A Week 7 grudge match runs it back at BMO Field, with Hamilton looking to make it seven wins in eight tries over Toronto.
This Week's CFL Schedule
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Toronto Argonauts
| When | Saturday, August 22 at 7:00 PM ET |
| Where | BMO Field, Toronto |
| TV | TSN |
| Stream | Watch live on CFL+ |
| Line | Toronto Argonauts -3 | O/U 61 |
Both clubs sit at 4-6 and 4-5 respectively, clinging to the edge of the West and East playoff picture, and this one has some bad blood already brewing. Hamilton stole Week 7's meeting 24-23 in a game the Ticats trailed for most of the fourth quarter, part of a trend — Hamilton has won six of the last seven meetings between these two, and the Argos have the league's worst mark when leading after three quarters. Toronto is coming off a brutal 12-42 loss to Edmonton, while Hamilton enters with a win, having rallied past Saskatchewan 26-19 last week.
Players to Watch:
- Chad Kelly (Toronto Argonauts, QB) — Sits at 2,937 yards with 18 touchdowns, but he's also thrown 14 interceptions and needs 192 yards to hit 10,000 for his career; he's 4-3 lifetime against Hamilton and torched them for 322 yards in the first meeting.
- Damonte Coxie (Toronto Argonauts, WR) — Toronto's top target with 47 catches for 722 yards, and he'll need to be the release valve if Hamilton's pass rush gets home.
- Larry Rountree (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, RB) — 120 carries for 509 yards this year; expect Hamilton to lean on the ground game to protect a banged-up quarterback room.
Injury Watch:
- Bo Levi Mitchell (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, QB) — Out (ankle), extended on six-game injury, meaning Tre Ford or Harrison Frost run the offense.
- Tyler Ternowski (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, WR) — Out (shoulder), a hit to the Ticats' receiving corps.
- Makai Polk (Toronto Argonauts, WR) — Out (foot), landed on six-game injury, thinning Toronto's options behind Coxie.
- Paris Shand (Toronto Argonauts, DL) — Out (oblique), a loss up front for a Toronto pass rush that needs to bother Hamilton's backup QB situation.
Pick: Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27-24. Bo Levi Mitchell's absence hurts, but Tre Ford came off the bench last week and went 13-of-17 for 151 yards with a touchdown to spark the comeback over Saskatchewan, and he's a career 2-1 against Toronto. With Toronto reeling off a 30-point loss and missing Polk and Shand, and Hamilton owning this matchup lately, take the Ticats to cover as home dogs and win it outright — Hamilton is 5-5 against the spread this year but has had Toronto's number when it matters.
CFL Standings
| Team | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Alouettes | 9 | 1 | 367 | 263 |
| Edmonton Elks | 8 | 3 | 323 | 279 |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6 | 3 | 293 | 241 |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 5 | 5 | 256 | 286 |
| Toronto Argonauts | 4 | 5 | 265 | 291 |
| BC Lions | 4 | 5 | 244 | 251 |
| Calgary Stampeders | 4 | 6 | 378 | 327 |
| Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 6 | 237 | 280 |
| Ottawa Redblacks | 0 | 10 | 223 | 368 |
Quick Hits
- Hamilton shuffled its roster hard this week, adding De'Jon Benton off the practice roster and Charbel Dabire back from single-game injury, while cutting ties with receiver Shemar Bridges and lineman TyJuan Garbutt.
- Toronto got a boost on the back end, activating DB Alexander Teubner off six-game injury and DB Ethan John off single-game injury, giving Chad Kelly's defense some reinforcements heading into a division scrap.
- With Makai Polk sidelined, Damonte Coxie becomes a must-start fantasy option — he's already Toronto's clear No. 1 target with 722 yards on the year.
- Former Argo Wynton McManis suits up at BMO Field for the first time since leaving Toronto, adding an extra storyline to a game that already has a heated recent history.
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