Edmonton Elks at Saskatchewan Roughriders 9/16/22 - CFL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 09/13/2022 at 8:42 PM ET
The Edmonton Elks look for their fourth win of the season on Friday when visiting the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Edmonton is last in the West division at 3-10 and was defeated at home last Saturday by the Calgary Stampeders 56-28. Taylor Cornelius passed for 292 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in the loss. Edmonton gave up 467 yards of total offense to Calgary.
Taylor Cornelius has passed for 1,936 yards with eight touchdowns and six interceptions. The leading rusher for Edmonton is Cornelius with 291 yards and five touchdowns while the leading receiver is Kenny Lawler with 56 receptions for 849 yards and five touchdowns. Edmonton is scoring an average of 20.2 points per game which is last in the CFL and the Elks are allowing an average of 34.1 points per game which is also last.
Saskatchewan looks for its seventh win of the season when hosting Edmonton on Friday. The Roughriders are 6-7 following a 54-20 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers last Saturday. Cody Fajardo passed for 124 yards in the loss, while the leading rusher was Frankie Hicks with 71 yards. Kyran Moore caught six passes for 56 yards for the Elks.
Cody Fajardo has passed for 2,564 yards with 12 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The leading rusher for Edmonton is Jamal Morrow with 564 yards and two touchdowns while the leading receiver is Kian Schaffer-Baker with 653 yards and four touchdowns. Saskatchewan is scoring an average of 23.5 points per game which is sixth in the CFL, while allowing an average of 25.6 points per game which is all sixth.
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Saskatchewan will pick up a victory on Friday at home against Edmonton but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in four out of the last five games played by Edmonton in Saskatchewan. In addition the UNDER has cashed in five of the last eight games the Roughriders have played against an opponent from the West division. Edmonton is last in the CFL in scoring, averaging only 20.2 points per game. Final Score Prediction, Saskatchewan Roughriders win but our best to play is UNDER 31-14.
