• RB Justin Rankin runs wild for Edmonton: Rankin solely had 10 rushes, however he turned these into 140 yards, with 113 of these yards coming after first contact. He compelled six missed tackles and had 5 explosive runs.
• Toronto’s Jake Ceresna information a powerful pass-rushing efficiency: The inside lineman completed with a sack, two hits, a rush and three further cross rush wins.
• Blue Bombers LB Tony Jones shuts down the run: He led the league with a ridiculous 10 whole tackles towards the run, with three of these being solo stops.
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Week 19 is within the books, and we now know all of our playoff groups, because the Toronto Argonauts clinched the ultimate spot with a win. There had been loads of thrilling moments and massive performances in all of the video games this previous weekend. PFF’s weekly Team of the Week will spotlight all of them, in addition to shout out some gamers with some particular person awards.
With Toronto’s big win over the Blue Bombers, it’s no shock that the Argonauts cleared the path with six gamers chosen to the crew this week. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, recent off an enormous win that stored their hopes alive for first place within the West, had 5 gamers make the crew. Surprisingly, it was the league’s No. 1 crew, the Montreal Alouettes, that had the fewest gamers make it, with only one choice.
OFFENSE
QB: Chad Kelly, Toronto
RB: Justin Rankin, Edmonton
Receiver: Jerreth Sterns, Saskatchewan
Receiver: Justin McInnis, B.C.
Receiver: Samuel Emilus, Saskatchewan
Receiver: Kenny Lawler, Winnipeg
Receiver: Makai Polk, Toronto
LT: D’Antne Demery, Calgary
LG: David Foucault, Edmonton
C: Peter Nicastro, Toronto
RG: Patrick Neufeld, Winnipeg
RT: Joshua Coker, Calgary
DEFENSE
DI: Jake Ceresna, Toronto
DI: Miles Brown, Saskatchewan
Edge: Kene Onyeka, Ottawa
Edge: TyJuan Garbutt, Winnipeg
LB: Wynton McManis, Toronto
LB: Tony Jones, Winnipeg
Cover LB: Tunde Adeleke, Toronto
CB: Marcus Sayles, Saskatchewan
CB: Brandin Dandridge, Ottawa.
HB: Damon Webb, Ottawa
HB: Najee Murray, Montreal
S: Loucheiz Purifoy, Edmonton
SPECIAL TEAMS
Ok: Brett Lauther, Saskatchewan
P: Cody Grace, Calgary
Returner: Terry Williams, B.C.
QUARTERBACK OF THE WEEK: QB CHAD KELLY, TORONTO
It was an enormous week for QB Chad Kelly and the Toronto Argonauts, as they beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and jumped into second place within the East Division. Kelly had his finest recreation of the season, ending with a league-high 90.4 recreation grade. The quarterback solely handed for 202 yards however made a big-time throw and didn’t have a single turnover-worthy play. He was correct all night time, and greater than half of his completions went for first downs. Kelly additionally added 34 yards dashing and 5 first downs gained along with his ft. Kelly’s season grade of 80.3 now ranks seventh amongst certified quarterbacks.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: RB JUSTIN RANKIN, EDMONTON
Not sufficient persons are speaking concerning the season that Rankin has been having for the Elks. This recreation was very typical for Rankin. He solely had 10 rushes, however he turned these into 140 yards, with 113 of these yards coming after first contact. He compelled six missed tackles and had 5 explosive runs. All of these numbers led the CFL this week. If Rankin had the identical variety of carries as Brady Oliveira has this season, he’d have 1,940 yards, 11 TDs, 89 missed tackles compelled and 51 explosive runs on the season, all of which might lead the league by an enormous margin. Extrapolating dashing stats like that isn’t a precise science, however it helps put the run he’s on into perspective.
OFFENSIVE LINE OF THE WEEK: OTTAWA REDBLACKS
The Redblacks could not have gotten the win on Thanksgiving Monday, however their offensive line performed a powerful recreation. As a unit, they helped anchor a run recreation that led the league this week with a median of three.5 yards earlier than contact per carry. That’s 71.2% of their dashing yards coming earlier than contact; no different crew was above 50%. They additionally performed excellently after they dropped again to cross, permitting stress on simply 14.6% of their dropbacks. That was the second-lowest mark within the league this week. Right sort out Zack Pelehos was overwhelmed on simply certainly one of his 41 pass-blocking snaps.
PASS RUSHER OF THE WEEK: DI JAKE CERESNA, TORONTO
Ceresna has been spectacular all season, and this recreation towards Winnipeg was no totally different. The inside lineman completed with a sack, two hits, a rush and three further cross rush wins. His pass-rush win price of 20.6% led the league this week, as did his 76.6 pass-rush grade. For the season, Ceresna ranks inside the highest 5 in pass-rush grade (82.4), pass-rush win price (14.3%), whole pressures (48) and pass-rushing productiveness rating (6.1).
RUN DEFENDER OF THE WEEK: LB TONY JONES, WINNIPEG
Despite dropping the sport, Winnipeg’s protection must be inspired by the way it fully stifled the Toronto Argonauts dashing assault. Toronto rushed the ball 23 occasions and gained simply 78 yards. That 3.4 yard-per-carry common was one of many lowest of the week. Winnipeg may give an enormous due to Jones, who was flying across the area all night time lengthy. He led the league with a ridiculous 10 whole tackles towards the run, with three of these being solo stops. He didn’t have a single negatively-graded run protection play, and completed with a league-leading 89.0 run D grade.
COVERAGE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: FS LOUCHEIZ PURIFOY, EDMONTON
Purifoy has been among the finest safeties within the CFL this season, and he had one other improbable recreation on Saturday afternoon. Purifoy led the CFL with an 86.1 protection grade in Week 19, permitting only one catch for 3 yards on the 4 targets he noticed. Purifoy compelled two incompletions, together with the ultimate play of the sport, when he reduce off the route of Calgary’s Reggie Begelton on a possible game-winning landing. On the season, Purifoy has 5 picks and eight compelled incompletions, and leads all free safeties with an 82.8 protection grade.