2024 ‪@cfl‬ Week 6 Preview: Zach Collaros returns, Roughriders and Lions battle for first in the West

[Music] you are listening to the two and out CFL podcast a proud member of the Canadian football podcast Network it's Travis Kura Sheldon Jones getting you ready for another week of CFL football man I picked the wrong week to get into walking again exercising again now I avoid the midday Heat so I end up going out at night when it's midnight but it's it's like 18 by then or something like that but it's not your average 18° it's thick it's muggy like by the time I get home my fingertips are just dreading dripping sweat and I'm only going for like half an hour so either I'm incredibly out of shape or or this Heat's bugging me man how you handling it oh it's the worst I want to move to like Yellow knife or Antarctica somewhere I hate this uh it's funny though I decided to start walking this week too but I just haven't done it yet because of how freaking hot it is so yeah I'm a night guy so I I appreciate um going around at night at least it's cooled down a little bit sometimes the police drive by and they've actually stopped they've been looking for somebody look man I don't have any information I know I kind of look sketchy but uh I promise them I I didn't do anything wrong now let's get into your power rankings there hasn't been much movement over the past few weeks but no this week there's going to be a lot of movement because I think a lot of the positions that are up for debate BC Saskatchewan even Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton that kind of tier uh Winnipeg and Calgary play this week BC Saskatchewan play this week there's going to be a lot of answers and some movement with those Power Rankings following this week so that's pretty exciting yep we'll finally be able to see who should be number two after getting a lot of flak from pretty much a single person I don't know after last week Hamilton is number two we have to put the Atlantic Schooners on the the the graphic I keep getting Matt keeps giving that that comment every week so that's more work man but they'd be number one they're undefeated man undefeated yeah so like the only thing that changed was uh Winnipeg and Hamilton swap squats uh people were m i i some people were mad that I left the Elks at seven but I wasn't going to drop them on a buy I've only moved one team on the by this week and that was Calgary and they actually moved up because just the teams a couple teams above them were terrible and they needed to go down uh but yeah like you said we're going to have a lot of movement because you know BC wins they're obviously going to go up to number two uh if Saskatchewan wins and Montreal loses they might switch SP flip spots uh you know if Winnipeg beats Calgary they have to move up and Calgary has to move down Edmonton Auto like like you said every matchup is is pretty much a direct with the neighbors on the power ranking so uh it'll be interesting week six of the CFL season does start Thursday night um hopefully Drake is not betting for your team um he can bet for the Lions all he wants the curse continues uh betting on Team Canada against Argentina now I'm not a soccer expert but I think if you betting $300,000 on Canada maybe you've got too much money anyway that's a fact I don't know that that was a straightup stupid bet betting against the Celtics that seemed pretty stupid to me and then Oilers Panthers it could have gone either way really um but yeah more money lost for Drake and I'm sure he's heartbroken uh over it the Montreal alloet the still undefeated Montreal alloet are 6 and a half Point favorites over the Toronto Argonauts on Thursday Night Football the over under is set at 50 and a half now the Argos come into this game losing two in a row including a home game to the very same Alouettes a couple weeks ago all of a sudden the perception surrounding the Argos has changed a little bit now they they lost two in a row uh the turnovers have really piled up especially last week against Saskatchewan not an easy task now because they're going to Montreal and it's proven to be a really hard place to play the horns are going crazy they're they're going wild in Montreal and this is a tough task for Cameron dukes and the Argos yeah and like you said on our last show like it seems like maybe teams have figured out Cameron Dukes uh which is quite unfortunate for Argo fans because it looked like he was after the first week or two like he was possibly going to be the next guy that could maybe unseat another quarterback uh but yeah going into Montreal it's it's one of the toughest places to play uh I we've always you know the St Catherine's uh uh hangover you know but I don't know if that's anything that really is happening anymore but um listen it's it's just a tough place to play and they're fly on all cylinders they started slow against Calgary and still came back and and and won the game right so uh if if Toronto can get a quick start like they need to get a quick start anytime you're on the road you do but they need to be able to try to take the crowd out of it try to get those guys upset so that they're not you know honking those horns all the time uh but that's going to be a tough thing to do yeah Montreal actually has given up the least points per game this season season uh they're the only team to have given up less than 100 points and that is through five games uh they're giving up the least offense the least passing yards as well the the Argo offense I think their bread