Whereas Wally Buono was raised to the Wall of Fame, the B.C. Lions performed like legends themselves in dominating win over Calgary.
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The B.C. Lions bought Vernon Adams Jr. again.
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Their swagger got here alongside, too.
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The Leos diced up the Calgary Stampeders offence, demolished them defensively, and danced the whole time en path to a dominating 37-9 win Saturday evening at B.C. Place.
Adams, again in motion after lacking two video games with a knee damage, had 234 yards passing and three touchdowns by halftime. He completed the evening 23-of-32 for 322 yards, 4 TD tosses and one interception.
As a staff, the Lions (7-2) had 343 yards in web offence to Calgary’s 204. The Stamps (3-6) might solely handle 204, with QB Jake Maier not even cracking 100 yards passing till 5 minutes stays within the third. He completed the evening with 131 yards on 17-of-31 passing.
Even particular groups bought in on the act, with Mathieu Betts bursting untouched by way of the road on a punt within the second quarter, attending to punter so quick he didn’t get credit score for a block, however a pressured fumble. It led to a Taquan Mizzell six-yard landing reception.
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The Leos go rush solely bought credited with one sack — credited to first-year participant Amir Siddiqi, however had Maier underneath stress all evening, forcing each early and errant throws.
The Lions are again in motion subsequent Sunday, once they journey to Regina to tackle the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Riders misplaced 41-12 to Montreal on Friday, dropping starter Mason Fantastic to a leg damage, and he’ll probably miss subsequent week’s recreation as nicely.
The most important dance celebration of the evening was for Fortunate Whitehead’s fourth-quarter landing. The 25-yard rating was his first of the yr and the Lions’ receiver led a number of completely different celebrations earlier than heading to the sideline with the ball, and getting an enormous hug from injured receiver Dominique Rhymes as he did.
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Hatcher was the primary recipient of Adams’ passes Saturday, pulling in 9 catches for 170 yards and a TD, bettering his earlier profession excessive of 160 set in 2022.
Kicker Sean Whyte was 3-for-3 on the evening, extending his streak to twenty straight subject objectives.
Calgary did themselves no favours, getting with 11 accepted penalty flags costing them 130 yards in subject place.
NEXT GAME
Sunday, Aug. 20
Saskatchewan Roughriders vs. B.C. Lions
4 p.m., Mosaic Stadium, TV: TSN, Radio: AM730
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