Week 2 | Justin’s 2024 CFL Football Picks Show

Season six got off to an okay start with a 5-7 Week 1, and a number of very surprising showings from assumed Western powerhouses. With the Argos on a somewhat-ill-timed early bye, Week 2 kicks off in Ottawa with the Bombers in town to welcome the REDBLACKS to the 2024 season, and closes with a potential crossover matchup in Hamilton as the Ticats face the Riders.

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WPG -7 (WIN) @ OTT O46.5
MTL -5.5 (WIN) @ EDM U47.5
CGY +8 @ BCL (WIN) O50.5
SSK +1 (WIN) @ HAM U48.5

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what’s happening everybody Justin Bridgewater’s finest on YouTube Blockbuster guy on Twitter and welcome to week two of my weekly CFL football pick show for the 2024 CFL season and postseason and we’re coming off of a week one that certainly could have been better um was better than week one last year where I went three and nine so that’s we seem to be maybe trending in the right direction and if we extrapolate across the whole season I’ll be about 15 to 17% better this year so two thumbs up on that week one I only pulled in a 5- seven record again nothing to write home about it’s not the basic disaster that week one was last year I’m not asking for a doover I I kind of got got on a couple of things so you know it is what it is it’s going to be a tough week when you only go one and three straight up like I I didn’t call Montreal beating Winnipeg and I just I still feel confident about my read on the league coming in but we just had some you know outstanding performance es in week one that I wasn’t expecting and one of them and it’s the reason I’m wearing this shirt I don’t think anybody expected that out of the Argos in week one I think Argos fans didn’t even expect that out of the Argos in week one enjoy this by the way the natural light in this video is going to be going nuts because I use natural light for these whenever I can and uh there there’s a lot of rolling clouds today so you’re going to see this go dark and come up and go dark and come up it’s kind of like my results so yeah one and three straight up uh even money on the betting picks two- Two Against the Spread and 2 and2 on the over under started the season relatively uh comfortably as well in CFL fantasy brought in 96.9 points in week one actually got a late week stat adjustment there which knocked me up a little bit a 1933 overall across the entire game and just outside the top 20000 in the league that I’m in which once again this year is Derek Taylor’s League I believe for the second year in a row it’s the biggest League across all of CFL fantasy so if you look at the leagues list it should be right there at the top it’s a DT on OB I believe it is so I’m just outside the top 200 in that League my most outstanding player from week one definitely Trevor Harris quarterback for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders he put up a 20o week and because he was my team captain cha-ching we double that number he brought in 40 of my 96.9 points last week so he was a big contributor got nothing out of the defensive spot unfortunately but you know decent roll contributions across the lineup it was not a bad week now unfortunately you’re not going to have my roster for week two in the actual video itself because Shame Shame Shame The Game Zone CFL fantasy people haven’t reset the teams yet so I don’t have the option to set my lineup I don’t see anybody’s prices yet for this week that lineup will be down in the pinned comment as soon as I’m able to make it so with all that said our week two slate of games looks like this the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are going to travel to Ottawa take on a red blacks team that got the week one by it’s the first time in two years I believe that buy didn’t go to the Argos we got the Montreal aletes on the tail end of back-to-back Road games traveling to Edmonton to take on the Elks we have the Calgary Stampeders traveling to BC to take on again Alliance team that was certainly not expecting to lose in week one and we got the Saskatchewan Rough Riders also on the tail end of back to back road games in Hamilton taking on the Tai cats the Argos get the buy and honestly if I’m the Argos I’m not happy about the fact I’m going on the buy this week after a performance like that the last thing I want to do is sit down for a week if it’s possible to carry momentum game to game I would have been salivating for another game here in week two to try to keep that rolling as long as I could unfortunately they’ve got the buy let’s start with that bombers red blacks game and in Winnipeg look this is a stacked offensive roster even with the pieces that they lost and we talked about those in last week’s episode even with the pieces they lost this is still a stacked offensive roster and for a stacked offensive roster the fact that there