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SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS\u2019 DEFENCE<\/p>\n 1.8 OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED PER GAME<\/p>\n If you\u2019re an owner of Saskatchewan\u2019s defence and special teams this year, you already know how stingy this unit has been. Outside of a bye or very specific circumstances, the Riders are a must-start on DST entering the second third of the season. They\u2019re also a group you have to game plan against when making lineup decisions.<\/p>\n Saskatchewan is allowing less than two offensive touchdowns per game, a league-best total, while also leading the way in opposition net offence and opposition passing yards. Outside of certain no-brainers like Justin Rankin and Tyson Philpot<\/a>, I\u2019m hesitant to dress most of my playmakers in a matchup vs. the Roughriders.<\/p>\n For Week 8, that means members of the Elks. I\u2019m still playing Rankin, but that\u2019s about it if I have other options. Cody Fajardo<\/a> is a no-go at quarterback, as Saskatchewan has allowed just four passing touchdowns all season. And at receiver, Austin Mack, TJ Luther<\/a>, and Kaion Julien-Grant<\/a> would be chilling on my bench.<\/p>\n BC LIONS\u2019 DEFENCE<\/p>\n 53.2 RUSHING YARDS ALLOWED PER GAME<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a disappointing start for the Lions, but they\u2019ve certainly made a significant impact in CFL Fantasy. You just can\u2019t run on these guys, which Rankin owners experienced in Week 7. Rankin was held to just nine rushing yards on seven attempts and finished with 55 yards from scrimmage, his first time under triple digits this season.<\/p>\n Unless something changes, I\u2019m avoiding playing running backs against BC. This weekend, that means I\u2019m looking at other options instead of Toronto\u2019s Samuel Hicks. It\u2019s just not worth the risk against a group that\u2019s allowed only two rushing touchdowns and is holding opposing tailbacks to a league leading 3.3 yards per carry.<\/p>\n TRAVIS THEIS | RUNNING BACK | MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n 17.6 TOUCHES PER GAME OVER LAST FIVE GAMES<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Looking at trends is huge when playing fantasy, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing with Montreal\u2019s Travis Theis. After being lightly used in Week 1 (two carries, eight yards), Theis has emerged as the number one option for the Als and his usage has reflected that.<\/p>\n With 64 rushing attempts and 24 receiving targets in Montreal\u2019s last five outings, Theis has been involved in more than 17 plays per game. That\u2019s the type of frequency fantasy owners crave and has him in the same mix as Rankin, Dedrick Mills<\/a>, and Brady Oliveira<\/a>. Even up against a solid Hamilton defence, Theis is an easy start in Week 8.<\/p>\n SERGIO CASTILLO | KICKER | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n 3.8 FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS PER GAME<\/p>\n Don\u2019t let Sergio Castillo<\/a>\u2019s 78.3 per cent field goal conversion rate scare you off. For fantasy players, there\u2019s another number that\u2019s far more important when it comes to Winnipeg\u2019s kicker. With 23 field goal attempts, no kicker has had more opportunity to score points than Castillo has, and that can\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n Even if Castillo\u2019s accuracy doesn\u2019t improve, which I suspect it will, his current frequency projects to more than 160 points calculated over 18 games. Will Ottawa\u2019s Brett Lauther<\/a> remain perfect this season? The odds suggest not, but even if he did, his current pace is 180 points from field goals. Similarly, Edmonton\u2019s Vincent Blanchard (152.4) and Montreal\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Maltos D\u00edaz (144.0) have both been more accurate than Castillo but aren\u2019t putting up as many points.<\/p>\n CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n 37.7 POINTS FOR PER GAME; 35.7 POINTS AGAINST PER GAME<\/p>\n Stamps games sure have been fun to watch in 2026, and that carries over to CFL Fantasy, too. Through seven weeks, it\u2019s been a good bet to play your players (on either side) in games Calgary has been involved in.<\/p>\n Take Week 7, for example, where Theis, Davis Alexander<\/a>, Tyler Snead<\/a>, Philpot<\/a>, Cole Spieker<\/a>, Jalen Philpot, Vernon Adams Jr., and Dedrick Mills<\/a> all had really good weeks. No one in the league scores more than the Stampeders do, and conversely, no one allows more offence and surrenders more points than they do.<\/p>\n With an average of 73.3 total points scored in games Calgary\u2019s involved in, I\u2019m considering plenty of their players AND Winnipeg options when these two teams meet this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re playing CFL Fantasy presented by theScore Bet, by now you\u2019re probably looking for little ways to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-819939","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\/819939","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=819939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Image-1.jpeg\")
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