CFL 2023 Recap: Edmonton @ Saskatchewan - week 5

[@mpaulm]

This is the first highlight reel I’ve watched since 2019 for the CFL.😏 Eskimos fan since the 80’s.

[@tamoorfromthe5ive]

Worst way to lose a game, best way to come back and win. All 12 Rider points scored after a three minute warning. That was somehow a thrilling game

[@lemonator8813]

So many rouges scored and I think only the field goal landed in the end zone. Pretty bonehead play by the returners this game. Especially like the last one you mentioned.

[@mattyghost3409]

Rough Riders still have an uoooogly offense

[@Bomber_Boi]

Only 9 were scored after the 3 minute warning😏

[@tamoorfromthe5ive]

@@Bomber_Boi i said "a" three minute warning, not "the" three minute warning. 3 in the first, 9 in the second.

[@Bomber_Boi]

@@tamoorfromthe5ive ahhh. Gotcha

[@mactheknife7049]

As an American, every time I see a rouge in the CFL? I smile. I'm not a fan of awarding a point for a missed field goal, but otherwise I love the rule. To see multiple rouges in a game is special to me. And to see a game's outcome *decided* by a rouge gives me another reason why I enjoy the CFL to the point where I watch it instead of the NFL.

[@teo_heel]

Giving a single point for a missed field goal that ended with the ball staying in the opponent end zone (or even when the ball went out of bounds in the end zone) isn't that bad of the idea. If you miss a field goal, there's a big chance of a TD on return, the size of the field allows you to do crazy routes on return. So I see nothing wrong with giving a point for not letting a return to happen at all.

[@trevorhembrough1290]

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory….your Edmonton Elks, y’all.

[@hopchop4607]

This is completely the fault of the elks coaching staff for not immediately going over the rule changes with him. Should be the first thing you do If you go to the cfl. A guy in Toronto downed a punt in the end zone but that is a comparably obscure rule

[@jamesfehr1]

That was our line in Wpg for a long, long time.

[@loopy7776]

I love the CFL.

[@Sient-sb5gl]

You gotta love Canadian Football

[@vaneast411]

Elks found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again. Thanks you CJ Sims!

[@billbaird2273]

Teams coach should have reminded him to not let the ball get in the EZ.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

He's only been here a few weeks - gotta hang this one on coaching. Brutal.

[@brianmouland209]

Didn’t have Faithfull kicking

[@reganhoffman1834]

they were losing either way momentum completely shifted

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

Where was he when the first four rouges were conceded? How was he not paying attention?

[@starfire3949]

Saskatchewan's throwback uniforms look so much better than their usual ones

[@darby_dz]

The League's best jerseys in my opinion noticed the last few years winnipeg and others have copied the design.

[@derricklogan2058]

I never understood all of, but nor have I ever learned all of the rules of the CFL 🏈 League, but I have always loved watching the teams play! I knew that he was conceding a single point, but even though I am happy for the RoughRiders victory, you can never really know what the outcome of a close game 🎯 will be. This was an exciting contest even though it started out a little slow.

[@jayhenderson6247]

I only saw the last few minutes of the game since i was at soccer and god i was happy i made it home in time to watch what a wonderful ending, Go riders go!!!

[@davidwheeler773]

My Dad played for the B.C. Lions we would watch CFL games on CBC in Detroit all the time when I was a kid.

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

By the time Sims conceded the final rouge of the night, a total of four rouges had already been conceded. It's hard to believe that he didn't know what a rouge was, and his costly mistake ended up costing his team the game.

[@Mae-Muki]

Command center keeping that stellar track record of getting 1 in 5 plays right.

[@Bomber_Boi]

The Cornelius pass that was thought to be across the line of scrimmage? I agree that it looked close, but I didn't see any angles that were 💯 conclusive. I would rather they had an ex official/expert to provide an educated point of view behind the decision-making process of all of these "command centre" reviews💯💯

[@-007-2]

@@Bomber_Boi- it's pretty definitive when his foot is on the 30 and the line of scrimmage is the 29.

