ICYMI: Rob Vanstone: One play typified Roughriders' sickly showing in Montreal
Numbers, like the Roughriders on Thursday in Montreal, will be crunched as we obsess overOne ill-conceived and unexecuted play, which unfolded midway through the first quarter, was a microcosm of the Roughriders’ seeming inability to anticipate or react to anything that the Alouettes’ hyperactive defence was doing.
On first-and-10, everyone clad in green and white somehow managed to ignore Alouettes linebacker Adarius Pickett, who was easily eyeballed by a national TV audience as the Saskatchewan prepared to snap the ball. Pickett’s presence became particularly problematic when the Roughriders obligingly ran a pitchout to the right side, in alarming proximity to the unaccounted-for Alouettes linebacker.
The only saving grace for the Roughriders was that Pickett did not intercept the pitchout, which was caught by tailbackOn second-and-13, the Roughriders erupted for an incompletion, whereuponNet yardage on the change of possession: 19 yards.Vedvik had a forgettable night overall. He averaged 39.3 yards per punt, with a net of 27.6. Six of his eight punts covered distances that ranged from 30 to 38 yards. The other punts travelled 57 and 43 yards.
The 28-year-old Norwegian is averaging a league-worst 42.2 yards per punt in three games, with a net of 32.2.Vedvik’s five subsequent games : 38.2 gross, 31.2 net.
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