ACT and there's William standback he's got his 100 he's got his big touchdown what he wants most is to get his win against the Montreal aletes and they're three minutes away from getting that they have the ball they're in the aloette zone they're leading by 11 looking good at the moment for the BC Lions frustrated Cody Fardo after the interception before and BC has the football and the aletes are facing the strong possibility of their second loss this season Fardo six and one record as a starter this season Montreal had taken a timeout just before the official three minute warning so so they'll they'll give the warning coming out of the Alouette timeout but it's BC football Nathan roor second and three it is caught Justin McKinnis turns around gets the first down put his head down gets it inside the 35 so 251 in the clock and they'll issue the three-minute warning but BC lapo with a great chance now to put this game away the thing they do the best is their minus turnover margin right now they have four m has two so in the turnover margin World they are minus two in turnover margin you don't normally win a game when you're minus two uh but the B lines they've run the ball well uh they've gotten some of those explosive runs on those short yardage uh QB snake plays and William Stack's added 100 yds himself we're down at the 35 234 and stanback a memorable night for William stanback there were a couple of mistakes earlier of the tip that led to a pick the fumble that uh ended up being taken by the aletes but they'll remember that big run especially if they hang on and win this game 38 yds what a determined run by William stanback in his first game against his old team and this defense has done a very good job tonight uh briyan Phillips and these guys are like yeah got to hold off the big play ability of this Montreal offense and they really for the most part haven't had a lot of big plays so Ryan Phillips has had a nice game plan on the short week DC started 5 and one lost five in a row then one last week to get back to 500 stand back running again mtry taking him down but he gets close to another first down he's still running hard and well over 100 yards rushing on the night just widen people out they like William stck loves What's called the outside Zone play where he he runs wide and the lineman run wide and he's just looking for a crease to get up north south gets them nine yards put him in a wedge situation once again to continue to burn this clock get the first Rick Campbell's Lions if they can hang on they for now would move back into first place in the west at seven and six the bombers claiming the Riders again tomorrow though both teams were at six and six that is Macky in the third and one back in in the short yardage play uh Montreal this point was 6-0 against the West BC was 2-2 against the [Music] East pretty impressive day Nathan roor out as a wide receiver watching first down happened the Lions swept the alet a year ago they won earlier in the season in Vancouver they came in here in Vernon Adams talk about former aletes going against the RO team Adams got the start there's Vernon taking now in at the number two quarterback to Nathan roor stand back ex teammate of his in monreal and teammates again of course in BC and a big part a big reason why stanach wanted to go to the BC lines to be with his friend VA yeah this could be a nice day like for him to finish the game with the ball in his hand trying to keep running the clock out sure he's enjoying every carry he's getting here to keep churning away run this clock down and and but in that game last year W 34-25 by BC about this time a year ago Adams threw three touchdown passes no picks and you know that had to feel good I'm sure he can relate to what stanback is feeling right now coming back to Montreal and they just keep feeding 31 and you know always taking the high road and dealing with this you know with Nate work coming back with with total class and the great start he had to the season with BC War taking over number one right now but Vernon Adams pretty talented two quarterback system you got right there I was going to say how would you like to have that QB room right now absolutely but Adam's had some good years in Montreal with standback 2019 for both of them was a breakout year for Adam standback ran for over a th000 yards and they're close friends and yeah that was Vernon Adams had a big hand in William stanback wanting to go to the BC Lions so Shawn White trying to make it three for three all three of the tries for him just chip shots there's Mike benavi is our friend Benny special teams coordinator set the game cl to 39 seconds 39 seconds with a word for David Mackey taking as much time as they can before they kick this field goal and that would you know essentially put it away now still an 11-point game but the BC Lions huge Road Victory by the looks of things now under a minute to go and white [Applause] [Music] out to make it 3723 and back above 500 we take an updated look at the standings the start of week 14 into the final third of the Season BC on top at seven