[@Bomber_Boi]

@@-007-2 The line of scrimmage is always a point of contention because it's just the best guess of the line judge eyeballing where the football was when the ball carrier went down. TSN erroneously claimed that the line of scrimmage was exactly on the 29-yard line when, in fact, it was a little ahead of the 29. Also, to claim that his foot was definitively on the 30 might be a little ambitious. Regardless,the CC usually defers to the call on the field when replay doesn't provide enough evidence otherwise

[@TimDyck]

@@Bomber_Boi Three weeks ago they couldn't find evidence to overturn the ruling on the field but overturned it anyways. So much for the rule book eh.

[@Bomber_Boi]

@@TimDyck I would only point out that they aren't going to tell us if they found anything worthy either way🤷

[@kaminator515]

As an American who is getting reacquainted with watching CFL again i gotta say what a way to lose with a kick getting into the end zone. Just imagine the chaos if the NFL utilized this rule 🤔

[@coconutbrain4601]

The NFL should adopt the rule! It leads to many more kick returns

[@TimDyck]

The NFL should have this rule and get rid of the stupid rule were the kick returner doesn't have to try to run the ball. Much more interesting when the ball is ran after a kick

[@shapeshifter8778]

That penalty was a token of welcome for #16

[@Noah1997callahan]

So many fans left after the last 4 minutes. Embarrassing. So glad I stayed until the end. 1:59 left and it all changed. A win is a win. Onwards and upwards. Go Riders.

[@davidbrown3971]

they all should have left. they may have won but that was embarrasing.

[@TimDyck]

We always stay till the end...sometimes a bitter end but as fans we feel the players should see and hear us cheering them on.

[@yxeaviationphotog]

I was ready to walk back to the bus to Saskatoon...glad I stayed. The crowd was alive that last three minutes. It was just awesome!

[@MKISports]

Wait a minute, is this NFL's Thursday Night Football we're watching? It feels like it when it comes to all the weirdness. Thanks for reliving it, Elks and Roughriders.

[@theSnapcaseLIVE]

yea kinda funky huh

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

What a leg by that Riders’ kicker.

[@sheldoncedwardthibault3599]

Strange ending for my guys in green from area codes 306/639! Saskatchewan keeps on rollin' w a W in '23 to keep pace w BC & Winnipeg! Way to go Riders!

[@davidbrown3971]

they were hammered by winnipeg and will be hammered by bc. they are terrible.

[@viktorsirin]

What a “rouge” way to lose.

[@chanceschenk5960]

You whent there huh

[@yxeaviationphotog]

😂😂

[@c.montgomery6442]

The "single" worst way to lose.

[@chanceschenk5960]

O DANG IT

[@brandonmorris92]

Damn.....😐

[@lucasnestor3993]

Eskimos had OT in play! Wow!!

[@darby_dz]

The name change curse real it's official

[@trevorhembrough1290]

Yup. It’s the name change. Being a really shitty football team has absolutely nothing to do with it,

[@-007-2]

go woke (or give in to a woke sponsor) and get a losing record 😂

[@trevorhembrough1290]

@@-007-2 Oh Good, Xener Bot 00776dfgxv!;4 has decided to weigh in and strike a blow against “wokeness” or whatever. I was starting to get worried that the algorithm had been dismantled or something. And a quick reminder that you’re Canadian. You have free health care. That alone makes you more woke than anything and everything woke you criticize. Stop trying to cosplay an American Bigot on the Internet, ya Commie Pig Hoser.

[@KangaKucha]

So at halftime, assuming EE has 3 from singles and SSK 6 from 2 successful FGs (1 was in 1st Quarter on a 3rd and Goal, easy shot), it be 6-3 in SSK favour.

[@johnbrowne2170]

Either the new guy in the end zone didn't know the rule because the coach didn't tell him or he forgot it.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

he should have been reminded

[@johnbrowne2170]

@@Vlad65WFPReviews Agreed.

[@-007-2]

@@Vlad65WFPReviews- there was already 3 or 4 rouges scored in the game... he doesn't have an excuse about not knowing the rouge rules.

[@MichaelSmith-xh2ef]

I'm guessing he thought it would roll all the way out of the end zone on the kickoff, which would mean it's not a single.