and butter has been uh the rushing game uh and they got guys that can do it including the quarterback they've got kadim KY they've got Deontay McMahon and that might be the strategy that they employ against the alets and the AL actually they're giving up 5.1 yards a rush which is actually eighth in the CFL so there's an opportunity there the Argos have a strong offensive line and they're going to have to lean on them if they're going to come out of Montreal with the win they are experiencing some injury issues the Aros are Jake cesna ended up leaving the game against Saskatchewan last week he's out they're also going to be without wide receiver Tommy Neil who has been getting uh some opportunities here and there the good Canadian receiver there now who are they going to look to in the receiving game with uh him missing now David anger's already been uh listed out another Canadian receiver they need a bounceback game from Damon coxy he has had some circus catches incredible games in in uh this league Now's the Time to to rebound you know like Tim White had the struggles earlier in the season I had a big game he's GNA want to have a bigger game here now the aletes their star safety Mark Anan dequa is a game time decision here kind of looks like leaning to not playing um so maybe the Aros could test the aletes Deep early in this game they've got coxy they've got Daniels if they can connect on those plays like you said a fast start would be pretty good for the Argos yeah and after a receiver has a bad game or even in the game when they have a bad drop or something like that the quarterbacks always like to go right back to them to get them kind of back into the game right so I'm I'm looking for camera Dukes to go right at cop Coy and try to get uh you know him just to get that first Target that first reception to get that kind of monkey off his back so that he can kind of get into the game there um but you know norl Thorp likes to really confuse the quarterbacks that he plays his defense against so that's going to be a tough a tough look for for you know a basic rookie coming in here he didn't fair so well the other game against them right so uh hopefully they can I think he's when he's rolling around in the pocket a lot like I don't think he's a pocket passer but the past couple of games it seemed like they tried to keep him in the pocket a little bit more so uh I I think if they want to have some success they have to have him moving around and and getting back into that running game the allets offense lead the CFL in offensive points per game overall points per game goes to the riders with helps uh scores from their defense uh but the lowet are putting up over 31 offensive points a game they've scored the most offensive touchdowns they're second in net offense a game so what the aletes bring to the table is balance they're so good they protect the ball they're good at uh stopping everything on defense and that special teams with uh James lecher Jr he puts that team in great field position all the time and hey the Argos got that too now they kind of faltered over the last couple games but we saw what Jerian Gra Grant could do on special teams and they do have the great offensive line like I said the great bread and butter of uh that team so if they're able to set up some nice holes for kadim KY and get some good gains on first down the Argos are actually last in the CFL in uh giving up yards to the opponent uh per play oh no I should say first 5.23 yards a play the damps are last which is uh quite interesting I don't know how you want to analyze that when they're going to be taking on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers uh this week but a few weeks ago this one was considered you know a heavyweight tilt undefeated in the East Argo Alouettes now it's really leaning towards the Alouettes and things have changed in a couple weeks now it's just like who's going to be able to beat this aloette team they were on the ropes last week against Calgary so they are beatable of course they're beatable but I just don't know if Toronto's the team to be able to do it right now no and Toronto actually needs to worry about Ottawa uh like keeping Pace with Ottawa because uh if if Ottawa gets into Edmonton and pulls out a win there and Toronto loses here then you know Ottawa is in second place so uh I think uh it's not so much Tron to worrying about Montreal anymore it's just worrying about securing second place uh it's it's it's like the old days when with Anthony Calo in Montreal and every year it was yeah okay they're gonna get first but who's gonna get second yeah so but you know I think like I said in in in defense of my power rankings on our Facebook page uh there's a lot of parody in the League this year I know Montreal seems like they're Head and Shoulders but everyone but again last week it showed that you know even Calgary can you know for three qus of a game look better than them right so I think we're kind of in a very good place in the CFL right now where any team could win at any night and as fan for us fans that's amazing because we you know we're going to get entertaining games every day the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday Night Football are four and a half Point favorites over the Calgary stand Peters now the Calgary's depth at running back really getting tested here because they had a great room you know with the BJ emons and pton Logan and dedri Mills now dedri missed last week and then both Logan and Emmons ended up getting banged