August 28, 2015: Toronto Argonauts vs. Edmonton

[T-Bone]

vs.

Week 10
Friday, August 28, 2015 at 9:00pm EDT.
Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton, AB.

TV: TSN1/3/4/5 - ESPN2
Video Webcast: TSN Go - WatchESPN
Radio: TOR: TSN 1050 - EDM: CHED 630
Audio Webcast: TOR: Here - EDM: Here
Satellite Radio: SiriusXM

Depth Charts: TOR: Here - EDM: Here

Game Preview: Here

Post-Game Update:

Game Highlights

Game Recap

Final Score: 15-38

[TheHammer]

IMO, the game of the week. Edmonton will be motivated after being trounced on their home turf. Toronto is unpredictable. Looks great at times, not great at other times, but they find a way to win. Should be interesting.

[Argocister]

Yes the Argos will have to work hard on this one.
Hopefully the secret to beating the esks Defense was revealed last week. And hopefully we can use those secrets.
Jones will be working hard to win this game ...... Can't let Scott win two on him this season.
I'm routing for the Argos of course ..... But this will only be a 50% confidence rate ...... Okay I will probably say 100 but probably feeling 50
Work hard guys!

[Will]

Chris Jones will not want a repeat of the season opener in Ft. McMurray that is for certain. I won't even say I like the matchup against Matt Nichols because that doesn't seem to matter this year as the Argos always seem to be in a close game.

[TheHammer]

Chris Jones will not want a repeat of the season opener in Ft. McMurray that is for certain. I won't even say I like the matchup against Matt Nichols because that doesn't seem to matter this year as the Argos always seem to be in a close game.

This is so true, and will be a huge boon to the Argos. Truthfully, it's the one thing that worries be about the Ticats. They have either blown out an opponent, or lost close games. They have not won any close games, and I'm a little afraid that as the season progresses and the playoffs arrive, games won't be so easy as they are now, and they won't have that experience behind them. While it's so much easier on the ol' blood pressure to watch them blow out a team, I would like to see them squeak out a close win here and there.

As I wrote this, I realize it may come across as cocky, cheeky or backhanded. That is not the intention of this post.

[Will]

It isn't cocky at all, but on the flip-side I'd love to see an Argo game where my own blood pressure doesn't have to skyrocket.

[ArgoRavi]

Chris Jones will not want a repeat of the season opener in Ft. McMurray that is for certain. I won't even say I like the matchup against Matt Nichols because that doesn't seem to matter this year as the Argos always seem to be in a close game.

I expect that we will see James Franklin as Edmonton's starting QB this week. I don't think that Chris Jones has much confidence in Matt Nichols and I think that Nichols knows this.

[Will]

I expect that we will see James Franklin as Edmonton's starting QB this week. I don't think that Chris Jones has much confidence in Matt Nichols and I think that Nichols knows this.

Franklin suffered a lung contusion in the loss against Hamilton.

But,

James Franklin has just run onto the field at Commonwealth for #Esks practice.

— Morley Scott (@Morley_Scott) August 24, 2015

[hugoagogo]

Chris Jones has announced James Franklin as his starter for Friday.

#Eskimos HC Chris Jones announces James Franklin as his starting QB on Friday vs. Argonauts. #CFL

— Dave Campbell (@Dave_CHED) August 24, 2015

[R.J]

and because of that I have just switched my pick em picks.

[Wobbler]

I think Franklin can expect to see quite a few blitzes.

Presumably Owens will be back this week. It would be nice to keep Spencer on the roster, but can we afford to dress a spare import receiver? We need to replace Isaac, and if Agnew moves into that position we'll be a bit thin on the back end. I guess sitting Stala or Adjei and dressing Herbert would fix that.

[paulwoods13]

As I've said before, don't think there is any way we can dress five INT receivers and two INT RBs unless we replace an existing INT starter with a NAT. In theory Miles or Yuri could replace Isaac but since that position is more of a pass coverage role that's unlikely. So I don't see Spencer continuing to dress if the Big Three and Owens are all in the lineup.

[AngeloV]

As I've said before, don't think there is any way we can dress five INT receivers and two INT RBs unless we replace an existing INT starter with a NAT. In theory Miles or Yuri could replace Isaac but since that position is more of a pass coverage role that's unlikely. So I don't see Spencer continuing to dress if the Big Three and Owens are all in the lineup.

Disagree. They don't need to replace a starter to keep Spencer in the line-up. He would be a rotation guy on offence, and return kicks. They can take Agnew out of the line-up and replace him with Herbert, allowing Black to play as the nickel instead of Agnew.

I also believe the reason the Argos may have been playing so many Nationals on D yesterday may have also been in order to see if they can possibly add an extra International at receiver.

[Wobbler]

They can take Agnew out of the line-up and replace him with Herbert, allowing Black to play as the nickel instead of Agnew.

So who plays SAM in your scenario?

I also believe the reason the Argos may have been playing so many Nationals on D yesterday may have also been in order to see if they can possibly add an extra International at receiver.

Ooh, I like that theory. No disrespect to Miles, but I couldn't understand why we suddenly needed to give him a ton of playing time and sit Jones the tackling machine.

[AngeloV]

So who plays SAM in your scenario?

Issac is the starting SAM. If he goes down, since SAM is basically a cover/blitz spot, I think Black can handle it short term. Another scenario would be to have Black move into field half. I personally have not been too thrilled with the coverage we've been getting from the half.

[Wobbler]

Ah. I'm assuming that he is injured and will miss a game. I guess we'll find out.

[argolio]

This game worries me. Short week, long travel, against a good team coming off an embarrassing home loss. Though it's not like the Argos haven't pleasantly surprised us before.

At the very least I hope we come out of this game without any serious injuries heading into the Hamilton games.

[Argocister]

Franklin may cause the Argos some problems if they can't contain him. Work on that boys!

[Will]

I was at practice/walk through today and saw the following:

Brandon Isaac is on crutches, saw him from a distance, it seems he can put some weight on his leg, but I don't think he's playing on Friday.

Miles and Greenwood were lining up at LB w/ Jones on the "scout team" or whatever the correct term is. Couldn't even pick out if there was a 3rd LB lining up with them.

Starting 5-pack at receiver seems to be the same.

[AngeloV]

I was at practice/walk through today and saw the following:

Brandon Isaac is on crutches, saw him from a distance, it seems he can put some weight on his leg, but I don't think he's playing on Friday.

Miles and Greenwood were lining up at LB w/ Jones on the "scout team" or whatever the correct term is. Couldn't even pick out if there was a 3rd LB lining up with them.

Starting 5-pack at receiver seems to be the same.

Thanks for the update. In that case, I'm guessing that Agnew starts for Issaac. Surprised that Jones isn't getting first reps. He's either hurt, or they are looking at roster flexibility to keep Spencer in the line-up when Owens is back.