TORONTO \u2014 Week 2 is finally here and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Zach Collaros<\/a> is 9-5 in head-to-head matchups against Bo Levi Mitchell. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 2 below.<\/p>\n RELATED Game Notes<\/p>\n Montreal at Winnipeg Toronto at Montreal BC at Saskatchewan RUN, BRADY, RUN!<\/p>\n Brady Oliveira<\/a> kicked off this season with 113 yards (7.5 yards per rush). QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE <\/p>\n Week 1 averaged 55 points per game with an average margin of victory of four points. HAM at WPG<\/p>\n Hamilton is looking to avoid starting 0-2 for the sixth straight year. TOR at MTL <\/p>\n Mike Miller<\/a> will make his debut as the 45th head coach in Argos history. \u200b BC at SSK <\/p>\n Nathan Rourke<\/a> needs 335 passing yards to pass Joe Paopao (11,508) for seventh on BC\u2019s all-time list. He is 3-3 versus the Riders in his career.
\nEntering his third season, Kevin Mital<\/a> is looking to build off a career year, where he tied for the league lead in receptions (102).
\nTrevor Harris<\/a>, who sits 13thall-time in passing yards, needs another 303 to reach 38,000 in his career. He is 10-4 against BC.
\nDavis Alexander<\/a> looks to improve his regular season record to 13-0; he is a career 2-0 against Toronto.
\nMike Miller<\/a> will make his debut as the 45th head coach in Argos history. \u200b<\/p>\n
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\nHe is tied with Jon Cornish for the second-most 100-rushing yard+ games by a Canadian (22), behind only Andrew Harris<\/a> (29).
\nOliveira is looking to become the first Canadian to record five consecutive 1,000+ rushing yard seasons. Joffrey Reynolds was the last player to reach the milestone as part of a six-year streak from 2005-10.
\nSince 2022, Oliveira has averaged 5.6 yards per carry.<\/p>\n
\nWeek 1 saw four 100+ yard rushers to one 100+ yard receiver
\nFor the first time since 2003, road teams won each game to open the season.
\nJustin Rankin recorded the sixth 60-rushing yards+ and 60-receiving yards+ game in CFL history (Javon Leake<\/a>, 2024), (Richard Crump, 1978), (Jim Thomas, 1965), (Ray Purdin, 1962), (Willie Fleming, 1961).<\/p>\n
\nThe Ticats went 6-3 last year on the road, their best mark since 2019.
\nLast week, Mitchell threw the 60th 300-passing yard game (307) of his career. He will be making his 28th consecutive start.
\nKenny Lawler<\/a> needs four catches for 350 in his career; his next touchdown catch will be his 40th.
\nLast week, Isaiah Wooden<\/a> averaged 17 yards per punt return, totaling 85 yards.
\nWinnipeg has won the teams\u2019 past five matchups at Princess Auto Stadium, with Hamilton\u2019s last win coming in 2019.
\nSince 2019, Winnipeg has been 44-8 (.846) at home.
\nWinnipeg \u2013 called for only six penalties in Week 1 \u2013 is looking for a ninth consecutive season with the league\u2019s fewest penalties.
\nKyle Walters recorded his 118th victory as GM, tying Adam Rita for 9th all-time. Earl Lunsford is 8th with 132.
\nZach Collaros<\/a> is 9-5 in head-to-head matchups against Bo Levi Mitchell.
\nIn his first game with Winnipeg, Jake Ceresna<\/a> notched a career-high three sacks. His next sack will be his 50th. He was the first Blue Bomber to record a hat-trick in sacks since Willie Jefferson<\/a> in 2019.
\nJefferson\u2019s two pass knockdowns last week brought his career total to 96.
\nTim White<\/a> will play his former club for the first time since signing with Winnipeg as a free agent. He is one of two active players (Eugene Lewis<\/a>) with a streak of 4 consecutive 1,000-yard+ seasons.
\nNic Demski<\/a> needs four receptions to hit 500 in his career.<\/p>\n
\nChad Kelly<\/a> is set to make his first start in 581 days, dating back to the 2024 Eastern Final in Montreal. He is a career 4-1 against the Alouettes.
\nEntering his third season, Kevin Mital<\/a> is looking to build off a career year, where he tied for the league lead in receptions (102).
\nThe game marks the returns of DL Ralph Holley, LB Adarius Pickett and DB DaShaun Amos to Toronto.
\nMontreal looks to start 2-0 for the fourth straight season.
\nLast week, Montreal became the first team to win in overtime on a walk-off field goal without having led at any point prior.
\nDavis Alexander<\/a> looks to improve his regular season record to 13-0; he is a career 2-0 against Toronto.
\nLast week, Tyler Snead<\/a> set career-highs in catches (nine) and receiving yards (163).
\nJos\u00e9 Maltos D\u00edaz currently stands as the most accurate kicker in Als history (89.4 per cent).
\nRobert Kennedy III recorded his first career touchdown after returning an interception 54 yards.
\nIn his CFL debut, Shomari Lawerence registered 63 rushing yards, averaging 7.9 yards per rush.
\nLast week, Geoffry Cantin Arku recorded a career-high eight defensive tackles to lead the league.<\/p>\n
\nLast season, Keon Hatcher had a CFL-best 1,688 receiving yards and he tied for the league lead with 102 catches.
\nIn his last 43 games, Mathieu Betts<\/a> has 35 sacks \u2013 he has led the league in sacks twice in his career (2023 and 2025).
\nThe Roughriders will raise their 112th Grey Cup banner; the team has yet to win back-to-back championships.
\nThe last two years in which Saskatchewan allowed a league-low points per game, the team won the Grey Cup (2013 and 2025).
\nTrevor Harris<\/a>, who sits 13thall-time in passing yards, needs another 303 to reach 38,000 in his career. He is 10-4 against BC.
\nSamuel Emilus<\/a> needs 86 receiving yards for 3,000 in his career.
\nKeesean Johnson is eight catches shy of 150 and 95 receiving yards short of 2,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 2 is finally here and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-728211","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\/728211","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=728211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}