up now Emmons is going to miss this game so the stamps uh they went to sign Jamal Morrow who who has spent the last few years with uh the Saskatchewan Ru Riders and hey I want to give a shout out to Jamal Morrow it's pretty cool uh my grandma's in a assisted living facility and during the off seon Jamal marrow uh and a couple Rough Riders went and visited that facility and my grandma got pictures with Jamal Morrow oh look at the smile on her like I just love what these guys do in our communities it doesn't get talked about enough but Jamal Morrow a great guy I want to see him back on the field but he failed his physical and he failed the physical with the Stampeders back like in February so that wrist of his man it must still be in rough shape I got a feel for the guy oh yeah like like you said uh he he's an awesome player and for whatever reason the Riders decided to move on from him but that doesn't mean he's not a good running back uh and I I want nothing more to see him play in ZL again so hopefully he can you know get some rehab going or some Visio and figure out what this this issue is that's not letting him pass physicals so that he can get back into the league soon the stamps have also signed linebacker Diego Foo who ended up spending training camp with the the Rough Riders he made some plays yeah he might be a good addition to that team somewhere down the line oh for sure like he looked really good just there was other we the Riders had a lot of great players on defense so it just didn't work out for him this time but uh I'm happy he was able to land on his feet back in the league because uh he was highly touted out of uh Navy I think right or maybe Notre Dame I can't remember but he was highly touted and he he had great stats in college and and like I said I I was hoping he was going to make the team here but he didn't so hopefully he can show out in Calgary yeah both teams Saskatchewan and uh Calgary got strong linebacker rooms you know Cameron judge and Micah awe and Calgary Brian Cox jir Thurman in Saskatchewan obviously um and it was Diego Figo with navy you are correct 6'3 238 lbs made some plays in training camp with the Riders as for the bombers they've officially added lucky Whitehead to the practice roster another guy that I think the CFL is just better when he's in it uh he started his CFL career with the bombers ended up going to BC he's on the pr right now but the injury issues that went AEG is experienced at receiver to be able to bring in a guy of his caliber a guy that has CFL experience a pretty good luxury for the bombers I do hope that we see some of those colorful entrances that we've seen hey the colorful hat with the with the wheel on top I'm I'm a lucky whad guy and I would love to see him back on the field in game action who we're going to be seeing in game action again this week is Zach keris he ended up missing last week for the bombers with the thorax injury that gave Chris strer a start um hopefully he's 100% because man it feels weird at this point of the season that Zack Kera still does not have a touchdown pass will that change this week against Calgary it it feels really weird to say that out loud but it's just the fact Sheldon it's it it is the fact it's unfortunate and it's it's unfortunately been the fact all the way up until the playoffs last year uh he's there's the joke going around that this is playoff Zach and that's I don't know if that's very fair but but um listen Zach is he we've all said it we've all talked about it he had the benefit of a elite o line and Elite receivers and right now he's missing some pieces on that o line and he's missing some of those receivers uh so when you don't have all the pieces to the puzzle uh you know some shortcomings or some limitations can show up and uh I think that's what we're seeing here and hopefully he for bomber fans sake he can get it going uh just just like Tim White just like uh Coy if he once he throws that first touchdown that'll get the monkey off his back and he'll be able to probably go on a roll here because we've seen Zach do that time and time again um but it's crucial that he gets that first one yeah yeah it's kind of crazy because football is the ultimate team sport so of course Zach has benefited from a great old line and great receivers every championship team does in the CFL it's the best old line and probably the best Canadians that's going to give you the best chance to win and the bombers have had the best o line the best Canadians and some of the top receivers of the past few years now they're without those receivers and without a few of those key offensive linemen and we're seeing what has happened there um so far this season the bombers giving up a league worst 111.6 rushing yards a game so the stamp Peters we talked about their running back depth being tested a little bit they're happy to have Dedrick Mills back and available this week that might be how they attacked the bombers uh because Jake Mayer started the season well kind of iffy in recent games uh if they put the ball into you know dedrick's hands and the trend continues with the bombers giving up chunks of yards on the ground continually playing in second and three and second and four will only be good for the stamp Peters on Friday Night Football for sure but I really hope that dri Mills is actually as close to 100% as he can be just because of the way he plays the way he just attacks the holes and will just bull rush over people uh that leads to getting nicked and so hopefully uh hopefully for