\u201cWe are what we put on tape and right now we\u2019re an 0-2 football team,\u201d Lions defensive end Mathieu Betts said in an interview on the team\u2019s YouTube channel afterward. \u201cIt\u2019s on us. It\u2019s on the players, it\u2019s on the coaching staff, to look at ourselves in the mirror, turn this thing around and be 1-0 next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one game at a time. It\u2019s always been that way.\u00a0 As of right now, we\u2019ve lost two games. It\u2019s not the end of the world, but if we keep playing that way it\u2019s going to be hard for us to go where we want to be be.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Receiver Keon Hatcher (thigh) was a game-time decision for the Lions. When the team opted to sit him out after the warm-up, he joined fellow pass catchers Stanley Berryhill (thigh), Seven McGee (foot) and Jevon Cottoy (thigh) on the sidelines for the coach Buck Pierce\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n
Receiver Kieran Poissant left the game Friday as well after taking a knee in the back while making a block.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Berryhill, Cottoy and McGee are on the six-game injured list. Receiver Nate DeMontagnac (shoulder), who was B.C.\u2019s first-round pick in this year\u2019s CFL draft, is on the list as well after getting hurt in the preseason.<\/p>\n
Mitchell was 15-of-18 for 285 yards for the game. Along with the 56-yard passes to Kiondre Smith and Myron Mitchell, he also had a 49-yard connection with Kenny Lawler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lions had trouble with the deep pass in their season-opening 31-27 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/a>, too, as Saskatchewan quarterback Trevor Harris had completions of 52, 38 and 37 yards as part of his 30-of-36, 417-yard effort.<\/p>\n Hamilton connected on so many big plays Friday that they won handily despite having the ball for 24:39, compared to B.C\u2019s 35:21 time of possession.<\/p>\n Nathan Rourke was 24-of-35 for 291 yards for B.C., with one touchdown and one interception. Chase Brice finished the game at quarterback for the Lions was 6-of-7 for 87 yards, with one touchdown.<\/p>\n Rookie receiver Nick Cenacle, who was B.C.\u2019s fifth-round pick in this year\u2019s draft, had nine catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns in his CFL debut.<\/p>\n @SteveEwen<\/p>\n SEwen@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Sorry Toronto, but here are four reasons why Vancouver is a better World Cup host city<\/p>\n![\"Fan](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8965b727-9e8e-475d-902d-c01f74dc4738-copy.jpg\")
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