TORONTO \u2014 Week 7 is here and that means Game Notes is back with plenty of information about this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
All eight 2025 first round selections are on active rosters with four making an early impact in their CFL careers Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 7 below:<\/p>\n RELATED SADDLE UP<\/p>\n The 2024 Stampeders finished 5-12-1. Five touchdowns allowed on 68 drives for 7.4 per cent \u2013 the lowest mark since the league began tracking the statistic STRONG FIRST IMPRESSIONS<\/p>\n All eight 2025 first round selections are on active rosters with four making an early impact in their CFL careers In his fourth game (Week 6): six catches for 156 yards and two TDs No. 2 | LB | Devin Veresuk<\/a> | Hamilton<\/p>\n Five games, including three starts No. 3 | WR | Keelan White | Ottawa<\/p>\n Six starts No. 8 | OL | Chris Fortin | Calgary<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE<\/p>\n Challenges are down 25 per cent compared to 2024 TOR (1-4) at MTL (3-2) <\/p>\n Week 1: TOR 10 \u2013 MTL 28<\/a> CGY (4-1) at WPG (3-1)<\/p>\n Week 5: WPG 16 \u2013 CGY 37<\/a> SSK (4-1) at BC (3-3)<\/p>\n Week 4: BC 18 \u2013 SSK 37<\/a> HAM (3-2) at OTT (1-5)<\/p>\n Week 6: OTT 20 \u2013 HAM 23<\/a>
\nIn the past two weeks, there have been 16 sacks in seven games \u2013 2.29 per game.
\nAt 7-0 as a starter, Davis Alexander<\/a> is tied with Jeff Garcia and Bo Levi Mitchell<\/a> for the second-best stretch to begin a career. Danny McManus holds the record at 8-0.
\nKalil Pimpleton<\/a> collected 365 all purpose yards in his previous two games.
\nBoth teams are coming off byes. Since 2023, Toronto is 6-0 and Montreal 5-1 on a week\u2019s rest.<\/p>\n
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\nThrough six weeks, the team is currently in first place at 4-1.<\/p>\n
\nLeague-leading four TDs allowed in the red zone on 11 opportunities (36.4 per cent)
\nTied for first with 13 takeaways
\nTied for first with 11 30+ yards completions
\nFirst in rush offence (130.6 average yards per game)
\nFewest big plays allowed (seven)
\nOne of two teams with over 400 yards of net offence<\/p>\n
\nNo. 1 | WR | Damien Alford | Calgary<\/p>\n
\nSeason: 10 receptions for 221 yards (22.1 average), three TDs<\/p>\n
\n19 defensive tackles, two special teams tackles, one interception returned for a touchdown<\/p>\n
\n16 receptions for 176 yards and a touchdown<\/p>\n
\nIn the past two weeks, there have been 16 sacks in seven games \u2013 2.29 per game.
\nPunters are averaging 48.2 yards per punt \u2013 the highest mark in CFL history.
\nPossible milestone game(s):<\/p>\n
\nBoth teams are coming off byes. Since 2023, Toronto is 6-0 and Montreal 5-1 on a week\u2019s rest.
\nToronto leads the league with 14 sacks, Montreal is second with 13.
\nSince 2022, Toronto is 7-3 in the teams\u2019 regular season matchups.
\nLast week, Kevin Mital<\/a> had career-highs in receptions (eight), targets (nine) and receiving yards (104), while scoring his second TD of the season.
\nIn their Week 1 matchup, Damonte Coxie<\/a> notched five receptions for 99 yards.
\nAn Alouettes victory would give them the tie-breaker over Toronto. They have not won the season series since 2019.
\nMontreal leads the league in turnover ratio at +6; Toronto is -4.
\nAt 7-0 as a starter, Davis Alexander<\/a> is tied with Jeff Garcia and Bo Levi Mitchell<\/a> for the second-best stretch to begin a career. Danny McManus holds the record at 8-0.
\nNajee Murray<\/a> needs five defensive tackles for 200.<\/p>\n
\nCalgary is undefeated on the road; Winnipeg is undefeated at home.
\nA Calgary win would give them the season series against Winnipeg.
\nThe Stampeders have lost eight straight games in Winnipeg, with their last victory coming on July 7, 2017.
\nVernon Adams Jr. recorded 428 passing yards and his 100th TD pass last week. He is a career 5-3 against Winnipeg.
\nWinnipeg has won eight of its past nine home games. The team is 12-0 when coming off a bye week since 2021.
\nZach Collaros<\/a> is a career 10-7 against Calgary.
\nBrady Oliveira<\/a> (4,427) needs 79 rushing yards to pass Fred Reid (4,505) for seventh all-time in Winnipeg.
\nNic Demski<\/a> has had a reception in 75 consecutive games.<\/p>\n
\nLast week, Trevor Harris<\/a> completed 81.8 per cent (36-of-44) of his attempts, tying his and Dane Evans<\/a>\u2019s CFL record of eight consecutive starts with 70+ per cent completion rate. He is a career 9-3 against BC.
\nLast week in his fourth CFL game, Joe Robustelli notched 11 catches for 191 yards and a major.
\nBC\u2019s 42:54 in time of possession last week was the second most in team history.
\nLast week, Nathan Rourke<\/a> had his second 300+ passing yard game of the season. He is a career 2-2 against Saskatchewan.
\nJames Butler<\/a> had a career-high 171 rushing yards last week, while adding 35 receiving yards. In the teams\u2019 Week 4 matchup, he had 123 and 26, respectively.
\nLeague-leading tackler Micah Awe<\/a> needs two defensive tackles for 500 in his career.
\nSean Whyte<\/a> has made 25 consecutive field goals.
\nCarl Meyer<\/a> leads the league with seven punts inside the 10-yard line.<\/p>\n
\nHamilton has allowed five sacks; Ottawa has given up 14.
\nHamilton has won three straight and the team sits first in the East. The team has not been above .500 at this point of the season since 2021.
\nIn his past three games, Bo Levi Mitchell<\/a> has completed 70 per cent of his passes for 845 yards and nine touchdown passes. He has not thrown an interception in his past 118 attempts; he has one on the season in Week 2.
\nKenny Lawler<\/a> has seven TDs in five games, passing his career-high of six (13 games in 2021 and 12 games in 2023). The team record is 15, established by Tony Champion in 1989.
\nOttawa has won the teams\u2019 past two matchups at TD Place Stadium.
\nLast week, Eugene Lewis<\/a> registered his 19th career 100+ yard game (128 on seven catches).
\nKalil Pimpleton<\/a> collected 365 all purpose yards in his previous two games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 7 is here and that means Game Notes is back with plenty of information about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-7947","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\/7947","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=7947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}