[@johnbrowne2170]

@@MichaelSmith-xh2ef If that's true he should have been further back in the end zone. I blame the coach.

[@tprandomvideo]

Damn CJ blew it to a rouge😅😅 poor Elks

[@KangaKucha]

Guys, in the 1st Quarter, although Edmonton missed, they got a single. If Saskatchewan went for FG when at 3rd down so close to the goal post, they'd have gotten 3 points instead of nothing. Thus the score be 3 to 1, SSK in led. 2 point difference that could come back in...

[@terraugman]

as an Edmontonian and long time EE fan you can officially call me a ....WWWWAAAAAAA 🚑

[@ken_danerdiest1]

Low-scoring game aside, this game had everyone on pins and needles.

[@roymcgaw7431]

More likely they wanted to stick those pins and needles in their eyes. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy football by a pair of lousy teams. On the upside, Chris Jones loses again, and this one is all on him.

[@bdubbin16]

Question: on a single point like at the end of the game... could the point have been negated by a No Yards call against Saskatchewan? From this video I can't tell if there was a No Yards call on the play but it looked applicable to me.

[@neilm2794]

No Yards is only applicable to punt returns. If the bonehead Elk had left the ball on the ground, Sask could have recovered it for a touchdown. Terrible coaching not to make a rookie KR aware that the ball is still live in the end zone in the CFL. The guy didn't watch Alford bring the missed FG out of the end zone for a 125-yard TD return?

[@cflhighlights9370]

On kickoffs everyone is behind the kicker so you don't have to worry about No Yards.

[@kevinreilly51]

To be slightly pedantic, No Yards only applies to players who are *in front* of the ball when it is kicked - those behind the ball when kicked (i.e. "onside" like with rugby parlance) can go after the live ball. On kickoffs, every member of the kicking team is by definition onside, while on punts the punter is almost always the only onside player with everyone in front of him. In practice this means that you have to give yards off of a punt but not on a kickoff, but it is possible to have someone be behind a punter when he kicks it and fairly recover the ball off the ground/in the air.

[@Northcountry1926]

Edmonton get it together !

[@lebruce5906]

Nic Marshall is HIM 😤😤😤

[@hippolytabaker9559]

I asked for an Elks win for my birthday. I should've known it wasn't gonna happen.

[@justinress2782]

That game was from the category “Oops, all Rouges”

[@geancarloloiolacavalheiro2525]

GO Saskatchewan Roughriders

[@zemnous2847]

Edmonton keeps outplaying them selves honestly. Like most qb this year have a struggle a bit around the league from all the games I watched but even still like the effort from Edmonton’s qb. Just gotta see if how much of a arm he has if his pocket doesn’t colasp hard like it seems to be doing

[@garygalawan7816]

Can the Elks have a 0-16 season?

[@brianmouland209]

Cheap win but still a win

[@phirami0725]

7:46

[@KOZMOGRAFX]

So, someone help a brother out here: Excellent kick placement into the endzone, and maybe Sims WAS thinking that it was going to bounce out... but of course it didn't, so... what options did Sims really have? Pick it up and try to run it back out over the goal line? The ball being that deep, he was very likely to be tackled anyway, or worse, fumble and give up a touchdown against. What should he have done?

[@KOZMOGRAFX]

@robinshoulders444 Ah, ok, thx. So Sims was basically hooped from the start, made worse by the distance of the kick.

[@-007-2]

What I don't get is; in a game with MULTIPLE rouges already scored, how did #16 Sims NOT know the rule?!? Was he not watching the entire game while on the sidelines?

[@trevorhembrough1290]

I thought you said that this was completely the result of them going “woke.” On field miscues had nothing to do with it. It was completely the result of karmic retribution for capitulating to cancel culture, right? Tell your Masters to write a better algorithm. #Bot

[@billbaird2273]

Chris Jones has to take a lot of the blame for this game. Bonehead coaching the last few minutes. He was even penalized himself.