his sake he can stay healthy and like you said with Winnipeg giving up that amount of yards on the ground uh this is a perfect time for him to go off and all that being said the stamp Peters aren't great against the Run either they were giving up 6.1 yards per carry that's worse in the CFL they're giving up 8.1 yards a play on first down that is worst in the CFL so the stamps they're also giving up a hundred rush yards h a game and this feels like to me another kind of game that the bombers played last week lots of carries to Ola a lot of rushing attempts um because the stamps haven't been able to force a lot of second and Longs them self so if Winnipeg is going to be you know playing in second and short that's a recipe to success for them and I think from what we've seen from Ola over the past few weeks he's not exactly in a good mood and I'm okay if he's my running back and he's getting the ball and he's not happy I I think that is good for your offense oh yeah 100% uh he he plays better when he's angry most players do uh and I think there can't be anybody on that team who's happy to start one and four uh when you're you've gone to the great cup the last four years in a row um so they're all going to want to play extra harder to that next level just to try to get that next win because let's face it this could be the match up for third place as it seeds right now uh if Ed isn't able to get some wins and if Calgary and I mean Saskatchewan and BC are still are able to maintain the amount of wins that they're getting uh this is the match up for third place so both teams kind of need to win this game it's it's very interesting with all like as I said the parody in the league but we're already seeing matchups that could be playoff potential stuff early this early in the season and there's a lot of people who say oh the CFL doesn't start till after Labor Day well definitely not this year and they all count yeah and a lot of season series kind of being decided early like if Montreal beats Toronto here I mean that that I can't see the owls going on a slide where they lose five in a row at this point you know making first place you know uh a real possibility for other teams in the East so it's critical for Toronto it's critical for Winnipeg not to want to lose that tiebreaker to Calgary either losing to them a few weeks ago so hey Friday Night Football I think this is going to be another hard-hitting game um you know Micah o and cam judge trying to stop Brady Ola you know there's going to be hard hits on Friday Night Football the Saturday night game at BC Place is the BC Lions 7 and A2 point favorites over the Saskatchewan Rough Riders the over under at 51 a half that is a pretty steep line in favor of the BC Lions it's the watermelon smash uh it looks like they might be getting close to 40K the upper deck's open uh great attendance it looks like Saturday night in Vancouver I I'm I'm thinking the betting line probably has a little to do with Shea Patterson obviously starting this game with Trevor Harris on the six game injured list now Shea Patterson he didn't like win the game for the Riders but he didn't lose the game and that's important when your guy's not turning the ball over but uh those BC Lions they're going to want to get after him and test him and I make it pretty hard on him playing in the dome in Vancouver yeah it's no different than what Toronto did to him and and it took him a while to figure it out uh what he was seeing out there but like you said he he didn't lose the game uh often when a when a backup will go in there and he gets overwhelmed and that leads to either a fumble or an interception and you know you can take a team out of it right away but if if Shay can just continue to manage the game that's all he needs to be is a game manager he needs to just you know be the best Matt Nichols he can beat and just not turn over the ball you know find his receivers uh hand off the ball to AJ olette find AJ olette on screens like there I think there is a recipe for for the Riders to win this game I don't I'm not picking the Riders to win this game but I think that uh if he can have another game where he doesn't turn over the ball that's going to be a huge huge like point in uh in the right side for them to win the game because the the Riders defense are ball Hawks they they lead the league in turnovers I think it's 11 they've caused uh they or they're plus 11 in the turnover ratio I believe is what it is um they and and let's face it there's I know we talked about it the past few years there's the good VA and the bad VA we've seen a lot more good than bad lately and I love that because I love Vernon Adams Jr and I'm going to say this and I know it's not it's not the exact same thing but the last time Cory mace defense played Vernon Adams Vernon Adams threw six interceptions now that was a different team but I think what that says is Cory mace knows how to Rattle VA and if you can rattle VA force him to run around a lot force him to Chuck off the back his back foot or throw across his body to go for those 50-50 balls I think when the Riders have Marcus sales and Roland Milligan back there uh they have a good chance of coming down with some of those 50-50 balls so I think this is going to be a great game I I I just don't know if it's going to be like a offensive shootout or a defensive struggle like I I'm not sure I think it's the first quarter is going to be quite the chess match between these two game their teams just kind of figuring each other out trying to pressure