With the BC Lions coming off a 32-29 loss to the Toronto Argonauts it’s time for the team to win out or pack their bags and book a vacation. With Saturday’s loss, the Lions fall to 4-7 which makes them 4th in the west, with the Calgary Stampeders holding the 3rd and final playoff spot. The good news is that in the next 3 weeks the Lions play the Stamps and the Elks at home, which means no bad Alberta weather. Also on the upside is that these are both winnable games, with Calgary and BC exchanging wins so far this year there is no reason why Mike Reilly can’t repeat the team’s August 12th win. The week 16 matchup against the Edmonton Elks shouldn’t even be a contest as the Elks sit at 2-8 and face the 2nd place Saskatchewan Roughriders in back-to-back weeks. Meaning that their playoff dreams are likely to be snuffed out and they will be vying for a higher draft pick. 

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In recent weeks the Lions offence has been an area of concern with quarterback Mike Rielly having no touchdown passes in the past 3 weeks and only averaging 150 yards through the air in the same stretch. However, Mike came back to life in Saturday’s game going 20/38 for 290 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. Aside from the 1 interception that is the type of quarterback play that the Lions need to see in order to make the playoffs. The issue in the game against the Argo’s was the kicking, kicker Jimmy Camacho missed 3 field goals that surely would have won the Lions game. This trend of missing kicks isn’t new to Jimmy as he has missed 5 of his last 6 field goal attempts, which is an unacceptable amount. If the BC Lions want a shot at getting the 3 seed in the west they are going to have to fix their kicking, let’s just hope that Jimmy Camacho can turn things around much like how Mike Rielly did.