EDMONTON \u2014 Provincial rivals collide in the second game of a Friday Night Football doubleheader when the Calgary Stampeders visit the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium.<\/p>\n
Calgary can temporarily move into second place in the West Division with a victory.<\/p>\n
Edmonton may be missing the playoffs, but it has an opportunity to finish with the franchise\u2019s most wins since 2019.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for both teams ahead of Friday\u2019s 9:30 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 CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n 1. ACCURATE VERNON ADAMS JR.<\/p>\n Fresh off a game where he completed 12-of-14 passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns, quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. will try to be efficient in finding the end zone once again. In two games against Edmonton this season, he\u2019s been held to a total of 391 yards through the air.<\/p>\n 2. THE RECEIVING CORPS<\/p>\n For Adams Jr. to have success, he\u2019ll need at least one of Damien Alford, Clark Barnes<\/a>, Tevin Jones<\/a> or Dominique Rhymes<\/a> to step up, as last week\u2019s leading receiver, Jalen Philpot, is out with a knee injury.<\/p>\n 3. DOUBLE H<\/p>\n Elks\u2019 running back Justin Rankin is likely to get the ball often, which puts the play of defensive linemen Clarence Hicks<\/a> and Jaylon Hutchings under focus. Both are having stellar seasons with 11 and eight sacks apiece. They\u2019ll need to get to Rankin in the backfield to prevent breakout runs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n 1. FINISH STRONG<\/p>\n When a game no longer matters in the standings, it can be tough to get up for. But Edmonton has played a much better brand of football since its 1-6 start. An 8-10 record to finish the season could be considered another step forward for the organisation, and to do it over its rival would be all the more satisfying.<\/p>\n 2. ATTACKING THE RUN DEFENCE<\/p>\n The last time these two teams met back in Week 14, which resulted in a 31-19 Elks win, Edmonton rushed for 245 yards. Rankin had 204 of them, so handing him the ball consistently would make sense.<\/p>\n 3. MAKE LIFE MISERABLE FOR DEDRICK MILLS<\/p>\n Consider it a rubber match of sorts between the Elks\u2019 defensive front and Calgary running back Dedrick Mills<\/a>. Mills put up 106 yards in Week 13 against Edmonton but was held to 38 a week later in the rematch. It\u2019s the defensive line\u2019s job, led in part by Brandon Barlow<\/a> and Jordan Williams<\/a>, to wrap up the speedy rusher when they get their hands on him.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n The winner takes the season series.
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\u00bb Game Notes: Stampeders at Elks<\/a>
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\nEdmonton can finish 6-3 at home.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 9:30 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":"EDMONTON \u2014 Provincial rivals collide in the second game of a Friday Night Football doubleheader when the Calgary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-235216","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\/235216","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=235216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}