[@user-yg1dg6xm2g]

CJ Sims needs to take a lot of blame too. Where was he when the first four rouges of the game were conceded? It's astonishing that he didn't grasp the importance of preventing rouges and their impact on the score. Being aware of these scoring implications is a fundamental aspect of the game, and his lack of awareness raises serious questions about his preparation and focus.

[@jackychan2642]

Packers vs Jets Of The CFL

[@jamesgreenlaw1823]

Wow glad the Riders won but we have to be much better against Calgary.

[@renendamutsa1729]

Keep Cuttin Sims some Cheque's oh boy what a Deal U Got Hurraacough Cough Hack Hack Hahahahahaaaaa😂😂😂😂😂

[@coryjohn4057]

Two missed field goals. I find the Elks to be so bad that I am cheering for them.

[@stanschmenge1965]

Same here. And I’m from Calgary.

[@CheeseEnthusiast617]

How come my Riders can show amazing offense against every team, but struggles to do anything against the worst team in the league? This was the stupidest thing I've ever watched on live TV, we only won because Edmonton coaching staff doesn't know what they're doing.

[@-007-2]

That's not true. We drove down and scored a touchdown and got the 2 point convert when we needed it.

[@CheeseEnthusiast617]

@@-007-2 but where was that the whole game? It was just 2 and out after 2 and out, it’s almost like they didn’t want it until the last drive

[@chasek.497]

Edmonton, finding a way to lose since '19

[@Renix62]

That was the worst/best Rider game I’ve seen in along time 😁😁

[@davidrivera9743]

Winning ugly against the worst team in the league...

[@miloreid4798]

So many rouge

[@hobbes1970ca]

Just going to say I don't understand how Cornelius pass at the 1 minute mark of the 4th wasn't an illegal forward pass. His whole body is at the 30 with the ball in his hand. Need better video review if you can't catch this error.

[@Nate_P]

Only in the CFL! The game decided on safeties 😂😂

[@tonywilson4713]

I'm Australian and even I know its called a rouge. The logic behind it is what still baffles me. I was there in Sask in late 2017 and fell in love with the CFL. I remember this ad on TV that had this line about how _"in Canada we're so nice that you can miss but still get a point. Why? Because we're Canadian."_

[@CharlesLiu6111]

@@tonywilson4713I would say it is similar to goal line drop or 5 metre scrum, both rugby codes players would not easily give up and take the knee as this guy did without facing any pressure at that moment.

[@tonywilson4713]

​@@CharlesLiu6111 The difference is there's no change to the scoreboard with a goal line drop or 5m scrum. I played union in high school and played 6 years of American football under college rules in Australia in my late 20s. The thing that is close to the Canadian Rouge is in Australian Rules football where you get a point if you miss the goal. Here's an odd fact a goal in Australian rules football, a touchdown in either American or Canadian football and a converted try in Rugby League are all worth 6 points. Union used to be 6 for a converted try until they made a try 5 points. But then a converted try in union is the same (7 points) as a converted touchdown in American and Canadian football. But then Rugby league also has a 1 point field goal like the rouge. Its strange there's all these different codes with some common origins but vastly different histories have similarities in scoring.

[@-007-2]

There were no safeties scored in the game. Safeties are 2 points

[@brandonmorris92]

I feel so bad not only for the Edmonton franchise, but also especially for their fans. It's a shame that this is pretty much the same team that won the Grey Cup just 8 years ago. Now, this franchise just seems to have no direction, no heart, no will to win. It hurts me even saying that. Both the fans and the entire organization deserve better than this....

[@molnya2]

Start by calling them ESKIMOS.

[@brandonmorris92]

@@molnya2 Don't blame me. Blame that Cancel Culture garbage....

[@tupac2352]

CORNELIUS NEEDS TO GO

[@-007-2]

Cornelius is good bro. You could have much worse. Take Fajardo for instance... 😂

[@tupac2352]

@@-007-2 fajardo is still 2-1 not 0-4🤮💀💀

[@dsc4178]

Had to know Edmonton would give up a single point to lose...

[@bigmacx3101]

ONLY THE EKLS can be up by 8 - the maximum lead for a 1 possession game, and be LOSING when they get the ball back rofl.

[@unapologeticOne]

7-30 since the name change lmao.

