Ottawa Redblacks vs Edmonton Elks Prediction 6-30-23 CFL Picks

The Edmonton Elks and Ottawa Redblacks meet Friday in CFL action at TD Place Stadium. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Edmonton Elks Betting Preview 

Taylor Cornelius is completing 61.5 percent of his passes for 440 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Eugene Lewis and Steven Dunbar Jr. have combined for 351 receiving yards and 1 touchdown, while Vincent Forbes-Mombleau has 3 receptions. The Edmonton Elks ground game is averaging 59.3 yards per contest, and Kevin Brown leads the way with 116 yards on 24 attempts. Defensively, Edmonton is allowing 27.3 points and 405 yards per game. Nyles Morgan leads the Edmonton Elks with 20 tackles, Jake Ceresna has 2 sacks and Loucheiz Purifoy has 2 interceptions.

Ottawa Redblacks Betting Preview 

Nick Arbuckle is completing 55.4 percent of his passes for 285 yards, 0 touchdowns and 4 interceptions. Quan Bray and Justin Hardy have combined for 237 receiving yards on 17 catches, while Nate Behar has 8 receptions. The Ottawa Redblacks ground game is averaging 48.5 yards per contest, and Devonte Williams leads the way with 36 yards on 11 attempts. Defensively, Ottawa is allowing 22.5 points and 383 yards per game. Frankie Griffin leads the Ottawa Redblacks with 11 tackles, Douglas Coleman II has 3 sacks and Adam Auclair has 1 interception.

Trends

The Elks are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 games in June and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall. The RedBlacks are 17-40 ATS in their last 57 home games and 14-30 ATS in their last 44 games overall. The over is 8-3 in Elks last 11 road games. The under is 18-8 in RedBlacks last 26 games overall. The Elks are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

I’m not excited to get behind either of these teams with the way they’re playing out of the gate. You can make a case for taking the points and plugging your nose, especially with the Elks being good defensively against the pass, the one early bright spot. However, the Ottawa Redblacks are at home, and they’ve had an extra week to prepare. That’s the key edge in this contest. The Elks will play their fourth game in 19 days and have had just 5 days to prepare after their game against Toronto. Clear edge for the Redblacks. I’ll lay the points.