OTTAWA \u2014 Don\u2019t look now, but the Edmonton Elks are coming on.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ll try to make it three wins in a row when they travel to TD Place for a date with the Ottawa REDBLACKS on Friday Night Football.<\/p>\n
Back-to-back victories over Montreal and Toronto have the Elks pulling closer to BC and Winnipeg in the West Division.<\/p>\n
Ottawa, on the other hand, is aiming to win three of its last four.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for both teams ahead of Friday\u2019s 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n
RELATED EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n 1. JUSTIN RANKIN IS ROLLIN\u2019<\/p>\n Running back Justin Rankin did it all in Week 11, pulling down 92 yards through the air and amassing 87 more on the ground in their win over Toronto. The last time these two met, a 39-33 Elks win in Week 5, he was just as effective, putting up 69 receiving and 105 rushing yards.<\/p>\n 2. CODY FAJARDO COMING THROUGH<\/p>\n Quarterback Cody Fajardo<\/a> is giving his team a chance to win, which is all head coach Mark Kilam can ask. He\u2019ll face a REDBLACKS secondary that sits fifth in average passing yards against per game and one that didn\u2019t see him the first time around. Fajardo\u2019s ability to find his receivers and Rankin being a dual threat creates unpredictability for Ottawa\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n 3. KEEP IT CLOSE<\/p>\n The Elks\u2019 two losses before their most recent wins were by a combined seven points. It shows they\u2019re staying in the game and giving themselves an opportunity to come away victorious, a position they\u2019ll look to put themselves in again on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n OTTAWA REDBLACKS<\/p>\n 1. HERE COMES DUSTIN CRUM<\/p>\n Starting quarterback Dru Brown<\/a> is out with a knee injury<\/a>, a tough blow for Ottawa\u2019s offence. Head coach Bob Dyce will go back to Dustin Crum<\/a>, who was impressive in relief against the Blue Bombers last week, completing 11 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n 2. DANIEL ADEBOBOYE AND WILLIAM STANBACK<\/p>\n No Brown likely means more looks for the REDBLACKS running backs. Daniel Adeboboye<\/a> and William Stanback<\/a> have combined for 725 yards this season and put up 39 and 38 yards the last time these teams squared off.<\/p>\n 3. LINEBACKERS ON GUARD<\/p>\n Given the Elks\u2019 multiple threats on offence, the linebacker core \u2014 led by veterans Jovan Santos-Knox<\/a> and Adarius Pickett<\/a> \u2014 has to be ready to make an impact. Santos-Knox has 47 tackles, while Pickett has 63 and an interception.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n Edmonton is 1-3 on the road and Ottawa is 1-3 at home.
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\nThis is the final regular season meeting between the Elks and REDBLACKS.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Don\u2019t look now, but the Edmonton Elks are coming on. They\u2019ll try to make it three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-91125","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\/91125","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=91125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}