{"id":167601,"date":"2025-09-25T04:09:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T04:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167601\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T04:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T04:09:04","slug":"qb-vernon-adams-jr-expected-to-start-for-calgary-stampeders-in-week-17-despite-back-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167601\/","title":{"rendered":"QB Vernon Adams Jr. expected to start for Calgary Stampeders in Week 17 despite back injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy: Leah Hennel\/CFL.ca<\/p>\n

Despite an injury scare last week, Vernon Adams Jr. is expected to be back at the helm of the Calgary Stampeders for their Week 17 clash with the Montreal Alouettes.<\/p>\n

Adams was a full participant in practice on Wednesday after being limited by a back injury during the first two sessions of the week. He is listed as available for Friday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looks good to go,\u201d head coach Dave Dickenson told play-by-play voice Mark Stephen<\/a>. \u201c(We) feel good that he\u2019s passed all the hurdles he needs to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams was forced out of action on the first series of the third quarter in his team\u2019s Week 16 loss to the B.C. Lions. The 32-year-old was pulled from the game by the injury spotter after a late blow to the head from a defender\u2019s forearm on a late slide appeared to cause him a loss of balance. Though he was not allowed to return, the Stampeders have remained adamant that he is not dealing with a head injury, but rather a back issue as a result of being kneed on the play.<\/p>\n

Prior to exiting the contest, Adams Jr. was 11-of-16 passing for 125 yards and two interceptions. His replacement, P.J. Walker, was also unable to finish the game and is expected to miss the remainder of the year with a right shoulder injury. The club elevated Josh Love onto the active roster as a result and re-signed former backup Logan Bonner.<\/p>\n

In 12 games since joining the Stampeders, Adams Jr. has thrown for 2,951 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions. He has also rushed for 203 yards and one major.<\/p>\n

The Calgary Stampeders (8-5) will visit the Montreal Alouettes (7-7) at Percival Molson Stadium on Friday, September 26 with kickoff slated for 7:00 p.m. EDT. The Stampeders are coming off a blowout loss to the B.C. Lions, while the Alouettes narrowly beat the Toronto Argonauts on the road.<\/p>\n

The weather forecast in Montreal calls for a high of 23 degrees with a mix of sun and cloud. The game will be broadcast on TSN and RDS in Canada and CFL+ internationally. Radio listeners can tune-in on 770 CHQR in Calgary and TSN 690 in Montreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Leah Hennel\/CFL.ca Despite an injury scare last week, Vernon Adams Jr. is expected to be back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-167601","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\/167601","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=167601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}