00:00as we enter another week in the Canadian Football League.
00:03The playoffs are rapidly approaching.
00:05It's week 17 and some massive, massive matchups.
00:08So let's get ready for the weekend in Canadian football.
00:17If you want more from me, Canadian football-wise and predictions-wise,
00:21check out Three Down Nation.
00:22My best bets are going to be up there very, very soon.
00:25So that is going to be that.
00:27So if you want more from me there, check that out.
00:29But game-by-game breakdown here.
00:31Winnipeg taking on Toronto.
00:32No Zach Caleros in this game.
00:34The good buddy of Travis and Jason Kelsey going back to their Cincinnati days in university.
00:39He is on the six-game injured list right now.
00:42Drew Brown is back in the lineup.
00:43If I'm not mistaken, Brown has beat Toronto already this year.
00:47I get the Argos just had their best win of the season
00:50with a victory over the Edmonton Elks last week.
00:54I still feel like that's more what Edmonton did compared to what Toronto did.
00:59Now, Drew Brown and Winnipeg are not immune to beating themselves on the football field.
01:05But Winnipeg, getting a little bit healthier on the defensive side of things,
01:09I think that they are going to be able to do enough to limit things against Toronto.
01:13So I like the Bombers in this spot.
01:15They're at home.
01:16Sorry, I put them as the road team on my list here.
01:17But they're at home taking on Toronto.
01:20So I like that spot for Winnipeg here quite a bit.
01:23I think that this is, I just, I don't take Toronto seriously at all.
01:28Saskatchewan taking on the BC Lions.
01:30I think we can obviously tell where my allegiance would be in this game.
01:34But good news for Saskatchewan.
01:36A.J. Ouellette and Schaefer Baker are checking back in the lineup.
01:40That courtesy of the story I just saw here on Three Down Nation.
01:45Yeah, KSB and A.J. Ouellette are going to be back in the lineup here.
01:51And I think that's a really big deal for Saskatchewan.
01:54Like, yes, Del Duncan Busby stepped up in a couple of big moments in that game.
02:00And Keyshawn Johnson is a very, very good wide receiver.
02:03But defenses have really been able to just focus on Keyshawn the last couple of weeks.
02:07And Connelly has the speed to be a very dynamic, different back in the Saskatchewan backfield.
02:12But I think right now he is more a change of pace guy than an every down back.
02:16And Bertrand Houdon is just not that guy either.
02:19A.J. Ouellette coming back in.
02:20I think this is really going to help the riders sustain some more drives.
02:23There was a lot of times, second and medium, there just weren't the guys open to be able to capitalize
02:28on that.
02:29And Schaefer Baker might be the best in the league at being able to get open in those spots.
02:34And just being a big dude to help out as well.
02:36So I like Saskatchewan getting those guys back.
02:38I can understand why most of the world is picking BC coming off of a good win against Montreal at
02:44home.
02:44But I think Saskatchewan getting their weapons back, this is going to be more what we have seen from the
02:49riders early on in the season.
02:50So I like Saskatchewan here in this spot.
02:52Calgary on the road taking on Ottawa.
02:55The Stamps needed a 62-yard field goal to beat Ottawa a week ago.
03:00So I think it would be easy to just draw the straight line and say, well, Ottawa's at home now,
03:04so they're going to get the win.
03:06I really have not liked how Calgary has played over the last little bit.
03:09And so it does kind of feel like the math maths on this one.
03:13Calgary, a little bit sloppy.
03:14I'm assuming they're not going to get 62-mile-an-hour wins here.
03:17I don't think it was them taking Ottawa lightly or anything.
03:20I think Ottawa is playing better football with MBT at quarterback.
03:22And I do think that Calgary is just not a great football team right now.
03:27And it's just, that's where they are at.
03:29So I like Ottawa here in this spot.
03:32Hamilton taking on Edmonton.
03:34Edmonton with a bit of a speed wobble last week, slipping on a banana peel against Toronto.
03:40This is a chance to get right.
03:42It's not a great Hamilton team.
03:43I don't take them seriously.
03:44There's not a lot that needs to go into this.
03:46I like Edmonton in this spot over the Hamilton Tiger Cats.
03:48So again, for a more detailed breakdown of this one, check out the best bets over on
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