I have to hand it to the Cats – they’ll make their second post season appearance in two years straight. They’re definitely a much better team than a few years ago, but after attending this game against the BC Lions, I can’t help but wonder if they have the ‘killer instinct’ to put teams away for good. I think they’re close, but not quite there. They could have done it to the Lions, but didn’t, leaving just enough daylight for them to claw back with a game winning field goal late in the game.
In a somewhat rocky game the Cats D put a lot of hurt on QB Travis Lulay, yet he was still able to get off passes to his receivers for TDs when it counted. Granted it’s the nature of CFL that makes covering the pass fairly difficult, but the Cats’ offence didn’t help the situation late in the game with dropped passes. There were a number, including deep ones to receivers Willie Thornton and Maurice Mann – just enough to take some of the sparkle off Mann’s two TDs, including a spectacular single handed TD grab (the photo above)… And Glenn’s intercepted pass near the goal line in the third quarter also didn’t help.
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As always, more photos from this game and others can be seen at my CFL/Tiger-Cats photo archive.