"Receiving options won’t be an issue for the Boatmen pivot. Rival-turned-teammate Brandon Banks signed with Toronto during free agency, he spent his first eight seasons in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

In 111 games with Hamilton, Banks totalled 422 catches for 5,678 yards and 44 touchdowns, earning CFL All-Star honours four times and was named 2019’s Most Outstanding Player.

If Banks isn’t available, Bethel-Thompson will have another newcomer to target in Markeith Ambles. Ambles signed with Toronto during the off-season after spending the past three seasons with the Calgary Stampeders.

This past season with Calgary, Ambles averaged 12.7 yards per catch, pulling in 54 passes for 686 yards and three touchdowns. The third year receiver will look to provide his new team with a reliable set of hands and the ability to find open space downfield.

If Bethel-Thompson is looking for an option he is more familiar with, it will likely be Kurleigh Gittens Jr. The third year Canadian receiver burst onto the scene for the Argos in 2021, catching 50 passes for 604 yards and four touchdowns.

 

At the start of CFL free agency, Toronto addressed their ground game almost immediately with the signing of running back Andrew Harris. Harris, an 11-year veteran, holds the record for most rush yards by a Canadian running back and is just 339 yards away from reaching 10,000 in his career...........

Als

Jeshrun Antwi was called on in the absence of Stanback, he carried the ball seven times for 98 yards, including a 70-yard gain. According to the Als depth chart he is listed as the No.1 back entering Thursday’s matchup in Toronto.

The absence of their star running back will certainly put more pressure on Adams to make plays with his arm in Week 2. However, if Antwi can mimic his stunning performance from Week 1, it will certainly help to relieve some of the pressure on the passing attack.

Eugene Lewis was the Als top target in Week 1, catching four passes for 112 yards. Lewis will once again look to utilize his length and speed to expose an Argos secondary which surrendered 19 touchdowns through the air in 2021.

Rookie Tyson Philpot was a welcome surprise on special teams in his regular season debut. He returned a pair of kickoffs for 63 yards and added 38 yards on five punt returns. The ability to set his team up with good field position to start drives will be critical in helping to reduce the pressure on the Montreal offence.

Defensively for the Alouettes, it was defensive back Ardarius Pickett who made his presence felt in their Week 1 opener against the Stampeders. Pickett showed off his range in the defensive backfield, recording seven tackles an interception.

 

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Dinwiddie needs to get things done with those players on O.

Edited June 16, 20223 yr by Mark F

Would like to see Kharis crew pull this off. 

Not impressed with the Alouette's receivers as a whole. Trevor Harris looking decent. 

That's just sad

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

Not impressed with the Alouette's receivers as a whole. Trevor Harris looking decent. 

These aren’t cavillo’s als. Missed it…..

lol…..wow

AWWWW, crap! Another team plagued by poor kicker.

perfect ending

Khari had the win booked

Als didn't deserve to win. Their owner needs to learn to shut up his face. Dude seems like a real basket case 

feel sorry for khari

Pitiful. 

Trevor was better than Andrew tho 

Happy for Trevor Harris, though. He has not had much luck of late.

Terrible football right to the very end.

Wow... the faces on the sideline

Did the als get jobbed cuz of the down by contact call 

Just now, Goalie said:

Did the als get jobbed cuz of the down by contact call 

They lost through poor execution. 

Khari might be the first coach this year to get whacked. 

8 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Als didn't deserve to win. Their owner needs to learn to shut up his face. Dude seems like a real basket case 

Not a classic tonight. Not sure either team deserved to win.

3Down is reporting that Harris was taken out of the game due to a suspected hamstring injury. Well, that didn't take long.

17 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

Terrible football right to the very end.

Yep. Absolutely horrendous. 

That was a bad game. We'd slaughter either of those teams. 

15 minutes ago, Rod Black said:

They lost through poor execution. 

Khari might be the first coach this year to get whacked. 

Not sure what more Khari could have done? Harris settled in when it mattered the most, and the idiot kicker missed a chip shot field goal. Aside from massaging the kickers shoulders and holding his hand, I'm not sure else could have been done 🤷‍♂️

 

 

 

Harris...MTL looked okay..team let him down..Harris TO looked good first quarter as he had huge chip on shld and wanted to shove it in the faces in Wpg...but wore down as the game progressed...then couldn't even finish...that's why we moved on from a high priced 35 yr old back

He labouref a few times and called to be subbed out himself...never or rarely did it here...also waved the back up to stay on at one point too...dude won't play more than 10 games

Any word on attendance