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HAM @ TOR -6.5 What an impressive victory over BC last week by the Argos. Their defence was dominant. Since 20221, Toronto is 10-4 vs Hamilton (6-0 at home). Hamilton comes back down to earth and Toronto takes care of business and covers.
The Stamps were on a 4 game losing streak with 3 losses by double digits before tying Montreal last week. Their turnover ratio went from 0 to -15 in the last 2 months. Give me the Riders fresh legs coming off the bye to take this one and cover.
Ottawa got spanked by Hamilton last week and now will be without Adarius Pickett which is huge. Montreal ends their 2 game winless drought and gets back on track and covers.
The Elks have won 5 of their last 6 games. Tre is starting and his brother is a DB for the Bombers so that will be interesting to see! No Leake for the Elks. This game could go either way but lets ride with the Elks here to win and cover.
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6 point teaser: BAL -2.5 Good luck! |
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Perfect week ATS, ML and Teaser last week, maybe I should keep my write-ups shorter!
OTT +3 MON +1.5 If I were to get greedy (but not), I would add TOR +11.5 to the above 2 game teaser. I'll include TOR +11.5 in my record when only betting one teaser game.
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7 point teaser plays: KC +4.5 Good luck! |
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Don't have time this week for a write up, here are my picks:
BC +3.5 @ MTL
TOR @ OTT -1.5
SK @ WPG -2.5
CAL @ EDM -3
TEASERS: 19-5 (22-6 including my 2nd pick when only betting 1 teaser) BC +10.5 - I like BC to win and now have a 10 point cushion with the hook That's it for this week, I don't even like a 2nd teaser game to parlay with BC+10.5.
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Woops, I was still in 2023, thanks. Honestly I wasn't expecting him to sign again with BC, was fully expecting another team to pick him up. BC now has Rourke, VA and Betts which is nuts. I know Rourke and Betts aren't getting paid their full contract amounts this year, but still you can fully tell BC doesn't care if they're over the cap, they want the Cup this year. Good luck. |
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EDM +3 @ CAL Calgary has now lost 2 in a row and are 4-1 at home. They are such a weird team to figure out. They have a solid defence with 2 great LBs and 2 even better DBs. They have an awesome RB/WR. Their QB play is average at best. The Elks offense looks potent even without Tre. This is the sketchiest game of the week and really could go either way. Calgary wins but Edmonton covers.
SK +3.5 I don't like any other teasers this week, but if I had to choose another game to pair with SK +3.5 it would be TOR +0.5 (just need Toronto to win).
Montreal stays at 1 and Ottawa at 2. Montreal is on a 5 game winning streak, Ottawa on 2. The whole west division is taking up spots 4-8 in my power rankings.
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There is a huge shift happening in the CFL...The 3rd place team in the East would be 1st place all by themselves in the West. I've never seen that as long as I can remember. The West has always been much more dominant. There is only 5 points separating 1st place and last in the West. NFL is right around the corner!
BC also resigned Mathieu Betts who will be playing which is insane. They are going all out for a Grey Cup at home this year. I am going to roll with BC in this game. As much as I want to take Ottawa again, this is a back to back against the same team and BC is in must win mode. I am taking BC to win and cover in a close high scoring game. Ottawa will be without 2 WRs and 2 LBs which is a big deal.
It almost seemed the Bombers were looking ahead to this game the way they were playing against Hamilton last week. Winnipeg will be in for a tough ride with a sold out crowd, Collaros won't be able to hear his calls or audible on offense and players will be going offsides with timing being thrown off by the crowd. The Riders will be ready for the Bombers this game and come out with added intensity. Harris will play much, much better. Riders win and cover.
Bo Levi/bad defence/bad coaching VS Chad Kelly/good defence/good coaching I will be taking Toronto to win and cover. Simoni Lawrence isn't around for Hamilton anymore to really light a fire under the team and they just don't have the defensive firepower to keep up with the Argos. Also Bo Levi is starting and he is washed. Toronto wins and covers. |
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EDM @ MTL -6.5 Austin Mack returns and Fajardo is starting for Montreal. Not a good sign for Edmonton. Montreal got super lucky winning last week and this week they shouldn't have much trouble to win and cover. Even if Ford plays the Montreal defence will be too much for him. Montreal wins and covers.
