Montreal Alouettes vs Edmonton Elks Prediction, 6/14/2024 CFL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Montreal Alouettes vs Edmonton Elks

Date: Friday, June 14, 2024

Location: Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB

TV: TSN

Odds/Point Spread: Montreal Alouettes (-5.5)

Commonwealth Stadium is the venue where and the Edmonton Elks (4-14 last season) will play the Montreal Alouettes (11-7 last year) on Friday. Edmonton opens this matchup as 5.5-point underdogs. The total has been set at 47.5. The expected starting quarterbacks are Cody Fajardo and McLeod Bethel-Thompson.

In their last contest the Alouettes played the Blue Bombers and won 27-12. Cody Fajardo went 20/28 with 254 yards through the air and completed 2 touchdowns. He threw 1 pick in the game. Walter Fletcher led the team in rushing for that game. He broke a long run for 8 yards but he never crossed the endzone by way of the rush. He racked up a total of 36 yards by way of 12 carries which had him averaging 3.0 yards per carry. Tyson Philpot was the receiving yardage leader with a total of 141 yards on 10 catches. He earned an average of 14.1 yards per catch for that game.

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The Alouettes racked up 1,861 total yards for the prior season. As a unit they held an average of 103.4 yards in the run game, giving them a rank of 5th in the CFL. Montreal amassed 17 passing touchdowns and 14 rushing touchdowns. In terms of getting in the endzone, the Montreal Alouettes averaged 24.6 points per outing.

The Alouettes were ranked 2nd in the CFL concerning team defense, conceding 21.8 points per game. They allowed an average of 5.7 yards per attempt on the ground and 110.4 yards on the ground per game last year. In total, they allowed 1,987 yards on the ground in 18 games. Concerning passing yards, the Alouettes conceded 4,023 yards which ranked them 2nd in the CFL. They yielded 17 touchdowns through the air in addition to 20 touchdowns via the ground game. They relinquished 333.9 yards per game putting them at 3rd in the CFL.

The last time they took the field the Elks played the Roughriders and took the loss by a score of 29-21. Kevin Brown paced the team on the ground for the game. He had a long run of 13 yards but he wasn't able to rush for a TD on the day. He rushed for 23 yards by way of 7 carries which meant he averaged 3.0 yards per run. Kurleigh Gittens Jr. was the leader in receiving yardage with a tally of 62 yards on 9 catches. He notched an average of 6.9 yards per reception for the game. McLeod Bethel-Thompson went 33/42 with 336 yards through the air and tossed 2 TD's. He walked away with 1 interception in the game.

They had an average of 123.6 yards per game via the rush and ran for 2,224 yards for the season. Last season, the Elks compiled 3,651 yards through the air in addition to an average of 202.8 passing yards per game, which was ranked 8th in the CFL. The Edmonton Elks had an average of 326.4 yards per outing which ranked them 7th in the league. When looking at putting points on the board, the Elks had a ranking of 9th in the league with an average of 20.4 PPG.

Edmonton surrendered a total of 2,459 yards rushing (136.6 yards per outing) as well as 21 touchdowns on the ground over the course of last season. Last year, they gave up 517 total points. They allowed 25 touchdowns via the pass as well as 240.1 yards per game, which put them in 5th in the CFL. The Elks allowed 28.7 points per contest, which had them ranked 8th in the CFL.

Who will win tonight's CFL game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Edmonton Elks (+5.5)

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