The Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Elks meet Sunday in CFL action at Commonwealth Stadium. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Toronto Argonauts Betting Preview
Chad Kelly is completing 60.9 percent of his passes for 238 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions. Damonte Coxie and Kurleigh Gittens Jr. have combined for 169 receiving yards on 9 catches, while DaVaris Daniels has 2 receptions. The Toronto Argonauts ground game is averaging 110 yards per contest, and A.J. Ouellette leads the way with 60 yards on 13 carries. Defensively, Toronto is allowing 14 points and 349 yards per game. Adarius Pickett leads the Toronto Argonauts with 8 tackles, Folarin Orimolade has 1 sack and Qwant’ez Stiggers has 1 interception.
Edmonton Elks Betting Preview
Taylor Cornelius is completing 55.3 percent of his passes for 305 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions. Eugene Lewis and Steven Dunbar Jr. have combined for 210 receiving yards and 1 touchdown, while Kevin Brown has 4 receptions. The Edmonton Elks ground game is averaging 63.5 yards per contest, and Brown leads the way with 100 yards on 18 attempts. Defensively, Edmonton is allowing 19.5 points and 378.5 yards per game. Nyles Morgan leads the Edmonton Elks with 15 tackles, Jake Ceresna has 2 sacks and Kai Gray has 1 interception.
Trends
The Argonauts are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games in June and 3-1-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall. The Elks are 17-37 ATS in their last 54 home games and 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games overall. The under is 5-2 in Argonauts last 7 road games. The over is 7-3 in Elks last 10 games following a ATS loss. The Argonauts are 2-5 ATS in their last 7 meetings in Edmonton and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 meetings.
Randy’s Pick
We have just one game of the Toronto Argonauts, so the jury is still out a bit, but they looked sharp against the Tiger-Cats and that’s without Kelly doing a lot offensively. The Edmonton Elks have done nothing offensively through 2 games, and that includes being shutout by the BC Lions last week. Until the Elks show a sign of life, it’s hard to get behind them with confidence. I’ll lay the touchdown with the Argos on the road.