was only one touchdown scored would be bad enough the fact that that touchdown came from Johnny Augustine and no disrespect to Johnny Augustine but when you look at the Gunslingers that are on that offense the fact that Johnny Augustine was the one that scored the only touchdown not good news for Winnipeg and it wasn’t obviously they they came up with a bit of a dud here in week one uh this it it bordered on a disaster on the offensive side unfortunately Kos was suffocated all game long 61% on his passes only 209 passing yards no passing touchdowns and he did throw a pick and an Al’s defense that only allowed the bombers to generate 301 yards of total offense the bombers simp could not get the plays that they needed to generate long scoring drives they were only eight for 23 on second down to go along with three giveaways and three total fumbles they lost two of those three fumbles and now they have to figure out the offense without Kenny Lawler he’s on the six game injured list it’s an arm injury there was a report that it was a fracture but I don’t know that that’s been confirmed yet in any case Kenny Lawler’s on the six game list they’re going to have to figure this out without one of their biggest weapons since Ottawa is coming into this game off the buy I figured I would give them the one burning question treatment that I gave the teams in week one and in terms of my one burning question when it comes specifically to the red blacks who’s this team’s quarterback so if you look at this roster so Jeremiah moli is practicing I think he’s dealing with an illness but he is practicing uh Drew Brown didn’t come over to this team for nothing Dustin crumb is still there Tyrie Adams is still there like this is starting to feel like an episode so to too many cooks like who are the quarterbacks for this team and I understand that it’s it’s convention in the CFL to carry an extra quarterback maybe sometimes two but you’re looking at four guys who could arguably be either number ones or number twos so who’s the three and who’s the four and how is this whole thing going to play out who is the starting quarterback for Ottawa and depending on the answer to that question is it it puts a cap on the offensive upside of this red blacks team is Peg by 50 unfair here obviously the fact that it’s the season opener and the home opener for the red blacks does give them the rest Advantage but karos and Co are going to come into this game pissed off you can’t have a team that’s as good as Winnipeg have a performance like that in week one and have them not come into their week two game going let’s take these guys heads off unfortunately ottawa’s just kind of the team that’s in the way there and I kind of get the feeling they might be heading towards getting their heads taken off so obviously I’m on the bombers here in this game in a big bad way let’s take Winnipeg in Ottawa to get the win over the red blacks on the line here the red blacks are taking plus S as a very strong home dog if I thought Ottawa had done enough to improve their defense in the off season maybe I might bite on this number but again Winnipeg is going to come into this game Angry I don’t think seven point points is enough here this could very easily in my mind anyway have been like a double digit Underdog spread in a home opener and yes that sounds disrespectful but it is the Winnipeg Blue Bombers definitely laying the minus 7 points here on Winnipeg totaling the game set at 46 and A2 points I just don’t think ottawa’s defense keeps this game under give me the over on the 46 and A2 and I’m going to go like a 37 to 17 I do think Ottawa scores some points here they may come in garbage time when they game has already been decided but give me a 3717 final Peg wins Peg covers over on the points let’s go to Edmonton now where the Elks are going to play host of the defending gray Cup champion Montreal aletes and look this was the other side of that Winnipeg dud in week one a great showing on both sides of the football by the defending champs showing they are the defending champs for a reason that connection of Cody Fardo to Tyson Philpot explodes and shines in week one they connected 10 times for 141 yards receiving and both of Cody fajardo’s passing touchdowns the defense as I just mentioned 15 stops on critical second Downs cutting drivve short getting the ball back for the offense and look they generated three turnovers against a very disciplined very well- coached very good football great football team in fact Montreal deserves all the credit in the world for doing that to a team like Winnipeg if there is something to kind of keep an eye on here in terms of a concern this aloette team does need to find their run game identity post William standback so we’re talking about a team that only ran for 73 yards on 23 carries now that did include a King Caleb Evans rushing touchdown because of course it did because he’s