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Peter Klein

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers keep beating up on the teams they need to. Peter Klein looks at their game with the Edmonton Elks and what has made them so impressive. He then breaks down the rest of the week in the CFL.

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00:00Again, for a full list of my NFL picks, or sorry, for my CFL picks, Three Down Nation.

00:17We have the best bets piece that is up.

00:21For those of you who are hanging out live right now, going to throw that in the chat.

00:27Those are the best bets for the CFL week this week, so not going to go point spread-wise

00:33or anything like that, and again, trying to limit the old gambling talk on the old Twitch.

00:38But for podcast listeners, there will be a Today's Ticket at the end for an exclusive

00:42one there.

00:43But, let's run through.

00:44Tonight, it is Winnipeg, taking on Edmonton.

00:47This game is back in Winnipeg after it was the Bombers beating the Elks in Edmonton last

00:52week, and I struggle to see how Edmonton is going to fare better in Winnipeg.

00:59It doesn't get easier to play in Winnipeg as the season goes on, so I think that there

01:03is a real confidence that Winnipeg is going to be able to do this thing.

01:08And then, looking at this, I, like, you knew Winnipeg was on fire, right, like, figuratively.

01:15You knew that the Bombers were playing some very good football right now, or at least

01:19winning some very important games.

01:22But they put up a graphic the other day.

01:25Was it them or was it the CFL?

01:27Um, shoot, I think I went to the wrong spot.

01:30But they have, like, on this six-game winning streak that they're on right now, one of the

01:35wins was against Hamilton, which doesn't mean shit, but they have two wins against BC, two

01:40wins against Saskatchewan, and if they win today, it'll be two wins against Edmonton

01:43in a seven-game winning streak.

01:45So not only are they winning games, but they are winning season series, and just putting,

01:52like, every team that is even considering being in a playoff spot right now in the West,

01:58they are running through, and winning with, um, relative, uh, I was gonna say relative

02:04ease.

02:05They had to battle against Saskatchewan in both of those games.

02:07But still, they are winning those games very impactfully.

02:11And so to be able to sweep the team that's in second place, sweep the team that's in

02:15third place, and potentially sweep the team that's in fourth place, quite impressive in

02:19a seven-game win streak.

02:21And Winnipeg, I still, I don't know what is holding me back from fully giving them their

02:25flowers this year, but I am on the bombers this week.

02:28BC taking on Hamilton.

02:30One thing that's really intriguing about this game is that both defenses have actually started

02:34to play pretty well.

02:35I did a mini-deep dive in that article that I posted there from 3down about how well,

02:41um, BC's defense has played since Matthew Betts has come back.

02:45They would be, uh, by points, they would be, I think, the second or third best defense

02:48in the league if that point total over the last little bit played out.

02:52And like, passing-wise, the most passing error they've allowed in a game is 268 in the last

02:56three games.

02:57Like, they are playing very, very well defensively.

03:00And so, I think that they're gonna be able to somewhat limit a pretty high-powered offense

03:04out in Hamilton right now.

03:06And now on the other side, the Ticats defense is playing pretty well.

03:09They bottled up Chad Kelly again last week, and, uh, gave up 30 points, but still only

03:15allowed, um, it was at least under 300 passing errors in that game.

03:18So, I think certainly something to look for is how well these two teams play defensively

03:25in this spot, even though both offenses certainly have a lot of players that you would want

03:29to highlight.

03:30Ottawa taking on Saskatchewan.

03:31Uh, like I said, there's a breakdown for 3down Nation.

03:34Also, you can see behind me the Ryder jersey and the Ryder Rey Mysterio mask.

03:38Shout out, no copyright laws in Mexico.

03:40Um, but, I, um, taped the Ryder Happy Hour podcast.

03:45It came out yesterday.

03:46So there's a little bit more in-depth on that game.

03:48But I do think that right now, Ottawa is struggling both offensively and defensively.

03:52Offensively, they're struggling to put up points.

03:55It's 21 or under in three of their last four, and 12 points in two of their last four.

04:00And defensively, basically every starting linebacker for that team is hurt, and they

04:05are giving up a whole lot of rushing yards to teams that, when teams run the ball.

04:09Montreal just doesn't.

04:10Um, and so I think when you look at the Armstead factor in all of this, when you look at the

04:16struggles that Ottawa is having, um, in protecting the football and all of that, I think that

04:20there is a really good job, a real good opportunity here for Saskatchewan to make it two wins

04:26in a row.

04:27Who would have thought?

04:28And lastly, Montreal against Toronto.

04:30Very interesting matchup, because Montreal, I said like, oh they're back on track.

04:33And then you watch that game, it's like, well, are they?

04:37Like defensively they play great.

04:38But offensively, it's still, it's not clicking in the way that it was before.

04:43And like, no Phil Pott is going to do that.

04:45But I think as Fajardo kind of, again, re-acclimates himself to this offense after getting hurt,

04:51and figures out like, okay I can do this with Rambo, I can do this with Reggie White Jr.,

04:55I can do this with, um, Gennarion Grant, I can kind of bounce these guys around and do

05:01it all kind of this way.

05:02I think that's going to get a little bit better.

05:04And Toronto, defensively, they've kind of been gashed up quite a bit lately.

05:09And so I think they have some issues.

05:11They do defend the run pretty well, but I have it in my thing, Montreal doesn't run

05:16at all.

05:17Like, Walter Fletcher has fewer carries than AJ Ouellette, and AJ Ouellette has played

05:22once since Joe Biden stepped down.

05:25Um, like, he's barely played at all.

05:27The two are not correlated.

05:28I would...

05:31Just from what I believe, I think AJ Ouellette might feel the opposite about it, you know

05:33what I mean.

05:34Anyway, this is not a team that runs the ball a lot.

05:38And so Toronto's one strength, Montreal kind of goes away from.

05:41So I do think Montreal gets the rogue win.

05:44Also they're undefeated on the road.

05:45So there is your CFL talk for the week.

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