The unbeaten Edmonton Elks head to the coast to face a desperate, winless BC Lions club in the week’s only game.<\/p>\n
This Week’s CFL Schedule<\/p>\n
Edmonton Elks<\/a> at BC Lions<\/a><\/p>\n WhenSaturday, July 4 at 7:00 PM ET Edmonton rolls into town at 3-0, the only unbeaten team in the league, while BC sits at the bottom of the West at 0-3 and losers of three straight. The Elks have found a way to win close ones, including last week’s 23-18 grind over Winnipeg, and they’ll lean on that same formula against a Lions defense that’s leaking 113 points through three games. BC has been in every game but can’t finish \u2014 they’ve dropped decisions to Saskatchewan, Hamilton and Calgary by a combined 17 points.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Justin Rankin (Edmonton Elks, RB) \u2014 Leads the CFL with 387 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns, and he’s the engine behind Edmonton’s 3-0 start. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Brett Boyko (Edmonton Elks, OL) \u2014 Out with a hand injury, a blow to the Elks’ protection up front. Pick: Edmonton Elks 27-24. The Elks are 2-0 against the spread this season and haven’t lost yet, while BC is 0-3 ATS and can’t seem to shut anybody down \u2014 take Edmonton to survive a shootout, with the over in play given BC’s perfect 3-0 mark on overs this year.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/p>\n TeamWLPFPA<\/p>\n Edmonton Elks308468 Quick Hits<\/p>\n BC shuffled its roster hard this week, activating Jaden Williams, Colby Taylor, Dawson Pierre and Chase Henning off the practice roster while sending Joshua Donovan and Levi Bell to reserve \u2014 a sign the Lions are searching for anything to spark a turnaround. 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 Edmonton Elks head to the coast to face a desperate, winless BC Lions club in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-780747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780747","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=780747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhereApple Bowl, Vancouver
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\nLineEdmonton Elks -1 | O\/U 57<\/p>\n
\nNathan Rourke (BC Lions, QB) \u2014 Has thrown for 1,083 yards but the Lions need him to turn it loose if they’re going to keep pace with an over\/under sitting at 57.
\nSilas Hubert (Edmonton Elks, DL) \u2014 Back off the six-game injury list this week, giving Edmonton’s front seven a boost against a BC offense searching for answers.<\/p>\n
\nRoyce Metchie (Edmonton Elks, DB) \u2014 Out with an Achilles injury.
\nJoe Robustelli (Edmonton Elks, WR) \u2014 Questionable with a hamstring issue.
\nKieran Poissant (BC Lions, WR) \u2014 Out with a hip injury, thinning out BC’s receiving corps further.
\nMaxime Rouyer (BC Lions, LB) \u2014 Out with a foot injury.
\nT.J. Lee (BC Lions, DB) and Ben Hladik (BC Lions, LB) \u2014 Both questionable, banged up in the secondary and at linebacker.<\/p>\n
\nMontreal Alouettes31133124
\nSaskatchewan Roughriders31132126
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats2110584
\nCalgary Stampeders22164139
\nToronto Argonauts22150153
\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers127588
\nBC Lions0387113
\nOttawa Redblacks04102137<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton got a huge boost getting Silas Hubert back off injured reserve, but they’ll be without O-lineman Brett Boyko and linebacker Brock Mogensen (now on six-game injury) as they try to protect a 3-0 start.
\nFantasy angle: Justin Rankin against a BC run defense that’s given up 113 points through three games \u2014 expect another heavy workload and a shot at a fifth touchdown.
\nThe Lions are 0-3 ATS with the over hitting in every game this season, so anyone leaning on BC covering will want to see the offense find some rhythm behind Nathan Rourke early.<\/p>\n