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Then on Saturday against Hamilton, they actually led the game with 1:55 to play in the first half before the walls came crashing down around them in what wound up as a 51-8 loss. And while quarterback play is always going to be the lightning rod for criticism - especially in Edmonton given the context - the Eskimos stumbles appear to have less to do with whats going on under centre than elsewhere on the field. Over the past losses during which Kerry Joseph has handled most of the snaps, Edmontons quarterbacks have completed roughly 65 per cent of their passes, amassing an average of well over three hundred yards per game with four touchdown passes and two interceptions. Most teams would take those stats and most would win with them (Oddly enough, Joseph has statistically outplayed Ricky Ray the past three games, even though Ray has led Toronto to consecutive wins over Hamilton and a narrow loss to B.C.). The problem for Edmonton is its defence hasnt performed nearly as well as it did during the first six weeks of the season - when they were regularly limiting opponents to fewer than 20 points per game. A slew of injuries along the defensive line have a large part to do with this, a weakness the Tiger-Cats managed to exploit on Saturday. But the biggest factor in Edmontons recent struggles is the absence of a good running game, ironic for a team that boasts three elite backs on its roster in Cory Boyd, Hugh Charles and Jerome Messam. Edmontons running backs have failed to combine for more than 50 yards in any of the past three games which is partly because the Esks have handed the ball off just 13, 11 and 10 times the past three weeks. The fact that Edmonton yesterday added offensive advisor David Kelly to the mix is intriguing, to say the least. Kelly, a longtime NCAA coach, was a guest coach during training camp after being recommended by Montreal head coach Marc Trestman. We can assume hes not there to cut the grass on the practice field, so the Esks clearly feel something is missing from their offensive game plan. All of which suggests theres some pressure around an offence that ranks ahead only of Winnipeg in most key offensive categories. With Joseph out due to injury, the pressure is now squarely on Jyles - who will make his first start in four weeks against the Lions on Saturday night having only played sparingly since leaving a game in Toronto on Aug. 27. Jyles is 5-3 as a starter, compared to Joseph who is 0-3. But Jyles is the only quarterback in the league this season besides Winnipegs Joey Elliott and Alex Brink who is completing fewer than 60 per cent of his passes. With a new offensive guru on the sidelines, a three-game winning streak to snap and tough opponents in B.C. and Calgary ahead on the schedule, if Jyles is going to prove worthy of grabbing the quarterback role in Edmonton for the future, it best be about now. -- The return of linebacker Solomon Elimimian to the B.C. Lions marks the end of the CFL era in which players were allowed to test the NFL headed into the option of year of their CFL contracts. The arrangement began as part of a deal the CFL made back in the late 1990s when the NFL loaned it money to keep from going into bankruptcy. However, once the load was repaid, the CFL decided to maintain the policy, believing it was actually good for the league when it came to attracting players. The thinking was that if American players knew there was a way to get out of their contracts early to pursue an NFL opportunity, the CFL would be able to attract more good players. That thinking changed under commissioner Mark Cohon when the option-year NFL window was not included in the leagues latest CBA with its players, signed during the summer of 2010. The question some are asking, however, is - should the league bring it back? There may be no more hotly debated topic among CFL executives these days as several general managers argue passionately for its reinstatement, arguing that the league is missing out on so many good players who would be playing in the CFL were it not for the demand that they commit two full seasons. While fans and teams understandably dont want a league of players who are in the CFL and then gone a year later, the counter argument says that great players will eventually find their way to the NFL anyway, and the number who would actually be one-and-done in the CFL would be relatively small. 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