The unbeaten Alouettes host a banged-up Toronto squad Friday night in the East’s first big early-season statement game.<\/p>\n
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Toronto Argonauts<\/a> at Montreal Alouettes<\/a><\/p>\n WhenFriday, June 12 at 7:00 PM ET Montreal gutted out a 30-27 win over Hamilton in Week 1, and Davis Alexander looked clean doing it \u2014 336 yards, 2 TDs, zero interceptions. The Alouettes are 1-0 ATS on the young season and the over hit in their opener, so the 52-point total deserves respect. Toronto comes in with real injury problems at receiver: Jake Herslow and Nolan Ulm are both out, and Dymere Miller has been moved to the reserve roster. That’s a thin corps heading into a road game against a defense that hasn’t given up a lot of easy yards.<\/p>\n Montreal’s own injury report isn’t clean either \u2014 Cole Spieker is on the six-game injured list, Stevie Scott III’s hamstring keeps him out, and Najee Murray has officially been placed on the single-game injury list. But the Alouettes have the depth to absorb those hits. They activated Donovan Manuel at linebacker and got Braydon Noll back on the offensive line. Toronto, meanwhile, added Tyler Kahmann and Anim Dankwah off the practice roster just to fill out their active roster. That’s a depth chart in scramble mode.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Davis Alexander (Montreal, QB) \u2014 Went 26-of-38 for 336 yards with 2 TDs and no picks in Week 1; if he’s this accurate again, Toronto has no answers. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Jake Herslow (Toronto, WR) \u2014 Out (hamstring, single-game injury) Pick: Montreal 31-21. Alexander picks apart a depleted Toronto receiving corps, the Alouettes cover the -6, and the over is very much in play with both offenses capable of moving the ball.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/p>\n TeamWLPFPA<\/p>\n Edmonton Elks<\/a>102921 Quick Hits<\/p>\n Montreal placed offensive lineman Mark Petry on a league suspension, then scrambled to add Anthony Vandal<\/a> to the practice roster and activate Braydon Noll \u2014 the O-line depth is being tested early. Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n Who wins this week? Drop your picks in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The unbeaten Alouettes host a banged-up Toronto squad Friday night in the East’s first big early-season statement game.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-731977","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\/731977","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=731977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWherePercival Molson Memorial Stadium, Montreal
\nTVTSN | CBS Sports Network
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineMontreal -6 | O\/U 52<\/p>\n
\nTyler Snead (Montreal, WR) \u2014 Led the Alouettes with 9 catches for 163 yards and a TD in the opener; with Spieker out six games, Snead becomes Alexander’s go-to target.
\nTyrice Beverette (Montreal, LB) \u2014 Cleared the injury report (neck) and is active; one of the league’s sacks leaders and a matchup nightmare for a Toronto line that’s shuffling pieces.<\/p>\n
\nNolan Ulm (Toronto, WR) \u2014 Out (shoulder)
\nDymere Miller (Toronto, WR) \u2014 Reserve roster
\nCole Spieker (Montreal, WR) \u2014 Out (six-game injured list, ankle)
\nStevie Scott III (Montreal, RB) \u2014 Out (hamstring, single-game injury extended)
\nNajee Murray (Montreal, DB) \u2014 Out (single-game injury, foot)
\nJustin Lawrence (Montreal, OL) \u2014 Out (six-game injured list, ankle)<\/p>\n
\nMontreal Alouettes103027
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats116457
\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers115765
\nOttawa Redblacks012129
\nCalgary Stampeders<\/a>012830<\/p>\n
\nToronto is down three receivers for this game \u2014 Herslow, Ulm, and Miller \u2014 making this arguably the thinnest Argos receiving corps in a Week 2 game in recent memory.
\nFantasy tip: Tyler Snead is a must-start with Cole Spieker shelved for at least six games \u2014 he’s clearly Alexander’s top option and faces a Toronto secondary that’s also dealing with roster flux.
\nZakhari Franklin was released by Montreal and hit free agency on June 6 \u2014 keep an eye on where he lands, as he was a reliable target in this offense.<\/p>\n