{"id":69808,"date":"2025-08-14T19:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69808\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:57:07","slug":"3-keys-to-victory-for-toronto-edmonton-in-week-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69808\/","title":{"rendered":"3 keys to victory for Toronto, Edmonton in Week 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2014 Urgency is the theme on Friday Night Football as the Toronto Argonauts square off with the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The defending Grey Cup champion Argonauts have just two wins to their name at the halfway point of the season and sit in fourth place in the East Division.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton, currently in fifth place in the West Division, earned its second win of the season by downing the Montreal Alouettes in Week 10.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s three keys to victory for both teams ahead of Friday\u2019s 9:00 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN in Canada and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb Depth Charts: <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-11-vs-EDM-August-15-2025-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TOR<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/0815-vs-TOR-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">EDM<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-CFL-Gm-Notes-50-Edm-vs-Tor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Game Notes: Argonauts at Elks<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goelks.com\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tickets: Toronto at Edmonton<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/08\/11\/cfl-injury-reports-week-11-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2025\/08\/03\/cfl-injury-reports-week-10-2\/\" aria-label=\"Injury Reports: Stay up to date - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Injury Reports: Stay up to date<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gamezone.cfl.ca\/pickem?&amp;utm_source=editorial&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/gamezone.cfl.ca\/pickem?&amp;utm_source=editorial&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=pickem_2025\" aria-label=\"Who\u2019s gonna win? Play CFL Pick \u2018Em presented by Old Dutch now! - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-original->Who\u2019s gonna win? Play CFL Pick \u2018Em presented by Old Dutch now!<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" data-uw-original->Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n<p>1. FAST START<\/p>\n<p>Nothing would erase the woes of the first half of the season faster than a strong start on the road to begin the home stretch.<\/p>\n<p>2. RECEIVERS STEPPING UP<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no question the pass game goes through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/damonte-coxie\/166556\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Damonte Coxie\">Damonte Coxie<\/a>, who leads the league with 10, 30-plus yard receptions. But, he\u2019s a game-time decision, so the Argos must have others emerge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/dejon-brissett\/165727\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Dejon Brissett\">Dejon Brissett<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/jake-herslow\/167840\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Jake Herslow\">Jake Herslow<\/a> hauled in a combined 173 yards in a losing effort last week.<\/p>\n<p>3. NICK ARBUCKLE DOING WHAT\u2019S ASKED<\/p>\n<p>The offence has sat squarely on the shoulders of quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/nick-arbuckle\/162088\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Nick Arbuckle\">Nick Arbuckle<\/a> for much of the season, and he\u2019s proven he\u2019s willing to do whatever it takes to help the Argos win, whether with his arm or his legs. He\u2019ll have the opportunity to build on his 2,651 passing yards against an Elks secondary giving up 307.5 per game.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n<p>1. QUARTERBACK SHOWDOWN<\/p>\n<p>Much like his counterpart, quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/cody-fajardo\/160140\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Cody Fajardo\">Cody Fajardo<\/a> is the offensive engine for the Elks. If Edmonton wants to make it back-to-back victories, it\u2019s going to have to start with the play of their pivot and his league-leading 76.6 completion percentage.<\/p>\n<p>2. RUN GAME<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a hard statistic to believe, but Edmonton received zero rushing yards from Justin Rankin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/javon-leake\/165888\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Javon Leake\">Javon Leake<\/a> in their win over Montreal. Rankin did catch four passes for 88 yards, but more is needed on the ground to take the already obvious onus off Fajardo, who has to deal with an Argos front that has 22 sacks and a secondary holding opposing offences to 264.8 yards per game.<\/p>\n<p>3. PASS DEFENCE BY COMMITTEE<\/p>\n<p>The Elks know Arbuckle is going to try to exploit their secondary, so it\u2019s going to come down to finding a way to keep Coxie and company under tight coverage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/tyrell-ford\/166985\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Tyrell Ford\">Tyrell Ford<\/a> and Kordell Jackson anchor a group of defensive backs that features skill but has struggled to perform.<\/p>\n<p>NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n<p>This is the first of two meetings between Toronto and Edmonton this season. They\u2019ll square off again in Week 15.<br \/>\nThey split the season series in 2024, with the games being decided by a total of four points.<br \/>\nKickoff is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TSN in Canada and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2014 Urgency is the theme on Friday Night Football as the Toronto Argonauts square off with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-69808","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\/69808","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=69808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}