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After Week 18 Bye Winnipeg Every single team in the league will be willing to take a chance on Duron Carter. -Lawless ?‍?This could very well be true. After all, Carter is Milt Stegall-approved. Here is how everything shakes down heading into Week 18: Hamilton Win = Hamilton clinches playoff berth and a home playoff date; Toronto and Montreal eliminated from playoff contention. THIS HAPPENED Ottawa Win = Ottawa clinches first place in the East Division and will host Eastern Final. NOPE Hamilton Tie + losses by both Toronto and Montreal = Hamilton clinches playoff berth and home playoff date. HALF Hamilton's in the playoffs. Montreal loss = Montreal is eliminated from playoff contention. NO, THEY WON - STILL OUT Toronto loss = Toronto is eliminated from playoff contention. YEP NOTE: Edmonton (3-1), Winnipeg (3-2) hold the advantage over BC (0-3) based on their record in event of a three-way tie. Who has clinched a playoff berth Calgary Stampeders, BC Lions, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos, Ottawa RedBlacks, Hamilton. Who is eliminated from playoff contention Saskatchewan Roughriders, Toronto and Montreal If the playoffs started today (Oct. 17) … Western Semi-Final: BC at Winnipeg Western Final: TBD at Calgary Eastern Semi-Final: Edmonton at Hamilton (Not determined yet) Eastern Final: TBD at Ottawa Out of the playoffs: Toronto, Montreal, Saskatchewan Donnovan Bennett 3) Historically, it has been difficult for West teams in the playoff crossover as they've gone 0-8. However, BC, Edmonton and Winnipeg (one of whom will be crossing over) are a combined 9-2 playing in the East this year. Not too shabby. Deron Mayo is out for the season after suffering a knee injury in Saturday’s game against Montreal. CFL News Sean Payton lobbies for NFL to make pass interference calls reviewable. thesco.re/2ezrOM3 #CFL via @theScore Drew Edwards Despite costly error, #Ticats Kent Austin still supports replay in the #CFL #HamOnt #NFL #Falcons wp.me/p65Ld4-4Si ?‍?When asked about extensions for Walters and O'Shea, Gary Lawless responded -"Walters will get 5. O'Shea 3 or 4." Gord Holder Ottawa Sun Ray Early, that is, the 24-year-old punter from South Carolina who was assigned to the Canadian Football League team’s practice squad after signing Monday. He could see game action as soon as Friday night at TD Place stadium against the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Another “international,” Sergio Castillo, averaged a net of 36.3 yards in two September games, but wasn’t seen as enough of a difference-maker to warrant occupying a roster spot ahead of the “national” Medeiros. This is not a new problem for the Redblacks, who for various reasons have employed a staggering eight different punters since the 2015 season started: Milo (more than once), Thomas DeMarco, Anthony Alix, Maher, Andy Wilder, Ronnie Pfeffer, Medeiros and Castillo. Kirk Penton Can't recall a bigger line in a #CFL game. #Stampeders are favoured by 16.5 points against the #Argonauts. Lowell Ulrich “Here’s what I saw…Winnipeg was having a better time even though we were ahead,” Buono began. “I sense [there’s] not the same joy, and you’ve got to address that. “You take the message differently. They’re a little more defensive, because they’re tired. This is something every team goes through and you’ve got to work your way out of it.” Darrin Bauming The #Bombers have released two Internationals from their practice roster: quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson and D-lineman Brandon Williams. Ottawa Redblacks ? on 10 consecutive sellouts. Fewer than 500 tickets remain for Friday's #CFLPink game vs the Ticats! ?‍?But the Senators had just 11061 in attendance... Gerry Moddejonge - Edmonton Journal Coming on the heels of Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford getting released by the Montreal Alouettes following last week’s CFL trade deadline – making them ineligible to play for any other team for the rest of the season – the question is, what the heck’s going on with receivers in the East Division? ?‍?So, what's Jason Maas's opinion on this? “It’s not my problem,” Maas said. “So I’m not worried about it at all.” ?‍? A big hmm to that. Mike Beamish Vancouver Province The Lions indeed have just nine interceptions as a team. With three games left in the regular season, they are flirting with the all-time franchise-low of 12. That happened 62 years ago, in B.C.’s inaugural year in the Western Intercollegiate Football Union, when the club finished 1-15. Oddly enough, the 14-1-1 Calgary Stampeders, vying to become the first CFL team to lose but a single game in the regular season, also have the same total of interceptions as the Lions — nine. The 5-10 Saskatchewan Roughriders have the fewest picks among all teams at eight. Not only are the Lions trending toward a franchise low, the CFL interception rate is headed in the same direction. With only one interception for every 42.5 pass attempts in 2016, the pickoff rate is an “unbelievable” (statistician Daniel’s word) 2.35 per cent heading into Week 18. The outlier is Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers have a remarkable 28 interceptions. Their overall turnover ratio, plus-31, is even better than Calgary’s (plus-17). All of the remaining seven teams, including the Lions at minus-eight, are in negative territory. Lawless look at @cfl sked. no surprise if @EdmontonEsks win out, get to 11-7. @Wpg_BlueBombers would need to win out, get to 12-6 to host West semi CFL - Kirk Penton It appears the CFL has found its price point for the Grey Cup, and it's not what the organizing committee came up with for this year's bash in Toronto. Last week it appeared nearly half of the 35,000 or so seats for the game were still unsold, and it had clearly reached a point where fans weren't going to make the annual pilgrimage to the game just because it's what they've always done. ?