Alouettes vs Blue Bombers Picks and Prediction – 6/7/2024

The Montreal Alouettes open the 2024 CFL regular season on the road versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. Montreal finished the regular season last year at 14-7 straight up and was 13-7-1 against the spread. Montreal has a win total over/under projection of 8.5. Montreal started the season slow last year but finished 8-0, upsetting the Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers to win the Grey Cup. Make sure you stay up to date with all the CFL action with our expert CFL picks.

Montreal's defense was its key to winning the Grey Cup and the Alouettes have retained the majority of the talent on that side of the ball, while adding three defenders to bolster the defensive line, which was their weakest part of the defense. Montreal lost its best receiver Austin Mack to the NFL and running back William Stanback is now playing with BC. Veteran quarterback Cody Fajardo returns to guide the offense.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished the 2023 regular season at 15-5 straight up and 12-8 against the spread. The Blue Bombers have a win total over/under projection of 12.5 for this season. Winnipeg lost the Grey Cup for the second consecutive year but has reached the title game in four straight seasons. Zach Collaros returns as the starting quarterback and has plenty of weapons at his disposal including running back Brady Oliveira and wide receiver Dalton Schoen.

Winnipeg's defense will have to make up for losses on the defensive line after Ricky Walker, the team's best interior lineman departed and Jackson Jeffcoat, a longtime defensive end, retired. However the linebacker unit will once again be led by Adam Bighill and Winnipeg's secondary has a great deal of experience although one of the boundary corners has not yet been determined.