both quarterbacks because I think like I said before you're gonna try to pressure VA just as much as BC is gonna try to press pressure Shay um but you know the Riders lost a couple dment to injury that we're going to talk about right away here so I'll just segue to that and you can take it away well and also I I'll say this about last year's Argos like the ones that forced those interceptions on VA they're a lot better at Rushing the quarterback than this year's Riders so far and I do think that's an area that the writers need to figure out like in the CFL we don't see too many quote unquote coverage you know sacks things like that because to be able to cover these receivers on a 65 yard field and VA can move around and since you know week one the protection that VA has gotten has been part of the reason why he's been able to be so lethal so the thing is like I I I think Shay Patterson is a capable quarterback I think he'll be able to put up some points in the CFL but it it's a problem if they fall behind uh early on so if they allow I don't know if they want to get into shootout with the Lions that's what I'm saying no yeah no but at the same time the Riders they've been a fourth quarter team they've been a come back team this year so far so I'm not sure if they do get down by one or two scores at the beginning of the fourth quarter if they can even be counted out yet just because of what they've done and I know everyone's going to say oh they played Edmonton they played Hamilton twice but the point is they came back and they won some of those games uh so you C again you can only play who's put in front of you it doesn't matter what team they are um but I think I know I'm really trying to pump up the Riders here maybe that's my bias whatever but I I just think that there's a recipe there I don't necessarily think they are going to win like I said but I think I I read a lot online where there's a lot of team or a lot of fans that are just you know riding off the Riders this week and I can understand that but I've been a rider fan long enough to know what a trap game is and this could be a trap game for BC just there's some Locker there's some bulletin board material on that the Riders can look to and so like they went into Hamilton and they pretty much throttled Hamilton yeah Hamilton came back a little bit but I just I just see sometimes I've seen trap games happen in the past in kind of this same circumstance so I just that could happen this week that's all I'm saying I don't think it's a trap it's for first in the west and if the Lions uh aren't ready for this one maybe they aren't ready for first in the west but the the writers have a lot to prove too they they they want to prove that they belong in the conversation for best in the west and that's bottom line what this game is all about uh the pace I know this is pace and talking about Pace at this point of the season is kind of dumb but it's fun it is fun like the numbers that um Vernon Adams Jr is putting up now if the pace continues it'll be like 6,300 passing yards which is 300 yard short of uh Doug fluty 6600 yards in 1991 300 yard short that's like half a football game against the ti cats so I mean the ti cats are going to visit BC place again this year I don't know maybe that's uh Matt dunigan's record is uh in trouble uh I'm sorry Hamilton you're on buy I should probably leave you out of this but what really impresses me the pace of touchdowns to interceptions I think it's like 43 touchdowns to three ints that's unsustainable like I I think it'll probably even out somewhere along the way there but yeah this feels like a destiny season for Vernon Adams Jr but like you said any team any week can win I've been doing this podcast long enough to know that oh this one's in the bag it's why the game's got to be played that being said when it comes to Paces bu Levi Mitchell is on Pace to throw for over 6,000 yards and Alexander Collins is on Pace for over 2,000 yards and actually the biggest season yardage wise in CFL history we've talked about receivers a lot this year we did the top 10 receivers video on YouTube we were recently called idiots for having Allan pittz at number two but there have been three receivers in CFL history to Eclipse 2,000 yards that is Allan pittz that is Terry Greer and that is Mookie Mitchell so the fact it's only happened three times I I don't think the the pace can keep up for both VA and Alexander Holland they've been highflying it just goes to show that this is a test for the Riders uh how do they slow down that offense um I think William stanach I don't think he's been really able to get going on the ground and the Riders are pretty good against the run but they got to watch for him in the receiving game he's got two touchdowns through the air now and the Lions have really found a way to get him involved in the receiving game and that's going to be a tough test uh to stop for the Rough Rider defense it's just you're getting attacked from every angle and sometimes it feels like you got to wait for them to make a mistake right well yeah look at the game against Hamilton uh it was Justin McKinnis Justin McKinnis Justin McKinnis then they started covering Justin McKinnis and then it was Holland Holland Holland like uh so for the Riders to have any success on Saturday is they need to they need to limit BC to field goals that's that's going to be the the main thing here because if they let Vernon score three or four touchdowns uh I don't think it's going to be a a close game at all to be