and six 14 points Winnipeg bear in mind because the bombers own the season series if Winnipeg wins tomorrow they would technically be back in front in first place such as it is at this point in the season with so much football still to be played but and for the aletes 10 and two still in charge in the east as mentioned they've already clinched a playoff spot that math is done uh for otta and Toronto though oh huge game to Mo it is a big one second place in the East uh you know for the the red blacks who haven't played a lot of Eastern teams they only played two teams in the East this year they played here and they lost badly and they had a walk-off win at home against Hamilton so that game against it's been a long time since they faced an Eastern opponent and that's a you know the red blacks really want to gauge where they are I mean this one against tomorrow this one tomorrow against Toronto was a big one they performed very well against the West now they got to go face our Eastern teams that's why they talk about the end of end of September going into September the rest of the season when you start playing some of the I think the league has done a great job of scheduling the people that you're going to be fighting for playoff spots at the end of the season it's been really good that bomber Rider game tomorrow will be you know obviously the the backto back that's going to be a lot of fun over there in Winnipeg so for first or second place B on CTV the other two on TSN and of course the of Alberta with the Elks really starting to come off after 07 start so you're in studio tomorrow all day I'll be in studio all day it's been a pleasure doing some games in the booth with you though buddy a lot of fun we look at Super Saturday coming up tomorrow lots of CFL football starting at 1 Eastern 10: a.m. Pacific Argos red blacks banjo bowl and CTV three Eastern Time rematch after just a dramatic one we were at in Regina last week and then the stamps and the Elks and Logan boner the starting quarterback not Jake Mayer for the Calgary stamp Peters getting his first CFL start boner for the stamp Peters trying to that's the interesting thing even for the stamps as hard as it's been lately the West is so tight nobody's out of it right now uh the the Elks are in it you know after how they started out and McLoud Beth Thompson was tremendous last week you talk about a two quarterback system here in BC you got two pretty good quarterbacks there at the at the Elks organization right now too Nathan r you know he feels good for William stanback coming back here to Montreal I'm sure a lot of the guys do William stanback I'm sure looking ahead to this game bitter sweep of course fond memories winning a great cup with the aletes but not happy with the way it ended not getting offered a contract he has 20 carries for 128 yards and a beautiful hardworking 38- yd touchdown run that is going to feel good for a while I'm sure long flight home but it be a great one for the BC Lions about to win their second straight Cody vardo and the aletes about to lose for just the second time this season and just the third time since September the 15th going back then just before they went on their run of eight straight and won the gray cup very good football team very fortable crew here again you know and and I I've said this all along this Montreal offense has stepped it up so much better this year than the previous year they can score points they're explosive and you got a great defense this wasn't our night tonight 5 seconds on the clock looks like vardo limping a little bit there the Williams stand back most yards since October 22nd 2020 won when he had 2ou 203 against the Argos I remember that game as well but wow yes sir a standback who's had reason to celebrate inside this stadium before but the first time as a visitor this one goes to the BC Lions and this one for William stanback who has a very happy return to [Music] Montreal on the Victorious side as the Lions improve to seven and really good defensive performance Nathan roor overcame a couple interceptions was able to put points on the board against this difficult defense and certainly I really felt that uh Rick Campbell had his team ready to go on a short week traveling across the country so that's a huge win against one of the top teams in the Canadian Football League rout so it'll be very interesting how they just the ability for them to run the football tonight tonight you know that that's going to that's going to show up when they continue to figure out how good they can run the football throughout the course of the season so it just doesn't have to be Nathan work in the pass game so a victory for the Lions their second straight back on top of the West at s and six and for the aletes who've charged out and one so many times in the last calendar year but fall short on this night and Montreal will head off to Calgary to face the stamp Peters next week the Lions well they'll be back home at BC place to host the Toronto argonut Nathan Ro the Lions Victorious here in Montreal thanks for watching everyone have a great night