‍?This This ticket price reduction should serve as a stern lesson for the CFL that it is not the NFL. The Grey Cup isn't the Super Bowl, and ticket prices should never be set as high as they were this year. If you want it to be the Canadian party that it's always been, make it affordable for as many Canadians to get to it as possible. - If you're going to do away with the divisions.... Wally Buono has the best solution: The top seven teams make the playoffs, with the first place squad getting a bye. There would be three games on the opening weekend of the post-season, giving teams a better chance of hosting one. All told, there's a chance there could be as many as 16 receivers with 1,000 yards. The record is 18, which was set in 1993. - 41 – Days between clincher and West Division final for Stampeders this year 6 – Teams, since 1986, with at least 41 days between clinching first and division final 3 – Teams that had at least a 41 day break but failed to win the Grey Cup CFL News #AlsMTL are $300,000 over the salary cap, according to league sources, but save only $12,500 by releasing Stafford. - @HerbZurkowsky1 #CFL CFL History Let Thee Who Has Spent the Weekend in Hamilton Without Taking MDA, Cast The First Stone #Boring #SpeedyB #TiCats #CFL CFL News 'I am the quarterback of the #Riders: Darian Durant keeping quiet on contract talks cbc.ca/1.3811256 #CFL via @CBCSaskatoon ?‍?Hmm CFL News #AlsMTL reportedly $300K over cap. So what are the rules if they exceed it by that much? cfl.ca/game-salary-ma… #CFL -Monetary Penalties: $1 for each $ a Club exceeds SEC up to $100K $2 for each $ a Club exceeds SEC between $100K and $300K #CFL $3 for each $ a Club exceeds SEC over $300K -Non-Monetary Penalties: Forfeiture of next available first round draft pick for Clubs that exceed SEC over $100,000 #CFL #AlsMTL -Forfeiture of next available first and second round draft picks for Clubs that exceed SEC over $300,000 #CFL #AlsMTL via @CFL ?‍?It's now become clear why the Alouettes were willing to part with their 1st pick in the draft next year and trade with BC for a QB - Vernon Adams. Because they're so much over the cap, they were going to lose the pick. Might as well throw the roulette ball on the spinning wheel, and take your chances.. Paul LaPolice We need a full & loud house for Ottawa game. Make sure you are going, buy tix if you haven't. I have a new special play for game. #support Lawless Argos are helping out folks with ticket concerns after price reductions to some seats. Team is calling people directly. ?‍?Jennings has thrown 13 picks this year. 38.5% in two games. - (Two games against the Bombers.) ?‍?According to Scott Milanovich, Sean McEwan will probably be the Argos nominee for outstanding Canadian and top rookie. He's played in all Argo games so far this year, at centre, and: “Without giving the kid too much credit, he has exceeded our expectations,’ CFL Communications .@Rikester13 is within reach of 6000 yards in 2016: he is currently on pace for 6,064 passing yards this season. #CFL -#CFL teams continue to run the ball: last week averaged 204 rushing yards per game. Average of 200+ rushing yards/game in 4 of last 5 weeks. ?‍?Love how Emmanuel Arceneaux, Shawn Gore and Stephen Adekolu just showed up at some kids' team practice and gave them some time to show them a few tips. CFL strong. Stamps Fact Quick Fix: Stamps hold 73-17 scoring advantage in 1st qtrs over past 7 games. On the season, they've outscored rivals 127-51 in opening qtrs Rod Pedersen From the Riders on contract extension talks with @dariandurant: "Hopeful but nothing imminent or close." Kirk Penton Interesting news from the #CFL today: The #Eskimos, not the #Riders, have had the most viewers this season. Dave Campbell #CFL says the #Eskimos lead the league in overall TV ratings averaging 649K viewers per game. Riders averaging 627K, Bombers next at 615K. Darrell Davis Nonstop rain at #Mosaic. Too effin wet to Tweet from Sec 25. #Als 6 #Riders 5 at 1/2-time. Game only marginally better than weather. #CFL ?‍?More conspiracy? Rod Pedersen "sources within the officiating fraternity tell me that Austin is the hardest on CFL referees amongst head coaches". ?‍?Not really a surprise there, if you ask me.. "And furthermore, the refs don't like having multiple voices in their headsets while they're trying to call the games." BC LIONS DEN 22,831 Was the attendance tonight at @BCPlace. Crowd was loud and involved. Lots of kids too. Great atmosphere. #BCLions #CFL Next Week Bye - Toronto Week 19