TEASERS: 15-5 (18-5 including my 2nd pick when only betting 1 teaser game) SK +9.5 WPG -2.5 MTL +0.5
Montreal stays put with a very fortunate win over the Riders |
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I'm pretty salty with the command center, Brett Lauther, and the officiating. Getting pretty hard to watch the CFL at times, going to keep my writeups shorter and to the point. NFL is right around the corner. The top two teams in the west (Sask, BC) are 0-7-1 in the last month!
SK +2.5 @ TOR Toronto is coming off their bye week. Teams are 7-2-1 coming off the bye this year. Kelly is starting after being suspended the 1st 9 games and being forced to apologize. What a disgrace and the Argos should be ashamed for letting this man play. I hope Kelly plays worse then Rourke did. The Riders defense is going to feast on Kelly being rusty and not playing in live action all year. It will take much longer to get going beyond this game and playing against the Riders D is not a good place to start. Henderson is out which is a good thing as he has been a liability in the secondary. Picton and Ouellette is out and Schaffer-Baker is questionable. Riders are leading the league in +14 turnovers. Montreal is 2nd with +7. The Riders are winless in their last 4 games but still 1st place in the West. Riders win and cover.
HAM @ WPG -9.5 Winnipeg's defense is looking ridiculous. Winnipeg leads the league in points against and is worst in the league in points for. Yet here they are at 4-6 with 2 huge wins and winning the season series against BC, now only 3 points out of 1st place in the West. Bighill is doubtful. Winnipeg wins and covers.
BC @ OTT +1 Ottawa looks really good. Their defence is great, and Masoli played really well. Armstead is the RB they needed. Dru Brown practised in full and is taking 1st team reps so he will start. I like Ottawa's defence to shut down Rourke and Stanbeck and for Ottawa to not have much trouble moving the ball against a falling BC defense. Ottawa is 4-0 at home. Ottawa wins and covers. |
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Tre Ford is listed as doubtful. With that news, as long as Tre doesn't play I'll change my pick to Hamilton to win and cover. Ajou is out for the Riders. |
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TEASERS: 13-5 (16-5 including my 2nd pick when only betting 1 teaser game) OTT +10.5 SK +8
MY POWER RANKINGS: Montreal stays put at 1 with another dominant win. Sask jumps up 2 spots from 4 to 2 with what should have been a win over Ottawa. I believe Sask is better then Ottawa and Toronto. Ottawa drops down 1 spot after tying Sask and losing their starting QB in the process. Toronto moves up 2 spots from 6 to 4 after BC and Calgary took bad losses and Kelly presumably making his return after the bye. BC drops down 2 spots from 3 to 5 after losing 3 games in a row and looking lost on offense. Calgary dropped down 1 spot to 6 after losing to Toronto. Winnipeg stays put at 7 coming off a bye. No movement with Edmonton and Hamilton either.
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EDM -2 @ HAM Poor Hamilton, last week's game was over before it even started. A fumble on their 1st possession. An INT on their 2nd. A high snap that forced them to give up a safety on their 3rd. Hitting the upright on a FG attempt on their 4th. Wow. This team is a mess and Milanovich's frustrations have also boiled over. Powell is starting over Bo Levi which is a good start. Powell threw for 319 yards and 2 TDs last week against Montreal. Hamilton has problems all over their roster including their coaching staff. If Tre plays the Elks win. If Tre is out, the TiCats win. If Tre doesn't play I have no interest in betting this game. As of now I am assuming he is playing. Elks win and cover but that may change. I will update this post before the game on Saturday.
WPG @ BC -1.5 BC has now lost 3 games in a row and fell out of 1st place in the West. Dolegala got cut today which was no surprise as BC signed Rourke. Not sure if VA or Rourke will play QB for BC but it's sounding like it will be Rourke. VA was a DNP at practice on Wed. If Rourke plays, how good will he be after playing (barely) in the NFL the past 2 seasons? I am taking BC to win and cover in a big bounceback game at home after losing 3 in a row and getting shutout by the Bombers 2 weeks ago. With Rourke playing, BC Place will be rocking and there will be more sense of urgency in BC then there will be in Winnipeg after their long break. This is like a pre Grey Cup game for BC. Lions win and cover and bounceback in a big way. |
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Much better week, would of had a perfect week if it wasn't for the command center. They can go straight to h3ll. I'm sure you've all heard about the sh!tshow by now so I won't get into it and get into this weeks games and an interesting stat instead. INTERESTING STAT: Home teams are 13-4-1 straight up and 13-5 ATS over the last 30 days. Home underdogs are 5-1 ATS in that same time. Out of the 8 teams playing this week, 6 teams will or could play with a different QB then who started the week before. Montreal - Fajardo, Ottawa - Masoli, Hamilton - Powell, Sask - Harris, BC - Rourke, Edmonton - Bethel-Thompson.
