{"id":52718,"date":"2025-08-07T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52718\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:18:09","slug":"3-keys-to-victory-for-edmonton-montreal-in-week-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52718\/","title":{"rendered":"3 keys to victory for Edmonton, Montreal in Week 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTREAL \u2014 Cody Fajardo<\/a> makes his return to Montreal as the Edmonton Elks take on the Alouettes in search of their first road win of the season on Friday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Edmonton has lost back-to-back games by a combined seven points against division leaders Saskatchewan and Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Montreal, meanwhile, is coming off a 34-6 loss at the hands of the Roughriders.<\/p>\n

The Als took the first matchup this season, 38-28, back in Week 3.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s three keys to the game for both teams ahead of Friday\u2019s 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n

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EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n

1. CARRY OVER THE POSITIVE<\/p>\n

Moral victories are no more, but creating momentum from past games is what the Elks need to lean on. They scored in every quarter against Hamilton and held opposing rusher Greg Bell<\/a> to 55 yards on 13 carries. Going up against a team that had little go right last week, there\u2019s an opportunity to jump on the reeling Alouettes.<\/p>\n

2. JUSTIN RANKIN\u2019S VERSATILE ATTACK<\/p>\n

Sticking with building on the positive, Justin Rankin has performed well in both the run and pass games, putting up a combined 133 yards and two touchdowns versus the Ticats. If that\u2019s not enough to feel good about, he rushed for 76 yards on 12 carries against the Als the first time around.<\/p>\n

3. CODY FAJARDO FINDING HIS FORM<\/p>\n

He hasn\u2019t been perfect, but Cody Fajardo<\/a> is giving head coach Mark Kilam some consistency at quarterback. His four touchdowns to just one interception might be the most encouraging sign of stability. Add in that he\u2019ll be heading back to a place he knows well, having won a Grey Cup with Montreal in 2023, and he should have the confidence needed for a big game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n

1. BETTER FROM MCLEOD BETHEL-THOMPSON<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way around it: McLeod Bethel-Thompson<\/a> has to be better than the 126-yard performance he put up against Saskatchewan. Staring down a secondary that\u2019s allowing a league-high 324 passing yards per game, there\u2019s reason to believe he will be.<\/p>\n

2. CHARLESTON RAMBO FINDING SPACE<\/p>\n

Receiver Charleston Rambo didn\u2019t see a pass thrown his way in the lopsided loss to the Riders. Without Tyson Philpot<\/a> and Austin Mack again, creating separation from the Elks\u2019 defensive backs is a must for the second-year wideout.<\/p>\n

3. JUST GET IT CLOSE<\/p>\n

While touchdowns are obviously the priority for an offence coming off a disappointing showing, if they can get it near the 50-yard line, they have a chance to put points on the board thanks to kicker Jose Maltos. He\u2019s 25-for-27 on field goal attempts and knocked through 56 and 54 yarders against Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n

NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n

Montreal is 2-2 at home this season.
\nEdmonton has given up a West Division high of 219 points.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Cody Fajardo makes his return to Montreal as the Edmonton Elks take on the Alouettes in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-52718","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\/52718","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=52718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}