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- Last week, all four winning clubs outrushed their opponents, took fewer penalties, had more Time of Possession, ran more plays from scrimmage, were more successful in 2nd-&-long (combined 41% conversion rate versus 28% by the opposition), and held an edge in starting field position.

- The Tiger-Cats loss of Zach Collaros raised the count to 7 out of 9 clubs now having lost their #1 QB starter at some point this season. Only Ottawa and Calgary, a combined 17-8, have not lost their #1 quarterback for at least one game this season. Since 2012, only six times has any club had the same QB start all 18 games (out of 34 team seasons) – and Henry Burris has four of those having now made 66 straight starts (the others are Mike Reilly in 2013 and Bo Levi Mitchell in 2015).

- Week 14 contests averaged 53.8 points per game, the third consecutive week that scoring has increased over the previous 4-game set, and ended up as the fourth-highest of the season. Scoring was consistent across all four games and none had any less than 48 points for the first time in any week of the 2015 season. Net offence average 334 yards per team, the best average in the past six weeks of play.

- Last week’s games averaged 23.5 penalties reducing the season average to 24.4 per game, the lowest it has been all year. Over the last 11 CFL games, penalty totals have averaged only 22 per game.

- An in-depth look into Week 14 game rosters showed that BC’s 46-man squad averaged just 26.6 years of age, by far the lowest of any club. Of the 368 players declared eligible to play in Week 14, 137 were born in 1990 or later i.e. 25 years old or younger. Half of BC’s 46-man group were in that category while Montreal had only 12.

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Montreal at Ottawa

 

Rakeem Cato starts for Montreal.

 

Ottawa - Had their 3-game win streak snapped last week by Toronto 35-26; that loss also ended the REDBLACKS’ home winning run at 3 in a row. Ottawa fell behind 14-0 after just 6:52 of the game and never led as they made seven two-and-outs on 14 possessions against the Argos.

Montreal - The Alouettes will also be coming into this game after a loss, a 33-21 defeat at Regina in which they trailed for all but 3:15. Rakeem Cato came off the bench at half-time and generated 206 yards of offence and 2 TDs compared to 135 by Crompton in the first half after which they trailed 15-1. 

Thanks to a strong defence and an offence that has controlled the ball for a league-high 32:16, the Ottawa defence has been on the field for the fewest plays of any club (636, 53.0 per game). Likewise, their offence is #1 in plays from scrimmage at 61.3 per game, a gap of +8.3 plays per game.

Henry Burris Is on one of the finest runs of his career having thrown for 300+ yards in 6 of his last 8 games (first time since 2007) and for 400+ twice in his last 5 games. He is on pace for a career high 5,416 passing yards and has the lowest interception %of his career at 1.8% (previous best 2.4% in 2008). Burris’ completion % of 69.5 is far ahead of his career best of 65.8 in 2013 and over his last three games he has gone 88-of-120 for 73.3%. he needs 132 more yards to reach 59,000 for his career.

 

We need this Henry ^^^ in their game tonight against Montreal.and more of J. Johnson's running the ball. Anything to keep those pesky Alouettes in the losing column.

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So, Muamba isn't on Montreal's depth chart, so he's not dressing, Shortill is listed as the starting MAC.

Tanner Marsh is backing up up Cato at QB....Anthony Boone is next up.

And Brouillette hasn't sold his # to Muamba yet, as he's listed as #10.

You think we dress a lot of D-linemen? Ottawa has 12 listed on their depth chart and only 4 LBs and 6 DBs. Someone better be versatile.

Ottawa has used 6 different kickers and 6 different punters this year.

Kickers - Alix, Alvarado, Maher, Pfeffer, Milo and Wilder.

Punters - Alix, Maher, Milo, Pfeffer, DeMarco and Wilder.

80.8% of MBB voters want Ottawa as their pick.

Chris Schultz has Montreal by a FG. But keep in mind, he believes Hamilton, with Matthews at QB will defeat Calgary by 3, so, we'll see.

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@MTLAlouettes: .@ElHefney5 est conscient, il a une douleur à l'épaule. // Hefney is conscious, he has a stinger in his shoulder. #AlsMTL

@DidierRDS: Jonathan Hefney was conscious when he left on a stretcher and he was able to move his arms and legs. #Alouettes #CFL

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