Alouettes vs Blue Bombers Picks and Prediction – 8/25/2023

The Montreal Alouettes look for their seventh victory of the season on Thursday when visiting the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Montreal improved to 6-3 following its 25-24 victory over Ottawa. Montreal rushed for 79 yards and passed for 333 yards, while giving up 173 yards rushing to Ottawa in 130 yards passing. The big difference was turnovers as Montreal committed just one, while Ottawa turned the ball over three times. Keep up with the CFL, with our CFL picks.

Montreal quarterback Caleb Evans has passed for 482 yards with three touchdowns and three receptions. The leading rusher is William Stanback with 446 yards and the leading receiver is Austin Mack with 773 yards and three touchdowns. Montreal is scoring an average of 24.9 points per game which is fourth in the CFL, while allowing an average of 19.9 points per game second.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers look for their nine win of the season on Thursday when hosting Montreal. Winnipeg improved to 8-2 following its 19-18 victory over the Calgary Stampeders last Friday. Dru Brown, filling in for the injured Zach Collaros, passed for 171 yards, while Edmonton rushed for 116 yards. The Blue Bombers gave up 61 yards rushing and 190 yards passing.

Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros has passed for 2,298 yards with 16 touchdowns and six interceptions but if he can't go, Dru Brown has passed for 579 yards with five touchdowns. The leading rusher is Brady Oliveira with 783 yards and three touchdowns and the leading receiver is Dalton Schoen with 705 yards and five touchdowns. Winnipeg scores an average of 29.7 points per game which is second and allows an average of 20.8 points per game which is third.