Ronnie Yell back healthy and leading B.C. Lions’ resurgent secondary
SURREY, B.C. — Ronnie Yell dropped into coverage, read the play and was stunned by what unfolding in front of him.
With roughly 90 seconds left on the clock and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers set up at their own 32-yard line in a 42-42 tie, the B.C. Lions defensive back faked like he was going deep at the snap before camping out about 10 yards off the line of scrimmage.
Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols, who never took his eyes off the intended receiver to his left, was fooled as Yell jumped the route for a decisive interception last Friday to set up his team’s game-winning field goal.
“I just played the situation,” Yell recalled this week. “I couldn’t believe he threw it.”