GAME DAY: Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Redblacks GAME DAY: Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Redblacks | Ottawa Sun Skip to Content This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ottawa Redblacks Football CFL Ottawa Redblacks logo Photo by Darren Brown /Postmedia files Montreal Alouettes (1-2) at Ottawa Redblacks (1-2) Friday – 7:30 p. m. EST TV: TSN, ESPN2 Web: TSN. ca/LIVE, TSN GO Radio: TSN 1200 (TSN1200. ca), FM 104, 7 (FM1047. ca), SiriusXM Canada Channel 167 (EN) and 174 (FR) The Line: Als by 7 Weather: 19C, Partly cloudy, 20% chance of rain, winds 9 km NW This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. FIVE THINGS to WATCH Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The Ticats, however, are the defending CFL East champions, losing to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-25 at last year’s Grey Cup. “Experience is the one thing that it’s tough to prepare people for if they don’t have it. ” said Tiger-Cats head coach Orlondo Steinauer. “Anytime you have people that have been there before and they’re playing an intricate part on your football team, I think it’s extremely important because who else do you look to? ”Hamilton confirmed that quarterback Dane Evans will be its starter. There was cause for concern after Evans had exited their regular-season finale with a thumb injury.
the Redblacks, it’s probably game over for the home side. NOTEWORTHIES Redblacks QB Matt Nichols has a terrific record as a starter vs Montreal; he’s 5-1 with nine TD passes … Ottawa’s defence has held opponents to three TDs in 44 drives (6. 8%). The CFL average is 11%. … The Als rank first in converting second-down chances at 50% and are No. 2 in ball control with a Time of Possession of 31:22 … Ottawa has two pass completions of 20-plus yards, Montreal has seven. Montreal has eight explosive play long gainers, and Ottawa has one … The Als have won three of the last four games against the Redblacks, which follows a run of six straight Ottawa wins … Changes in Ottawa’s lineup: OL Andrew Pickett, LB Brad Cowan and DL Reshaan Davis in, DB Gump Hayes and DL Cleyon Laing return.
The Redblacks need to figure out a way to work receivers DeVonte Dedmon and Ryan Davis into the run game as well. HOME DISADVANTAGE: Playing at home hasn’t been kind to the Redblacks. After winning just one game at TD Place in 2019, the Redblacks lost again last week. It’s time for the team to give its fans something to cheer about. KEY MATCHUP Als RB William Stanback vs. Redblacks defence If Stanback, a 6-foot, 233-lb., bowling ball, gets a head of steam, he eats up big chunks of yardage. The key, as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats showed last week, is getting him running horizontally, not vertically — getting his shoulders turned to the side. After weeks of 112 and 82 yards rushing, he was limited to 40 in 12 carries last week by the Ticats. He’s still averaging 78 yards per game. If Stanback, who had 1, 048 yards rushing in just 14 games in 2019, gets 100 yards vs.
That’s a minus-8. TURNING IT OVER: In their first game, the Redblacks defence was flying around making big plays. Two interceptions by Abdul Kanneh (one for a 102-yard touchdown) and one by Randall Evans were all huge momentum changers in the win over the Elks. The defence has remained tough in the Red Zone, but needs to force turnovers vs. Montreal. THE RUN GAME: The Als have the run game, it hasn’t really been that way for the Redblacks, who got 35 and 39 yards from Timothy Flanders in Games 1 and 2 before he went down with injury, then 43 yards from rookie Justin Davis a week ago.
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3 yards. THE JOY OF SACKS: Interestingly enough, so far this season, no CFL team that has allowed a sack has gone on to score a touchdown on that drive. Over 419 possessions, there have been 64 sacks Allowed (4. 27 per game). This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Both the Alouettes’ offensive and defensive lines have been good. They are No. 2 in sacks with 11 and have allowed just two. That’s a big plus-9. The Redblacks have allowed 13 sacks, tied for worst (with Hamilton) in the league, and have sacked opposing QBs five times (seventh).
Stanback ready to play for Alouettes against Tiger-Cats in CFL East semifinalJeshrun Antwi and Walter Fletcher stepped up in Stanback’s absence. Antwi replaced the 2021 East Division Most Outstanding Player from the get-go and rushed for 600 yards in 18 games. Fletcher came in via trade with the Edmonton Elks in June and contributed 486 rushing yards in 14 games.
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