OTT +3.5 @ CAL Again with the Stamps a tale of 2 halves last week. After holding the Argos to 7 1st half points, they went on to allow 32 2nd half points. This is also Calgary's 8th game in a row they're playing without a bye week. The Stamps are 4-0 at home and 0-5 on the road. They take their 1st L at home this week. Calgary isn't getting a consistent of enough pass rush and struggling against the run on defence which will be the difference in this game. Ottawa gets pressure on Maier and rattles him, Calgary won't be able to apply pressure on Masoli. Ottawa wins and covers.
MON @ SK +1 The Riders are back home where they are 3-1 but playing their 7th straight game without a bye. Sask should of won last week but the command center ruined the end of last week's' game. The Riders are finally getting healthy as QB Harris, LB Thurman and RB Ouellette are all back. Milligan has a league leading 6 INTs and also leads the league in knockdowns (10). He has 43 defensive tackles on 72 total defensive plays! Do not throw anywhere near this man. Without Fajardo starting (at least I think he isn't starting) I like the Riders to win this rematch from a few weeks ago where they should of won and let the game slip away in the 2nd half. They won't make that mistake again. The crowd noise and Rider defence will be too much for Alexander not having Philpot as a security blanket, all while shutting down the run like the Riders do well. And with Harris back for the Riders they do enough against the best defence in the league and do what they do best: don't turn the football over. Riders make Montreal one-dimensional and win and cover. |
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TEASERS: 10-5 (13-5 including my 2nd pick) TEASER: 7 pts
SK +10 I like the Riders to win and if not win definitely stay within +10. They will play much better on defence and keep this game close either way. This is potentially a low scoring defensive slugfest type game.
TOR +5 Calgary playing on the road without Mills after winning last week against the same team spells disaster for them, and you add a +5 point cushion onto that makes it even sweeter.
MTL -0.5 This one is easy, Montreal just needs to win. I like them to win by double digits.
TOP OFFENSIVE GRADE: Edmonton Elks - Ford and Leake tore apart the best run defence in the CFL quite easily.
TOP DEFENSIVE GRADE: Winnipeg Blue Bombers - The Bombers SHUTOUT the Lions. No more needs to be said.
MY POWER RANKINGS: 1)Montreal (1) 2)Ottawa (4) 3)BC (2) 4)Saskatchewan (3) 5)Calgary (6) 6)Toronto (5) 7)Winnipeg (8) 8)Edmonton (9) 9)Hamilton (7)
Every team changed position except for MTL. OTT jumped up 2 spots with both BC and SK losing convincingly. CAL hopped over TOR by beating them last week. WPG moved up 1 spot with a huge shutout win against BC. EDM also moved up 1 spot with a win over SK and HAM dropped 2 spots to last with a blowout loss to MTL.
Good luck!
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HAM @ MTL -7.5 Hamilton had no answer last week against Montreal's #1 rated defence. Bo Levi and Butler couldn't get anything going and the game got away from them in the 2nd half. I know I just said it's hard to win back to back games against the same opponent, but not in this case. Montreal is far superior to Hamilton and Fajardo is back in the lineup. Look for more of the same in this one with Hamilton punting a lot and Montreal putting together sustained scoring drives.
It doesn't matter who Montreal rolls out at QB they just keep on winning. Now their QB1 is back against arguably the worst team in the league. The TiCats somehow are #1 with 378 net offence per game, and the Als have allowed a league low 320 yards per game. The Als are looking to start 8-1 for the first time in 20 years and will get it done and cover. Montreal is too strong for Hamilton. 31-19 Alouettes
BC @ EDM -2 What is going on with BC, coming off the bye and can't even score a single point against the Bombers all while VA got hurt after doing nothing before that point. I think it's time for Maksymic to go (BC offensive coordinator). BC has won the past 8 matchups VS the Elks and have not lost 3 straight games since 2021. Now Dolegala is starting for BC and I have no faith in him from watching him play in SK. If VA was playing I'd take BC but I am not confident in their offense producing much, and Tre Ford to do enough to pick up the win.
