There\u2019s no more room for error as we enter the final stretch of the 2025 regular season.<\/p>\n
All nine teams remain alive in the post-season race, with the Roughriders having already punched their ticket to the dance, but the playoff picture is getting clearer.<\/p>\n
And you know what they say about big-time stars making big-time plays. I\u2019m looking at you, Nathan Rourke<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here are the five PFF stats that stand out from Week 16, including two young quarterbacks making plays.<\/p>\n RELATED NATHAN ROURKE | QUARTERBACK | BC LIONS | 5 RUSHING FIRST DOWNS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n By now you might have heard that Nathan Rourke<\/a> had yet another stellar performance in Week 16.<\/p>\n What stands out from Rourke\u2019s game in the win over the Stampeders is just how much of a weapon he can be in the running game. While Don Landry pointed out in his weekly takeaways<\/a> that the Canadian pivot ranks eighth in overall rushing yards, Rourke also finished second among all players in rushing first downs in Week 16.<\/p>\n That\u2019s right, only Hamilton\u2019s Greg Bell<\/a> gained more first downs on the ground than Rourke this past week, highlighting the quarterback\u2019s ability to move the chains with his legs.<\/p>\n Rourke also forced five missed tackles, according to PFF, demonstrating an elusiveness that is usually reserved for the league\u2019s top skill-position players. All of that, coupled with his ability to win games through the air, places the signal-caller in both the Most Outstanding Canadian and Most Outstanding Player conversation, while also giving the Lions hope of making the post-season.<\/p>\n EUGENE LEWIS | RECEIVER | OTTAWA REDBLACKS | 4 CONTESTED CATCHES<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Receiver Eugene Lewis remains one of the best contested ball artists in the CFL and Week 16 was evidence of that.<\/p>\n The veteran pass-catcher caught nine of 12 targets for 155 yards in the loss to the Blue Bombers. While it wasn\u2019t enough to help his team get the win, it provides optimism that his connection with Dru Brown<\/a> can help the team put together a final stretch that keeps them in contention.<\/p>\n Lewis led the league in two important categories in Week 16, catching four of five contested catches and seven receiving first downs, according to PFF.<\/p>\n ANDREW CHATFIELD JR. | DEFENSIVE LINEMAN | 7 PRESSURES<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Andrew Chatfield Jr. was another Week 16 standout performer who was unable to lift his team to a win.<\/p>\n In a result-oriented business, performances like the one Chatfield Jr. just had can often get lost in the mix. Not here.<\/p>\n The defensive lineman was once again dominant in the trenches, finishing atop the league in pressures with seven (three hits, four hurries), according to PFF.<\/p>\n
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