{"id":102585,"date":"2025-08-28T05:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102585\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:59:08","slug":"edmonton-elks-move-steven-dunbar-jr-robbie-smith-to-six-game-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102585\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Elks move Steven Dunbar Jr., Robbie Smith to six-game injured list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AB9I7214-scaled-e1756355103232.jpg\" data-caption=\"Photo courtesy: Paul Yates\/B.C. Lions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"443\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AB9I7214-scaled-e1756355103232-696x443.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Steven Dunbar Jr.\"\/><\/a>Photo courtesy: Paul Yates\/B.C. Lions<\/p>\n<p>It appears the Edmonton Elks will be without two key starters for the foreseeable future as receiver Steven Dunbar Jr. and defensive lineman Robbie Smith have been placed on the six-game injured list, according to the CFL\u2019s transactions page.<\/p>\n<p>Dunbar Jr. has caught 44 passes for 511 yards and two touchdowns over 10 regular-season games with the Elks to lead the team in receptions and yardage. The 29-year-old native of New Orleans, La. has caught 274 passes for 3,836 yards and 22 touchdowns over 70 career CFL regular-season games with Edmonton and Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has recorded 16 defensive tackles with Edmonton through eight regular-season games. The 28-year-old native of Brampton, Ont. joined the team as <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/02\/17\/edmonton-elks-make-robbie-smith-cfls-highest-paid-defensive-player\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a high-priced free agent<\/a> following a five-year run with the Toronto Argonauts during which he made 127 defensive tackles, 30 special teams tackles, 20 sacks, three forced fumbles, and one interception, winning two Grey Cups.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Elks (4-6) will visit the Calgary Stampeders (7-3) at McMahon Stadium on Monday, September 1 with kickoff slated for 6:00 p.m. EDT. The Elks are riding a three-game winning streak, while the Stampeders beat up Saskatchewan last week to sweep the season series.<\/p>\n<p>The weather forecast in Calgary calls for a high of 27 degrees with a mix of sun and cloud. The game will be broadcast on TSN in Canada, CBS Sports Network in the United States, and CFL+ internationally. Radio listeners can tune-in on 880 CHED in Edmonton and 770 CHQR in Calgary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Paul Yates\/B.C. Lions It appears the Edmonton Elks will be without two key starters for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-102585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}