Saskatchewan’s five-game win streak over Hamilton meets a reeling Ticats squad, while Edmonton tries to hold serve at home against a hot Toronto team.<\/p>\n
This Week’s CFL Schedule<\/p>\n
Toronto Argonauts<\/a> at Edmonton Elks<\/a><\/p>\n WhenSaturday, August 15 at 3:00 PM ET Edmonton has won four straight against Toronto and sits at 6-3, but this Elks team is bleeding points lately \u2014 36.7 per game over its last three, including a 30-48 blowout loss to Montreal last week. Toronto’s riding the opposite wave, winners of two straight, and their pass rush has been nasty with eight sacks over the last two games. Chad Kelly is 2-0 in his career against Edmonton and needs just 330 yards to slide past Tobin Rote into sixth on the Argos’ all-time passing list.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Chad Kelly (Toronto Argonauts, QB) \u2014 Has topped 300 yards in six of eight starts and owns a perfect mark against this Edmonton defense. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Makai Polk (Toronto Argonauts, WR) \u2014 Out, moved to six-game injury, robbing Kelly of a receiver who was 49 yards from 2,000 career. Pick: Edmonton Elks 34-31. The home streak against Toronto is real, but this smells like another shootout given the O\/U sits at a lofty 62 and both defenses have been leaky.<\/p>\n Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/a> at Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a><\/p>\n WhenSaturday, August 15 at 7:00 PM ET Saskatchewan rolled into Hamilton back in Week 6 and left with a 38-7 beatdown, part of a five-game win streak over the Ticats that shows no signs of stopping. Hamilton’s lost three straight and has been outscored by 84 points in fourth quarters this season \u2014 that’s a defense that flat out runs out of gas. Trevor Harris is 12-5 for his career against this opponent, though Hamilton did hold him to a season-low 211 yards and two picks in that Week 6 meeting.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Tommy Stevens (Saskatchewan Roughriders, RB) \u2014 Just became the third player since 1995 with back-to-back three-TD games and is on pace for 25 rushing touchdowns, which would break Milt Stegall’s all-time record. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Quali Conley (Saskatchewan Roughriders, RB) \u2014 Questionable, hamstring, transferred to single-game injury this week. Pick: Saskatchewan Roughriders 35-17. The Riders are 5-2-1 against the spread and have owned this series; Hamilton’s fourth-quarter collapses make covering a seven-point spread a tall order.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/p>\n TeamWLPFPA<\/p>\n Montreal Alouettes81321247 Quick Hits<\/p>\n Saskatchewan added RB Star’Corius Thomas off the practice roster while shifting Quali Conley to single-game injury \u2014 worth monitoring for backfield touches this weekend. 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":"Saskatchewan’s five-game win streak over Hamilton meets a reeling Ticats squad, while Edmonton tries to hold serve at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-859076","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\/859076","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=859076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhereCommonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
\nTVTSN
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineEdmonton Elks -3 | O\/U 62<\/p>\n
\nCody Fajardo (Edmonton Elks, QB) \u2014 Leads the league in completion percentage on throws 20+ yards downfield and just became the 12th player in CFL history to hit 100 passing TDs with 50 rushing TDs.
\nAustin Mack (Edmonton Elks, WR) \u2014 Averaging 5.7 catches and 120 yards a game over his last three outings.<\/p>\n
\nRobert Priester (Toronto Argonauts, LB\/DB) \u2014 Out, extended to six-game injury.
\nKenny Logan (Edmonton Elks, DB) \u2014 Out.
\nRoyce Metchie (Edmonton Elks, DB) \u2014 Doubtful, hamstring.<\/p>\n
\nWhereTim Hortons Field, Hamilton
\nTVTSN
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineSaskatchewan Roughriders -7 | O\/U 56<\/p>\n
\nKeeSean Johnson (Saskatchewan Roughriders, WR) \u2014 Chasing his 200th career catch with touchdowns in three straight games.
\nKenny Lawler (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, WR) \u2014 Needs just 19 yards to reach 6,000 career receiving.<\/p>\n
\nZack Fry (Saskatchewan Roughriders, OL) \u2014 Out.
\nShemar Bridges (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, WR) \u2014 Questionable, hip.
\nTyler Ternowski (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, WR) \u2014 Out, shoulder.<\/p>\n
\nSaskatchewan Roughriders62274215
\nEdmonton Elks63259248
\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers54237264
\nToronto Argonauts44253249
\nBC Lions45244251
\nCalgary Stampeders46378327
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats36211261
\nOttawa Redblacks09207322<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton’s secondary is banged up with Kenny Logan out and Royce Metchie doubtful, a scary combo against a Toronto passing attack that just torched Calgary for 33 points.
\nWith Makai Polk sidelined for six games, expect Damonte Coxie to keep seeing extra targets after his season-high 161-yard outing last week.
\nHamilton added DL Aamarii Notice off the practice roster as the Ticats try to patch a defense that’s been gassed late in games all season.<\/p>\n