TORONTO \u2014 Week 8 is here and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and this week\u2019s matchups, including:<\/p>\n
Brady Oliveira<\/a> needs 97 yards to become the fifth Canadian to reach 6,000 rushing yards, behind Andrew Harris<\/a> (10,380), Norm Kwong (9,022), Jon Cornish (6,844) and Sean Millington (6,086). He needs 21 yards to surpass Willard Reaves (5,923) for third on the Bombers\u2019 all-time list. Check out all CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes for Week 8 below.<\/p>\n RELATED Game Notes<\/p>\n Edmonton at Saskatchewan Calgary at Winnipeg Toronto at BC Hamilton at Montreal LAST TO BE PICKED<\/p>\n Vernon Adams Jr. has tied Ricky Ray<\/a> and Darian Durant<\/a>\u2019s mark of 17 passing TDs with 0 interceptions to begin a season; Adams Jr. and Dave Dickenson are tied for the record with 20 passing TDs without an interception. QUICK SLANTS<\/p>\n LEAGUE-WIDE <\/p>\n Each game in Week 7 was decided by 6 points or less (average margin: 3 points). 100th | Tyrice Beverette (MTL), Kerfalla-Emmanuel Exum\u00e9 (SSK) EDM (5-1) at SSK (4-1)<\/p>\n Winner will take over first-place in the West. CGY (2-4) at WPG (4-2) <\/p>\n Week 1: WPG 30 \u2013 CGY 28<\/a> TOR (2-4) at BC (1-4)<\/p>\n The teams split their season series in 2025. HAM (3-3) at MTL (5-1)<\/p>\n Week 1: MTL 30 \u2013 HAM 27<\/a>
\nVernon Adams Jr. is a career 7-3 versus Winnipeg.
\nRookie Tyler Kahmann leads the league with five TD receptions.
\nDru Brown<\/a> is a career 4-0 against the Stamps. In two starts with Winnipeg this season, he has completed 70 per cent of his passes for 656 passing yards and three TDs.
\nIn his last three games, Keon Hatcher Sr. has 18 catches for 337 yards (18.7 yards per catch).<\/p>\n
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\nAdams has not thrown an interception in his past 243 attempts.
\nHe is on pace for 51 passing TDs and 6,010 passing yards to surpass his previous marks of 31 and 4,769.
\nIn the red zone, he has completed 76 per cent of his passes with 13 TDs.<\/p>\n
\n77 per cent of games have been decided by one score.
\nQBs have thrown 100 TDs to 41 interceptions (2.44:1).
\nThe league-wide efficiency rating is 106.9.
\nChad Kelly<\/a> (6,378) and Davis Alexander<\/a> (6,543) are on pace to finish second behind Doug Flutie\u2019s all-time passing mark of 6,619 yards.
\nPossible milestone game(s):<\/p>\n
\n150th | Lirim Hajrullahu<\/a> (TOR)<\/p>\n
\nTeams split the season series last year with a margin of victory of two.
\nEdmonton averages 118.3 rushing yards per game and 5.8 yards per rush, while Saskatchewan allows 101.8 rushing yards per game and 5.4 yards per rush.
\nJustin Rankin has eight big plays this season; Saskatchewan as a team has a league-low 12.
\nAt this point last season, Edmonton was 1-5.
\nEdmonton leads the league in turnover ratio (+11).
\nCody Fajardo<\/a> is a career 1-1 against his former team and he has yet to win as a visitor at Mosaic. He needs one rushing major to become the ninth player to reach the 100 TD pass-50 rushing major plateau.
\nLast week, Kenneth Logan Jr. registered seven defensive tackles, one sack, one interception and one tackle for a loss.
\nRoughriders have allowed a league-low 9 big plays with only six coming on defence.
\nThe Roughriders lead the league in second down percentage (60.2), while allowing a league-low second down percentage (42.1).
\nTrevor Harris<\/a> has passed for multiple TDs in each game this season. He is a career 8-6 against the Elks.
\nIn three games this season, A.J. Ouellette<\/a> is averaging 79 rushing yards per game and 4.6 yards per carry.
\nKeeSean Johnson leads the league with 16 second-down conversion receptions.<\/p>\n
\nCalgary leads the league with 125.3 rushing yards per game, while Winnipeg allows 110.7 rushing yards per game.
\nIn their Week 1 matchup, Dedrick Mills<\/a> rushed for 112 yards and a TD.
\nVernon Adams Jr. is a career 7-3 versus Winnipeg.
\nLast week, Jalen Philpot matched his season high with 96 receiving yards.
\nMarquel Lee<\/a> is tied for the league lead in defensive tackles (38) and defensive plays (44).
\nWinnipeg is tied for the league-lead in sacks (12).
\nWinnipeg is the only team that has not allowed a big-play return this season.
\nDru Brown<\/a> is a career 4-0 against the Stamps. In two starts with Winnipeg this season, he has completed 70 per cent of his passes for 656 passing yards and three TDs.
\nBrady Oliveira<\/a> needs 97 yards to become the fifth Canadian to reach 6,000 rushing yards, behind Andrew Harris<\/a> (10,380), Norm Kwong (9,022), Jon Cornish (6,844) and Sean Millington (6,086). He needs 21 yards to surpass Willard Reaves (5,923) for third on the Bombers\u2019 all-time list.
\nNic Demski<\/a> needs 40 receiving yards for 6,000 as a Bomber.<\/p>\n
\nAfter averaging 37.5 points across its first four games, Toronto has averaged 22 in the past two.
\nThe Argonauts are tied for the league-lead with 23 big plays, however they have given up 24.
\nChad Kelly<\/a> is a career 2-0 against BC. He has five 300-passing yard+ games this season.
\nRookie Tyler Kahmann leads the league with five TD receptions.
\nBC has allowed a league-low 12 sacks, while Toronto is second with 11.
\nThe Lions allow a league-low 53.2 rushing yards per game.
\nBC has the lowest average field position at 32.7, while their opponents have the highest, averaging 40.2.
\nChase Brice<\/a> is in line to make his first career start. He passed for 226 yards in relief last week.
\nIn his last three games, Keon Hatcher Sr. has 18 catches for 337 yards (18.7 yards per catch).<\/p>\n
\nTre Ford<\/a> is a career 0-2 against Montreal. In his first start with Hamilton last week, he passed for 218 yards and recorded his second career 100-rushing yards+ game.
\nKiondr\u00e9 Smith is 76 receiving yards shy of 3,500, while Kurleigh Gittens Jr.<\/a> needs 37 yards for 4,000.
\nJulian Howsare<\/a> is tied for the league-lead with four sacks, his next will be his 50th.
\nDavis Alexander<\/a> is a career 3-0 versus the Ticats. He has passed for 300+ yards in all six games this season, including two 400+ games. Last week, he set a new league record with 336 pass attempts without an interception.
\nIn the teams\u2019 first meeting, Tyler Snead<\/a> had nine receptions for 163 yards. He is on pace for a career-high 1,749 yards.
\nTyson Philpot<\/a> leads the league in targets (64), receptions (50) and receiving yards (807). He is on pace for a league record 2,441 yards
\nAlexandre Gagn\u00e9 is tied with Darryl Townsend (93) for second on Montreal\u2019s all-time list for special teams tackles \u2013 he is one shy of tying Chip Cox<\/a> for first.
\nLast week, Travis Theis tied a career-best with 19 carries, while collecting the first 100-rushing yard+ game and notching his fourth consecutive game with a rushing major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Week 8 is here and with it CFL.ca\u2019s Game Notes, full of information about players and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-820969","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\/820969","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=820969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}