The Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have different motivating factors heading into their showdown Saturday at McMahon Stadium.<\/p>\n
While the Stampeders (5-3) are looking to bounce back from two straight setbacks, the Blue Bombers (4-3) will be looking to avenge a pair of losses they suffered to their CFL West Division rivals earlier this season.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re very motivated,” said Calgary quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. “Shoot, we\u2019re two losses in a row, so we know we want to get back on track and get back in the W column. It starts (Saturday), so hopefully we can do that.<\/p>\n
“We lost our last game. They won their last game, so they have the momentum right now and we need to get back on track and not worry about what they\u2019re doing.”<\/p>\n
Adams will return to the Stamps\u2019 lineup after sitting out his team\u2019s 31-11 road loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on July 31 after suffering a head injury during Calgary\u2019s 23-21 setback at home to the Montreal Alouettes on July 24.<\/p>\n
Calgary coach and general manager Dave Dickenson has confidence that Adams won\u2019t miss a beat after his one-game absence.<\/p>\n
“We know things will change slightly, but a lot of times it\u2019s just about execution and making plays, one-on-one football,” Dickenson said. “Vernon\u2019s had a good season. I\u2019m sure the first time he gets hit, that\u2019s always a little bit of trepidation, a little bit of uneasiness. Hopefully, he feels just fine.”<\/p>\n
Clark Barnes will also be back to help boost Calgary\u2019s offence following a four-game absence due to an ankle injury, while fellow receiver Jalen Philpot will be a game-time decision.<\/p>\n
“Clark\u2019s back. Jalen\u2019s back, so it\u2019s good to have those guys back,” said Adams optimistically. “Just excited to get those guys back and I\u2019m excited for the opportunity (on Saturday).”<\/p>\n
After being held to just 11 yards on seven carries against Ottawa, running back Dedrick Mills has extra motivation to return to the form that has seen him run for a league-leading seven touchdowns while amassing 555 rushing yards, third best in the CFL.<\/p>\n
“It’s going to be a very physical battle out there,” Mills said. “I just can\u2019t wait to get out there and get started. We beat them twice, so you know they\u2019re coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“They\u2019ve got a chip on their shoulder and we just know they\u2019re coming hard, so we\u2019ve got to go out there and play extra aggressive offensive-wise.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Bombers ended a three-game losing streak \u2013 which included a 37-16 loss in Calgary on July 3 followed by a 41-20 setback at home two weeks later \u2013 when they beat the Toronto Argonauts 41-30 in Winnipeg on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n
“If they hit losing streaks, they find ways to get right back and win,\u201d Dickenson said of the Bombers. “For us, it\u2019s more about us. What type of team are we? What\u2019s our attitude? What\u2019s our mentality?<\/p>\n
“The main thing for us, we\u2019ve got to take care of the football and we\u2019ve got to stop taking dumb penalties. That\u2019s the winning formula we\u2019ve stressed from Week 1 of training camp and it\u2019s worked. When we do that, we win games, so it\u2019s up to us to be knowing that the bullets are flying, but we have to make sure we keep our poise, don\u2019t take selfish penalties and the ball is at a premium.”<\/p>\n
After missing last week\u2019s game against the Argos with a neck injury, quarterback Zach Collaros is listed atop the depth chart ahead of Chris Streveler heading into Saturday\u2019s game against the Stamps.<\/p>\n
Although Streveler threw three interceptions against the Argos, he ran for a nine-yard touchdown in the first quarter to put the Bombers up 14-7, which was a lead they didn\u2019t relinquish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have different motivating factors heading into their showdown Saturday at McMahon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-57457","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\/57457","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=57457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}