DEEEEE!

Anybody who was worried about the loss of Nate Davis, Omarr Morgan, Davin Bush and Jackie Mitchell is probably feeling a lot better about our defense after last night's game.

8 sacks. 3 interceptions.

For the first time in 10 years, Montreal loses it's home opener. We had some great personal performances on the D, in particular:

Eddie Davis - Game MVP as far as I'm concerned. 10 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception.

Our offense, although not spectacular, was efficient and protected the ball. How about that opening play, a 32 yard pass to Jason Armstead?

There are some areas of concern that showed up last night. Obviously our running game was virtually non-existant. I think that once we get Wes Cates in the backfield (rumoured to be happening for our home opener against his ex-team, Calgary), we will see a much improved ground game. Childs did show that he's got some great hands and that's why we'll keep him out there. I fully expect to see plenty of two-back formations in the future.

Another area of concern was our return game. A few times Jason Armstead elected to just crumble on the ball rather than trying to make something happen. With every other team in the league making full use of the new blocking rules for returns, we really need to step it up in this department.

Looks like Kent Austin is just the man we needed. The team went out there and did something that we rarely saw under Danny Barrett - They played the full 60 minutes. No fourth quarter breakdowns on D, no second half urgent come back attempts by the O. We saw a consistent four quarters from this team. Almost as refreshing as that Gatorade bath Kent took after the game, courtesy of Makowsky and O'Day.