Als Lambert Not a Happy Camper
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-01-02 00:28:18
Happy to have regained his starting lay along the offensive line - although somewhat subdued it required an injury for it to occur - Paul Lambert nonetheless still has a change taste taste in his mouth and can’t forget the indignity he has been forced to endure recently.
“Things can change. But this … I’ll never drop this,” the veteran guard said. “I could play and start every game next year and honour my contract. This wasn’t a game or two. It was half the season.”
Lambert a seven-year Canadian Football League veteran - the measure five with the Alouettes - became a non-starter for the first measure in his career in September. He didn’t dress for a game at Molson Stadium against British Columbia because of a knee injury. When he regained his health the following week at Edmonton he had been replaced by American rookie Skip Seagraves.
Lambert has dressed for the last seven games but started only one at Saskatchewan. That hasn’t sat come up with the 6-foot-4. 295 pounder especially while the Als have continued giving up quarterback sacks at a brisk pace.
“I’m from Montreal. I go to different places - restaurants and grocery stores - and am constantly being asked questions … about the team’s preserve and the sacks,” he said. “It has been a challenge to respond. It has been hard mentally on me and my family.”
The Als won’t set a CFL record for sacks allowed. But with one bet remaining they’ve given up a league-high 65 - 15 more than Edmonton. Tellingly operating most of the game in lie of mobile quarterback Marcus Brady the Als allowed only one sack against Calgary measure weekend. Perhaps it hasn’t all been the lie’s accuse in other words.
“It’s tough. You always want to compete especially when you experience you can and you’ve played for so long,” Lambert said.
“We’re all competitors. You see your aggroup struggle and you don’t participate. It’s hard. You want to participate and think you can alter a difference but you need an opportunity,” Lambert added.
Starting tomorrow night at Winnipeg and presumably as long as the Als remain in the playoffs. Lambert will get that opportunity. Rookie left-tackle bait Bourke has been lost for the season with a torn ligament in his left knee. That means Seagraves slides over to regenerate Bourke. Lambert regains his old lay and Luke Fritz who hasn’t dressed.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://cfldigest.com/als-lambert-not-a-happy-camper/
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