honest with you um but the Riders have been a b but don't break team they have been great against the Run uh but they have given up a fair amount of passing yards uh it's just they haven't given up too many passing touchdowns uh their red zone defense has actually been pretty good uh so again I think I think this is a good matchup for the Riders just because this coach is not does not let anything slide this is a very different team than last year if this was a a a Craig Dickinson lead team going into BC I would have already thought they were going to get throttled I think it's just uh whether it's a whether or not the fans think that they have a chance I know Cory M knows that they have a chance I know that the Riders know that they have a chance it's just the way that he's coaching them to to go one and0 every week that's been his motto since he's got there and I think that um it's just going to be a very exciting fan or game for fans to watch and I I think we're all just gonna be happy either way obviously if the Riders lose I'll be upset but I I know it's going to be a good game I know that it's gonna be fun and I just I hope it's fun good I hope both teams have fun I hope both teams have fun good and bad news when it comes to Personnel for the Rough Riders this week on the defensive line charbel deir and Christian Albright uh both haven't practiced uh Malik Carney uh experiencing issues on the dline but they do welcome back Shawn Bane Jr uh he missed last week there was a death in the family so uh condolences to him when he was on the field and when he has been on the field this year he's been a big focal point of uh that offense that was with Trevor Harris Bane hasn't played with Shay Patterson yet so we'll see how that connection works out this week as far as the Lions go uh the big receiver Javon Cy hasn't practiced dealing with the uh rib issue and it's cool to see Keon Hatcher and TJ Lee both had Achilles injuries in the west final last year practicing in full I don't think they'll be back onto the uh lineup this week but they're nearing uh turns to the roster and those are two big additions uh to any roster and the BC Lions so to show what they've done so far this year not at full strength shows uh yeah they're they're force to be reckon with in the west division now uh the Edmonton Elks are home to the Ottawa red blacks on Sunday and the alks are actually three and a half Point favorites here the over under at 492 now I see this game being hard-hitting and these two teams actually have a home in home they're playing Sunday and then Thursday so I don't like these short weeks but at least in this situation they're against each other and I don't even really know if they're going to have a day of practice in between the games they maybe have a walkth through and that's about it um but these teams are going to be familiar with each other over the next uh few days now we're talking Ottawa I do want to uh mention uh CFL fan Jennifer Moulder who did leave uh this Earth on her own terms on Wednesday and I think all CFL fans are better for have known her she actually came to the first uh twoand out live in Edmonton I have been following her journey on Facebook as well so condolences uh to those who loved her most and like I said we're all better for have knowing have known her and uh yeah she did live in Ottawa for the past I believe 12 years um the Ottawa red blacks were kind of talking about their quarterback situation Drew Brown is in concussion protocol after the hit last week in Winnipeg so he's been Limited in practice and that's obviously a situation to watch we don't know how these uh players can recover from concussions everyone is different and every player is different so that means Jeremiah moui has been Limited at practice as well a name that we haven't been able to bring up so far this season and during our Ottawa red blacks preview with Santino foso of three down Nation he said it probably is best case scenario if Jeremiah moli doesn't have to see the field this year because that means that Drew Brown is worked out and you know signing him in the off season and giving him the Reigns to the team has worked out obviously injuries do happen in uh full contact sport like football so could Dustin crumb get the start if Drew Brown isn't ready to go either way this really feels like hey I just said it five minutes ago you know you don't want to put in all your eggs in one basket I don't want to be the Drake to the Edmonton Elks but it really feels like they're going to get their first win of the season and the fact that it is at home yeah I don't know th this feels like opportunity City for the Elks coming off the buy Sheldon it does and I I I've thought about it this whole week I've been thinking yeah Edmonton's got this uh so I hope they don't let you know Bon elk fans down but um you just like I don't know if Sean Oakman or if uh Derek montrie are gonna be ready to go or not for this first yes they will be I actually sent a message to Dave Campbell the birthday boy on Wednesday Happy Birthday Dave with 6:30 ched Oakman and mon creef will be on the field okay so when you can add a player of I'll say Shan Oakman's caliber because he's still he had it last year uh mon creef was starting to slow a little bit but like I said last week I still think he has gas in the tank so but when you can add those two players um on defense and uh like you said last week uh I think uh Rock Armstead is leading the league in yards per carry so if if they can you know kind of try