What a combo Ford + Leake can potentially be. Leake had 169 rush yards on 12 attempts and 3 TDs against the top run defence last week with Tre adding 46 yards on the ground. What a 1-2 punch. You worry about one and the other kills you. I like the Elks to steal this game at home coming off a huge win and bringing that momentum into this game breathing new life into a team with Tre starting. Elks win and cover. 27-23 Elks |
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SK +3 @ OTT This is the last week the Riders will be without their offensive leader Trevor Harris. The Riders will be without 2 OL (they are on their 4th RT already this year) and also without Ouellette and their defensive leader Jameer Thurman. Between Ford, Leake and Rankin the Elks rushed for 276 yards against the Riders. Mace is a great coach and will correct the run defence in this one. Having Anthony Lanier back in the lineup will be a huge boost for the Riders who will shut down Ottawa's run game and make them one-dimensional tonight.
Ottawa is coming off their bye flying high and teams are 6-2 coming off their bye this year. They stamped the Stamps before going on their bye and have allowed the least PA this year (167). Their defence is playing lights out and Dru Brown is really fitting in nicely in Ottawa sitting 2nd with 21 big plays. Dandridge won't be in the lineup tonight. The RedBlacks are 4-0 at home this year but 1-4 against the Riders in their last 5 matchups. Riders win and cover, Ottawa comes out lethargic and one-dimensional coming off their bye not being able to run the ball. The Riders wake up tonight. 23-20 Riders
CAL @ TOR -2 Calgary is 4-0 at home and 0-4 on the road. 7 of Calgary's 8 games have been decided in the final 3 minutes and Dickenson is 12-2 VS the Argos. The Argos have won 12 of their past 13 games at home including their past 8 in a row against Western teams. Last weeks game was a tale of 2 halves. The first half the Argos got out to a 22-6 lead, and then were outscored in the 2nd half 21-1. Dedrick Mills is doubtful due to personal reasons which is a huge blow to the Stamps.
Dukes is a GTD and it looks like Arbuckle is starting this one. I like Toronto to bounce back at home even with Arbuckle at QB. Calgary will be very one-dimensional with no Mills in the backfield and it's hard to win back to back games against the same opponent. Toronto's great home record combined with Calgary's winless road record makes this a great spot for the Argos to bounce back, a game before Chad Kelly's supposed return. 24-18 Argos |
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Woops just realized I got my offensive and defensive grade teams mixed up. Top offensive grade is Ottawa, defensive grade is Hamilton. |
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TEASERS: 10-3 (13-3 including my 2nd pick) BC +3 SK +1.5
TOP OFFENSIVE GRADE: Hamilton Tiger Cats - Before Ford entered in garbage time, the TiCats only allowed 7 pts and held Bethel-Thompson to 85 yards and 1 INT. The running game was also non-existent for the Elks, but let's remember they do have the worst O line in the league by a mile. TOP DEFENSIVE GRADE: Ottawa RedBlacks - Dru Brown continues to impress and is putting up solid numbers adding another 325 yard 1 TD performance to his stats on the year. What has been equally impressive is the play of the Ottawa defence. They are just as good as Montreal and Saskatchewan's defence in my opinion.
MY POWER RANKINGS: No moving in the top 3. Ottawa leaped over Calgary with a blowout win against them, Toronto also moved up over Calgary by winning last week. Calgary dropped 2 spots getting blown out by Ottawa. Hamilton and Winnipeg switched spots with the Ticats winning and Bombers losing and Edmonton remains in the basement winless on the season.
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EDM @ SK -5.5
The Riders are coming off longer rest coming then the Elks, playing on Thursday. They had that game and would of been the top team in the league but let is all slip away in the 2nd half. Hickson had over 100 yards rushing in the 1st half and then was non-existent in the 2nd half, the Riders barely ran the ball. Mace also got outcoached on the defensive side of the ball in the 2nd half. The Riders blew that game but I am confident they come back at home with a vengeance against not only the worst team in the league but the worst defence as well. Riders win and cover.
TOR +4 @ CGY Calgary beats BC at home in a 1 point thriller and then follows that the next week by getting absolutely demolished 33-6 by the RedBlacks. Which means they'll win this week in a close game again, right?? Maier and Mills combined for a measly 179 yards against a vicious defence. Calgary is 3-0 at home and 0-4 on the road. Give me the Stamps to play with a little more sense of urgency this week after getting pounded the last and Maier does more than Arbuckle/Dukes to pick up the win and remain undefeated at home. Calgary needs to contain Ceresna. Calgary wins, Toronto covers. |
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