TORONTO \u2014 A showdown between East Division rivals kicks off Week 16 when the Montreal Alouettes head to BMO Field to take on the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n
Montreal picked up arguably its biggest win of the season, defeating the West Division-leading Saskatchewan Roughriders, 48-31, last week to snap a five-game losing streak.<\/p>\n
Toronto earned a big victory of its own over the Edmonton Elks.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for both teams ahead of Friday\u2019s 7:00 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n
RELATED MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n 1. MCLEOD BETHEL-THOMPSON<\/p>\n Head coach Jason Maas finally had a quarterback lead the way when McLeod Bethel-Thompson<\/a> threw for 379 yards and three touchdowns a week ago. What better time for an encore performance than on the road against a team he won a Grey Cup with?<\/p>\n 2. SCOOTIN\u2019 STEVIE SCOTT III<\/p>\n With the Argos allowing over 100 yards per game on the ground, Stevie Scott III will have a chance to build on his 19-carry, 125-yard performance from Week 15.<\/p>\n 3. MAKE THEM FEEL THE PRESSURE<\/p>\n Montreal has 28 sacks and 12 forced fumbles on the season. Creating chaos and opportunities on defence will only help the offence get in sync.<\/p>\n TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n 1. IT\u2019S JARRET DOEGE\u2019S DAY<\/p>\n Starting quarterback Nick Arbuckle<\/a> is out with a calf injury, and Chad Kelly<\/a> is not yet ready to go, so it will be Jarret Doege<\/a> guiding the offence. Doege completed three passes for 35 yards to help set up the game-winning field goal in relief of Arbuckle last week, but hasn\u2019t seen consistent action since 2023 with Edmonton.<\/p>\n 2. WHERE\u2019S TYSON PHILPOT?<\/p>\n The Argos need to keep the ball out of the hands of Als\u2019 star receiver Tyson Philpot<\/a>, who pulled down nine passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns against the Riders. Toronto\u2019s secondary has been solid this season, allowing a fourth-best 278.2 yards per game on the back of strong play from Benjie Franklin<\/a> and Tarvarus McFadden<\/a>.<\/p>\n 3. PRESSURE OF THEIR OWN<\/p>\n The play at the line of scrimmage will be worth watching as the Argos have 30 sacks and 12 forced fumbles on their resume. One way to make sure Bethel-Thompson isn\u2019t able to get into rhythm is to force him into quick decision-making. Defensive lineman Derek Parish<\/a> did a good job of that against the Elks, and linebacker Wynton McManis<\/a> has been known to be a thorn in the side of opposing offences.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n Toronto can move into a tie with Montreal for second in the West Division with a win.
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\nMontreal has won both meetings this year and is looking to sweep the season series.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 A showdown between East Division rivals kicks off Week 16 when the Montreal Alouettes head to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-153028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153028","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=153028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}