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?‍?The return of Jason Maas. The return of Henry....or Hank? The leading yardage passer - Mike Reilly 1926 yards. He's also #1 in completions (147) and attempts (207) and tied for first with 11 TD passes. - 383 yds against Ottawa in their first game. (Gord Holder - Ottawa Citizen) the score.com - Reilly has recorded eight straight 300-plus yard regular-season games, which is just one shy of the CFL record set by Sam Etcheverry in 1956 and Kent Austin in 1991. He is averaging 385 yards per game. He's on pace for 6,934 passing yards over the span of an 18-game season. To put that into perspective, only five times has a quarterback eclipsed 6,000 passing yards while only four different pivots have done it (Doug Flutie did it twice). The record is 6,619 set by Flutie in 1991, yet here’s Reilly flirting with the notion of 7,000. - CFL.ca Reilly needs to average 361 passing yards per game to reach Flutie’s record (he’s averaging 385 through five games) - P. Steinburg cfl.ca Reilly can sling it, whether it’s to Adarius Bowman or Derel Walker — both receivers on pace to eclipse 2,000 receiving yards. CFL.ca ?‍?The weapons/targets? Reilly’s principal weapons are wide receiver Derel Walker and slotback Adarius Bowman, who coming into this week’s games ranked first and third in receiving yards with 642 and 586 yards, respectively. The Redblacks’ Chris Williams was second with 625, while teammates Brad Sinopoli (491) and Greg Ellingson (487) were sixth and seventh. (Holder) The Ottawa Redblacks boast a league-leading 446 yards of net offence per game, while the Edmonton Eskimos are averaging a second-best 434 yards. - gerry moddejonge Edmonton journal “The improvement of the quarterbacks and the receivers and some of the rule changes have helped the offence.” - Mark Nelson ?‍?Ottawa won the first meeting, in overtime, 45-37. Burris - " I will give it my all." Reilly - "We know it will be a slugfest." - TSN So, who ya got?