Where are all the Points? A few thoughts on where all the points are going this season. This has been talked about by everyone, the lack of scoring this season. Lets talk about a couple of the things that could be affecting scoring in the CFL. Canadian ratio-changers Canadians starting at positions usually reserved for Internationals like running back. Calgary and BC both play Canadian running backs freeing up an American spot to go on defence. Calgary usually is able to start 11 Internationals on defence, which makes them a very fast defensive unit. With the talent of Nationals, teams are able to start six of their seven on offence and only one on defence. Addition of a fourth Designated Import Teams are allowed to play with four DIs this year; up from three last year. A lot of teams use three DIs on defence: one on the DL, one at LB, and one in the secondary. This allows for more substitutions of International defensive lineman every game, keeping everyone fresh on the defensive front. The LBer DI can be inserted in the game as either a run stopper or a coverage player. The DI in the secondary is inserted into teams extra defensive back coverage schemes. This allows for more sophisticated coverages and also a better ability to disguise coverage. For example, if you want to get the DI DB in the game for a National DB, the DI DB and a National DL would go in while the National DB and an International DL would go out. More complex coverages in todays CFL Defences have had to evolve to handle the offences of today and they have done a great job of it. When I was a coordinator in 2002 and 2003, the coverages you would see were much simpler; a lot of man coverage and forms of Three Deep coverage. Now a days, there are a lot of combination coverages and what is called pattern reading where DBs and LBs run underneath and right to cover the routes that they recognize compared to dropping into designated zones on the field. The defensive coaches in the league are very good and know what they are doing. They deserve a lot of credit for the job they do. Changes in personnel Take a look at some of the changes in QBs this season. Start in Montreal where a Hall of Fame QB in Anthony Calvillo is replaced by QBs with far less experience and reps in games. Henry Burris will probably be a Hall of Fame member and his numbers are not very good this season. He needs to take some of the blame but also having a very young team around can make it difficult to produce at a high level. Ricky Ray will be a first ballot Hall of Famer and he has been missing most of his receiving corps for a good part of the season, including former CFL Outstanding Player Chad Owens. I would think that would hurt your ability to score in the pass heavy CFL. Five teams (EDM, CGY, WPG, MTL, HAM) are all starting QBs who do not have a lot of experience and have not been full-time starters until this year. I know Mike Reilly was a full-time starter last year but it is still only his second year as a starter compared to the vets like Ray, Burris, and Kevin Glenn. There is still half a season to go and it will be interesting to see if the young QBs will settle down and whether the offences will begin to gel and start scoring more points. Tune in and watch! Stitched Hornets Jerseys . Jovanovski, the 2012 champ seeded fifth, will meet surprise Japanese qualifier Misa Eguchi on Friday. Eguchi, ranked 183rd, qualified for her first WTA main draw this week, then beat No. Malik Monk Jersey . 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Moments after his Brooklyn Nets teammates ran out onto the court to congratulate him following their 100-98 overtime win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday night, Johnson could only shake his head at scoring only 13 points on 6-of-19 shooting. But two of those shots were game-changers. The first, a short floater with 30 seconds left, sent the game into overtime. The second, a close-range teardrop, fell in as time expired. Johnson grabbed a loose ball tipped out to him by teammate Kevin Garnett and glided up the court as the clock ran down in overtime. "I knew I didnt have to take a rushed shot," Johnson said. "I just took my time coming up the court and got in the paint and made a play. I hesitated to make them (defenders) think I was going to pull up at the 3-point line. "I had to get as close as I could. Obviously, I couldnt make a shot to save my life tonight." Brook Lopez scored 25 of his 27 points in the second half and overtime and added seven rebounds and three blocked shots to help the Nets pick up their first road win of the season. The Suns had tied the game on a lob to P.J. Tucker for a dunk with 57 seconds left in overtime. Tucker scored 15 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and overtime for the Suns, who had been undefeated at home in four previous games. Tuckers 3-pointer out of the right corner with 39.1 seconds left in regulation gave the Suns a 92-90 lead, but Johnson tied it seconds later with his floater. Goran Dragic led five Suns in double figures with 19 points. Dragic, playing with 13 stitches near his left eye from a collision with Portlands Mo Williams on Wednesday, added 10 assists. The Nets lost point guard Deron Williams with 7:26 to play in the first quarter when he went down in a heap driving to the basket. Williams hopped off the court with what was determined to be a sprained left ankle and did not return. 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"Just not offensively but defensively, he was big for us," Nets coach Jason Kidd said. "You tip your hat to him." The Nets stayed hot in the third quarter, scoring the first 16 points. Lopez, with only two points at the break, had for 10 in the first six-plus minutes of the third. His layup off a pass from Livingston made the score 62-50 for Brooklyn and prompted a Phoenix timeout. "When teams get tough like that, you have to buckle down," Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. "Thats when other teams smell blood. They got a run going, then they turned up the defence." The Suns never led by more than four in the fourth quarter, and Johnsons driving layup with 5:21 to play gave the Nets an 84-83 lead. "They are more experienced than us, and they made the tough shot and we didnt," Dragic said. "But thats part of the sport." 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