[@-007-2]

That's what they get for giving into woke sponsors. If you let the weak run you, you will be weak.

[@RoseCityRebel]

CORNELIUS SUCKS, START TRE FORD

[@rickykozak58]

Cornelius is far from your biggest problem. Also Ford was injured and will likely start next week

[@RoseCityRebel]

@@rickykozak58 I sure hope so, and agreed, the biggest problem is the guy giving Cornelius chances

[@CDqu6bh]

@@rickykozak58Ford is not injured. Jones keeps giving him the healthy scratch the last few games. Ford must have pissed Jones off, that’s why he’s not playing I think

[@rickykozak58]

@@RoseCityRebel the biggest problem is more likely how said “guy” teaches Cornelius to play. I do think Ford is overall a lot better than Cornelius, but I really don’t believe that he’s as awful as the fans believe he is. I think he’s kind of on par with guys like Bryan Scott, Jake Maier and Mason Fine. Guys who are good enough to be starters under good conditions. The problem is more significantly that Edmonton’s Offensive Line is one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

[@rickykozak58]

@@RoseCityRebel which is why Ford is better for you because he extends plays with his legs, obviously

[@elterrifico9522]

What just happened ? 🧐

[@Shmeb22]

please stop testing Marshall🎬😮‍💨

[@jimbobogie8204]

One of the worst gemes in the history of the CFL. At least the bonehead final play saved us from suffering overtime. And I've been watching the CFL before most of you were conceived...

[@Vixsufil]

Edmonton has gone downhill since they changed their brand name from Eskimos to elks

[@Flame-uf3zo]

Its called the ELKS curse..thats what you get when you are forced to change your name by the "woke" mob

[@winer1500]

Some awful action from the command center in this game, let alone letting Proulx still have a job in the league.

[@micromaxt]

I used to think that Cornelieus is still a good QB but with this last INT, Im done

[@CDqu6bh]

I never believed in Cornelius since he took over from Harris last season. I don’t know why this guy is our #1 QB

[@brandonmorris92]

Is it possible that Edmonton may go....(gasp!) 0-18? 😰

[@micromaxt]

@brandonmorris92 I dont think its gonna happen. The team is improving and the east has few lazy ducks.

[@morganadamo4706]

WTF was even this game?

[@iseemonkeys7190]

Yikes !!

[@JohnDoe-xv1se]

Not the greatest coaching on that last minute single.

[@-007-2]

Sims own team had already scored 3 rouges. He should have been paying attention and learned the rule by then.

[@runnerfromjupiter]

_Matriculated down the field_

[@hainesy]

Both teams look horrible this season. May as well just let BC and Winnipeg play in the Western finals now.

[@ckarnik]

And the Elks find yet another way to lose.

[@QuestforaMeaningfulLife]

One ugly monster of a loss

[@slimpaco]

worst game in a long time

[@johnstarks32]

Killed the Elks ML bettors with that 4th quarter meltdown..

[@tonywilson4713]

I'm Australian and was in Sask in late 2017 and fell in love with the CFL for the simple reason it has games like this. The logic behind a rouge makes no sense but who cares its a Canadian thing and I love it. I remember this ad on TV that had this line about how _"in Canada we're so nice that you can miss but still get a point. Why? Because we're Canadian."_

[@gst013]

Just an atrocious display of football here. Embarrassing by both teams.

[@buck_shot_kid1767]

Eskimo curse

[@tupac2352]

Elks are 🗑

[@terryblake5076]

Been a while since I've seen a CFL game that bad. The Elks are an epicly terrible team.

[@patwalzak9993]

This game was BORING for 3 and a half quarters. Barely watchable.

[@MrRawrGamer]

One of the most boring football games I've ever watched 😴

[@Mike-iv3hy]

Horrible game by both teams ! DML.

[@AL.BUNDY.]

LOL The CFL is so pathetic.

[@virnan]

A rouge is so stupid. Its like rewarding bad behaviour. If yiu miss then qe will give you a point for effort. Damn, whats next, giving one point just for showing up to the game, for particaption?

