TORONTO \u2014 Week 10 is here and that means Game Notes is back with plenty of information about this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Cody Fajardo<\/a> will take on his former team for the first time since being traded last winter. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 10 below:<\/p>\n RELATED Game Notes<\/p>\n BC at Hamilton Edmonton at Montreal Ottawa at Toronto Winnipeg at Calgary RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON<\/p>\n Cody Fajardo<\/a> will take on his former team for the first time since being traded last winter. QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE<\/p>\n The CFL has begun keeping the passes defended statistic, measuring the number of interceptions or pass knockdowns per passing attempts. Hamilton leads the league at 16.5 per cent, slightly ahead of Winnipeg\u2019s 16.1. BC (3-5) at HAM (6-2)<\/p>\n Week 8:\u00a0HAM 37 \u2013 BC 33<\/a> EDM (1-6) at MTL (5-3)<\/p>\n Week 3:\u00a0MTL 38 \u2013 EDM 28<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n OTT (2-6) at TOR (2-6)<\/p>\n Week 4:\u00a0TOR 29 \u2013 OTT 16<\/a> WPG (4-3) at CGY (5-3)<\/p>\n Week 5:\u00a0WPG 16 \u2013 CGY 37<\/a>
\nMcLeod Bethel-Thompson<\/a> is a career 1-2 against Edmonton. He will be making his first start against his former team since joining the Alouettes.
\nJames Butler<\/a> tops the CFL with 619 rushing yards. In Week 8, he notched 115 yards and a touchdown against his former team.
\nLast week, Willie Jefferson<\/a> had four pass knockdowns \u2013 one short of the single-game record held by Emanuel Martin, Kavis Reed and Davis Sanchez. Jefferson\u2019s total of 85 is good for third behind Adrion Smith (90) and Eddie Davis (111).
\nVernon Adams Jr. passed for 489 yards and five touchdowns in the teams\u2019 two matchups this season. He is a career 6-3 against Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
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\nAs an Alouette, he amassed a 16-12-1 record (.569), with 6,952 passing yards, a completion percentage of 72.5 and 36 touchdowns (30 pass, six rush).
\nIn the postseason, he went 2-1, including a victory in the 110th\u00a0Grey Cup and MVP honours.
\nFajardo is a career 4-1 versus Montreal. In his two starts this season with Edmonton, he was 79.3 per cent passing for 603 yards and three touchdowns to one interception.<\/p>\n
\nThere have been 25 return touchdowns, including four last week in Toronto at Winnipeg. After 35 games last season, there were 14, representing an increase of 79 per cent.
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\nThe teams\u2019 kickers are a combined 35-for-35 on field goal attempts.
\nHamilton leads the league in passing yards (320.3) while BC has allowed the fewest (234.4).
\nThe Lions average a league-high 5.7 yards per rush, while the Tiger-Cats have allowed a league-high 5.4 yards per carry.
\nBC is coming off a bye week. The team has won its past two games in Hamilton.
\nBC leads the league in net yards per game (408.3).
\nNathan Rourke<\/a> is a career 1-2 against Hamilton.
\nJames Butler<\/a> tops the CFL with 619 rushing yards. In Week 8, he notched 115 yards and a touchdown against his former team.
\nHamilton (16) leads the CFL in red zone TDs, followed by BC Lions (15).
\nHamiton leads the league with 253 points scored. The team last led the CFL in scoring in 2019, going 15-3 en route to an East Division title.
\nThe Tiger-Cats have outscored every opponent in the fourth quarter, totaling a +44 mark. Last season, they were -56 in the final quarter.
\nHamilton finished the 2024 campaign with a -6 turnover ratio; they lead the league at +9 this season.
\nBo Levi Mitchell<\/a> holds a 13-7 mark against BC. In his past five games, he has passed for 1,703 yards and 14 touchdowns.
\nIn his last two contests, Kiondr\u00e9 Smith has totaled 21 receptions, 276 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
\nTim White<\/a> is 16 receiving yards from becoming the 12th\u00a0Tiger-Cat to reach the 5,000 mark.<\/p>\n
\nIn their Week 3 matchup, the Elks averaged seven yards per carry.
\nLast week in his first CFL start, 2024 first overall pick, Joel Dublanko, had a career-high nine defensive tackles.
\nJustin Rankin had 19 touches for 133 yards and two touchdowns last week. He averaged 6.3 yards per carry in the teams\u2019 first meeting.
\nJavon Leake<\/a> leads the league in punt return average (15.1 yards) and 30+ yard returns (four).
\nMontreal has won the teams\u2019 past five matchups.
\nJason Maas\u2019 next win will tie him with Michael \u2018Pinball\u2019 Clemons (68) for 23rd\u00a0all-time.
\nMcLeod Bethel-Thompson<\/a> is a career 1-2 against Edmonton. He will be making his first start against his former team since joining the Alouettes.
\nIn his last two games, Tyler Snead<\/a> has 14 receptions for 191 yards.
\nJos\u00e9 Maltos D\u00edaz is a career 25-for-27 on field goal attempts. Last week, he made two 50+ yard attempts, improving to 4-for-4 from that distance this season and 7-for-7 overall.
\nTyrell Richards<\/a> and Alexandre Gagn\u00e9 are tied for the league-lead in special teams tackles (13) with BC\u2019s Patrice Ren\u00e9.<\/p>\n
\nDru Brown<\/a> is a career 1-1 against Toronto, totaling 749 passing yards for five touchdowns last season. His next TD pass will be the 40th\u00a0of his career.
\nJustin Hardy<\/a> (3,191) is 18 receiving yards shy of passing Margene Adkins for 10th\u00a0all-time in Ottawa.
\nLast week, Eugene Lewis<\/a> registered his 20th\u00a0100+ yard receiving game.
\nToronto is 19-6 in the teams\u2019 matchups since the REDBLACKS\u2019 entered the league in 2014.
\nThe Argonauts have allowed a league-high 23 sacks.
\nNick Arbuckle<\/a> sits second in the league in passing yards (2,334) and touchdown passes (13).
\nDamonte Coxie<\/a> leads the CFL in receiving yards (774). Last week, he set career-highs in receptions (nine) and receiving yards (187), while adding two TDs.
\nIn his past five games, Cameron Judge<\/a> has collected 34 defensive tackles, two sacks, two interceptions and one forced fumble.
\nFormer REDBLACKS player, Andrew Chatfield leads the league in sacks (six).<\/p>\n
\nWeek 7:\u00a0CGY 41 \u2013 WPG 20<\/a>
\nAgainst the West, Calgary is 3-0, while Winnipeg is 3-2.
\nSince 2022, Winnipeg is 7-3 against Calgary.
\nZach Collaros<\/a> is a career 10-8 versus the Stampeders.
\nLast week, Trey Vaval became the first Winnipeg player to score punt and kickoff return touchdowns in the same game.
\nLast week, Willie Jefferson<\/a> had four pass knockdowns \u2013 one short of the single-game record held by Emanuel Martin, Kavis Reed and Davis Sanchez. Jefferson\u2019s total of 85 is good for third behind Adrion Smith (90) and Eddie Davis (111).
\nCalgary last swept a three-game season series between the teams in 2016.
\nThe Stampeders have allowed the fewest big plays (12) and offensive touchdowns (11).
\nVernon Adams Jr. passed for 489 yards and five touchdowns in the teams\u2019 two matchups this season. He is a career 6-3 against Winnipeg.
\nDominique Rhymes<\/a> has recorded a touchdown in each of his past three games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 10 is here and that means Game Notes is back with plenty of information about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-50351","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\/50351","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=50351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}