{"id":816922,"date":"2026-07-21T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816922\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:57:10","slug":"montreals-alexander-and-theis-calgarys-mills-named-cfl-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816922\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal\u2019s Alexander and Theis, Calgary\u2019s Mills named CFL players of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784660230_431_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander, right, hands the football off to Travis Theis during first half CFL football action against the Calgary Stampeders, in Calgary, Saturday, July 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 21, 2026 | 11:46 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Montreal quarterback Davis Alexander, Alouettes running back Travis Theis and Calgary running back Dedrick Mills have been named the CFL\u2019s top players of Week 7.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander threw for 402 yards with three touchdowns in the Alouettes\u2019 38-32 win over the Stampeders on Saturday in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>He now has a record 336 consecutive pass attempts without an interception.<\/p>\n<p>Theis rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown and added 49 receiving yards in Montreal\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander, right, hands the football off to Travis Theis during first half CFL football&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-816922","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\/816922","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=816922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}