CFL Week 8 Picks

All eyes will be on Johnny Manziel as he’s expected to make his first CFL start against the team that finally managed to sign him, only to trade him weeks later.

How did our winner picks do last week?

✔ Edmonton
✔ Winnipeg
❌ Hamilton
✔ Calgary

We went 3-1 last week, and the game we got wrong ended with Ottawa standing tall in their red zone after Hamilton made a game of it late.

For more, check the results page.

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Thursday, August 2

Ottawa @ Toronto

Despite not scoring a touchdown last week, I’ve got faith in Ottawa here. Toronto is just not scoring points and plans to start a 30-year-old rookie quarterback in McLeod Bethel-Thompson.

Ottawa Efficiency 
Strength: 20.570
Offence (PF/100yd): 6.20
Defence (PA/100yd): 5.64

Toronto Efficiency
Strength: 15.136
Offence (PF/100yd): 5.34
Defence (PA/100yd): 7.25

Pick: Ottawa
Confidence: Medium

Spread: Toronto +4.5
Confidence: Low

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While you’re here, why don’t you take a peek at the Power Rankings After Week 7 🙂

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Saskatchewan @ Edmonton

Edmonton has been scoring points like crazy this season, but have also been giving up points. If Saskatchewan wins, it will be a shootout, however, based on how the offence has been operating for Saskatchewan, that seems unlikely. Let’s go with Edmonton at home.

Saskatchewan Efficiency 
Strength: 19.692
Offence (PF/100yd): 7.03
Defence (PA/100yd): 7.57

Edmonton Efficiency
Strength: 24.266
Offence (PF/100yd): 6.46
Defence (PA/100yd): 6.67

Pick: Edmonton
Confidence: Medium

Spread: Saskatchewan +8.
Confidence: Low

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Friday, August 3

Hamilton @ Montreal

This is hopefully going to be a fun one! There is a lot of noise surrounding this game, and I’m sure June Jones and Jeremiah Masoli are eager to prove they made the right decision shipping Johnny Manziel off to Montreal. On the other hand, Johnny has been itching to play, and now has a little something extra to prove against his former team.

We’re going with Hamilton to win, purely because Montreal has been so bad for so long.

Hamilton Efficiency 
Strength: 20.040
Offence (PF/100yd): 5.28
Defence (PA/100yd): 6.51

Montreal Efficiency
Strength: 14.416
Offence (PF/100yd): 5.25
Defence (PA/100yd): 7.97

Pick: Hamilton
Confidence: Low

Spread: Hamilton -6
Confidence: Low

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Saturday, August 4

BC @ Calgary

BC is showing signs of life and had a bye week at a good time to prepare for Calgary. That said, give me Calgary at home against a team like BC any day.

BC Efficiency 
Strength: 19.506
Offence (PF/100yd): 6.20
Defence (PA/100yd): 6.68

Calgary Efficiency
Strength: 27.309
Offence (PF/100yd): 7.67
Defence (PA/100yd): 4.33

Pick: Calgary
Confidence: High

Spread: Calgary -11.5
Confidence: Low