THE CANADIAN PRESS
CFL.ca Staff
TORONTO — With each passing week of the 2015 season, the games add more meaning and so do your picks in CFL Pick’Em.
One matchup to keep an eye on this week is a a cross-division matchup between the Montreal Alouettes and Edmonton Eskimos. The votes in CFL Pick’Em are one-sided but a closer look shows two fairly evenly-matched teams featuring a clash of two of the league’s elite defences.
Kenny Stafford and Fred Stamps return to face off after being traded for one another in the off-season, while two quarterbacks looking to prove they belong will duel it out in Matt Nichols and Rakeem Cato.
The pick trend is one-sided thus far, but in the case of an upset there will be an opportunity to gain big points in the standings. Can the Alouettes become the latest team to pull off underdog role with perfection? Our writers put in their picks for week’s most hotly-contested battle:
Edmonton Eskimos:
Landry Dunk
Montreal Alouettes:
Nye Pedersen Steinberg Cauz
Matchup Overview:
The Esks and Als have opposing records this season but on paper they’re closer than they look. The Alouettes are one of just four teams in the CFL with a positive point differential and they rank third in that regard with 10 more points than they’ve allowed — despite suffering in the win column. They’re also a different ball club altogether at home, where they’re 2-1 this season and have pulled off a pair of dramatic upsets over the defending Grey Cup Finalists, Hamilton and Calgary.
The Eskimos boast the League’s top defence thus far and own a whopping 76-point differential this season — but they’re 1-2 on the road this season compared to 3-0 at home and a long trip to Montreal could give the Alouettes an advantage.
Make the call in CFL Pick’Em — can the Alouettes pull off another upset?
