• New house, no drawback for RB Ryquell Armstead: The former Ottawa Redblacks starter, lower only a few weeks in the past, gained a league-leading 135 yards after contact and compelled 10 missed tackles.
• Saskatchewan offensive line bulldozes to victory: Right sort out Trevon Tate had among the best video games of the season by an offensive lineman. He did not enable a single stress and completed with a ridiculous 92.1 run-blocking grade.
• Toronto Edge Folarin Orimolade near-impossible to dam: Orimolade recorded three hurries and an extra 9 pass-rush wins. His pass-rush win price of 26.2% was ridiculously excessive and ranked first within the league this previous weekend.
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Week 16 noticed some incredible CFL motion as a number of groups pushed for his or her playoff spots down the stretch. The Montreal Alouettes clinched a house playoff sport with their win, whereas the Hamilton Tiger-Cats stored their slim playoff hopes alive with a 3rd straight victory. As all the time, we’ll spotlight gamers who carried out effectively on this week’s Team of the Week.
While Montreal and Hamilton had spectacular performances as a staff, the Saskatchewan Roughriders led the best way when it comes to particular person performances. They had an unimaginable 10 gamers named to this week’s staff. The Edmonton Elks, regardless of their loss, had the second-most at 4.
OFFENSE
QB: Trevor Harris, Saskatchewan
RB: Ryquell Armstead, Saskatchewan
Outside WR: KeeSean Johnson, Saskatchewan
Slot WR: Kian Schaffer-Baker, Saskatchewan
Slot WR: Justin Hardy, Ottawa
Slot WR: DaVaris Daniels, Toronto
Outside WR: Ontaria Wilson, Winnipeg
LT: Trevor Reid, Saskatchewan
LG: David Foucault, Edmonton
C: Sean McEwen, Calgary
RG: Nick Jones, Saskatchewan
RT: Trevon Tate, Saskatchewan
DEFENSE
DI: Mustafa Johnson, Montreal
DI: Dewayne Hendrix, Hamilton
Edge: Folarin Orimolade, Toronto
Edge: Celestin Haba, Winnipeg
LB: Jameer Thurman, Saskatchewan
LB: Nick Anderson, Edmonton
Cover LB: Derrick Moncrief, Edmonton
CB: Tarvarus McFadden, Toronto
CB: Deontai Williams, Saskatchewan
HB: Damon Webb, Ottawa
HB: Evan Holm, Winnipeg
S: Alonzo Addae, Ottawa
SPECIAL TEAMS
Okay: Marc Liegghio, Hamilton
P: Jake Julien, Edmonton.
Returner: Mario Alford, Saskatchewan
QUARTERBACK OF THE WEEK: QB TREVOR HARRIS, SASKATCHEWAN
While Hamilton QB Bo Levi Mitchell actually had a sport worthy of this award, Harris performed a virtually good sport, serving to his Roughriders finish their winless streak. Harris completed with two big-time throws, an adjusted completion price of 88.9% and a league-leading 92.5 PFF total grade. He missed on simply two of his passes over the complete sport. With that efficiency, Harris is now the highest-graded quarterback within the CFL this season, with a 91.5 passing grade.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: RB RYQUELL ARMSTEAD, SASKATCHEWAN
It wasn’t simply Saskatchewan’s passing sport that carried out effectively. The newly-signed Armstead set a document for many dashing yards in a debut sport with 207. The former Ottawa Redblacks starter, who was lower only a few weeks in the past, gained a league-leading 135 yards after contact and compelled 10 missed tackles. Armstead now has 37 missed tackles compelled on the season, tied for third-most within the CFL. It’s no shock that Armstead led all operating backs this week with an 86.2 total grade.
OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS
A clear sweep within the offensive award classes for Saskatchewan, because the offensive line dominated all night time lengthy of their win. The unit helped open holes for Armstead each time he touched the ball and was an enormous a part of his success. Nothing modified once they dropped again to go, both. The Riders’ offensive line allowed simply two complete pressures on 21 dropbacks.
Right sort out Trevon Tate had among the best video games of the season by an offensive lineman — he did not enable a single stress and completed with a ridiculous 92.1 run-blocking grade.
PASS RUSHER OF THE WEEK: ED FOLARIN ORIMOLADE, TORONTO
Orimolade didn’t have a sack or a success, however his pass-rushing efficiency exceeded these fundamental numbers. Orimolade recorded three hurries and an extra 9 pass-rush wins. His pass-rush win price of 26.2% was ridiculously excessive and led the complete league this previous weekend. Orimolade has truly been a sufferer of this all season. His season-long go rush win price of 17.6% ranks second within the league, however his stress share of seven.9% ranks simply twenty second.
RUN DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: LB NICK ANDERSON, EDMONTON
Edmonton couldn’t decelerate Winnipeg’s dashing offense as a lot as it could have favored of their sport this previous weekend, however Anderson positive tried his finest to make it occur. The run-stuffing linebacker had seven complete tackles within the run sport, together with three solo stops. He didn’t grade negatively on a single run-defense play and completed with an 85.5 run-defense grade. Anderson has 54 complete run tackles this season and leads the CFL this season with a run-defense grade of 88.1.
COVERAGE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: LB GEOFFREY CANTIN-ARKU, MONTREAL
It wasn’t a marquee week for protection performances, as lots of the league’s prime defensive gamers placed on common performances. But Cantin-Arku had a formidable sport from his linebacker place. He was solely focused as soon as as the first protection man, and he intercepted that go. He additionally broke up one other go from beneath protection towards a seam route. Cantin-Arku completed with a league-leading 81.9 protection grade on the week.