Not good enough

Frankly, the score flattered the Riders in last night's 26-23 loss to the Toronto Argos. They were beaten by the Hall of Fame quarterback combination of Spergon Wynn and Eric Crouch! Mind you, the green guys made it interesting with a couple of late scores, and were a blown two-point convert away from sending the game to overtime. But, the aforementioned Mr. Crouch was able to scamper for a key first down that effectively salted the game away - despite a long completion from Kerry Joseph to Matt Dominguez on the final play of the game.

Here's what went wrong: 1) Pass protection. Where was it? The so-called best offensive line in the CFL looked like anything but against the Argos pass rush. 2) Pass coverage. Where was it? The Riders secondary - the alleged strength of the defense - consistently let Toronto receivers get open in second and long situations.

Here's what went right: Andy Fantuz had his coming-out party at receiver. The rookie is making a strong case for increased playing time.

So, next week the Calgary Stampeders - stinging from a spanking by the B.C. Lions - come to town. Calgary's quarterback likes to throw the ball downfield a bit. Here's hoping the Riders db's put in a much better effort, or the Stamps could put up some huge numbers. Again.