Montreal’s perfect home record meets Edmonton’s revenge tour, while BC tries to keep its ground game rolling against a reeling Hamilton squad.<\/p>\n
This Week’s CFL Schedule<\/p>\n
Edmonton Elks<\/a> at Montreal Alouettes<\/a><\/p>\n WhenSaturday, August 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET This is the marquee matchup of the CFL calendar so far \u2014 7-1 Montreal against 6-2 Edmonton, with the Elks owning the only loss on the Als’ ledger, a Week 3 32-29 overtime thriller in Edmonton. Montreal has ripped off five straight since, while the Elks dropped their last one to Saskatchewan 28-26 after riding a three-game win streak. Cody Fajardo returns to the building where he used to play, and he’s been lights out lately: 1,418 yards and 8 TDs with zero picks over his last four starts.<\/p>\n Both defenses lead the league in points allowed and turnover ratio, so don’t be shocked if this one turns into a field-position slog early before the passing games take over. Montreal is 6-2 against the spread this year with six overs in eight games, and this line sitting at 58 suggests Vegas expects fireworks between two of the CFL’s best offenses.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Davis Alexander (Montreal Alouettes, QB) \u2014 Leads the league with 2,788 passing yards and is on pace to smash Anthony Calvillo’s franchise record. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Jerreth Sterns (Montreal Alouettes, WR) \u2014 Out, extended on the six-game injury list, thinning an already banged-up receiver room. Pick: Montreal 35-30. The Als have won six straight at home and cover regularly, but Fajardo’s turnover-free stretch and Justin Rankin’s rushing punch (7 TDs on the ground) should keep this thing above the total.<\/p>\n Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a> at BC Lions<\/a><\/p>\n WhenSaturday, August 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET Hamilton took this series opener back in Week 3, hammering BC 41-27, but the Lions have flipped the script since. BC just put on a ground-game clinic against Winnipeg, setting a franchise record with 377 rushing yards in a 35-19 win \u2014 Zander Horvath ran for 191 and three scores while Kaidon Salter added 160 more in his first career start. Hamilton, meanwhile, has lost four of its last five and just got run out of its own building 44-20 by Calgary.<\/p>\n Nathan Rourke was activated off the reserve roster this week and could factor back into the mix, giving BC even more firepower behind an offensive line that’s clearly found something. Mathieu Betts keeps piling up sacks too \u2014 four over his last three games and a spot in the record books as just the ninth Canadian to reach 50 for his career.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Nathan Rourke (BC Lions, QB) \u2014 Back on the active roster and 2-2 in his career against Hamilton. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Loik Gagn\u00e9 (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, LB) \u2014 Out, placed on the six-game injury list this week. Pick: BC 31-19. Hamilton’s offense has cratered over its last two games and BC just found a run-heavy identity that’s tough to stop \u2014 the Lions cover this number.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/p>\n TeamWLPFPA<\/p>\n Montreal Alouettes71273217 Quick Hits<\/p>\n BC activated Nathan Rourke off the reserve roster this week, giving the Lions another weapon after their record-setting rushing performance. Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n Who wins this week? Drop your picks in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal’s perfect home record meets Edmonton’s revenge tour, while BC tries to keep its ground game rolling against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-850932","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\/850932","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=850932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWherePercival Molson Memorial Stadium, Montreal
\nTVTSN
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineMontreal Alouettes -3 | O\/U 58<\/p>\n
\nTyson Philpot (Montreal Alouettes, WR) \u2014 Became the fastest Canadian ever to hit 1,000 receiving yards last week and already has five 100-yard games this season.
\nAustin Mack (Edmonton Elks, WR) \u2014 Heading back to Montreal, where he won a Grey Cup and racked up nearly 2,000 yards; he’s got 250 yards and two TDs over his last two games.<\/p>\n
\nMustafa Johnson (Montreal Alouettes, DL) \u2014 Out, another hit to a Montreal front seven that’s forced 18 turnovers this year.
\nJacob Plamondon (Edmonton Elks, FB) \u2014 Out with a shoulder injury.
\nJoel Dublanko (Edmonton Elks, LB) \u2014 Questionable with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n
\nWhereBC Place Stadium, Vancouver
\nTVTSN
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineBC Lions -6 | O\/U 56<\/p>\n
\nMathieu Betts (BC Lions, DL) \u2014 Terrorizing quarterbacks lately with four sacks in his last three outings.
\nLarry Rountree (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, RB) \u2014 Hamilton’s workhorse with 449 yards on the ground, but he’ll need a big night against a suddenly nasty BC run defense.<\/p>\n
\nQuavian White (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, DB) \u2014 Out with a hamstring injury.
\nJonah Tavai (BC Lions, DL) \u2014 Out, moved to the six-game injury list.
\nBrandon Yates (BC Lions, OL) \u2014 Out, extended on the single-game injury list.<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton Elks62229200
\nSaskatchewan Roughriders62274215
\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers44204243
\nToronto Argonauts44253249
\nCalgary Stampeders45352297
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats35187234
\nBC Lions25187201
\nOttawa Redblacks08186289<\/p>\n
\nMontreal is dealing with a thin receiver room after Jerreth Sterns got extended on the six-game injury list, putting more pressure on Philpot and Snead to carry the load against Edmonton.
\nFantasy angle: Justin Rankin has 7 rushing TDs already this year and torched Montreal for two scores in their first meeting \u2014 a strong flex play again this week.
\nTyson Philpot’s 1,000-yard season through eight games ties the CFL record held by Hall of Famers Hal Patterson and Terry Greer \u2014 he’s chasing history in prime time against Edmonton.<\/p>\n