kind of like that and he kind of does that but I do believe in this combo that they have in the backfield of Walter Fletcher and sha Thomas erling coming over from I believe the ti cats from last season I believe in them as a combo I believe in the upside of St te in the receiving game both of these backs in the receiving game honestly because Walter Fletcher is a great receiving running back so they just need to find their identity here in the Run game I certainly don’t think they’re going to have any trouble doing that other than that like this looks like a championship caliber team we move over to the Edmonton sideline and stop me if this sounds familiar I’m I’m going to read this exactly as I wrote it down Elks cough up a 10-point fourth quarter lead allow a three touchdown fourth quarter including the gamewinner with 70 Seconds To Go Sunrise Sunset and also you knew if anybody was going to bring this up it was going to be your boy 101 yards in penalties on 11 penalties no maybe it was aggressive to smack them I’m sorry they are kind of getting there you can see it as a team that they’re kind of of moving in the right direction are the Elks they hung with a measurably better football team in Saskatchewan through you know again they’re a better football team and they had them through three quarters of the game they had them they held the offense in check the defense was playing well the offense was putting up points they had a 10-point lead going into the fourth quarter this feels very reminiscent of a game these two teams played last year early in the season where I think the Riders either won the game late or came up with a critical defensive stop late one of the one or the other but this Elks team does not have a run game right now Kevin Brown was really good last year really really good last year he came out with a bit of a dud here and as a team they only ran for 39 yards on 12 carries that forced McLoud bethl Thompson just returning to the league after a year in the usfl he comes back it forced him to have to do it all now MBT was good in this game 79% on his passes 336 yards passing two touchdowns he did throw a pick but they forced him to attempt 42 passes including 25 in the second half so just based on the second half he was on Pace to throw 50 so you can’t put your quarterback that early in the season in a position where he’s got to go out and attempt 42 passes to try and win the game especially when you go into the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead lead that you don’t you got to run the ball it’s you’re at that point you’re against the clock you’re against the clock the numbers on the scoreboard not the team on the other side run the football that I’m assuming will be the focus this week the fact that this is Road backto backs for the alloet doesn’t really scare me I don’t have any reason at this point in the season I don’t have any reason to believe that these two teams are much different from 2023 at least not yet so I think this is a game where the aletes roll now in saying that let me go back over here because there’s something interesting here Montreal is favored in this game by the exact same line on the road that BC was favored by last week five and a half points and I got got on that line last week because I thought five and half points that feels like a gift and I was happy to lay it and what happens BC doesn’t even win that game much less cover the spread so I saw that number and I went hm with Toronto I can get it with Edmonton I can’t so I’m gonna bite on this line again and I’m going to lay the five and a half points again on the road alette we’ll see what happens total in this game set at 47 and a half points and I think if there’s an under to be had this week I feel like it’s this one because again look at what that aloette defense did last week to the bombers and what are they going to do to the Elks which are two very different offenses in terms of ceiling and projections and and all that stuff I think I got to take the under here but I think this is still going to be a competitive football game give me like a 26 to 17 for Montreal uh it’s a two- possession win it’s comfortable 26 to 17 Al’s win Al’s cover the minus five and a half and give me the under on the points our third matchup sees us travel to BC where the Calgary Stampeders are in town and for as much as he may be maligned in certain circles um circles that I’m also involved in Jake Mayer made a statement in week one I’m going to give that dude his flowers 81% 252 passing yards two touchdowns no picks that is a heck of a statement for Jake Mayer Who like it or not agree with it or not has a reputation among people that really watch this league and his reputation is he’s not the safest with the football clean game in week one and the stamps hold off a late Rally from the ti cats to get the win in bivi Mitchell’s return to Calgary and I find