[@teo_heel]

Edmonton lost two games last season by scoring... 0 points, both times it happened against BC Lions. Single isn't that bad if you think about it. With how big the field is the possibility of successful return (and even a TD) is higher than in american football, so giving a point for not letting the ball to be driven out of the end zone isn't that bad.

[@mikegendron3723]

Don't blame Sims, he is American, blame these ridiculous CFL rules where if you kick it into the end zone for any reason, you get a point! I love CFL football, except for that idiotic rule!!

[@roymcgaw7431]

Ludicrous comment. Sims is quite likely aware he is playing in Canada, in the CFL, and subject to CFL rules. If you want to shift blame from Sims, shift it to Jones, who didn’t coach his player properly.

[@-007-2]

@@roymcgaw7431- nah I blame Sims. There were three or four rouges already scored in the game. He should have realized the rules. Was he not watching the game at all?

[@-007-2]

The rule is fine. Sims could have grabbed it and run it out and not given up the point. Sims needs to pay attention to the game. There was 3 or 4 rouges already scored by his own team at that point. He should have caught on by then.

[@waynepaul9276]

You don’t get a point for kicking it into the end zone, the defending team gets a point against them for failing to get the ball out of the end zone. Over the years we’ve seen the defenders pick up the ball and kick it back out of the end zone only to have the offence kick it back into the end zone. The rouge is supposed to provide impetus to get the ball back out of the end zone. Knowing this helps to make better sense of the rouge.

[@billbaird2273]

@@waynepaul9276 Good explanation.

[@wastedbread8036]

The rouge is so bad. Such a bad rule.

[@billbaird2273]

No, it makes for a more interesting game. I'll tell you what is such a bad rule. Being able to take a knee in the end zone and get a free 20 yards. What is the point of even having a kicking game in the NFL. Why bother having punt returners? What do they take several hours a week practising taking a knee? Touchback and fair catch. Those are bad rules.

[@wastedbread8036]

@@billbaird2273 Buddy. The challenge in the NFL is kicking inside the 5. You kick for field position. In the CFL kickers just try to blast it into the endzone (BORING). I never said the 5 yards rule is bad, I want the NFL to adopt that. But the rouge is terrible. When you miss an extra point, shouldn't it be a point anyways? so bad

[@billbaird2273]

@@wastedbread8036 CFL kickers kick for field position as well. If you take a knee in the EZ you get the ball on the 40. So there is a balance between scoring the single, depending on the game situation or trying to pin the opponent deep. The American version of the game is way dumbed down. Also the point is not awarded for a missed field goal it is awarded because the returning team does not or cannot return the ball out of the EZ. If you have ever played football, which I doubt, it is very difficult to protect a run back starting from a place kicking formation to protect a 65 yard field. NFL rules suck. Wimpy.

[@wastedbread8036]

@@billbaird2273 Honestly you're just unintelligent. The single ruins games. Period.

[@billbaird2273]

@@wastedbread8036 Wow that is just an intelligent and well thought out rebuttal to my comment about the significance of the rouge. Maybe if you had actually played some football yourself on the big field you might be able to understand.

[@kalebhofer9866]

The 1 point system has to go

[@jayhenderson6247]

no it doesn’t your just mad edmonton lost 💀

[@joelinden3494]

We watch elementary school football terrible cfl football 🏈 for Canada 🇨🇦 go back to college guys terrible cfl football what a joke this football give me a Break

[@billbaird2273]

Duuhhhhhhhh, maybe I learn to speak Engrish. give me a break.

[@dwaynehammond422]

Easy win...when u play Edmonton .Sad but true.

[@dennisquintin371]

CFL tries cheating for Edmonton….how despicable can this league get!

[@-007-2]

Yeah that command centre call was TERRIBLE. It's VERY obvious he was completely over the line

[@dennisquintin371]

What the hell are the reviewers smoking…..again the cfl shows how bias against Saskatchewan this league really is! QB was 5 yards over the line! Bush call from a bush league !

[@dalewhite9384]

Absolutely correct. The highlights last night showed it clearly. The same highlights today have removed that play.

[@-007-2]

not 5 yards, but he was clearly on the 30 which was 1 yard over. The command centre botched it bad.