Vernon Adams Jr. has watched the B.C. Lions’ struggles from a unique vantage point.
And the quarterback’s assessment of what’s plagued the team is simple.
“Just overall not being good enough,” he said Friday. “And that starts all the way upstairs to downstairs. So we just haven’t been good enough and we hope to turn that around going into playoffs.”
Adams is set to make his first start in 79 days on Saturday as the Lions (8-9) close out their regular-season campaign against the league-leading Montreal Alouettes (12-3-1).
The 31-year-old American QB went down with a knee injury on Aug. 1, and was replaced in the lineup by Nathan Rourke, who made his return to the CFL following two years in the NFL.
B.C. has fought to find consistency with Rourke, going 3-5 during his starts.
Lions head coach and co-general manager Rick Campbell announced on Tuesday he would start …