The Lions made the announcement a couple days ago when they released a bunch of players including Will Arndt, the other primary candidate for the job. https://3downnation.com/2021/07/26/b-c-lions-hc-rick-camp... /

I see that mike Reilly was pulled from practice today... wonder if Nathan might start Friday.

you'd be interested to know Nathan is ahead of Shea Patterson on Lions depth chart.

pretty sure there were mock NFL drafts with Shea at #1 overall...... says something about mock drafts, I think

This is the latest word i've seen on Reilly. Looks like he is just on a "Pitch count" to be ready for friday's game.

https://www.bclions.com/2021/08/04/reilly-remains-optimis... /

hardcore lions fan base doesn't want reilly to start friday night in regina

https://www.lionbackers.com/bc_lions/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=...

not so good early on for Nathan, although the Lions had far bigger problems than that early.

strange logical decision. but lions bring in Reilly down big.. he does well and sask scores only a few more points.

and then Nathan came back in late and looked really good.

shocking, but arguably if BC had better FG kicking they would have won this game .. of course, maybe Sask scores more later on themselves in that scenario

I did not expect Rourke to start and missed most of his first half. It definitely doesn't look like the league is too big for him. His skill set seems to fit perfectly and his arm strength seems to be fine for the CFL. I also think that there is no way Reilly, the starting QB, gets better without a long rest. His arm strength looked terrible. I would expect to see lots of Rourke this season.

tale of 2 cities on Nathan...

he was terrible early on (i don't blame him. and new CFL QB's have huge problems usually)

then they brought him back in late (and NOT garbage minutes), and he was awesome.

BC fans were on balance very happy with Nathan :)

with a new CFL QB, the ball is different... but more importantly, the game flows differently than american football. unlimited motion at line and receivers can do motion towards the line, timing the snap.. so the play develops completely differently than NCAA/NFL.... and 10 year vets have it down completely cold. like clockwork.

Mike Reilly, the Lions starter, is a soap opera unto himself.... no idea why you would not start him but bring him in down 21 early. i don't see the logic. they say they worked on him with massage and he got better with that. so he could go in LOL

Milt Stegall, TSN panelist and former Miami(Ohio)/Cincinnati Bengal WR was scathing on BC's decision to bring Reilly into the game.

confused on Reilly.... his stat line was really good, but he threw a bunch of wounded ducks.

Here's the TSN panel after the game. They really ripped into the decision making, or lack thereof for the fiasco that occurred. The good thing for Nathan is that he seemed to impress people for being thrown into the situation without much preperation.
https://www.tsn.ca/CFL/video/should-reilly-have-been-allo...