Previous Rank: 8
Week 13: Lost to Winnipeg 35-33 at home.
Week 14: Lost to Winnipeg 21-26 on the road.
Week 15:
rong>Bye week.Week 16: Defeated Calgary 37-29 on the road.
Week 17: Defeated Ottawa 29-16 at home.
Week 18:
rong>Visiting Edmonton on Saturday.Saskatchewan is back to .500 with wins in the last 2 games following what was a stretch of 7 games without a win. Last week saw the Riders win at home over Ottawa 29-16. Trevor Harris completed 27 of his 36 passes for 315 yards. CFL rookie KeeSean Johnson caught 6 passes for 101 yards which was his first CFL game over 100 yards. Dhel Duncan-Busby had his first CFL start and caught all 7 of his targets for 92 yards. On the ground, Ryquell Armstead rushed 10 times for 32 yards until he was injured early in the 2nd half on a play that also saw receiver Samuel Emilus go down with an injury. Thomas Bertrand-Hudon took over the run responsibilities from that point on and rushed 9 times for 72 yards (8 yards per carry) including a 26-yard touchdown.
Amari Henderson led the team in tackles with 6. Defensive linemen Caleb Sanders and Habakkuk Baldonado both had a sack. 3 defensive backs had an interception in the win which came from Rolan Milligan Jr., Marcus Sayles, and Adam Auclair.
Saskatchewan will tra
vel to Edmonton on Saturday.#6 Ottawa RedBlacks (8-6-1)
Previous Rank: 3
Week 13: Lost to BC 12-38 on the road.
Week 14:
rong>Defeated Toronto 41-27 at home.Week 15: Lost to Hamilton 21-37 on the road.
Week 16: Lost to Montreal 12-24 at home.
Week 17:
rong>Lost to Saskatchewan on the road 29-16.Week 18: Bye week.
Ottawa is coming off their third loss in a row and only has 1 win in the last 5 games after falling last week to Saskatchewan 16-29 on the road. All 4 of the recent RedBlacks losses have been by 2 scores. It is a dark contrast to the 6 game stretch without losses ran from week 6 through week 12. Now Ottawa finds themselves in danger of slipping out of 2nd in the East as Toronto is just half a game behind them.
Last week saw Jeremia
h Masoli get the start with Dru Brown out with an ankle injury. Masoli completed 26 of his 36 passes for 278 yards and a touchdown with 1 interception. Justin Hardy led the team in receiving as he caught 5 passes for 111 yards. Kalil Pimpleton caught 6 passes for 45 yards and a touchdown. On the ground, Khalan Laborn rushed 8 times for 42 yards, 5.3 yards per carry.Alijah McGhee led the team in tackles with 8. Defensive lineman Aidan John had 2 sacks while Lorenzo Mauldin had 1 as well. Ottawa had great run stopping in the first half that saw Ryquell Armstead held to 3.2 yards per carry but then in the 2nd half Saskatchewan was able to get some big plays in the run game.
Ottawa will be on the bye this week and then will travel to Montreal in week 19.
Previous Rank: 6
Week 13: Defeated Ottawa 38-12 at home.
Week 14: Defeated Montreal 37-23 on the road.
Week 15:
rong>Lost to Toronto 17-33 at home.Week 16: Bye Week.
Week 17: Lost to Hamilton 29-32 at home in overtime.
Week 18:
rong>Hosting Calgary on Friday.Last week seemed like it was going to be a win for the Lions as they went into halftime with a 16-0 lead. However, Hamilton battled back to force overtime and the game resulted in a 29-32 loss for BC. Nathan Rourke completed 22 of his 36 passes for 264 yards. Jevon Cottoy led the team in receiving as he caught all 5 of his targets for 81 yards in what was his biggest game so far this season. William Stanback had another successful game on the ground as he rushed 15 times for 103 yards, 6.9 yards per carry.
Linebacker Ryder Varga led the team in tackles with 12. Ronald Kent Jr. had an interception for the Lions. Christian Covington, Garry Peters, and Emmanuel Rugamba all recorded a sack. LB Ayinde Eley had 3 QB hurries and 2 QB hits. Defensive tackle Josh Banks had 4 QB hurries.
BC will host Calgary
on Friday night.#8 Edmonton Elks (5-10)
Previous Rank: 7
Week 13:
rong>Defeated Calgary 35-20 on the road.Week 14: Defeated Calgary 37-16 at home.
Week 15: Bye week.
Week 16:
rong>Lost to Winnipeg 14-27 at home.Week 17: Lost to Winnipeg 27-55 on the road.
Week 18: Hosting Saskatchewan on Saturday.
The hot streak of the
Edmonton Elks has been cooled down with back-to-back losses to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the most recent being 27-55 on the road. McLeod Bethel-Thompson completed 19 of his 34 passes for 223 yards and 3 touchdowns. Eugene Lewis led the team in receiving as he caught 5 passes for 72 yards and a touchdown. Dillon Mitchell had 3 receptions for 54 yards and a touchdown while Tevin Jones had the other receiving touchdown. On the ground, Justin Rankin rushed 14 times for 109 yards (7.8 average) and Kevin Brown rushed 5 times for 44 yards (8.8 average).On defense, LB Nick Anderson led the team in tackles with 6, and LB Nyles Morgan had the lone sack of the game for Edmonton.
Edmonton will host Saskatchewan on Saturday in a game they must win to maintain a realistic shot at the playoffs. With Edmonton 2 games out of the playoffs with only 3 remaining the margin for error will be slim to none.
Previous Rank: 9
Week 13: Lost to Edmonton 20-35 at home.
Week 14: Lost to Edmonton 16-37 on the road.
Week 15:
rong>Tied Montreal 19-19 at home.Week 16: Lost to Saskatchewan 29-37 at home.
Week 17: Bye week.
Week 18:
rong>Visiting BC on Friday.Calgary was on the bye in week 17. They will travel to BC to take on the Lions on Friday night. Calgary currently has the fewest wins in the league but they are also the only team with 4 games remaining. It looks bleak for them to make the playoffs as they sit 3 games behind BC for third in the West and 3 and a half behind Saskatchewan. If they can win their upcoming game against BC and cut it down to 2 games behind BC then they will have a chance to push for the playoffs. BC’s other 2 games will be against Saskatchewan and Montreal so it is possible for those to both be losses. Saskatchewan has matches coming up against Edmonton and BC before playing Calgary in their final match.
Calgary will need to finish 4-0 and have help to make the playoffs.
