{"id":791247,"date":"2026-07-09T20:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791247\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:12:08","slug":"ottawa-redblacks-0-4-week-6-preview-vs-edmonton-elks-3-1-prediction-depth-chart-injuries-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791247\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Redblacks (0-4) Week 6 Preview vs Edmonton Elks (3-1): Prediction, Depth Chart, Injuries, Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winless and banged up on defence, the Ottawa Redblacks<\/a> hit the road looking for anything resembling momentum against a wounded but still-favored Elks squad.<\/p>\n

Game Details<\/p>\n

Matchup: Ottawa Redblacks at Edmonton Elks<\/a>
\nWhen: Thursday, July 9 at 9:00 PM ET
\nWhere: Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
\nTV: TSN
\nStream: Watch live on CFL+<\/a><\/p>\n

Odds<\/p>\n

Spread: Edmonton Elks -7
\nMoneyline: Ottawa Redblacks +245, Edmonton Elks -305
\nOver\/Under: 58<\/p>\n

Ottawa is 1-1-1 against the spread this season with two overs and two unders, while Edmonton sits at 2-1 ATS with the same over\/under split. Vegas clearly still respects the Elks despite last week’s stumble, and this line hasn’t budged much off what you’d expect for a 3-1 team hosting an 0-4 club.<\/p>\n

Overview<\/p>\n

This is about as lopsided a gap as you’ll find on paper. The Redblacks<\/a> are the last winless team in the league at 0-4, having been outscored 137-102, and they’ve lost four straight dating back to that Week 1 defeat to this very Elks team. Ottawa jumped Edmonton in that opener before falling 29-21, and head coach Ryan Dinwiddie has been blunt about what’s sinking his club since \u2014 penalties. After Saturday’s 27-22 loss to Saskatchewan, Dinwiddie called it “self-inflicted,” pointing to flags that turned a 10-0 Ottawa lead into another defeat. That kind of talk after four straight losses tells you where this team’s head is at.<\/p>\n

Edmonton, meanwhile, arrives off its first loss of the year, a 36-24 blowout in BC where James Butler and the Lions’ ground game ran the Elks ragged. That’s the first real crack in what had been a 3-0 start, and it’s fair to wonder if a home date against the league’s only winless team is exactly the get-right spot Edmonton needs. History says probably. The Elks have won three of four, own the head-to-head over Ottawa already this season, and get to play in front of their own crowd at Commonwealth Stadium<\/a> off a short week of rest to fix what went wrong against BC.<\/p>\n

The real story here is depth \u2014 or lack of it \u2014 on Ottawa’s defence. The Redblacks are dealing with a flood of injuries at linebacker and defensive back, including leading tackler Nyles Morgan’s running mates and top ball-hawk Scott Hutter, who’s out with ribs. Against a Cody Fajardo-led offence that’s found different ways to win each week, that’s a brutal problem to solve on the road. Edmonton has the clear edge here, and it’s not particularly close.<\/p>\n

Key Players<\/p>\n

Jake Maier<\/a> (Ottawa Redblacks, QB) \u2014 Ottawa’s offence goes as far as Maier can carry it, and he’ll need a big night to keep pace with Edmonton’s attack.
\nGreg Bell<\/a> (Ottawa Redblacks, RB) \u2014 Paired with Daniel Adeboboye<\/a> in the backfield, Bell gives Ottawa its best chance to control the clock and keep this one from getting away early.
\nCody Fajardo (Edmonton Elks, QB) \u2014 101-of-149 for 1,159 yards and 6 TDs on the year; he’s got four picks too, which is where Ottawa’s banged-up secondary has to find a way to cash in.
\nJustin Rankin (Edmonton Elks, RB) \u2014 Leads the CFL with 406 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns, and against an Ottawa front missing multiple linebackers, he’s the guy who could turn this into a laugher.
\nNyles Morgan<\/a> (Ottawa Redblacks, LB) \u2014 Ottawa’s tackling leader is going to be extremely busy trying to plug gaps with reinforcements thin behind him.<\/p>\n

Keys to the Game<\/p>\n

Ottawa has to find a way to slow Justin Rankin without bleeding out its already-thin linebacker corps even further.
\nPenalties have been Dinwiddie’s public enemy No. 1 \u2014 the Redblacks simply cannot afford self-inflicted wounds against a team this talented.
\nJake Maier needs an efficient, mistake-free night through the air to keep this from turning into a track meet Edmonton wins comfortably.<\/p>\n

Injury Report<\/p>\n

PlayerTeamStatus<\/p>\n

King Ambers (DB)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nHabakkuk Baldonado (DL)Ottawa RedblacksAvailable
\nEmeric Boutin (FB)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nMichael Brodrique (LB)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nAaron Casey (LB)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nScott Hutter (DB)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nNick Mardner (WR)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nDaniel Okpoko (DL)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nJamie Pettway (LB)Ottawa RedblacksOut
\nKalil Pimpleton (WR)Ottawa RedblacksAvailable
\nLuiji Vilain (DL)Ottawa RedblacksAvailable
\nMichael Wakefield (DL)Ottawa RedblacksAvailable
\nKeelan White (WR)Ottawa RedblacksQuestionable
\nBennett Williams (DB)Ottawa RedblacksOut<\/p>\n

Depth Chart<\/p>\n

Ottawa Redblacks starters by position, built from the official Week 6 depth chart. This is a projected look and may shift with in-game adjustments.<\/p>\n

PositionOttawa Redblacks<\/p>\n

QBJake Maier<\/a> (McLeod Bethel-Thompson, Bryson Barnes)
\nRBGreg Bell<\/a> (Daniel Adeboboye<\/a>)
\nFBAnthony Gosselin
\nWR (Boundary)Eugene Lewis
\nWR (Field)Binjimen Victor, Kalil Pimpleton<\/a>
\nSBJustin Hardy, Cade McDonald, Ayden Eberhardt
\nLTDino Boyd
\nLGDrew Desjarlais
\nCSean McEwen, Samuel Carson
\nRGGiordano Vaccaro
\nRTZack Pelehos
\nDECharlie Parks, Aidan John, Habakkuk Baldonado
\nDTCleyon Laing, Jelani Stafford, Muftah Ageli
\nDE (Field)Kemari Munier-Bailey, Luiji Vilain, Michael Wakefield
\nWLBBrian Cole II, Lucas Cormier
\nMLBBenjamin Dobson, Josh Connors, Nyles Morgan<\/a>
\nSLBMarcus Barnes, CJ Reavis
\nCBDemerio Houston, Amari Henderson
\nHBJeremy Lucien, Eric Cumberbatch, Adrian Frye
\nSAlonzo Addae<\/a>
\nK\/PBrett Lauther<\/a>, Noah Gettman
\nLSPeter Adjey
\nRETKalil Pimpleton<\/a>, Cade McDonald<\/p>\n

Score Prediction<\/p>\n

Ottawa Redblacks 26 – Edmonton Elks 33. Ottawa’s offence should move the ball behind Maier and its two-headed backfield of Bell and Adeboboye, but the Redblacks’ shorthanded linebacker corps and secondary won’t have the answers for Rankin and Fajardo over four quarters. Edmonton bounces back from its first loss with a comfortable cover at home, and Ottawa’s winless streak reaches five.<\/p>\n

CFL Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n

Who takes this one? Drop your prediction in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winless and banged up on defence, the Ottawa Redblacks hit the road looking for anything resembling momentum against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-791247","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\/791247","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=791247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}