CFL Week 3 Preview

Article by Duncan Gray

 

Game of the Week

Last week's Game of the Week choice turned out to be exceptional. Not sure if we can expect quite so much excitement but we're going to stick with the Toronto Argonauts. This week they're at Calgary Stampeders on Monday night.

Toronto weren't a fancied team when the season started but they've beaten Edmonton comfortably and then Saskatchewan in last week's thriller. Calgary meantime suffered the shock defeat of the season so far when they went down to Montreal last week without putting up much of a fight. It's still early in the season, poor performances can come from any team but surely the champions can't play so badly two weeks in a row. Can they upset the Argonauts momentum though? This could develop into a quarterback duel between the established big name, Levi Bo Mitchell, and one of the new sensations, Toronto's Trevor Harris (who's actually the older of the two).

 

 

This week's TV Schedule   Ottawa Redblacks v Edmonton Eskimos - LIVE Friday morning 10 July 0200 hrs – BT Sport ESPN   Saskatchewan Roughriders v BC Lions - LIVE Saturday morning 11 July 0300 hrs – BT Sport ESPN   Montreal Alouettes v Winnipeg Blue Bombers - recorded Saturday afternoon 11 July 1300 hrs – BT Sport ESPN   Toronto Argonauts v Calgary Stampeders - LIVE Tuesday morning 14 July 0200 hrs – BT Sport ESPN

 

 

The other games

 

It's been a dream start to the season for Ottawa who find themselves as the other undefeated team in the league. They'll be stretched this week as they visit Edmonton Eskimos. The Eskimos have had an extra week to recover from their defeat by Toronto to arrange cover for quarterback Mike Reilly whose injury will keep him out for much of the season. 

 

Montreal Alouettes  produced the surprise of the season when they trounced Calgary in Week 2 so their hopes will be high as they travel west. On the other hand Winnipeg Blue Bombers were a team on the receiving end of a trouncing and there's no word yet on whether their quarterback Drew Willy will be recovered from his head knock.

 

BC Lions suffered a disappointment last week, losing at Ottawa in the opening game of their season. Meantime Saskatchewan suffered an even bigger disappointment as their overtime defeat left them having lost two home games. Which one will break their duck?