When the BC lions are preparing for Saturday sauce, the defense coordinator Mike Benyvids personally learned how the drizzle on your plate in the last minute could make the aroma.
In his case, the role of thickened meat drops was filled with a couple of defenders with a fresh face, Levy Bell and Bradley Ana. Since the couple was laid out from the list of negotiations to defensive rotation a few weeks ago, Pass Lviv earned the star of Michelin.
“I was blessed to be in this league for 25 years. Once we occurred when we brought insulting tackles in 2014, which was supposed to come on Sunday and play this week, ”Benevids said about unusually effective late additions to Lviv. “This year was three times when the guy comes this week and plays, whether Levy or Bradley, and then, obviously, (defender TJ Lee) as a veteran.”
“The additions were outstanding. I think (BC Director General Ryan Rigmayden) and the rest of the team attracted new players who are outstanding, and we are recovering at the right time. ”
The defensive pressure was a weak point for lions, which contributed to a number of bad results. John's internal linear players and Thomasi Laulil were invariably influential, while the former most outstanding defender Mathieu Betts continued to create some violations from the edge, but the group as a whole tried to return home. The problems of the unit were strengthened only when the defensive end of the Sione Teuhema, which was lost due to an injured list of six games, as a result of which the front office tries to fight for decisions.
Enter Bell, which was signed by the team on August 28 and entered the field eight days later against Ottawa. Anae joined the fight a week later in similar circumstances – according to coincidence, the beginning of the current victorious series of the franchise. Both were the desired prospects in the exclusive list of the club’s negotiations, but their sudden arrival and tangible influence exceeded even the highest expectations.
“When you look at these two guys, they play physical, and they play quickly,” Benevids noted. “Many times now, protective ends do not win in bags. They are not last year, because the ball came out so quickly. You must be good and comfortable, being a guy out of speed to power. You could have all the bizarre movements that you want, but the balls play so quickly with these veterans.
Bell was desirable for several clower teams as insufficiency with an ongoing engine, bouncing from the list of NO, to the list of NO when he devoted his time to the NFL and UFL. Lions were lucky, holding his rights When he decided to come northAnd although his statistical influence was quietly all nine protective tackle in four games-sabbaths of Texas’s power led to the fact that he led this season to the fifth largest Run Defense Grade this season.
Ana's family tree was even better Like a former NFL draft in the fifth roundAnd he made a more surge in the box account. The consensus-assrooper from Utah made four protective equipment, one special team, supplying and stabbed a bag in each of the two games in which he played, including a strip bag last week. It earned him The highest weekly class of any defender in the league from PFFField
Nevertheless, no one shone brighter, since the new passages entered the fold than the acting star, Mathieu Betts. Now, being in the only control of the first place in the CFL bag, in the last three weeks there have been incredible nine from its 13 QB -data -salons, since the newly gained flexibility of the composition left it rested in favorable matches.
“This allowed us to rotate and just let these guys play, therefore, when it comes to the fourth quarter, No. 90 is ready to work,” Benevids admitted.
“We move him – he plays over the guard, he plays over the center, he plays for equipment. It is in several positions; They cannot just push it off the edge. Then, with other guys, he feels more fresh at the end. ”
Betts, typically, dismissed his recent surge of production, insisting that little has changed. Nevertheless, he shining with his new teammates and about the relationship that they brought to the league.
“It was good, they are both in their own way. I feel that they really liked being here, jumped to what we were doing and were open, ”he said. “Bradley, even during the game last week, just spending the time well; You see that he has fun to do it. I feel that when you do this, everything comes to you. Levy is just the one who works very hard and wants to succeed, cares about the success of the team. ”
Respect is more than mutual, since two American newcomers took time to choose the brain of a Canadian veteran. In practice, this week Bell and Betts stood in the background, passing through the groove movements when Anae turned to the media, contrasting this experience what he had when he entered the NFL with Dallas cowboys.
“I feel that he is also a coach. I can go to him anytime, and he instructs me. I am just grateful for this, ”he said. “Many guys are not the same, especially from the NFL. This is not so, this is all “you yourself, friend”, but not here. It was good. “
For Betts, the logic is simple, and the results are clear. When his production hesitated at the beginning of the year, quiet assumptions began that his mass contract could make it expenditure in the off -season. But, helping to attract two players that he could consider potential rivals for his work, he raised the team and discovered opportunities for himself in the process.
“We are focused on victory, and the more people we have on one page, the easier,” Betts said. “I placed myself in their place. You missed the training camp and two -thirds of the season, so if you want to come and really can help the team, you need to know what we are doing. This is what we tried to build. ”
Lions are now in the midst of a winning series of three games, supported by a passage, which suddenly has the second largest bag in the cells from 35. 17 of them occurred in four weeks since Bell broke the seal as the first addition at the end of the season, Creation of the former NFL Draw of the Second round and the starter of the 1st week of Kemoko Tour, which could be distributed in the processField
Now the play in the play -off home play -off is potentially returns to the menu when the team approaches the day of thanksgiving for a week. The victory over Calgary Stampeders will push the BC to the second place in the West on Saturday, and they are already well relying to own a tie-break thanks to the release of the 16th week, which came without anae in the line.
On the eve of the BC game, perhaps they made another impressive addition to their front Managing the 11th general draft Clit Hayden Harriswhich could rise this weekend. If he even had part of the blow during the segment, which was already made by Bell and Anae, this would be another huge success.
This is a terrible prospect for opponents, knowing that the unit has not yet reached its peak.
“There are still many things that they study on the fly,” Benevids said. “They are far from who they can be, but they just play physical and play diligently.”
On Saturday, October 4, BC Lions (8-7) will hold Calgary Stampeders (8-6) at the BC Place stadium, and Kickoff is scheduled for 19:00 eastern waist time. The game will be broadcast on TSN in Canada and CFL+ at the international level. Radio listeners can tune at 770 ChQR in Kalgary and 730 CKNW in Vancouver.
