{"id":34545,"date":"2025-07-30T14:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34545\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:47:09","slug":"3downnation-cfl-week-9-predictions-best-bets-for-stamps-at-redblacks-ticats-at-elks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/34545\/","title":{"rendered":"3DownNation CFL Week 9 predictions: best bets for Stamps at Redblacks, Ticats at Elks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

It\u2019s Week 9 in the Canadian Football League and the schedule is packed with East vs. West matchups. If you combine that with some big names popping up on the injury report, we could be in for quite an eventful week.<\/p>\n

We went 2-2 last week, so let\u2019s see if we can do better than a split this week.<\/p>\n

Calgary Stampeders at Ottawa Redblacks \u2014 Thursday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

The Calgary Stampeders look to get back on track as they head into Ottawa to take on the Redblacks.<\/p>\n

Calgary hit a speed bump last week with a 23-21 loss to Montreal, while the Redblacks are coming off their bye, looking to improve on their 1-6 record.<\/p>\n

The Stampeders are dealing with a number of injuries, including at quarterback as Vernon Adams Jr. has been moved to the one-game injured list. Early-season standouts Damien Alford and Jalen Philpot will also be out for this game, adding to the injuries Calgary has been dealing with at receiver with Clark Barnes and Reggie Begelton already on the shelf.<\/p>\n

Former NFL journeyman P.J. Walker didn\u2019t look great in his brief relief appearance last week, but he was able to get a few more reps than normal this week, so if he is called upon, it should look a little better.<\/p>\n

While Calgary\u2019s offence has been strong, it has been their defence that\u2019s stood out so far this year. The Stampeders have allowed the fewest points per game in the league this year while forcing the most turnovers of any team.<\/p>\n

Ottawa\u2019s stats are tough to get a read on because of the injury issues they\u2019ve had at QB, but turnovers have been a problem regardless of who is in the lineup. Ottawa had three different passers in their last game \u2014 Dustin Crum, Dru Brown, and receiver-turned-interception-thrower Justin Hardy \u2014 and all threw picks in a 30-15 loss to Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Ottawa\u2019s defence has been middle-of-the-road in the first part of the season, so they provide a bit of a challenge for Walker. That should be enough to keep this game low-scoring, but Calgary\u2019s strong defence should be enough to give Calgary the win.<\/p>\n

PICK: Calgary -3, Under 52.5
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats at Edmonton Elks \u2014 Saturday, August 2 at 3:00 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

Hamilton has won five in a row after their win in B.C. last weekend and they\u2019ll be facing an Edmonton team that saw its comeback attempt fall short in Regina.<\/p>\n

That game against the Riders was the first time Edmonton\u2019s defence allowed fewer than 30 points this season. They will be in tough against a Hamilton offence that has been on fire, averaging over 35 points per game on their five-game win streak.<\/p>\n

Edmonton was able to limit Saskatchewan through the air for large chunks of their game last week. That could be more difficult this week with Bo Levi Mitchell coming into the game as the top passer in the CFL.<\/p>\n

Edmonton\u2019s offensive line showed that it still has a long way to go, giving up eight sacks against the Riders. Hamilton\u2019s pass rush hasn\u2019t put up big numbers this year with only 10 sacks, so that should be a crucial matchup to watch on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

That was all a lot of words to say the main point: Hamilton is playing significantly better football than Edmonton right now. I get it is another road game for the Tabbies, but they are 3-1 away from Hamilton this year, and Edmonton hasn\u2019t exactly been a dominant force at home this year.<\/p>\n

This seems like an easy pick.<\/p>\n

PICK: Hamilton -4.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy: Leah Hannel\/CFL.ca It\u2019s Week 9 in the Canadian Football League and the schedule is packed with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-34545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34545","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=34545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}