Spotlighting players that stood out to me in the film review of the week 19 clash between the Montreal Alouettes and Ottawa RedBlacks. The Alouettes emerge victorious 30-10 in their final home game of the regular season.
Stand Out Performances Among Alouettes
Jonathan of the Game: S Marc-Antoine Dequoy
Alouettes’ safety Marc-Antoine Dequoy had an extremely impressive game in which he made a big impact on special teams early in the match, blocking a punt on the 10th play of the game and taking it to the house to open up the game’s scoring on the 9th play. He was officially credited with 2 pass breakups in the game, but in my tracking, I attributed him to breaking up 3 passes in the game. He had 5 targets come his way and only 1 resulted in a completion, which was for 5 yards. He had 3 tackles and a sack in the game.
Dequoy had an excellent game, earning him the title of Jonathan of the Game.
The Entire Montreal Secondary, No Fly Zone
Dustin Crum did not have a lot of success downfield, which is not a rare problem for quarterbacks against Montreal. The 5 starting defensive backs kept it locked down. As mentioned, Dequoy only allowed 1 reception for 5 yards. CB Lorenzo Burns had 2 completions come his way (11 and 4 yards) while Kabion Ento had 1 target come his way, which fell incomplete. Halfback Ciante Evans had 1 completion come his way for 7 yards, while Wesley Sutton had 1 target come his 1, which he broke up.
Unsung Hero: Montreal DT Dylan Wynn
Officially, Wynn was credited with 2 tackles as the CFL only credits 1 player per tackle. Wynn was a bright spot in run defense in a game that saw the opposing starting running back shine. Wynn was in on 4 shared run stops, 3 of which were against William Stanback. There was 1 rushing play down the middle for 17 yards with Wynn on the field, but the majority of the ground success for Ottawa was to the outside in this contest.
Montreal DE Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund
Adeyemi-Berglund didn’t appear on the stats sheet, but he had the most pressures generated in the pass rush. There were 5 plays in which he generated pressure on Dustin Crum in scenarios against a blocker.
Montreal LB Darnell Sankey
Sankey led the team in tackles with 8, including a solo and shared run stop. He was kept busy in a game that frequently saw Ottawa make short passes.
Montreal LB Tyrice Beverette
Beverette is always impactful. In this game, he had 6 tackles, including a sack, a solo run stop, shared run stop. He had 4 targets come his way, resulting in 2 completions for 22 yards. LB Najee Murray was also effective for Montreal with 5 tackles, a sack, and 2 stops against the pass.
Stand Out Performances Among RedBlacks
William Stanback Strong Game Against Old Team
William Stanback played great, rushing 11 times for 73 yards (6.64 average) and a 15-yard touchdown diving for the pylon. He had 2 missed tackles forced on his rushes. He also caught 4 of his 5 targets for 41 yards, making him Ottawa’s second most productive in receiving yards.
Ottawa LG Samuel Carson
Cason was the only starting offensive lineman in this game that I did not attribute to allow a pressure that was the primary source of pressure, although he did allow pressure on 1 play in the 2nd quarter that was a secondary source of pressure on that play. He also made a key block on Stanback’s 17-yard rush up the middle.
Among the starting DBs, Montreal had only 7 targets come their way, resulting in 5 completions for 27 yards.
Ottawa CB CJ Coldon
Coldon had 3 tackles, including a shared solo stop against the pass and a shared one. He had 5 targets come his way, resulting in 3 completions for 13 yards. All but one of his targets resulted in 4 yards or less.
Strong Day in Special Teams for Montreal
Montreal K Jose Maltos
Maltos went 5 for 5 on field goals with the longest being from 53 yards. 4 of his field goals were 47 yards or longer. He also made both extra points. The majority of his kicks were tightly down the middle.
Montreal Punter Joseph Zema
Zema punted 6 times for 282 yards (47 average) with 4 punts that stuck out to me as beauties landing inside Ottawa’s 15. His placements limited Ottawa to 7.8 yards per punt return despite a 19-yard return.
One Last Thing
I’m highly impressed with Montreal’s young linemen on the right side of the field. Rookie right tackle Tiger Shanks has only 1 pressure allowed in each of the last 2 games by my count. 1st year starter Donny Ventrelli has only 1 pressure allowed in the last 2 games.