to shut that down um and if if Cloud Beth Thompson can get in any sort of Rhythm with cly gens or with Eugene Lewis uh this could be a very fun day at Commonwealth for Elk fans I think well and I mentioned Winnipeg be giving up the most rushing yards per game Edmonton second most um 108 yards rushing a game and 4.9 yards a carry so the Elks have struggled against the run so far this year and that's a point of strength for the red blacks um and Raquel Armstead has had a great start to the season 5.6 yards a carry and hey if there's going to be a change at quarterback for the red blacks maybe they're going to have to lean on him even more but let's face it if uh Dustin crumb does start that guy runs too and uh it'll wear down any defense if you're going to have to you know defend the Run 25 or 30 times a game uh the red blacks have added some running BL back depth to to their roster by signing Levante Bellamy he did spend last year with Calgary um and there were a lot of people that were high on him in Calgary but again the depth in Calgary really allowed him to go off and now he is with the Ottawa red blacks but you mentioned it about Edmonton um adding two vets to your defense in the middle of a season during a bye that just seems quite r that that's almost like maybe not but it's like Montreal being able to add Darnell sanki and Shawn lemon in the same year I'm I'm not was literally gonna say that I'm not saying that the Elks are GNA go on a run like that but look at their schedule here backto back with Ottawa and then they got Hamilton could they be three and four that could be three dubs that could be three and then after that they do play Saskatchewan which uh those two teams within a score the Riders had to come back at uh Commonwealth Stadium it'll be a different animal this time around being at mosaic uh for the Elks but I don't know I've been here before with the Elks where I really believed that they were going to pull out a victory now if I remember correctly the the team that Edmonton beat at home to end that crazy long home losing streak was Ottawa I I think it was um so if you buy a ticket to the Elks game this Sunday that'll also double as your ticket into kayday uh the fair starting in Edmonton I love it's like 20 bucks to get in so man I I hope to get down to kdays I I just love a lot of the food from the Stampede will go up Highway too uh to Edmonton and I do just love um the ridiculous stuff you can get on the Midway I love the classics the mini Donuts the elephant ears kind of thing but I think at the Stampede last year I had a a foot long pizza hot dog that'll grease your insides up and they actually had foot long fries as well I don't know where you find potatoes I mean it was on a Midway maybe it wasn't a potato but foot long fry man it was crazy maybe it's like was it like a foot long mashed potato turned into a fry maybe maybe it could have been I could see that happening I think last year at The X I had a a pickle corn dog was it good was it good it was yeah yeah it was really good pickles a giant right now yeah it was like a giant pickle that was cut open and then the hot dog went inside it and then it was corn corn battered it was it was pretty good awesome yeah it was good see you got to get your ticket to the AL so you can go to KDAY and uh try some crazy stuff like this oh I got to look at the Kay's music lineup I I don't know I have so much fun there's some Theory of a Dead Man's playing hey your your guys Simple Plan are going to be there are you a fan with them oh yeah I'm adct I'm addicted to them Jah Rule and ludicrous now ludicrous one of those guys is cool Luda is playing the same day as Elks and TI cats on the 28th so I want to try to find a way how I can do both I don't know if it's possible lud Luda is playing the Regina X this year too really yeah and this weekend I'll actually be out at Craven so I get to see nickel back at Craven which is kind of interesting are they I'm excited for that I honestly don't know I know they got the nickel I mean the Netflix documentary uh are they doing more country music or are they just doing their thing they just do their thing apparently they I saw that they they did a they did a the country Festival in Vancouver I think and uh they like played a song with like Luke Bryan or something but they they played all their rockits they like some of their po stuff can kind of be a little country sounding If he if he changes voice a little bit but look at country music now it's not very country yeah I I expect a typical Nickelback show and then Luke Colmes is on Sunday so I'm I'm excited you get a lot of Luke Colmes uh lookalike comments don't you I do I do we'll see if it happens again hey aren't you supposed to be on stage uh now Nickelback they used to do a pretty Dynamite cover of Metallica sad but true could it be the first time a Metallica song is played at Craven that that's actually pretty crazy I would love to see I hope so I hope so somehow this relates to Ottawa and Edmonton um I just find that here come the Elks I I don't think their offense has been the problem at all uh it's the defense and the explosive plays that they seem to like do okay and then just collapse and give up these massive touchdowns here's the thing I don't know if Ottawa has the ability to have those explosive plays um and I would love to see the splits but ottawa's looked okay at home and then on the road just haven't got it done so being it on being on the road this week in Edmonton is going to be tough for them maybe