WINNIPEG \u2014 West Division rivals clash on Friday Night Football when the Calgary Stampeders head to Winnipeg to take on the Blue Bombers at Princess Auto Stadium.<\/p>\n
Calgary has dropped two straight, both to the Montreal Alouettes, and sit four points behind the third place Bombers.<\/p>\n
Winnipeg has reeled off three straight victories.<\/p>\n
The Blue Bombers won the only other meeting between the two teams this season, 30-28, back in Week 1.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for each team ahead of Friday\u2019s 8:30 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN\/RDS2 in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n
RELATED CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n 1. SLOW DOWN THE OPPOSING O<\/p>\n Calgary has allowed a league-high 214 points through seven weeks, or 35.6 per game. Much of their issue has been defending the pass game, which ranked last in yards surrendered at 361.3 per game. Defensive back Zy Alexander has three of the team\u2019s four interceptions and is tasked with leading the secondary in shutting down Bombers\u2019 receivers Nic Demski<\/a> and Tim White.<\/p>\n 2. BUILD ON MOMENTUM<\/p>\n When trying to get things turned around, it\u2019s important to find the positives in recent performances. The Stamps put up 21 fourth quarter points last week, an offensive showing they will try to carry into Friday night\u2019s action. Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., who has thrown a league-best 17 touchdowns and zero interceptions, will have to navigate a Bombers\u2019 secondary that\u2019s allowed only nine passing touchdowns.<\/p>\n 3. FINDING HOLES UP FRONT<\/p>\n Running back Dedrick Mills<\/a> can make an immediate impact in the game against a Winnipeg defensive front which is giving up 110.7 yards on the ground per game. He\u2019s already rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown against them once this season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n 1. BRADY OLIVEIRA EYES WEEK 1 REPEAT<\/p>\n Running back Brady Oliveira<\/a> matched Mills in that Week 1 matchup, totalling 113 yards and a touchdown. It remains Oliveira\u2019s best game of the season.<\/p>\n 2. DRU BROWN\u2019S POCKET<\/p>\n With Winnipeg placing quarterback Zach Collaros<\/a> on the six-game injured list<\/a>, the starting job appears to be Dru Brown<\/a>\u2019s for the foreseeable future. As he continues to settle in this week against the Stamps\u2019 secondary, he\u2019ll work to find familiar faces in Demski, White and Ontaria Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n 3. LOCK IN ON DEDRICK MILLS<\/p>\n Not only can Mills create chaos on the ground, he\u2019s also shown an ability to jump into the pass game as an option for Adams Jr. Limiting his production starts with Jake Ceresna<\/a> and Tony Jones<\/a> up front. If they can, it will force receivers Erik Brooks and Jalen Philpot to make plays downfield against a strong secondary.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n The Blue Bombers can secure their 2026 season series with a win. The two teams meet for a third time in Week 19.
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\nDamien Alford will make his season debut after rejoining the Stampeders this week<\/a>. Calgary\u2019s first overall pick in the 2025 CFL Canadian Draft caught 20 passes for 407 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie before signing with the NFL\u2019s New Orleans Saints.
\nBrady Oliveira<\/a> needs 97 rushing yards to reach 6,000 in his career.
\nOver their first six games, the Stamps have just six giveaways.
\nVernon Adams Jr.\u2019s streak of 243 consecutive pass attempts without an interception is the fourth longest of all time.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET, which can be watched on TSN\/RDS2 in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2014 West Division rivals clash on Friday Night Football when the Calgary Stampeders head to Winnipeg to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-821414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821414","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=821414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}