Vernon Adams Jr., the CFL’s leader in passing touchdowns, has been shuffled to Calgary’s reserve roster just a day before kickoff.<\/p>\n
This Week’s CFL Schedule<\/p>\n
Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a> at Calgary Stampeders<\/a><\/p>\n Hamilton got run out of the building 44-20 the last time these two met in Week 9, and the Ticats haven’t found much rhythm since, dropping four of five. Calgary’s own form isn’t much prettier \u2014 losers of two straight \u2014 but the roster news out of the Stampeders’ camp is the real story here, with Ben Wooldridge activated off reserve the same day Adams Jr. was shipped there. Dave Dickenson is one win away from 100 career victories, and history says McMahon Stadium is the place to get it: Calgary is 5-1 there against Hamilton since 2017.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Tre Ford (Hamilton, QB) \u2014 Torched Calgary’s secondary for a career-high 356 yards last time out and owns a 2-2 career mark against the Stamps. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Vernon Adams Jr. (Calgary, QB) \u2014 Head, questionable, and now on the reserve roster after Ben Wooldridge was activated in his place. Pick: Calgary Stampeders 33-27. Even with the QB uncertainty, Calgary’s offense has been too much all season (378 points scored) and Reggie Stubblefield’s league-leading 59 tackles anchor a defense that should slow down a banged-up Hamilton receiving corps. Calgary is 4-5-1 against the spread but rides eight overs in ten games \u2014 bet the total here too.<\/p>\n Toronto Argonauts<\/a> at Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/a><\/p>\n WhenSaturday, August 29 at 7:00 PM ET Toronto just gutted out a 39-20 win over Hamilton and heads west with some real swagger, while Saskatchewan is coming off back-to-back losses, including a 16-30 clunker against BC. The Argos have owned this series lately, winning the last three meetings, and Chad Kelly is a perfect 4-0 in his career against the Riders. Back in Week 4, these two combined for 730 passing yards in a 40-34 Toronto shootout win, and this one has the look of another track meet.<\/p>\n Players to Watch:<\/p>\n Chad Kelly (Toronto, QB) \u2014 4-0 lifetime versus Saskatchewan, and Toronto needs him locked in against a defense that allows the fewest big plays in the league. Injury Watch:<\/p>\n Nick Arbuckle (Toronto, QB) \u2014 Ribs, questionable. Pick: Toronto Argonauts 30-27. Saskatchewan’s defense is legit \u2014 fewest touchdown drives allowed, lowest second-down conversion rate against \u2014 but the Riders are down two receivers and haven’t shown they can slow Kelly, who’s had this team’s number every time out. Toronto is 5-5 against the spread and the under has hit in six of ten games, but this rivalry keeps producing points, so lean the over.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/p>\n TeamWLPFPA<\/p>\n Montreal Alouettes92395307 Quick Hits<\/p>\n Calgary activated kicker Ren\u00e9 Paredes off the six-game injured list while simultaneously moving Vernon Adams Jr. to reserve \u2014 a QB swap worth watching closely before kickoff at McMahon. 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":"Vernon Adams Jr., the CFL’s leader in passing touchdowns, has been shuffled to Calgary’s reserve roster just a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-875963","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\/875963","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=875963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVernon Adams Jr. (Calgary, QB) \u2014 Leads the CFL with 22 passing touchdowns, but his move to reserve roster status makes his availability a real question mark.
\nKeric Wheatfall (Hamilton, WR) \u2014 Has 12 catches for 232 yards and a score over his last two games and needs to keep feeding Ford downfield shots.<\/p>\n
\nKiondre Smith (Hamilton, WR) \u2014 Knee, out.
\nTyson Middlemost (Hamilton, WR) \u2014 Knee, out.
\nReggie Begelton (Calgary, WR) \u2014 Knee, out.<\/p>\n
\nWhereMosaic Stadium, Regina
\nTVTSN
\nStreamWatch live on CFL+<\/a>
\nLineSaskatchewan Roughriders -4 | O\/U 62<\/p>\n
\nTrevor Harris (Saskatchewan, QB) \u2014 Has thrown a touchdown pass in every game this season and is 6-6 for his career against Toronto.
\nDamonte Coxie (Toronto, WR) \u2014 Part of a receiving corps so deep that Toronto is the only team in the CFL with five players over 500 yards this season.<\/p>\n
\nCameron Judge (Toronto, LB) \u2014 Hip, out.
\nParis Shand (Toronto, DL) \u2014 Oblique, out.
\nJohnny Johnson (Saskatchewan, WR) \u2014 Head, out.
\nSamuel Emilus (Saskatchewan, WR) \u2014 Leg, out.<\/p>\n
\nEdmonton Elks83323279
\nSaskatchewan Roughriders64309271
\nWinnipeg Blue Bombers65300314
\nToronto Argonauts55304311
\nBC Lions<\/a>55274267
\nCalgary Stampeders46378327
\nHamilton Tiger-Cats47257319
\nOttawa Redblacks010223368<\/p>\n
\nSaskatchewan added D’Sean Mimbs off the reserve roster and pulled in three practice-roster bodies (Seyi Oladipo Jr., Liam Hoskins, James Burgess Jr.) to patch holes left by Johnny Johnson and Samuel Emilus being ruled out.
\nWith Ford lighting it up through the air, Hamilton’s Keric Wheatfall is a sneaky start against a Calgary secondary that’s given up chunk plays all year.
\nToronto extended punter John Haggerty and DL Paris Shand on single-game injury while adding Jalen Bell and Jalen Rayam off the practice roster to keep the front seven fresh for Regina’s turf.<\/p>\n