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Bombers extend Eskimos’ dubious streak

Winnipeg's Odell Willis sacks Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray (15) in the primitive quarter Saturday night at Canad Inns Stadium.

The Edmonton Eskimos concisely fought to avoid defeat, but now have posted their worst loss streak to start the season in more than four decades.

The Eskimos were thoroughly dominated timely by the hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday night and eventually knock down 47-21 at Canad Inns Stadium.

Edmonton lost its fourth close. game to begin the season — a dubious feat the franchise hasn't seen seeing that 1965.

"Bad start, turnovers and then we battled our way back in and at that time we were putting together a good drive to make it a undivided-score game and I had the interception," said Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray.

"We're rightful making a lot of turnovers, a lot of key mistakes and it's virtuous been every game. We've just got to find a progression to stop doing that because that's what's killing us."

Winnipeg (2-2) stopped a sum of ~ units-game losing skid by hammering the Eskimos on defence in the primary half before pulling away in the game's final 15 minutes.

Defensive cessation Odell Willis was all over Ray early on.

Willis harassed the hinge with a sack and a batted pass. His also stripped Ray in the beginning 15 minutes, which led to the Blue Bombers' first points of the valorous.

Ray was sacked three times in the first quarter and Edmonton could collected show only six yards during that time.

Blue Bombers quarterback Steven Jyles, replacing the injured Buck Pierce, was grave in his first start of the season.

Improvising pays off

Jyles threw towards 267 yards and one touchdown, including an improvised 46-yard toss to receiver Terence Jeffers-Harris in the second quarter. He rushed ~ the sake of two other scores, but also tossed two interceptions.

"If Buck is salubrious to go, he was the starter and I was the backup. That was my role since a backup," said Jyles, 27, whose first start was in 2008 with a view to Saskatchewan.

"I'm just happy that the guys depended on me at the time that Buck got hurt and I was able to get them a get ."

Ray, meanwhile, suffered through a miserable game as he was intercepted two times and was sacked four times.

Ray finished the game completing 18-of-25 passes concerning 202 yards and a pair of TDs.

"They stepped up today. I'm surpassingly proud of them guys," said Jyles of the Winnipeg defence.

Winnipeg scored at 4:04 of the rudimentary quarter to grab the early 7-0 advantage. Willis forced the globe loose and it fell into the hands of Moton Hopkins.

The defensive lineman by-word nothing but a green field en route to a 36-three feet touchdown return.

After Edmonton punter Noel Prefontaine conceded two points, the Bombers scored forward their next drive. Jyles led a three-play, 54-yard take in a carriage, leading to a four-yard TD run by tailback Fred Reid, who state Winnipeg up 16-0 midway through the opening quarter.

Jyles hereafter worked his magic more than four minutes into the second. The backup hinge scrambled to get away from an Edmonton rush and throw transversely his body to Jeffers-Harris, who did the rest to bestow the Bombers a 23-point lead.

However, a blocked field-goal try allowed the Eskimos to march down the field and score a finally-second TD by slotback Jason Barnes.

The score seemed to ~ up the Eskimos, who cut Winnipeg's lead to 23-14 pure 5:00 into the third quarter.

After linebacker Javier Glatt pointed off Jyles, Ray engineered an eight-play, 54-yard scoring aim, ending when running back Calvin McCarty took a shuffle pass from the Edmonton QB and powered seven yards towards the touchdown.

But kicker Alex Serna nailed a 45-yarder without interrupti~ Winnipeg's next drive, giving the Blue Bombers a 26-14 allure.

The Eskimos appeared headed for another touchdown until Winnipeg cornerback LaVar Glover intercepted Ray and scampered accomplished midfield.

Glover's big play was the turning point of the game as it allowed Jyles to score on a two-yard TD elapse early in the fourth quarter, extending Winnipeg's advantage to 33-14.

The teams on that account combined for 21 points to finish off the high-scoring function.

The loss will add fuel to speculation that Richie Hall desire be fired if he fails to turn the team around, ~-end the Eskimos' second-year head coach isn't worrying about it.

"Why should I?" asked Hall. "Why worry about things that I have no control over? Like I said the other age, if something happens the sun will come up tomorrow and we'll get on with life."

With files from The Canadian Press