RecordLast WeekSeasonGame Picks 3-034-20Player Props0-112-7Overall 3-146-27<\/p>\n
Can you smell it? A mixture of damp earth, decaying leaves and wood smoke is blended with a cinnamon and cardamom musk as the wind swirls, and the temperature fluctuates into freezing range. Smells like playoff football to me. Yet, with two weeks left in the regular season, and with every playoff spot in the West still up for grabs, our attention is glued on a game that would be described as meaningless if not for one juicy detail. The Redblacks have two more chances to avoid the dubious distinction of being the first team in the modern era to finish a season without a victory. It was a 19-1 futures bet two months ago, now -250 at FanDuel. Ottawa turns to Bryson Barnes for their final home game ahead of next week\u2019s season finale in Hamilton. I want to believe, but\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Toronto Argonauts at Ottawa Redblacks<\/p>\n
Barnes is making his first CFL start and he\u2019ll be without Ottawa\u2019s best receiver in Justin Hardy, who\u2019s inching closer to the franchise\u2019s record for receptions. If the Redblacks are going to have any hope to win, it\u2019s going to be because they caught the Boatmen on bad day. That\u2019s possible. Chad Kelly almost gave the game away the last time they played with two red zone interceptions. He threw four picks in their first meeting back in week 3, but the Argos still somehow won by 20 points. As frustrating as his decision-making can be at times, Kelly\u2019s arm talent undeniable. With his arsenal of receivers against this Redblacks secondary, there\u2019s no number of mistakes he can\u2019t come back from. Knock wood.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Argonauts -10.5<\/p>\n
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Edmonton Elks<\/p>\n
The Elks can clinch their first division title since 2015 with a win. If not, it could get interesting with a trip to Saskatchewan next week against the defending champs potentially playing for their playoff lives. Edmonton\u2019s offence has stalled a little of late. Justin Rankin and the run game in general have gone cold, while Cody Fajardo has zero touchdown passes and three interceptions in his last three games. The Elks have still won six of their last seven thanks to a defence that\u2019s allowing the fewest points and yards per game. They\u2019ve forced the most turnovers and made the most tackles for a loss. They\u2019re also second in sacks after Malik Carney had four last week to takeover the individual league lead. It\u2019s an elite unit playing at a high level. But Zach is back for the Bombers. Collaros made his return to lead them to a season-saving win over the Stamps last week. Now they sit third in the West when a crossover spot seemed like all they could hope for a couple of weeks ago. The Bombers are 6-4 with Zach under centre versus 2-4 when he doesn\u2019t start. His receiving corps is healthy at the right time and Dorian Singer has emerged as a dangerous deep threat. Of course, The Bombers greatest advantage comes on the ground. <\/p>\n
The Pick: Blue Bombers +3.5<\/p>\n
Player Prop: Brady Oliveira Over 69.5 Rushing Yards<\/p>\n
While he\u2019s been quiet in back-to-back weeks (by his standards), Oliveira had over 100 yards in five of his previous seven games, including 118 yards in Edmonton at the end of August. He also went over this number in his first game against the Elks in week 4. The league\u2019s leading rusher had three carries of 10 or more yards in each of those games. He\u2019s usually handed the ball whether the Bombers are ahead or not. The Elks aren\u2019t as good against the run as they are the pass, but they\u2019re still third in the league allowing an average of just over 80 rushing yards a game. That\u2019s a ten yard cushion on what he gets to go over his rushing yards prop. And Brady\u2019s better than average.<\/p>\n
Montreal Alouettes at Saskatchewan Roughriders<\/p>\n
Montreal has nothing left to play for this regular season, except to be sharp for the East Final on November 7th. The Als are sitting most of their offence. Who knows how many defensive starters will finish the game. The Riders desperately need a reset. They should take advantage of the Als generosity after getting a whooping last week.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Roughriders -5.5<\/p>\n
BC Lions at Calgary Stampeders<\/p>\n
Since Labour Day, the Stamps have one win against a team other than the Redblacks. It was a season-saving upset in Saskatchewan two weeks ago. I give Calgary credit for staying alive. They looked cooked. If the Elks win, BC would clinch second place in the West and would have less to play for. But if the Elks lose, this line could be a lot larger by kickoff with the Lions smelling fresh prey in the form a stumbling herd. Either way, I\u2019ll back the better team.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Lions -2.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RecordLast WeekSeasonGame Picks 3-034-20Player Props0-112-7Overall 3-146-27 Can you smell it? A mixture of damp earth, decaying leaves and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,76945,82],"class_list":["post-937522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-cfl-sports-football-league-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937522","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=937522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}