“You don’t see too many things that they do wrong. “They’re an awful good team right now,” Jones said. The Bombers, who have been to the last three Grey Cups, winning two, are off to a 4-2 start and Jones was asked if there were cracks in their armour. “I think they’re going to come out ready to play and we’d better be ready to play, too, because it’s going to be a tough game, for sure.” “I know they’re itching to come out here to prove that they weren’t the team that they were last week. “They just had a bad loss, so I know they’re going to come out hungry and ready to get a win,” Ceresna said. The stunning loss to Ottawa may have made the Bombers tougher to beat. “We just kind of rush as a group of four and try to cage them as best as we can.” “It’s just gap consciousness up front when we’re rushing,” Thomas said. “Obviously, we’ll have to sharpen up what we did last week but we’ve moved on to this week pretty quick.”īut how do you stop a running quarterback? “Obviously, they (Redblacks) moved the ball well on us the last couple of drives, so I imagine they’re going to try to run with Taylor Cornelius - he’s a pretty mobile quarterback,” said Bombers defensive lineman Jake Thomas. “The way that game finished was a good one, for sure, and I think it was good for the league.”Ĭornelius has also completed 68-of-114 passes for 843 yards and three touchdowns, with five interceptions. “Just to see the way they were able to play in the second half and what (Crum) was able to do with his legs, and he was throwing the ball well, too,” said Cornelius, who has rushed for 122 yards on 20 carries this season. Taylor Cornelius, another mobile quarterback, will start for Edmonton. "You know, we love the run, we love the run late in the game, so we’ve just got to make sure we get back to that and put ourselves in a position where we can continue to run it.”Ĭrum rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries versus Winnipeg, adding 261 yards in the air by completing 26-of-42 passes. We’ve just got to get back to what we do - just fire off the ball and play our game. “They put their best effort forward and we just have to match that, and that’s what we’re going to do. “Obviously, Ottawa played a good game,” said Winnipeg centre Chris Kolankowski. The Bombers hope to do a better job of blocking on Thursday. Sometimes, you’re chasing a ghost, sometimes, you’re not … That’s what makes this thing fun, too.” You look at what the other team did well against you, and you try to counter that. “It’s something you prepare for each week. “I’m sure (Edmonton head coach) Chris Jones and his staff and players have watched a bunch (of film) and understand what Ottawa did well against us defensively, and I’m sure they’ll try to imitate some of that, as well as well as having their own twist on it,” Collaros said. It would be the first of the season for the 0-6 Elks. “At the end of the day, Ottawa did a great job of (executing its game plan) last week, so we’re hoping to do the same - go in, execute our game plan and come out with a win.” “It’s pro football, so any team can beat any other team on any given day,” said Edmonton defensive lineman Jake Ceresna. The Redblacks stopped the Blue Bombers' rushing attack, put pressure on quarterback Zach Collaros, then rode rushing QB Dustin Crum to a come-from-behind 31-28 overtime victory over the Bombers on Saturday. The underdog Ottawa Redblacks drew up a blueprint for the winless Elks to follow when Edmonton takes on Winnipeg on Thursday.
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