there is a change at quarterback depending on if Drew Brown is good to go but uh they're probably going to want to slow it down much like uh Calgary may want to do against Winnipeg and just feed Armstead The Rock work in brillan Addison on with the running game as well at times this year Tommy Condell and that red Black's offense they've been quite imaginative and uh throwing all sorts of misdirection at teams and the red blacks are going to want to make that happen against Edmonton as for Edmonton you got to think it's coming like when is the eugo Lewis breakout for the Elks he's too good to you know be number three or four on that team I understand that it benefits the likes of curle gettens and Dylan Mitchell you know when Gino is getting covered by the best boundary Corners in the CFL but they got to get him going at some point well yeah and he's he's making like what 260 like he big money that's that's a lot of money for a decoy or for somebody to take the double team like he needs to be he's the guy who said himself that 50/50 balls aren't 5050 balls they're 90 T and so he's the one who needs to start coming down with some of these 9010 but honestly like McLoud Beth Thompson hasn't even really been throwing the 9010 to him so uh yeah I don't think they've taken enough shots and even really given him the opportunity to have those big catches no and and McLoud isn't really that type of quarterback I guess he's more of a dink and dunker right so um but he he did like have success every now and then airing it out in Toronto so uh I think that is something that a can get your team just rolling it can get the fans into it uh like just start off the game with like a nice big toss to to Gino get him going like that's I don't know I just it's kind of baffling that they that like you said before the offense hasn't been the problem but imagine if that offense also included Eugene Lewis you know playing up to his potential and they haven't been able to run the ball like uh the so mccloud's been able to move the ball sometimes this year there have been untimely turnovers um but without Kevin Brown having the holes to move it a lot of the pressure has been put on McLoud bethl Thompson and uh the the receivers and I know he's got the previous relationship at the chemistry with curly gens Jr I'm just looking at Curley getton uh fantasy numbers his his lowest point total this season has been 15.2 that was week one against the Riders so they keep looking to him uh constantly McLoud keeps looking to him all the time so I do think he's a good option in that Elks offense and hey if they're not going to be able to run the ball I think they're pretty good at spreading the ball around at lace to Mitchell and Gittens and hergy myala has had a great start to the season after the buy he's trending to get back onto the field this weekend as well and at times this year the Ottawa red black secondary hasn't uh been able to uh get that done like and I said we've been talking about some of the worst teams against the Run Ottawa is one of them 105.8 yards a game um as far as pass defense goes ottawa's kind of middle of the pack there and I I think their defense has potential too uh but if their offense isn't able to stay on the field then the Elks are going to have a lot of opportunities um I did kind of talk about Curley gens that's because he is on my uh fantasy roster and so is McLoud bethl Thompson um the Elks have been dynamite in the red Red Zone if they get to the red zone so I guess that's problem number one step two finish those drives and throw to Curley gens Jr for the benefit of my fantasy team I've also got Brady Olivera and Walter Fletcher now Fletcher maybe not having the most success running the ball for the aletes but if they keep throwing him the ball he had 100 yards last week receiv leing I mean if he's going to keep doing that I'm going to be happy with that on my roster I've also got Kon Julian Grant of the aletes I've got Alexander Hollands of the BC Lions and I'm taking the Alex defense so Sheldon is you can tell I'm all in on the Elks in week six well you're all in on the Elks and I'm kind of alling on uh the Alouettes because I have Cody Fardo as my quarterback and Captain I have Walter Fletcher and Brady ala like you uh Tyson Philpot Justin mckinness jarth Sterns and I have the Winnipeg defense we'll see how that goes uh week six of CFL football starts with the aloette six and a half Point favorites over the Argos the bombers are four and a half Point favorites over the stamp the Lions 7 and 1 Half Point favorites over the Riders and we have the Elks three and 1 12 point favorites over the red blacks sweep it I'm taking the home teams Edmonton BC Winnipeg and Montreal who do you got Sheldon the same get the brooms out sweep it for the home teams in week six I'm Travis Kura he is Sheldon Jones make sure you like subscribe you can comment as well on YouTube you can buy two and out merchandise at two and out.car and review on your favorite podcatchers as well enjoy week six of CFL football just I guess a housekeeping note uh the recap of week six will be a little bit late Sheldon's going to be at Craven on Sunday I'm going to be at the game in Edmonton on Sunday so instead of recording at 1: in the morning uh we're going to do it sometime in the afternoon on Monday and hopefully have it out to you that evening stay safe have fun this weekend and we'll talk to you next week after week [Music] six thanks for listening find more great shows like this at cfp pod Network on Twitter