on this show I don’t often get the opportunity to credit Specialists the way that I normally would and especially as like the significant differen makers on the scoreboards but look Renee petus man he made eight kicks in this game six for six from field goals and a pair of extra points for 20 points he was the difference in this game 20 points from the kicking position they did they only had those two touchdowns the rest of those points were all off the foot of Renee Pera and he was the Difference Maker they got him close enough that he could hit six for six and look it’s not like they stole this game but the Specialists were the difference for Calgary we look on BC’s side of the ball now and outside of a really fun second quarter where Vernon Adams threw two touchdown passes they had a defensive touchdown times were good in the second quarter the Lions get utterly fustigate especially at the line of scrimmage where the lions got beat the hell up they allowed six quarterback sacks on Vernon Adams multiple of those resulting in fumbles a couple of them resulting in turnovers the run defense allowing 120 yards rushing on 26 carries with a rush touchdown three opposing Runners above four yards per carry on the ground run defense didn’t have it the pass protection didn’t have it the Lions just didn’t have it in week one now I may be alone in this one because there are still a number of offensive weapons on BC but the departure of Dominique ryes as well as the departure of Lucky Whitehead I didn’t talk about that last week but lucky Whitehead’s not on this roster anymore may have made this pass offense a little too predictable at the very least in week one now it I don’t think they had Keon Hatcher in this game at all but 23 of Vernon Adams 33 targets went to the combination of Justin McKinnis and Alexander Holland that’s just too much to only send towards two guys you got to have a little more of an air raid built into your offense where it’s not that predictable where the football is going to be going but this team also still can’t run the ball they tried to 19 times only generating 60 yards on the ground that is symptomatic of inferior offensive line play and that could very well be the biggest part of the storyline for this team through the first part of the Season that o line has got to figure it out so let me start by saying this the upset is absolutely on the table here Calgary looked good enough in week one and BC looked bad enough in week one that the the upset is on the table here even though this is like our biggest line of the week however I believe again I said this earlier I believe enough in my read on these two teams that I’m going to stick with the BC Lions to bounce back I don’t think they put up two Duds in a row and if they don’t put up another total dud they’re just a better football team I think than Calgary is especially where BC is going to be playing at home give me the Lions to get off the schneide here pick up their first win of the Season BC beats Calgary now like I mentioned it’s the biggest line of the week this week BC is laying eight points at home as a favorite against Calgary I don’t see how you can lay these I don’t see how you can watch that BC Lions game and offensive line from last week if you understand where football games are won and lost I just don’t think you can look at that game and go oh yeah that that’s the team I’m going to lay eight points on at least not for this week give me the Calgary Stampeders plus the eight points again the upset is on the table here I don’t think we’re going to see it but I think this is going to be a more competitive game than a minus8 line would have you indicate I think the odds makers are off base on this one so give me the plus eight on the Calgary stamp Peters total in this game set at 50 A5 I feel good about this being an over um high-scoring games for both of these teams in week one not totally convinced by either of their defenses right now I think there’s a lot of room out there for points give me over on the 50 and a half point total I’m going to go like 31 to 26 for the Lions and maybe it’s a backd door cover for the Stampeders here late in the fourth quarter but give me over and give me 31-26 in favor of BC Lions win stamps cover the plus eight and give me the over on the points and the last game we’re going to look at this week takes us to the Hammer where the ti cats are going to play host to the Saskatchewan Ru Riders the Riders on the tail end of back-to-back Ries and that’s where we’ll start with Saskatchewan and it didn’t look so hot through the first three quarters of this game kind of looking like some of the problems from Seasons past are rearing their ugly heads again but the rider reel off a 21-3 run in the fourth quarter Shawn Bane with a hattick of receiving touchdowns I think on his birthday or like right around his birthday to overcome a pair of interceptions