![]() “They’re going to take us where we’re going to go. “Anytime you can have some carryover from week to week, we just got done talking about it, it comes down to the players,” Jones said. Heading off are global K Ryan Meskell and OL Tomas Jack-Kurdyla. Newcomer Jaime Harry is backing up SLB Ethan Makonzo, while OL Steven Nielsen returns from COVID protocol as the sixth man and the Elks’ global player. In and out: Just two changes to the Elks lineup this week, compared to 12 and 10 in their previous two games. “I think we’ve all been around the CFL for so long that we’ve seen 8-10 teams and 9-9 teams win the Grey Cup, so nothing’s out of reach eight games in.” ![]() Joining a team further down the standings doesn’t change anything when it comes to the end goal, making playoffs and shooting to finish as high in the standings as possible. “So, in the lead-up to it, you talk and everything but between those white lines (Saturday) night, it’s football.” “But once you’re on that field, you’re not playing Saskatchewan, you’re not playing B.C., you’re just playing football again, doing your thing. “It’s nice to kind of be able to catch up with some friends that I’ve played with and whatnot,” Ryan said. The Ottawa Rough Riders of 1988 ended their home-turf losing streak at 14 games.Īnd his return to the CFL, where he began his career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2004, is about to come full circle. The Elks don’t need to be told just how close they came in that game to ending a home losing skid that has rolled onto 11 straight games and will soon get into league-record territory they don’t want to end up in. More fun, of course, if they head into the fourth quarter with the lead over Saskatchewan again this time around and manage to hold onto it. “I felt like we had a great week of preparation, offensively and defensively,” Cornelius said. “So, we’ve got to be ready to roll and clicking on all cylinders and play a three-phase football game.”Įasier said than done, perhaps, for a team bringing up the rear of the stats sheet in offence, defence and special-teams yardage, while also scoring the fewest points and allowing the most, so far.Īt the same time, the Elks are deciding to look at it as nowhere to go but up, because what other choice is there, really? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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