Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/a> (12-4) in the division would give them home-field advantage for the West semifinal.<\/p>\n2) GETTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT<\/p>\n
When the Stamps were rolling early season, Ren\u00e9 Paredes wasn\u2019t called on often.<\/p>\n
But the veteran kicker has stayed ready and was the difference on the scoreboard for the much of Saturday\u2019s contest.<\/p>\n
Paredes had a 5-of-6 day in the field-goal department, hitting four early to help set the Stamps up for victory. The 40-yard old hit from 42, 32 and 29 yards out in the first quarter and followed with a 13-yarder in the second in leading them to a 20-6 halftime lead and giving them a shot of needed confidence.<\/p>\n
Paredes also nailed a pivotal 37-yarder in the fourth quarter to give his side insurance points in staving off the Ticats comeback bid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want more touchdowns in the green zone down there, but Ren\u00e9 was automatic,\u201d Adams said. \u201cHe did his thing, but we just got to help the team out a little more \u2014 get a few more touchdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n
The kicker\u2019s only miss came from 54 yards away, hardly one at which to point a finger.<\/p>\n
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Calgary Stampeders\u2019 Ludovick Choquette (28) on his way to a touchdown run during first half CFL football game action against the Hamilton Tiger Cats in Hamilton, Ont., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.<\/p>\n
3) RUN, ROOKIE, RUN<\/p>\n
Rookie running back Ludovick Choquette had himself his best game of a young career, stepping up with workhorse Dedrick Mills limited in gameplay by a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n
In particular, Choquette was solid in the first half with 72 yards on five carries, including the big one \u2014 a 44-yard charge through the line and bounce off defenders for a key touchdown. The rush by the Stamps\u2019 sixth-round pick in the 2025 CFL Draft finally converted six points for the visitors after they\u2019d settled for five field-goal attempts by Paredes \u2014 four of which were made \u2014 in helping put them up by 14 at halftime.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, we go through the week and we prepare for this stuff,\u201d Choquette told TSN\u2019s Jermaine Franklin at halftime. \u201cIt takes all the team\u2019s effort. We executed, and we just put it home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the run game equals toughness. So if we\u2019re able to keep running the ball the whole game, we\u2019ll be able to put points on the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
They did so, with help from Mills, who proved to be healthy enough to rush for the last 11 yards of a third-quarter TD drive to make it 27-13, shoved his way in for a fourth-quarter four-yard TD and finished with 105 yards on 17 carries despite his shoulder issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s just been plan all season, man,\u201d Mills told TSN. \u201cThe identity of our offence is the run game. We just got to stick to it and keep running the ball and keep pressing down the field. I believe my offensive line and I trust in my team to give me the holes and give me the blocks to get down the field and just make plays.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMills and our offensive line, they\u2019ve been running all hard all year,\u201d added Adams. \u201cEven our rookie, Ludo, came out and showed some good things for us, so that was huge, and it kind of opens the path a little bit. So if we can keep running like that man and stay healthy, I think we\u2019ll be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
4) ADAMS FINDS CONFIDENCE<\/p>\n
Adams himself was more than OK on the day. In fact, he was better than Ticats counterpart and Stamps legend Bo Levi Mitchell.<\/p>\n
Talk of the Ticats QB earning the CFL\u2019s Most Valuable Player award has been ever big these days.<\/p>\n
Once upon a time this season, Adams was in that conversation, too.<\/p>\n
Sure, Bo Levi got his yards \u2014 306 \u2014 and TDs \u2014 two \u2014 on Saturday, but Adams was every bit as solid. In fact, he was more effective, coming out early to use his feet for a few first downs to loosen up the Ticats defence and leading the team from there.<\/p>\n
It was the kind of start the team needed \u2014 and the Stamps built on it, scoring on five of their seven drives for the 20-6 halftime edge. Mark Vassett punted just once in the half, and the other miss came on that wide-right Paredes long-bomb field-goal attempt.<\/p>\n
In the second half, Adams continued showing he was comfy throwing the ball \u2014 something that was lost during the skid. And his late-game bomb over the top to receiver Erik Brooks for 69 yards kept his nickname \u2018Big-play V.A.\u2019 in play and has to have given him confidence he\u2019d admitted to losing over the last month.<\/p>\n
Adams went 15-of-23 for 257 yards and \u2014 most importantly \u2014 kept it clean with no turnovers.<\/p>\n
5) GREENE MACHINE<\/p>\n
Defensive back Adrian Greene appears to be healthy and on point again, and that spells good news for the Stampeders defence.<\/p>\n
His early interception \u2014 the fifth for him on the campaign \u2014 announced he\u2019s back playing at the level he was at before a leg injury sidelined him earlier this season. It was a beauty, as Greene outsmarted Bo Levi on an out-route pass thrown and stepped in front of the intended receiver to pilfer the pigskin.<\/p>\n
A healthy Greene is big given the position he plays. The field-side cornerback is often on an island left to his own devices out there. But Greene appears to have the devices to play that spot with the kind of confidence that helps free up the rest of the defence to attack the quarterback, which it did often Saturday with two sacks from each of Charles Wiley and Clarence Hicks.<\/p>\n
Derrick Moncrief also had an INT for the Stamps defence.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur defence played outstanding,\u201d praised Adams.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to get a win \u2026 man. All glory to God through the ups and downs through these last four weeks. Today \u2026 man \u2026 it was amazing. That\u2019s a great feeling. It feels good to just get back in the \u2018W\u2019 column.\u201d<\/p>\n
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