Williams put Toronto in position to go for it with a stellar seven-yard reception. He took a swing pass from Wynn, delivered a brilliant stiff-arm on Winnipeg's Kelly Malveaux, then hurdled cornerback William Fields before being pushed out of bounds.
That's enough already.
I've never heard of a stiff-arm being brilliant and it's a rarity that a seven-yard screen pass is worthy of being deemed "stellar."
Again, I like Ricky Williams. Got nothing against the guy. Think he marches to the beat of his own drum and that's something you can say about very, very few athletes, which I find refreshing. However, that paragraph appeared in the Canadian Press account of the Bombers latest victory, exalting Williams for his lone highlight in another fruitless effort against the CFL's top defence. Undoubtedly, he stuck Malveaux good with a solid right, but just pump your breaks for a few seconds here. In the scheme of things, that play barely warranted mentioning, let alone puffed up with words like "stellar" and "brilliant."
That said, I'm starting to get absolutely giddy over this defence, which I'm trying to suppress if only because I don't want to get caught up in things too early just to watch the team break my heart. Case in point, just when things are going along smoothly DT Ron Warner goes down with an injury and is likely out of next week's game against Montreal.
I'm also remaining in the category of cautiously optimistic in regards to Kevin Glenn. Although it's hard to argue with what he's done in the last two weeks. He hasn't thrown a pick in those two games, has thrown for three TDs and Sunday went 24-for-36 for 261 yards while running the offence efficiently and picking his spots of when to stretch the field. (Side note: Winnipeg's play-action to Roberts was effective all game long and it was almost dumbfounding how the Argonauts never found a way to control it. What they ran was close to a QB waggle: A fake to Roberts with the offensive line pulling one way while Kanye roles out the opposite way in a naked bootleg. It was good for eight yards on average, I'd guess, and they must have run it 20 times in the game.)
So, for those keeping score, Williams has now run 17 times for 22 yards in two games against the Bombers and i honestly feel sorry for the guy. His offensive line is a joke right now and in the games against Winnipeg he has been rendered useless because the front line can't help out enough for him to get much more than a yard or two on first down. First-down production is critical in the CFL and Williams' sightings on the T.O. sidelines will become all the more frequent if they can't muster some assistance for him. That said, in the two games I've watched the Argos, their play calling has been very vanilla (save for the botched reverse between Ricky and Arland Bruce) and clearly running in between the tackles hasn't done the job.
So Saturday will roll around and the Bombers will host the Alouettes in what is already a critical game and a chance for the Bombers to shove it down all the "experts" throats by winning and going into first place in the division. There's no way I'm NOT going to be at the Stadium for that game.
In my uneducated, unsolicited opinion, the biggest thing the Bombers need to change is how they handle the inevitable Montreal blitz. Speaking of not making adjustments! In Week 1 it was as predictable as a Jenna Jameson screenplay: On second and long, loaded up the box and blitzed the edge leaving Kanye little to no time to make a decision. Whether it's KG needing to recognize blitzes better or Winnipeg needing to bring another man in on protection, something has to be better. Montreal mustered six sacks and forced Glenn into two ill-advised throws that became interceptions. There's nothing surprising defensively from Montreal, you know the Als are putting an extra guy in the box in their "all or nothing" attack.
RANDOMNESS: ESPN.com has a great feature,George Solomon, Ombudsman, in which the public's concerns, complaints and queries are aired publicly and answered by Solomon. Now, for all that TSN has stolen from ESPN (yes, I know, they're "partners"), this isn't something that silly network could think to incorporate? I know I have a few questions regarding Jennifer Hedger and her phony sports' guy voice. Honestly, does she HAVE to talk like that?
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