from Trevor Harris let’s be honest here the outcome of this game is probably different against most other teams especially given that the Riders were given the benefit of more than a 100 yards of penalty yardage by the Elks on the opposite side so there’s lots here to work on but I also need to see AJ get Unleashed in the past game he had one Target in this game he carried the ball 19 times that’s great but he had one Target in the past game and that’s just or 18 anyways one Target in the past game that’s not the AJ wette that we watched these guys deploy last year it’s just not in Hamilton James Butler is a force stop me if you’ve heard that before he touched the ball 14 times for 131 allpurpose yards and I just don’t have it in me to hang this loss on Bly by Mitchell I thought he was decent 336 allpurpose yards he did throw a touchdown did throw a pick I just I can’t hang that loss on B individually and part of the problem here is I don’t really have anybody to hang that loss on like I may just have no answers for this one like maybe I just don’t have any answers when it comes to this team they’ve kind of fustigate me for multiple Seasons now I’m not out on the ti cats just yet but I’m kind of hesitant and they’re clearly digging for answers too based on the fact that they just I believe yesterday signed the brother of Tua tagaloa Talia tagaloa at quarterback so now you’ve got Bo you’ve got Taylor Powell and now you’ve got aaga aloa in the quarterback room as well this to me reeks of a team that’s looking for answers and as far as I’m concerned right from the jump this was going to be a just take the dog game like this was destined for me with these two teams neither of which thrill me coming out of week one clearly this was just going to be a who’s the dog take the dog and the dog in this game is the Saskatchewan Rough Riders based on the fact of of course that this game is in Hamilton the Tai cats come in laying a single point as a very marginal home favorite I’m going to take Sask which means I’m taking both teams that are on the tail end of back-to-back Road games which I don’t love but I think the Riders maybe showed me a little bit more in week one these two teams are very similar so it’s not going to shock me either way this game goes you got to pick somebody that’s why we’re here so I’m going to take the r ERS the riders in Hamilton to get the win over the ti cats so obviously I’m going to take the plus one on Saskatchewan you’re going to take that line either way total in the game set at 48 and a half points I do think this stays under and maybe that’s a again a symptom of I’m not really convinced by either one of these offenses outside of James Butler and Shawn Bane like each one of these offenses has a nuclear weapon but it didn’t certainly didn’t work out for Hamilton in week one and it only worked out for Saskatchewan in week one because of their nuclear weapon in Shawn Bane I’m going to take the under here I just don’t like I don’t know something about this number smells fishy to me I’m going to go like a 24 to 20 in favor of the Riders so Riders win Riders cover the minus one and give me the under on that 48 and a half point total something about that doesn’t smell right there you go folks those are my picks for week 2 2024 CFL season we’ll go over them here with you one more time I got the Winnipeg Blue Bombers going to Ottawa beating the red blacks 37 to 17 which means I have the bombers covering minus 7 and going over on the 46 and A2 point total I got the Montreal aletes traveling to Edmonton and beating the Elks 26- 17 that’s a win for Montreal a cover on the minus 5 a half point spread for the aletes and give me the under on the 472 point total I got the BC Lions at home beating the Calgary Stampeders 31 to 26 which means I am taking plus eight on Calgary so I am hedging my bets there give me an over on the 50 and a half point total and I got the Saskatchewan ref Riders traveling to Hamilton beating the ti cats 24 to 20 which means I’m taking minus one sorry plus one on the Saskatchewan Rough Riders and under on the 48 and2 point total that’s the show for you this week folks once again thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and watch thank you if you watched the week one episode as well and thank you if you’re enjoying this brand new CFL season like I certainly know I am that’s it for me Justin Bridgewater’s finest on YouTube Blockbuster guy on Twitter reminder my CFL fantasy roster will be in the pinned comment down below once I’m actually able to set it I would imagine you’ll probably see a bomber stack in there you might see a Shawn Bane in there yeah might see a BC lion or two in there we’ll see what happens that will be down in the pinned comment for you again once I’m able to do it thank you so much for watching enjoy the games in week two we’ll see you again 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