Glenn and now

Let's get this straight: Kevin Glenn blew it in the fourth quarter Friday night.

But get this straight, too: He was better for three quarters than Anthony Calvillo and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers — AGAIN — have other things to worry about other than their quarterback.

The issue — or concerns — with Kanye is that his clutch-time decisions and performances are not up to par and that was certainly the case in the Bombers loss to Montreal on Friday. He threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter and put his team up against the wall, in a virtually impossible situation. In the end, the Bomber defence that was utterly outstanding through three quarters finally broke when faced with having to defend its goal line on a suddenly shortened field.

Glenn's problem, it would appear, is his patience in the offence he's surrounded by and that translates into his decision-making. This is — capital letters IS — his pivotal season. The Bombers have surrounded Kanye with the perfect storm of talent and protection and if he doesn't at least show signs that he's capable of being among the elite.

Now, that said, TSN's pre-game coverage of the game was a joke. A graphic, accompanied by Jock Climie's analysis, showed in one column seven CFL starting quarterbacks Climie described as the elite of the league and, in the other column, ... Glenn. Climie insinuated that Glenn was the only quarterback in the CFL not worthy of acknowledgement among the "greats" of the current three-down era. Including, I might add, Kerry Joseph who is the most overrated entity since the McDLT.

Get off the topic already. It's ignorant. It's ignorant to suggest that Glenn is whole-heartedly to blame for that loss. It's ignorant to be oblivious to the atrocious performance of the revamped offensive line. It's ignorant to not count into the equation the excessive penalties the Bombers taken. And the list goes on.

Glenn made a terrible couple of throws and that's what's easy to pick out. And, of course, Bomber fans are going to start screaming for his head, even if that's not what's best because, after all, that's what Bomber fans do because they're not smart enough to watch other aspects of the game.

Glenn needs to get better. But, let's not forget, every other player on that team needs to join together to do the same thing.

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On another note, since Ben Roethlisberger's motorcycle accident, odds of the Steelers repeating as Super Bowl champions (those last three words are still fun to type) have gone in some books from 8-1 to 20-1. That, allow me to point out, could put them as underdogs to the likes of the Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers, Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs.

I don't think the Steelers were the best team in the NFL last season but don't undercut them. They are, and have been consistently, among the elite of the league but now their star QB suffers injuries not even close to being career-altering and they take a slide down the prognostication totem pole?

Hey, who cares? It's not even training camp yet, but it's of interest. My thoughts? If I've got a unit to put down in Vegas, I'll take the 20-1 and love every minute of it.