CALGARY \u2014 The Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders wrap up a home-and-home on Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium.<\/p>\n
It was Montreal who walked away with a 37-30 victory in Week 6 to improve to 4-1.<\/p>\n
With home field on their side, Calgary is looking to get back to .500 with a victory.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for each team ahead of Saturday\u2019s 4:00 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN\/RDS in Canada, on CBSSN in the U.S., and on CFL+ internationally.<\/p>\n
RELATED MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n 1. TRAVIS THEIS IS NICE<\/p>\n Running back Travis Theis\u2019 94-yard game in Week 6 is the type of performance that allows head coach Jason Maas to diversify his offensive game plan. Theis has the tough task of replicating his play against a defence eager to shut him down.<\/p>\n 2. ALL EYES ON VERNON ADAMS JR.<\/p>\n The Alouettes defence has enough to worry about with quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.\u2019s arm, but he\u2019s also proven he\u2019s as capable as anyone when it comes to doing damage with his legs. Defensive lineman Mustafa Johnson<\/a> and linebacker Najee Murray<\/a> made their way through the line of scrimmage for sacks in the first meeting, but they\u2019ll need to try and stop his production on the ground altogether.<\/p>\n 3. GIVING DAVIS ALEXANDER TIME<\/p>\n A big part of quarterback Davis Alexander<\/a>\u2019s success has been due to the protection he\u2019s received. The Als\u2019 offensive line, led by Nick Callender and Tiger Shanks off the edges, has allowed just four sacks. Alexander has made the time count, throwing for 1,779 yards and eight touchdowns. He\u2019s also yet to throw an interception.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n 1. PHILPOT BOWL ROUND 2<\/p>\n Als\u2019 receiver Tyson Philpot<\/a> took Round 1 of the Philpot Bowl, pulling down 132 yards compared to brother Jalen\u2019s 66. For Jalen, it\u2019s about forming a connection early with his quarterback and making the most of his opportunities.<\/p>\n 2. FIND THE HOT HAND<\/p>\n All four of receiver Dejon Brissett<\/a>\u2019s touchdowns have come in his past two games. He\u2019s also averaging a career-high 18 yards per catch. If Adams Jr. keeps spreading the field and sharing the targets, it opens up space for Brissett to continue to thrive.<\/p>\n 3. BETTER START DEFENSIVELY<\/p>\n The Stamps will lean on the hometown crowd to help them get off to a better start after allowing 24 first half points a week ago. Defensive backs Zy Alexander, Benny Sapp III and Damon Webb<\/a> have to be prepared for Alexander to air it out early again.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n The Alouettes are 6-0-1 in the teams\u2019 previous seven meetings.
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\nTyson Philpot<\/a> has 719 receiving yards through five games \u2013 the highest mark in league history. He is on pace for a league-record 2,588<\/a>.
\nVernon Adams Jr. has thrown at least one touchdown pass in every game this season, including three-or-more in his last three. He\u2019s on pace for 50, which would surpass his career-high of 31. Like Alexander, he\u2019s also yet to throw an interception.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TSN\/RDS in Canada, on CBSSN in the U.S., and on CFL+ internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 The Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders wrap up a home-and-home on Saturday afternoon at McMahon Stadium.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-808518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808518","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=808518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}